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100
In fair Verona, this star-crossed lover's surname would be Montecchi.
Who is Romeo (Montague)?
100
This discipline is defined as "the scientific analysis and study of interactions among organisms and their environment".
What is ecology?
100
"That's one small step for [a] man... one giant leap for mankind."
Who is Neil Armstrong?
100
Solve for x... 3x - 2 = 19
What is 7?
100
True to its name, this US mail service started in 1860 really did use horses and riders.
What is the Pony Express?
200
This British author wrote the beloved children's novel, "James and the Giant Peach".
Who is Roald Dahl?
200
This man developed and patented the telegraph in 1837.
Who is Samuel Morse?
200
"Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!"
Who is Ronald Reagan?
200
Solve for x: 2x + y = 12 y + 5 = 7
What is 5?
200
In 1867 the United States purchased Alaska from this country.
What is Russia?
300
This is the first book of the Christian Old Testament and the Hebrew Bible.
What is Genesis?
300
The EPA lists this element as the second-highest cause of lung cancer.
What is radon?
300
"They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."
Who is Benjamin Franklin?
300
This word describes both "tartar deposited on the gums" and a branch of mathematics that you can study here at Gilbert.
What is calculus?
300
The first U.S. president to be born in this type of facility was Jimmy Carter.
What is a hospital?
400
The novella "The Metamorphosis" was written by what author?
Who is Franz Kafka?
400
This moon of Saturn is the only moon known to have a dense atmosphere, with evidence of stable bodies of liquid on its surface.
What is Titan?
400
"In the course of the last four months it has been made probable... that it may become possible to set up a nuclear chain reaction in a large mass of uranium, by which vast amounts of power and large quantities of new radium-like elements would be generated. Now it appears almost certain that this could be achieved in the immediate future."
Who is Albert Einstein?
400
What is -log(1 x 10^-5)?
What is 5?
400
The United States Constitution replaced this document on March 4th, 1789.
What are the Articles of Confederation?
500
In Washington Irving's 1819 short story, this man falls asleep in the woods for 20 years.
Who is Rip Van Winkle?
500
This plant vascular tissue conveys water and dissolved minerals from the roots to the rest of the plant.
What is xylem?
500
"I have been shown in the files of the War Department a statement of the Adjutant General of Massachusetts that you are the mother of five sons who have died gloriously on the field of battle... I cannot refrain from tendering to you the consolation that may be found in the thanks of the Republic they died to save."
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
500
The derivative of x^2 + 2x + 3.
What is 2x+ 2?
500
Founded in 1607, this settlement is considered to be the first English colony in the New World.
What is Jamestown?
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