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100
Henry David Thoreau wrote about life in the woods in Massachusetts in what iconic 1854 work of nonfiction literature?
Walden
100
How many quarter notes can you fit in a 4/4 measure?
4
100
What mathematical symbol has the numerical value of 2.71828?
e
100
What is referred to as the building block of life?
cell
100
What does the acronym NATO stand for?
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
200
What color is the "badge of courage" in Stephen Crane's famous Civil War novel? The "badge" represents a battle field wound.
Red
200
What is the name of this symbol?
bass clef
200
What is the smallest prime number?
2
200
What is referred to as the "powerhouse of a cell?"
Mitochondria
200
Name the three members of the Axis Powers in World War II.
Germany, Italy, and Japan
300
What American author, popularly known by a pseudonym, considered Hartford the most beautiful city in the United States and settled there to write what are considered his bildungsroman masterpieces? Coincidently, this Missouri-born man lived next door to Harriet Beecher-Stowe while in Hartford.
Mark Twain
300
What are the note names in the spaces of the treble clef from bottom to top? (They spell a word.)
F A C E
300
What quadrilateral qualifies as a rhombus and a rectangle?
square
300
What is it known as when the cytoplasm pinches in half?
cytokinesis
300
World War I began because of the assassination of which Austrian prince?
Archduke Franz Ferdinand
400
What famous poet who went by his initials stated: "I have measured out my life with coffee spoons."? Well-known works include "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" and "The Waste Land."
T. S. Eliot
400
What physical ailment plagued Ludwig Von Beethoven from his early 20s until his death?
He was deaf.
400
What is the mathematical equation of the parent graph of all parabolas?
y = x2
400
Genetic information is stored in molecules called what?
DNA
400
What Macedonian leader took over the known world and died at age 32?
Alexander the Great
500
A famous fictional member of the Army Air Forces is Captain John Yossarian, a 28 year-old World War II bombardier in what Joseph Heller satirical novel?
Catch 22
500
Name this instrument (pictured here) whose name sounds like a Dr. Seuss character?
Hurdy Gurdy
500
What mathematical process is used in calculus to find the area under a curve?
integration
500
The adult human of average age and size has approximately how many quarts of blood?
6 quarts
500
Name the 4 sitting US Presidents who have been assassinated.
Lincoln, Garfield, McKinley, Kennedy