History
Science
MISC.
Written Expression
Written Expression Part 2
100

The Cubists were concerned with how _______ a given subject from different points of view simultaneously. 

A. represented 

B. do the represent

C. to represent

D. representing 

C. to represent 


POSION APPLE: Unfortunately, even though you go this right, your points were poisoned. You lose 500 points rather than gaining.

100

Sometimes ____________ to place physics and chemistry into separate categories.

A. difficult

B. is difficult

C. it is difficult

D. that it is difficult 


C. it is difficult

100

The seating of musicians in an orchestra is arranged __________ to produce the desired blend of sounds from the various musical sections.

A. the conductor of 

B. from the conductor

C. the conductor and

D. by the conductor  

D. by the conductor 

100

A liquid is similar (A) to a gas because has (B) molecules are not fixed to each other (C) in any specific way (D).


B. has


Special: If you answer correctly, you have to switch scores with a team of your choosing.

100

A fish must constantly to gulp (A) water in order to keep a current flowing (B) through its (C) delicate (D) gills. 

A. to gulp

200

Martha Graham, ____________, has run her own dance company for half a century.

A. is the great modern choreographer

B. one of the great modern choreographers

C. that the great modern choreographers

D. the modern choreographers were great


B. one of the great modern choreographers



200

Long before children are able to speak or understand a language, ________ communicate through facial expressions and by making noises. 

A. however

B. they

C. furthermore

D. who

B. they


Special: To earn your points, everyone on the team must create a family photo together. 

200

Because of the Aleuts' constant exposure to cold weather, they have long recognized __________. 

A. and body needs to be fat

B. body needs the fat

C. how fat the body needs

D. the body's need for fat 

D. the body's need for fat

200

The Conestoga wagon, used for to carry (A) heavy loads over (B) long distances, originated (C) around 1725 in a region of Pennsylvania occupied (D) by the Conestoga Indians. 

A. to carry

200

Maria Martinez, a Pueblo Indian, rediscovered (A) the ancient art of Pueblo black potter and, by teaching (B) the process (C) to family and friends, develop (D) a lucrative business. 

D. develop


Special: You can EITHER take 200 points from a team of your choosing OR earn 200 points. 

300

Experiments in the photography of moving objects ________ in both the United States and Europe well before 1900.

A. have been conducting 

B. were conducting

C. had been conducted

D. being conducted  

C. had been conducted 

300

The worldwide race to develop an affordable synthetic fuel has so far consumed billions of dollars and ________ few results.

A. yielded 

B. yielding

C. yield had

D. has a yield of  


A. yielded 


SPECIAL - If answered correctly, you can take 300 points from a team of your choosing.

300

Almost all economists agree __________ by trading with one another. 

A. nations that are gained

B. nations they gain

C. gaining nations

D. that nations gain 

D. that nations gain 

300

Providence, Rhode Island, is a busy (A) manufacturing city (B) and seaport, as well the (C) state capital (D). 

C. as well the 

Special: If you answer correctly, you'll flip a coin. Heads you'll get double the points, tails you'll go to 0.

300

Muscular motion (A) is caused by the stimulate (B) of specific (C) nerve cells in the brain (D) and spinal cord. 

B. stimulate

400

The University of Georgia, ________ in 1785, was the first state supported university in the United States.

A. chartered

B. was chartered

C. it was chartered

D. to be chartered 

A. chartered


Special: To get your points, all group members must work together to create the letters MWIT with your bodies. 

400

Anthropology is a science __________ anthropologists use a rigorous set of methods and techniques to document observations that can be checked by others. 

A. in that

B. that in

C. that

D. in 

A. in that


**conjunction meaning because 

400

The development of mechanical timepieces spurred the search for __________ with which to regulate them. 

A. more accurate than sundials 

B. more accurate sundials 

C. sundials more accurately

D. more accurately than sundials 

B. more accurate sundials 

Special: If you answer correctly,  you'll flip a coin. Heads you'll get double the points, tails you'll go to 0.

400

The young of most bird species (A) are totally dependence (B) on parental (C) care after hatching (D). 

B. dependence 

400

It has been (A) calculated that the Earth's circumference around (B) the equator is over (C) forty longer miles (D) than the circumference around the two poles. 


D. longer miles


Special: Correct answers give points to your team and the last-place team

500

__________, in the late 1800's, some libraries had to keep as many as twenty to thirty copies of each of Mary Jane Holmes's books on hand.

A. Inventories showing

B. That show inventories

C. Inventories show that

D. Showing the inventories

C. Inventories show that 

500

The scholarly interest in perception stems largely from questions about the sources and validity of what __________.

A. it is known as human knowledge

B. is known as human knowledge

C. known human knowledge

D. is human knowledge known  

B. is known as human knowledge 


POSION APPLE: Unfortunately, even though you go this right, your points were poisoned. You lose 500 points rather than gaining. 

500

Thanks to modern irrigation, crops now grow abundantly in areas where once ________ cacti and sagebrush could live. 

A. nor

B. not the

C. non other

D. nothing but

D. nothing but 

500

During (A) most of this century, A. Philip Randolph struggled for Black rights (B) in the United States and becomes  (C) an important figure (D) in the labor movement. 

C. becomes

500

The first libraries (A) in the North American colonies (B) was established (C) in Massachusetts in the year (D) 1638. 

A. libraries 

**should be library 

SPECIAL: To earn points, all team members must dance for 30 seconds...

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