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What literary device is used in the following sentence:
The moon smiled down on the earth
Personification
What is the capital of Japan?
Tokyo
Which element on the periodic table has atomic number 1
Hydrogen
What is the value of a number raised to the 0th power?
x^0 = ?
1
What color mixed with blue makes green?
Yellow
What structural literary device occurs when an author hints at specific plot developments that will take place later in the narrative to build anticipation or tension?
Foreshadowing
Commissioned by Emperor Vespasian in 72 CE and completed under his successor Titus, what massive stone amphitheater in the center of Rome was used for gladiatorial contests and public spectacles?
The Colosseum
What is the name of the supercontinent that that existed 300 million years ago before splitting into 7 distinct continents?
Pangea
In statistics what term represents the most common number in a dataset?
Mode
Which iconic suspension bridge, opening in 1937, spans the one-mile-wide strait connecting San Francisco Bay to the Pacific Ocean?
Golden Gate Bridge
What distinct literary term describes an extended speech delivered by a lone character onstage, expressing their innermost thoughts directly to the audience while other characters remain unaware?
Soliloquy
Who was the central American civil rights activist who refused to give up her seat on a segregated bus in Montgomery, Alabama, in 1955, sparking the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
Rosa Parks
Which layer of earth's atmosphere is the ozone layer in?
The Stratosphere
What is the name of the theorem that uses a^2 + b^2 = c^2 to find missing sides of right triangles?
Pythagorean Theorem
According to the global criteria used by inspectors, what is the maximum number of stars a restaurant can be awarded in a single edition of the prestigious Michelin Guide?
3
Which 1953 allegorical play by Arthur Miller uses the historical Salem witch trials of 1692 as a direct commentary on the anti-communist McCarthyism sweeping the United States at the time?
The Crucible
Which French military leader and emperor conquered much of Europe in the early 19th century before his final defeat at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815
Napolean Bonaparte
What pH level is neutral indicating that a substance is neither basic nor acidic?
7
What does "b" represent in y = mx + b
the y-intercept of a line
If you roll 2 6-sided dice, what is the probability that both will come up 3?
1/36
What specific figure of speech involves an intentional, self-contradictory combination of words, such as "deafening silence" or "cruel kindness"?
Oxymoron
What structural civil engineering marvels did the Romans construct across their empire to transport fresh water from distant sources into highly populated cities?
Aqueducts
How fast is the speed of light?
(Give units)
670 million mph
300 million m/s
300 thousand km/s
What is the term for when 2 lines intersect at right angles creating a perfect intersection?
Perpendicular
In macroeconomics, what does the acronym "GDP" stand for when measuring the total monetary value of all finished goods and services produced within a country's borders in a specific time period?
Gross Domestic Product