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What is a noun?

Words that describe or modify a noun, like blue, tall, or loud.

200

The distance around the outside of a shape.

What is the perimeter? 

200

It is the only planet in our solar system known to harbor life.

What is Earth?

200

This 1863 document issued by Abraham Lincoln declared that all slaves in Confederate states were free.

What is the Emancipation Proclamation?

200

What is the only bird that can swim, but cannot fly?

A penguin.

400

Derived from an Arabic word for "caravan," this English noun refers to an official list of available items, such as the food offered in a restaurant or the courses in a degree program.

What is a Menu.

400

If a right triangle has a base of \(3\text{ cm}\) and a height of \(4\text{ cm}\), what is the length of the hypotenuse?

What is 5cms?

400

Often referred to as Earth's "twin planet" due to its similar size and mass, it is actually the hottest planet in our solar system.

What is venus?

400

This last active ruler of the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt famously aligned herself with Julius Caesar and Mark Antony.

who is Cleopatra.

400

What time is almost always displayed on a watch or clock in advertisements?

10:10

600

"Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo." 

  • A) No, it is just a repeated random list of nouns.
  • B) No, it lacks a proper verb and punctuation to connect the clauses.
  • C) Yes, but only if you change the capitalization of the middle words.
  • D) Yes, it is a fully valid, grammatically correct sentence.

D) Yes, it is a fully valid, grammatically correct sentence.

600

A sphere is inscribed inside a right circular cone, meaning the sphere is tangent to the base of the cone and tangent to the sloped sides all the way around. The cone has a base radius of \(r = 6\) and a height of \(h = 8\). 

  • A) \(2\)
  • B) \(3\)
  • C) \(\frac{10}{3}\)
  • D) \(4\) 

Ask for help if needed

The correct option is B) 3. 

600


"Named for the Japanese scientist who discovered it in 1968, these short fragments of DNA are synthesized on the lagging strand during replication."





What are Okazaki fragments?




600

"In 1536, this French monarch shocked Christian Europe by signing the 'Capitulations' treaty, forming a sacrilegious alliance with Suleiman the Magnificent."

"Who is Francis I?"

600

Mageirocophobia is the fear of what?

Cooking.

800

If "no" translates to "ni" in the Dravidian language family, "one" to "on", and "water" to "nīr", which of the following is the most logical translation for the English word "you" in that same language?

  • A) Nīv
  • B) Avar
  • C) Nān
  • D) Aru


 

The correct answer is A) Nīv.

800


"A sphere is inscribed in a cone with base radius 6 and height 8. This integer is the volume of the sphere divided by pi."

 


What is 36?

(Acceptable: "What is thirty-six?")




800


"Though diamond is famed for its hardness, this rare, naturally occurring carbon allotrope formed during meteor impacts is theoretically 58% harder."


What is lonsdaleite?

(Pronounced: lons-dale-ite. Also acceptable: "What is hexagonal diamond?")




800

"He was the only elector to vote against James Monroe in the 1820 election, intentionally preserving George Washington's record as the only unanimously chosen president."

Who is William Plumer?

800

What is the only country in the world that has a non-quadrilateral flag?

Nepal

1000

An undercover agent claims to be born and raised in Boston, Massachusetts, but you suspect they are a foreign spy. You give them a list of four sentences and ask them to read them out loud naturally.

Which sentence will instantly expose the imposter if they read it with a standard, textbook American accent?

  • A) "Please park the car in Harvard Yard."
  • B) "We bought a new cot for the baby to sleep in."
  • C) "I put the groceries in a paper bag."
  • D) "The horse walked along the water shore."



 B) "We bought a new cot for the baby to sleep in."

1000

"Though simple to state, this 1742 conjecture that every even integer greater than 2 is the sum of two primes remains unproven."



What is Goldbach's Conjecture?"

1000

"Coined by Michael Turner in 1998, this hypothetical form of energy exerts a negative pressure, causing the expansion of the universe to accelerate."

"What is Dark Energy?"

1000

"Due to the emergency circumstances of his 1963 swearing-in, he is the only U.S. president to take the oath of office from a woman, and without a Bible."

Who is Lyndon B. Johnson?

1000

New York enacted the "Raines Law" to curb Sunday liquor sales, which unintentionally caused a boom in what unexpected industry?

Cheap hotels (the law allowed hotels to serve liquor with meals, so hundreds of saloons added makeshift bedrooms to qualify).

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