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100

When was the Declaration of Independence signed?

A) July 4, 1776
B) August 2, 1776
C) September 17, 1787
D) June 14, 1775

B) August 2, 1776

100

What is a repeated consonant sound at the beginning or words?

A) Assonance
B) Alliteration
C) Consonance
D) Rhyme

B) Alliteration

100

What is the name of the hurricane that devastated Western North Carolina and other regions down South?

A) Katrina
B) Helene
C) Ida
D) Harvey

B) Helene

100

How did the term cappuccino originate?

A) From the habit of the Capuchin friar.

B) It is the French term for “foam on coffee.”

C) It is Italian for “frothy coffee drink.”

D) It was a term invented by a coffee company.

A) From the habit of the Capuchin friar.

100

How many faces are there in an icosahedron? 

A) 12
B) 20
C) 24
D) 30

B)20

200

The United States bought Alaska from which country?

A) Canada
B) Russia
C) Great Britain
D) France

B) Russia

200

What are words whose sound suggests its meaning?

A) Onomatopoeia
B) Hyperbole
C) Oxymoron
D) Metaphor

A) Onomatopoeia

200

What is the name of the country that did a major missile attack on Israel this week?

A) Iraq
B) Syria
C) Iran
D) Lebanon

C) Iran

200

About how many espresso beans are required to make one espresso?

A) 22

B) 42

C) 60

D) 80

B) 42

200

In the Bible, who is the wife of Boaz? 

A) Esther
B) Ruth
C) Sarah
D) Mary

B) Ruth

300

Who was the fourth president of the United States?

A) Thomas Jefferson
B) James Madison
C) James Monroe
D) John Adams

B) James Madison

300

What is an extravagant exaggeration?

A) Simile
B) Hyperbole
C) Alliteration
D) Personification

B) Hyperbole

300

What is the name of the condiment which was thought to have medicinal purposes in the 1800s?

A) Mustard
B) Ketchup
C) Mayonnaise
D) Soy Sauce

B) Ketchup

300

About how many coffee beans does it take to produce one pound of roasted coffee?

A) 1,000

B) 2,000

C) 3,000

D) 4,000

D) 4,000

300

What major river runs through Melbourne?

A) Murray River
B) Yarra River
C) Darling River
D) Brisbane River

B) Yarra River

400

What was the name of the series of programs and projects President Franklin D. Roosevelt enacted during The Great Depression?

A) New Deal
B) Great Society
C) Fair Deal
D) Square Deal

 

A) New Deal

400

What are repeated vowel sounds?

A) Alliteration
B) Consonance
C) Assonance
D) Onomatopoeia

C) Assonance

400

What is the name of the union that recently on strike this week?

A) United Auto Workers (UAW)
B) International Longshoremen's Association (ILA)
C) Teamsters Union
D) American Federation of Teachers (AFT)  

B) International Longshoremen's Association (ILA)

400

About how many coffee beans are in one 132-pound sack of coffee?

A) 90,000

B) 300,000

C) 600,000

D) 900,000

C) 600,000

400

Who was the number 1 ranked female tennis player in the world 7 out of 9 years between 1988 and 1996?

A) Steffi Graf
B) Monica Seles
C) Martina Navratilova
D) Serena Williams

A) Steffi Graf

500

Who was the first woman to make a million dollars in the United States?

A) Madame C.J. Walker
B) Clara Ford
C) Mary Kay Ash
D) J.K. Rowling

A) Madame C.J. Walker

500

What is a representation of something complex, general, or abstract?

A) Symbol
B) Metaphor
C) Allegory
D) Analogy

A) Symbol

500

What is the Aboriginal term meaning "no water, no drink?"

A) Panda

B) Koloa

C) Wombat

D) Orangutan  


B) Koloa

500

How long does it take for a coffee tree to reach maturity?

A) 8 years

B) 2 years

C) 5 years

D) 3 years

C) 5 years

500

With which instrument is jazz musician Charlie Mingus principally associated? 

A) Trumpet
B) Piano
C) Double Bass
D) Saxophone

C) Double Bass

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