Salt and Ice
What is the freezing point of water in Fahrenheit or Celsius?
32 degrees F, and 0 degrees C.
Give one example of a cognate pair; two words from different langauges that look or sound similar, and have the exact same meaning.
Agenda, artificial, cable, chocolate, conclusion, final, general, idea, metal, panorama, piano, popular, radio, superficial, terror, and total.
What is the most common structure used to tell stories?
a) One Act
b) Three Act
c) Rambling
d) Set up, punchline
b) Three Act, (beginning, middle, and end)
What does SEL stand for?
Social Emotional Learning
What type of clothing do Supreme Justices wear?
Robes
True or false, the President of the United States needs 270 or more electoral votes to win.
True.
What are laws known as before they are signed and become official?
Bills or legislation.
What date was the Declaration of Independence signed almost 250 years ago?
July 4th, 1776.
What neighboring Eastern European Countries have been at war since February 2022?
Russia and Ukraine.
Which of the following is the chemical symbol for salt?
a) Sa3Lt
b) H20
c) CO2
d) NaCl
d) NaCl, otherwise known as Sodium Chloride
What two big innovations did the Yamnaya Peoples bring from Eurasia to Europe?
Horses and language.
What is another name for the main character of a story and the name of the character that is opposed to the main character? (I am not looking for hero and villain)
Protagonist (hero) and Antagonist (villain)
Match Bodily Autonomy, Liberation Struggle, and SEL to one of each of the following.
Self
Community
Global
Bodily Autonomy and self
Liberation Struggle and global
SEL and community
How many Justices serve on the Supreme Court at any given time?
Nine.
How many Presidencies have there been?
George Washington was number 1.
Abraham Lincoln was number 15.
Grover Cleveland was the 22nd and 24th President.
Barack Obama was the 44th.
47
What are the names of the two chambers of Congress?
The House of Representatives and The Senate.
What does suffrage mean?
The right to vote.
What country effectively controls the Strait of Hormuz and can therefore block 20% of the worlds oil shipping?
Iran
What was the name of the Persian structure that was used for storing ice?
Yakchal
What do we call words that are no longer in use?
Obsolete.
What are the three main eras of literature from when humans first began writing?
Classical, Modern, and Postmodern
Give an example of a currently ongoing Liberation Struggle.
Trans Rights, Women's Rights, stopping police violence against black and brown people, and so many more!
Who appoints new Supreme Court Justices when necessary?
The President.
Who is in charge of the Federal Executive Branch?
Who is in charge of State Executive Branches?
The President
Governors
Name Colorado's Governor, one out of our two Federal Senators, and any one out of our eight House Representatives.
Governor Polis
Senators Bennet and Hickenlooper
Representatives Boebert(CO-4), Crank(CO-5), Crow(CO-6), DeGette(CO-1), Evans(CO-8) Hurd(CO-3), Neguse(CO-2), and Pettersen(CO-7).
What were people who opposed slavery and worked to end the practice known as?
Abolitionists.
What day is Election Day this year?
November 3rd, first Tuesday in November.
What are the two methods for obtaining salt?
Solar evaporation and underground rock salt mining.
Which of the following language families is the precursor of English?
a) Indo-Iranian
b) Slavic
c) Romance
d) Germanic
d) English evolved from Germanic, which evolved from European, which evolved from Indo-European language.
What is a character archetype?
Characters with traits and behaviors that appear in many stories across history, like heroes, tricksters, and villains.
What does it mean for Native Americans to have sovereignty?
Each tribe having self governance, no interference from the Federal Government, and autonomy to make their decisions for themselves and territory.
What is the US Supreme Court's main power/responsibility called that makes it a coequal branch of the Federal Government?
Judicial Review
What are all the branches of the US military?
Air Force
Army
Coast Guard
Marine Corps
Navy
Space Force
What fraction of both chambers of Congress is needed to support a veto override or to pass a Constitutional Amendment?
Two thirds majority.
What was the Underground Railroad, and who is most famous person affiliated with it?
A network of anti-slavery sympathizers who snuck escaped slaves from the South up to the North. Harriet Tubman is the most well known "conductor."
What is the name of the former Venezuelan President who was arrested and then brought to the United States for trial?
Biologically speaking, why do humans need a daily intake of salt?
Human bodies use salt to carryout various bodily functions like: assisting muscles and neurons, regulating how much water is stored in the body, helping make stomach acid, transporting nutrients, and maintaining healthy blood pressure.
What is the study of languages called?
Linguistics.
What are the nine story conflict types in literature?
Classical:
Man vs Nature
Man vs Man
Man vs God
Modern:
Man vs Society
Man vs Self
Man vs No God
Postmodern:
Man vs Technology
Man vs Reality
Man vs Author
When navigating consent, what does the acronym FRIES stand for?
Freely Given
Reversible
Informed
Enthusiastic
Specific
Match the following types of opinions to the correct definition.
1) Majority
2) Plurality
3) Concurring
4) Dissenting
5) Unanimous
6) Per Curium
a) A court decision where most of the justices agree on the outcome, but not the reasoning for that outcome.
b) A court decision that is agreed upon by most of the justices and agreement in reasoning for that outcome.
c) Meaning "for the court," no author of the legal opinion is listed, usually given for noncontroversial decisions where the whole agrees on the outcome.
d) When all nine Justices vote the same way.
e) Agreeing with the court's decision.
f) Disagreeing with the court's decision.
1b
2a
3e
4f
5d
6c
Name 5 out of the 15 departments in the Executive Branch.
In the Federal Congress, how many Senators and Representatives are there?
100 Senators two per state.
435 Representatives based on State population; Wyoming has 1, California has 52.
535 total Legislators
For 250 points each: name any queer womens suffragettes.
Ida B. Wells
Alice Dunbar Nelson
Frances Willard
Angelina Weld Grimké
Anna Howard Shaw
Jane Addams
Dr. Mary Edwards Walker
Susan B. Anthony
The Online Safety Act of 2023 has caused quite a stir by forcing companies, like Roblox and others where minors and adults can interact online, to instate better age verification systems. What country passed this law?
United Kingdom (UK)