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100

Geologists classify rocks into three categories: igneous, sedimentary, and this type of rock.

What is metamorphic?

100

Which author wrote about the famous "Guy Montag?"

Who is Ray Bradbury?

100

What are 1) Mountains and Basins, 2) Coastal Plains, 3) North Central Plains, 4) Great Plains


What are the four regions of Texas?

100

What are the missing numbers?

7          42         6

6          30         5

4          12         3

5           ?          ?

What are 20 and 4?

(right to left)

100

An “equestrian” is a person who rides or performs on horseback. It comes from this Latin word, meaning “horse.”

What is “equus”?

200

What symmetry do anthropods have? 


 What is BILATERALL?

200

What kind of a cow is Gerard Manley Hopkins grateful for in "Pied Beauty?"

What is brinded?

200


The United States Constitution was signed in this year in this city.


What is Philadelphia, 1787?

200

A jogger trains by running through several small towns. He runs two different routes from Alser to Bahnsen. He knows three different routes from Bahnsen to Corning. From Corning to Denton, he knows five different running paths. How many different paths does he know from Alser to Denton?

What is 30?

200

In Latin, an adjective must agree with the noun it modifies in these three things.

What is gender, number, and case?

300

Often referred to as a nursery for stars, these are large clouds of space dust, gas, and star remains provide excellent conditions for star formation.

What is Nebula/Nebulas/Nebulae?

300

According to Emily Dickinson, where is the "thing with feathers" the sweetest?

What is Gale?

300

Name the French aristocrat who served in the American Civil War as an officer  including the Battle of York.

Who is Lafayette?

300

Snails move slower than ants, and snails are smaller than moles. Snails move faster than moles, and snails move faster than moles, and snails are larger than ants.

One of the following is true based on the statement above

a) Ants are the fastest and second largest

b) Snails are the second in size and slowest

c) Moles are the slowest and largest.

What is C?

300

The Latin word “pastorum” is this case and number


What is genitive, plural?

400

Also known as the Law of Inertia, which of Newton’s Laws of Motion state that an object in motion will stay in motion at a constant velocity and an object at rest will stay at rest unless acted upon by an unbalanced force?

What is Newton’s 1st Law of Motion?

400
What is the name of the pfifltriggi who draws Ransom's portrait in Out of the Silent?

Who is Kanakaberaka?

400

What is “The Architect of Annexation”?

What is the nickname for Anson Jones, the fourth president of the Republic of Texas?

400

40% of 50 is 8% of _______?

What is 250?

400

The Commonwealth of Virginia is universally recognized as the best state in America. It has the Latin moto “Sic semper tyrannis” which in English means this.


What is “Thus always unto (to) tyrants.”

500

The electromagnetic spectrum organizes electromagnetic waves according to their wavelengths and frequency. Radio waves have the lowest frequencies on the spectrum. What is true of their wavelength?

What is longer wavelength?

500

What is the name of King Arthur's Father

Who is Uther Pendragon?
500

In the Election of 1824, although one candidate won the popular vote, no single candidate won a majority of the Electoral College – name the candidate who won the popular AND the candidate to whom the House of Representatives gave the Presidency.


Who are Andrew Jackson & John Quincy Adams?

500

Bill has 50 pieces of candy. There are 10 each of 5 different colors. The candy dish is on top of the refrigerator, so he can't see what colors he pulls from the dish. 

His sister Linda says, I'll bet you can't tell me how many pieces of candy you would have to take out of the dish to make sure you had five pieces of the same color?

Bill responded immediately with the correct answer. Can you? 

What is 21 pieces?
500

The Latin sentence “Pastor in umbra arboris iacere potest.” means this in English.


What is “The shepherd is able to lie down in the shade of the tree.”