Algebra
Geometry
Vocabulary
Literature and Rhetoric
Wacky Facts
100

If x=5 then this is equal to one fifth. 

What is a reciprocal?

100
These two angles sum to 180 degrees?

What are supplementary angles?

100

Showing kindness and goodwill. 

What does benevolent mean?

100

This book features a young girl named Scout Finch growing up in the racially charged South. 

What is To Kill a Mockingbird ?

100

This type of sausage is made from animal blood, fat, cereal, and seasonings, stuffed into a natural casing. 

What is Blood Pudding? 

200

When any number has this exponent, the solution is always equal to one. 

What is the power of zero?

200

This theorem is used to find the sides of right triangles. 

What is the Pythagorean theorem?

200

Lasting for a very short time. 

What is Ephemeral ?

200

A comparison made without using "like" or "as."

What is a metaphor ?

200

The ice cream cone was invented at the 1904 World's Fair in this American city. 

What is St. Louis, Missouri ?

300

If x2 - 4x + 6 = 3, then what is the value of x ?

x = 3

300

This quadrilateral only has one pair of parallel sides. 

What is a trapezoid?

300

Showing great attention to detail, or being very careful and precise. 

What is being meticulous

300

This poet wrote The Road Not Taken and is known for his depictions of rural New England.

Who is Robert Frost ?

300

This protein is found in both your hair and fingernails. 

What is keratin?

400

Here are the steps: Replace f(x) with y . Swap x and y . Solve for y . Replace y with f -1(x).


What is finding an inverse?

400

This shape has an interior angles that sum to 540 degrees. 

What is a pentagon?

400

Being truthful, frank, and straightforward. 

What does Candid mean ?

400

A common theme in literature that focuses on the consequences of isolation and loneliness.

What is alienation? 

400

These are the front arms of a Mantis Shrimp, which are capable of punching with a force of 1500 Newtons. 

What are dactyl clubs?

500

The standard form is y=ax2+bx+c. 

What is a quadratic equation? 

500

This is the most common roll with two dice, which has a probability of one sixth. 

A sum roll of 7. 

500

Representing the most perfect or typical example of a quality or class.

What is Quintessential ?

500

This technique involves contrasting ideas to highlight differences.

What is antithesis?

500

This is the fear of the number 13 . 

triskaidekaphobia