LANGUAGE
Words ending in these suffixes are usually what part
of speech?
-ity
-sion
-ance
-ness
Some 90 percent of all tsunamis occur in what ocean?
PACIFIC OCEAN
An ancient Egyptian sphinx has the body of a lion and
the head of what creature?
HUMAN
What common phenomenon is the most dramatic
natural occurrence of a static discharge?
LIGHTNING
If today is Wednesday, what day of the week will it be
100 days from now?
FRIDAY
What character says this in a famous novel?
Why, how impolite of him. I asked him a civil
question, and he pretended not to hear me.
That's not at all nice. I say, Mr. White Rabbit,
where are you going? Hmmmm. He won't
answer me, and I do so want to know what
he is late for.
When Martin Waldseemuller produced his first map
of the New World, he wrote this in reference to whom?
I do not see what right anyone would have to
object to naming this part of the world after
Americus who discovered it.
AMERICUS VESPUCCI
In 2015, there was considerable controversy over a
proposed nuclear agreement between six world powers
and what Mideast country?
IRAN
What word that rhymes with "feet" characterizes the
sounds made by giraffes, goats, and lambs?
BLEAT
You rent a slightly used 1976 Volkswagen for $74 per
week plus 14 cents per mile. What is the maximum
number of miles you can drive if you must not spend
over $130 for the week?
400
What punctuation mark usually follows these words?
alas
ugh
ah
ouch
hurrah
fie
EXCLAMATION POINT
These are the names of what?
Bahraini dinar
Angolan escudo
Brazilian real
Aruban florin
Peruvian peseta
Indian rupee
Belarusian ruble
CURRENCIES
Identify either of the two months named for Roman
emperors.
JULY, AUGUST
Launched in 1957, it traveled about 70 million
kilometers during its three months in orbit before it fell
back to Earth and burned up. Name this first artificial
satellite.
SPUTNIK
What is the intersection of these two sets?
Set A = {3, 5, 7, 9, 11}
Set B = {1, 3, 6, 8, 10}
3
Essays, scientific papers, biographies, journals,
textbooks, statutes, technical documentation, and user
manuals are examples of which division of prose
writing?
NONFICTION
As it has no locks, water in the Suez Canal flows freely
between the Mediterranean and what other sea?
RED SEA
In ancient Greece, there were how many Olympiads in
a century?
25
Disregarding the plasma state, sound travels slowest
through which of the other three phases of matter?
GAS
Add 5/12 and 5/18.
25/36
What is the present participle of the verb, dehydrate?
DEHYDRATING
What kind of ink is named for the subcontinent of
Asia south of the Himalayas?
INDIA INK
The Gulf War that began in 1990 was in the vicinity of
which Mideastern gulf?
PERSIAN GULF
In what mountain range could you see the world's
oldest living giant sequoia?
SIERRA NEVADA
What is x if 64 divided by x equals 4?
16