Geography
What is the capital of Iraq?
Baghdad
Where did Marco Polo journey?
What is known as the decomposition of water into oxygen and hydrogen gas due to an electric current passed through water?
Electrolysis
What art technique is defined below?
"the principles, ideals, or practice of producing fantastic or incongruous imagery or effects in art, literature, film, or theater by means of unnatural or irrational juxtapositions and combinations"
In what country would you find the cities Glasgow and Edinburgh?
Scotland
The Enlightenment was also known as what?
The Age of Reason
What is the chemical formula of ammonia?
NH3
In the book Holes, how large are the holes that the campers dig required to be?
5 feet deep and 5 feet wide
What artist cut his own ear off?
What is the capital of the United Arab Emirates (UAE)?
Abu Dhabi
True/False Cleisthenes was a tyrant?
True
Which of these is the strongest base?
A) Sodium amide (NaNH2)
B) Ortho-diethynylbenzene dianion (C6H4(C2)2)2
C) Lithium bis(trimethylsilyl)amide [(CH3)3Si]2NLi
D) Meta-diethynylbenzene dianion (C6H4(C2)2)2
B) Ortho-diethynylbenzene dianion
Where should a semicolon be placed in these sentences to make them accurate?
Present at the film’s premiere were Jane Wallace, the director Sam Danvers, the executive producer and Allan Gray, the lead actor.
After director, after executive producer
What minor key signature is represented by 5 sharps?
G# minor
What is the smallest country in Africa?
Seychelles
What general led an attack on Rome in 218 BC?
Hannibal
To the nearest foot, the average human small intestine measures at what length?
17 Feet
Choose from the following options the sentence that is an impossible conditional sentence.
If the car engine hasn't been under powered, I could have overtaken the other car.
If the car engine hadn't been under powered, I could have overtaken the other car.
If the car engine hadn't been under powered, I could overtaken the other car.
If the car engine hadn't been under powered, I could have overtaking the other car.
If the car engine hadn't been under powered, I could have overtaken the other car.
The impossible conditional takes the form ‘If + past perfect would + have + past participle.’ The other options do not use the form for impossible conditional sentences
Kröller-Müller Museum
The Mexico-to-Canada Pacific Coast National Scenic Trail opened in what decade?
1990s
Venice was famous for producing what?
Producing glass
Nobel Peace Prize creator Alfred Nobel invented what?
Dynamite
What is a synonym for bibelot?
A kind of trinket, knickknack, trifle, etc.
Who painted the Persistence of Memory?
Salvador Dali