Unum
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U.S. History
Science Quiz
200

Unum's stock symbol

What is UNM?

200

Maine's state flower is actually a cone off of this type of tree

What is a pine tree?

200

This "sport" made its debut at the 2024 Summer Olympics

What is breakdancing (breaking)?

200

At the Democratic Convention in 1932, FDR promised one of these, part of a "crusade to restore America to its own people"

What is a "New Deal"?

200

This fourth state of matter occurs when atoms in a gas are ionized

What is plasma?

400

Unum's founding year

What is 1848?

400

For those who like a challenge, it takes about six months to hike the nearly 2,200 miles from Springer Mountain in Georgia to Mt. Katahdin in Maine to complete this trail in its entirety.

What is the Appalachian Trail?

400

Hail, yes! After turning roses blue in Pasadena, Jim Harbaugh led this U. to a national title with a win over Washington in 2024

What is Michigan?

400

Also called the Old Pennsylvania State House, it's where John Hancock signed his John Hancock July 4, 1776

What is Independence Hall?

400

A key to quantum mechanics is the notion that both radiation & matter can act as either particles or these

What are waves?

600

Name the 3 principal operating business segments that comprise Unum Group

What are Unum US, Unum International, and Colonial Life?

600

Maine's official dessert

What is blueberry pie?

600

In May, this club set a record for most consecutive Premier Leagues titles won when they were crowned champions for the fourth season running

Who are Manchester City FC?

600

McLean House, the site of a famous surrender, is part of this Virginia site that's now a national historical park

What is Appomattox Court House?

600

Most snapping turtles are this type of equal-opportunity eater, happy to eat any old animal or vegetable for brunch

What is an omnivore?

800

This Latin phrase also contains the word "Unum", just pronounced a bit differently

What is E Pluribus Unum?

800

**DAILY DOUBLE**

There once was a man from Maine/Who made shoes to fight off the rain/His catalog mailed/And clothing detailed/Outdoors would be his domain

800

Male athletes from this country hold 7 of the 10 fastest marathon times, including the current record which was ratified in February

What is Kenya?

800

The War of 1812 ended when Great Britain & the U.S. came to terms in this Belgian city

What is Ghent?

800

Chloroplasts are where this energy conversion process takes place in plants

What is photosynthesis?

1000

Name 3 AFDP graduates

Who are (any 3 of):

Stefan Schlabs, Tia Newlove, Molly Hale, Dana Stone, Nora Merriman, Kaitlin Miller

1000

This city in Maine is sisters with Shinagawa, Japan, a city of 350,000 inside the borough of Tokyo

What is Portland?

1000

The four teams remaining in the 2024 playoffs of this competition include Geelong, Sydney, Brisbane, and Port Adelaide.

What is the Australian Football League?

1000

H.R. Haldeman said that the shootings at this Ohio location in 1970 began the demise of the Nixon administration

What is Kent State?

1000

This 12-letter word describes the richness of life forms in a given environment

What is biodiversity?