GENERAL SCIENCE
In a typical four cycle gasoline car engine, what is the most common name for the third stage or cycle if the first cycle is the intake?
What is ignition?
Name the main character in William Shakespeare's play about a Scottish military captain who wants to become king.
Macbeth
Name the first man to walk on the moon.
Neil Armstrong
Which is larger: the diameter of the earth or its circumference?
Circumference (24,901.55 miles) vs diameter (7,926.41 miles)
What is the temperature of an egg when it is laid?
104 degrees F
Order the following from the least used energy source to the most used energy source: hydroelectricity, oil, coal, nuclear.
Hydroelectricity, oil, nuclear, coal
What was Frank L. Baum's most famous work of literature?
Wizard of Oz
For what was Robert Goddard known?
first liquid-fueled rocket
In what mountain range would one find Mount Everest?
Himalayas
Name the smallest bird in the world.
Hummingbird
The Saffir-Simpson Scale is used to classify intensities of what?
hurricanes
What Nathaniel Hawthorne novel, set in Puritan Massachusetts, sold 2500 copies in ten days?
The Scarlet Letter
Name the star that is purported to have coordinates closest to the north celestial pole.
North Star
Name the only two countries in the world that are bordered by two oceans.
Canada & United States
Name the bird which can hold three gallons of water in its bill.
Pelican
This person established the one fluid theory of electricity and performed some of the first investigations into electrical grounding and insulation.
Ben Franklin
This novel begins with "It was the best of times; it was the worst of times."BONUS: Name the author of the novel.
A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
What is the most well-known asterism in Ursa Major.
Big Dipper
Name the only country in the world with a solid-colored flag
Libya
This flightless bird has been known to kill humans on occasion. Name it.
cassowary
What part of the cotton plant produces the material used to make cotton fabric?
seed pods or flowers
One character in this novel answers "David and Goliath" when asked who were two of Jesus's disciples. Name the character.
Tom Sawyer
Name the two space shuttles which exploded (1986 & 2003).
Challenger & Columbia
Name the most crowded state in the US (people per square mile).
New Jersey
Name the bird which has a beard, wattle, and snood.
Turkey