This colossal novel begins with the question, 'Who is John Galt?'. What is this book that was published in 1957?
Atlas Shrugged
100
What is the correct term for a unit of frequency equal to 1 trillion Hertz?
Fresnel
100
Who was the longest-reigning Arab ruler, through 1995?
King Hussein of Jordan
100
What century did mathematicians first use plus and minus signs?
The sixteenth
200
This author won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1962. Who is the author of "Cup of Gold", "The Wayward Bus", and "The Winter of Our Discontent"?
John Steinbeck
200
What is the correct term for the dark central section of an astronomical body's shadow?
Umbra
200
What Japanese war cry meant "May you live forever"?
Banzai
200
What unit of measure do you multiply by .39 to convert it to inches?
Centimeters
300
The characters in a comedy based partly on "Rosalynde", a novel by the English author Thomas Lodge, include Rosalind, Celia, Orlando and others. Name this play by Shakespeare that was first performed in 1599 and published in 1623.
As You Like It
300
What is the name of the exceedingly hot wind from the Sahara Desert that blows into Egypt (usually) in the spring?
Khamsin
300
Who's letter to Ronald Reagan read: "I'm very sorry...I thank God no one died?"
John Hinckley Jr.
300
What is the proper term for this mathematical symbol?
/ (division slash)
Obelus
400
At the time of his death in 1870, a novel remained to be finished. Name this unfinished novel by the author of "Sketches by Boz."
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
400
If you want to see what an iron crystal looks like, you could go to which European city to watch 'the Atomium'?
Brussels
400
What Persian Gulf warrior called his young majors in charge of combat operations "Jedi Knights?"
Norman Schwarzkopf
400
What is the proper term for this mathematical symbol?
____ (division bar)
Octothorpe
500
'On a frosty morning with a little February sun, Clifford and Connie went for a walk across the park to the wood,' begins Chapter Five of what novel?
Lady Chatterley's Lover
500
What is the name of the waxy covering of an embryo that protects it from amniotic fluid?
vernix
500
What brave-hearted Scottish patriot led soldiers to a defeat of the English at the Battle of Cambuskenneth in 1297?
William Wallace
500
What is the proper term for this mathematical symbol?
# (number sign)