A New Chapter
Adding Up to New Things
Experimenting With Something New
Making History
Working out the Kinks
100

This River, formed out of one of our own group members, plays a key role in helping this AP Lit book flow.

What is the Narmada/Narmada River

100

This operation gets the Lanzi treatment the most. Just remember, its not this talk show host!

What is THE NATURAL LOG (not el-en) 

What is ln()

100

This is the powerhouse of the cell!

What is the mitochondria?

100

This Supreme Court ruling allows you to get an attorney, even if you're broke!

What is Gideon v. Wainwright?

100

This test is a "multistage aerobic capacity test that progressively gets more difficult as it continues"

What is the fitness gram pacer test?

200
This is the section of New York where Gatsby and Nick play in The Great Gatsby
What is the West Egg
200

DAILY DOUBLE:This is the fastest growing mathematical function you can graph (just using x once in the equation).

A factorial (x!)

200

The grand-daddy equation, commonly shown as G = H-TS, is often used to describe the thermodynamic favorability of a reaction. If G > 0, the equilibrium constant, k, of a related system is in this range.

What is K < 1

200

This concept of federalism views the national and state governments as collaborating to solve common problems.

What is cooperative federalism?

200

Chess (yes it is officially recognized by the olympics sports committee), contains this French originated word to indicate an unorthodox capturing method

What is an En Passant

300

Frankenstein's monsters likens himself to this ancient devil. This book written by Milton portrays that devil as blasphemously sympathetic.

What is Paradise Lost?

300

This conic section opens out and goes out to infinity

What is a hyperbola

300

After applying an electric field, this phenomenon takes place, creating an average current in one direction in a conductor.

What is electron drift/drift velocity

300
This many president have been both squares (in terms of number in presidential order), and also have been assassinated! It's not a lot, but it is weird!

What is two?

300

What is the typical name of the play where Joe Montana threw a game winning throw

What is "The catch"?

400

This is the name of Okonwo's village

What is Umuofia

400

This theorem, used to find critical values of a function, states that if a function is continuous on the closed interval and differentiable on the open one, and f(a) = f(b), there is some point c where f'(c) = 0

What is Rolle's Theorem?

400

A stimulant, this drug has the potential for both a psychological and physiological dependence. This drug boosts mental alertness, reduces the need for sleep, induces a pleasurable rush, and causes a loss of appetite.

What are amphetamines?

400

This turn of phrase, popularized after the 2000 election, came after the controversy surrounding the election

What is a hanging chad

400

DAILY DOUBLE: This ruling is called when a birdie hits the net yet still goes to the opponent's side

What is a "let"?

500
The painting of Mount Hood in Ursula Le Guin's The Lathe of Heaven changes to this painting after George's first dream?

What is a horse?

500

This mathematical operation, not dissimilar to varying shades of color, is a function that is used to describe the point of fastest increase at a point p

What is a gradient?

500

Turning tide in the scientific world, this factor, multiplied by energy in Schrodingers equation, is used to represent a possible state of a quantum system and spearheaded quantum mechanics

What is a wave function?

500

This amendment, barring the consumption alcohol, was passed in this year.

What is 1919

500

These numbered golf clubs (I need the range) are often used for long shots, with long loft angles

What are 2-4 irons?