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Rivers, Lakes and Oceans
100
What two countries engaged in what has been called the 'Blood in the Water' match in the 1956 Olympics with the backdrop of political tensions?
Hungary and USSR
100
Redshift or blueshift that help us see which stars/galaxies are approaching or receding are determined by what effect named for an Austrian physicist?New!
The Doppler effect
100
What is the world's smallest land-locked country?
Vatican City
100
Can you connect the Dalai Lama with Curious George with a colorful 2-word term?
"Yellow hat"
100
This body of water bearing the name of a country borders 5 U.S. states.
Gulf of Mexico
200
Used till the 2000s when it was supplanted by superior technology, what was the camera system that was used to judge service line calls in tennis which took its name from Greek myth?
Cyclops
200
A 2012 study at the University of Granada concluded that when a person lies, there is an increase in the temperature around the nose and in the orbital muscle in the inner corner of the eye. What is this effect called?
the Pinocchio effect, obviously!
200
The northern component of what enchanting geographic term is accepted as the Rock of Gibraltar but the southern component disputed and at various times claimed as Monte Hacho (in Ceuta) or Jebel Musa (in Morocco)?
The Pillars of Hercules
200
Which entity headquartered in Lyon, France is the second largest intergovernmental organization after the UN by member states count (190)?
Interpol
200
What is the longest river in America?
Mississippi
300
When ultra-marathoner Dean Karnazes ran across the entire United States in 2011, a blog headlined it by comparing him to what movie character?
Forest Gump
300
The baryon asymmetry problem in physics deals with the anomaly of why the universe has any matter at all and why it is not filled with photons only. This is because the Big Bang should have produced equal amounts of what?
Matter and Antimatter
300
What are the only two countries that border both the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea?
Egypt and Israel
300
Hibakusha is an Asian language term for the people effected by either of what violent incidents?
the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
300
what is the largest river i the world?
the Amazon river
400
What Asian country is the most populous country in the world never to have won an Olympic medal?
Bangladesh
400
The Bedford Level experiments conducted in 19th century England along a canal that ran in an uninterrupted straight line were carried out to determine what?
The shape of the Earth
400
Geographic features called rilles that come in sinuous, arcuate and straight types are a prominent part of the landscape where?
The Moon
400
Which U.S. city has these three nicknames: air crossroads of the world, Chicago of the north, largest city in the largest state?
Anchorage Alaska
400
what is the deepest lake in the US?
Crater Lake in Oregon
500
From 1928 until 2000, the obverse side of Olympic medals contained an image of which person seen holding a winners crown in her right hand?
Nike, the Greek goddess of victory
500
The most recognized form of a jellyfish and a basic stage in its life cycle takes the name of what fearsome monster in mythology? (hint: stone!)
Medusa
500
What is the only U.S. state flag to feature the Union Jack?
Hawaii
500
The top movie box-office attraction in the U.S. between 1935 - 1938 was not your normal actor or actress. Who or what was it?
Shirley Temple
500
what is the second largest lake in Oklahoma?
Lake Texoma