Science
Q: What is the largest vein in the human body?
A: inferior vena cava
Q: What do we call the distance of a number from zero on a number line?
A: absolute value
Q: Who is the only First Lady who has been elected to a public office?
A: Hillary Clinton
Q: Name the book by Angie Thomas that features Starr Carter, a teenager from a deprived neighborhood who is the only person who knows what really happened when her best friend was shot by a police officer.
A: "The Hate U Give"
Q: For what type of sculpture is Alexander Calder best-known?
A: mobiles
Q: What is the largest man-made lake and reservoir in the US?
A: Lake Mead
Q: In a right triangle what term refers to the two sides that form the right angle?
A: legs
Q: In what desert is the city of Tucson, Arizona located?
A: Sonoran Desert
Q: What 2023 Netflix movie is based upon a true story that about Jessica Watson, a girl who plans an ambitions 210-day journey to sail around the world?
A: "True Spirit"
Q: What type of creature were these figures from mythology? Chiron, Lycidas, and Orius
A: centaurs
A: centaurs
Q: What type of scientist might frequently use the terms monocots and dicots?
A: botanist
Q: What is the value of x to the fourth power, divided by 3, when x is equal to 9?
A: 2,187
Q: Who was Queen Elizabeth II's royal consort?
A: Prince Philip / Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
Q: What large, powerful ancient city-state in Greece developed democracy and a strong navy?
A: Athens
Q: What title was given to the person who was at the top of the social hierarchy in Ancient Egypt?
A: pharaoh
Q: What botany term refers to the loss of water from the leaf of a plant through open stomata?
A: transpiration
Q: Find the range of the set of numbers that includes 7, 9, 14, 36, 3, 24, 57, and 8.
A: 54
Q: How many members made up the New Mexico Senate in October 2023?
A: 42
Q: What object in the Harry Potter book series could make Harry Potter invisible?
A: the invisibility cloak
Q: What does the initials BK mean to a person scoring a baseball game?
A: balk
Q: What type of injury occurs when the head is thrown rapidly backward and then forward, resulting in damage to the muscles and ligaments that hold the neck vertebrae together in the neck?
A: whiplash
Curve Ball Not Math
Q: A gunnery sergeant is a part of which branch of the armed services?
A: Marines / Marine Corp
Q: Located on the European continent, it is considered the world's smallest country, even though it is technically an independent city-state. Name this 121-acre country that gained independence from Italy in 1929.
A: Vatican City / Vatican
Q: What part of a letter that is found below the heading often begins with the word "Dear" and serves as the greeting?
A: salutation
Q: What style of dancing involves the dancer to express themselves with spontaneous body movements that are not choreographed?
A: freestyle