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Penn State
100

The force that pulls objects toward Earth is called this.

Gravity

100

This part of speech describes a noun.

Adjective

100

This singer released the album 1989

Taylor Swift

100

This country gifted the Statue of Liberty to the United States.

France

100

CCSG stands for this governing body representing Penn State’s Commonwealth Campuses.

Council of Commonwealth Student Governments

200

Water boils at this temperature on the Celsius scale.

100 degrees

200

The prefix “pre-” means this.

Before

200

This actor portrayed Iron Man in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Robert Downey Jr.

200

This ocean is the largest on Earth.

The Pacific Ocean

200

This annual student-run dance marathon raises money for pediatric cancer.

THON

300

Humans have two of these organs, which removes waste from the body.

The kidneys

300

A word that means the opposite of another word is called this.

Antonym

300

This TV show is set in the fictional town of Hawkins, Indiana.

Stranger Things

300

This author wrote 1984 and Animal Farm

George Orwell

300

This Penn State administrator became the university’s 19th president in 2022.

Neeli Bendapudi

400

This law states that for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.

Newton's third law

400

This term describes the history and origin of a word.

Etymology

400

This band sang Bohemian Rhapsody.

Queen

400

Established as the international standard for longitude in 1884, this line runs through Greenwich

The Prime Meridian

400

This is the number of commonwealth campuses currently in the Penn State system.

Twenty

500

This planet has a Great Red Spot, a massive storm larger than Earth.


Jupiter

500

This literary device involves the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words in close succession, like “She sells seashells by the seashore.”


Alliteration

500

This director is known for films like Inception and Interstellar.

Christopher Nolan

500

This gas makes up most of the Earth's atmosphere

Nitrogen

500

Founded in 1855, Penn State was originally known by this name.

The Farmers' High School of Pennsylvania