Biology
British Lit
Logic 2
Debate
The Kitchen Sink
100

A series of steps in which organisms transfer energy by eating and being eaten.

What is the Food Chain?
100

A story with two levels of meaning - one that is literal and one in which the characters, places, and events stand for something outside the story.

What is an Allegory?

100

The disposition of terms in the premises.

What is Figure?

100

Which famous artists creative this masterpiece, called Pieta, when he was commissioned by a French Cardinal who wanted a sculpture to serve as his future tombstone.

Who is Michelangelo? 

100

The mission of Classical Conversations it so Know God and what?

What is "Make Him Known"?

200

The study of cells.

What is Cytology?

200

When several words in a line use the same initial consonant or vowel sound.

What is Alliteration?

200

The disposition of the premises according to quantity and quality.

What is Mood?

200

This famous artist has many infamous works including The Mona Lisa, The Last Supper, and The Virgin of the Rocks.

Who is Da Vinci?

200

The commutative law of addition states "A + B" equals this familiar reflection.

What is "B + A"?

300

Non-membrane-bounded organelles responsible for protein synthesis.

What are Ribosomes?

300

Name the Novel:

"I do not think, sir, you have any right to command me, merely because you are older than I, or because you have seen more of the world than I have; your claim to superiority depends on the use you have made of your time and experience."

What is Jane Eyre?

300

The word that tells us the quantity of the statement (e.g., all, some, and no).

What is the Quantifier?

300

This artist is well known for his use of etchings or engravings in wood and metal as opposed to the more traditional paint and canvas mediums.

Who is Durer?

300
Definition, Comparison, Circumstance, Relationship and this missing term make up the 5 Common Topics.

What is Testimony?

400

Movement of molecules through the plasma membrane aided by a process that requires energy input.

What is Active Transport?

400

A long, often book-length narrative in verse, that retells a heroic journey, superhuman deeds, grand adventures usually involving good and evil.  It uses stylized language.  It is lyrical and dramatic.

What is Epic Poetry?

400

A word that links together the subject and the predicate (e.g., is, am, are).

What is the Copula?

400

This famous composer, whose father was also a composer, was prolific and influential during the Classical period.  Despite his short life, his rapid pace of composition resulted in more than 800 works of virtually every genre of his time, which include titles including Requiem, Symphony No. 40, and Piano Sonata No. 11.

Who is Mozart?
400

We began our school year by reading this Epic Poem, which was full of alliteration and kennings, and yet absent of any wolves.

What is Beowulf?

500

DAILY DOUBLE!

Though it looks like a game play strategy for a game of Four Square, this square diagram is actually used to predict the genotypes of a particular cross or breeding experiment.



What is a Punnett Square?

500

Poetry that has a meter but not rhyme.

What is Blank Verse?

500

Part of the complex proposition that comes after the if in "if..then.." statements.  It is supposed to provide the ground or logical reason for the consequent.

What is the Antecedent?

500

Du Du Du Duuuuuuu.

Du Du Du Duuuuuuu.

Who is Beethoven?

500

By adding a zero exponent to a number you are always left with this singular lonely digit.

What is ONE?

600

Requiring Oxygen.

What is Aerobic?

600

Any person, animal, or figure represented in a literary work.

What is Character?

600

Part of a complex proposition that comes after the then in "if...then.." statements.  It should logically follow the antecedent.

What is the Consequent?

600

Reds, browns, and golds bring a warm and cozy atmosphere to this piece, Return of the Prodigal Son, which was painted by this famous artist.

Who is Rembrandt?

600

During the team policy debate held this semester we resolved that "The United States government should significantly change" this law that protects artists and their works.

What is Intellectual Property Copyright?

700

The science that studies how characteristics are passed from parent to offspring.

What is Genetics?

700

An implicit comparison between two things, or between a character or event and a broader theme, concept or idea without using like or as.

What is a Metaphor?

700

A complex argument of which there are four kinds:  Polysyllogisms, Sorites, Epicheirema, Dilemmas.

What is a Chain Argument?

700

Although he did not invent oil painting, this famous artist used it masterfully in many of his works, including the one pictured here.

Who is Van Eyck?

700

DAILY DOUBLE

During our morning class devotions we have been discussing a series of these behaviors that aid us in showing high moral standards.

What are Virtues?

800

A process of asexual reproduction in eukaryotic cells?

What is Mitosis?

800

Songs written and performed by Weird Al are examples of this literary style.

What is a Parody?

800

Name the Middle Term:

All good things are things we are thankful for

Apple pie is a good thing.

Therefore, Apple pie is a thing we are thankful for.

What is "Good Thing"?

800

Though it may look strange to the eye of us in the modern world, the use of halo's and elongated features, as used in this famous piece of art, was the norm in the time of Berlinghieri it's creator.

What is Madonna and Child?

800

A device such as a pattern of letters, ideas, or associations that assists in remembering something.

What is a Mnemonic?

900

One of a pair of genes that occupies the same position on homologous chromosomes.

What is an Allele?

900

Time and place of the action of the story.

What is the Setting?

900

An Epichereme in which the causal proposition is in the Major Premise.

What is First Order?

900

This German composer and musician of the late Baroque period is known for his orchestral music such as the Brandenburg Concertos; instrumental music such as the Cello Suites; keyboard works such the Goldberg Variations and The Well-Tempered Clavier; and organ works such as Fugue in D Minor, just to name a few.

Who is Bach?

900

The question "Have you ever wondered what it would be like to live underwater?" could serve as an example of this strong opener to a paper on marine biology.

What is an Exordium?
1000

An attraction force that holds molecules of the same substance together.

What is Cohesion?
1000

The main character or leading figure in a work, who is usually viewed in a positive light.

What is the Protagonist?

1000

A relationship that can be transferred from one set of concepts to another.

What is Transitive Relationship?

1000

Where the subject is looking, as defined in works of art.

What is Line of Sight?

1000

The missing number in a number sentence.

What is the Unknown?