Math & Sciences
The answer to 12x - 60
What is 5?
The first president of the United States
Who is George Washington?
The name of the imaginary line that gives us the North and South Hemispheres
What is the Equator?
The reindeer with a bright red nose
*Bonus points if you can name ALL of the other reindeer (100 pts)*
Who is Rudolph?
Bonus: Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner, Blitzen
The measure of how many times your heart beats in one minute
What is heart rate?
The elemental notation for silver
What is Ag?
The person who wrote the Declaration of Independence
*Bonus points if you know the year. (100 pts)*
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
Bonus: 1776
The popular music style that stems from the Dominican Republic known for its fast rhythm and energetic beats
What is merengue?
The song that was sung by Bing Crosby, and often considered the best-selling Christmas song at the time
*Bonus points if you know how many copies were sold (in the millions) (100 pts)*
What is White Christmas?
Bonus: around 50 million
What resistors do in electronics
What is resistance of the flow of electrons?
Earth's Gravity
*Bonus points if you know the units (100pts)*
What is 9.8?
or
What is 10?
Bonus: (m/s^2)
The Italian explorer that is credited with "discovering" the Americas
*Bonus points if you know the year (100 pts)*
Who is Christopher Columbus?
Bonus: 1492
The capital city of the Philippines
(one of the most densely populated cities in the world)
*Bonus points if you know the island it is located on (100 pts)*
What is Manila?
Bonus: Luzon
The boy who wanted a Red Ryder BB gun for Christmas
(despite being told "You'll shoot your eyes out")
*Bonus points if you know the year it was released (100 pts)*
Who is Ralphie Parker?
Bonus: 1983
The type of fire that involves flammable liquids, such as oil or gasoline, and requires a special type of extinguisher to put out
*Bonus points if you know how many types of fires there are (in terms of firefighting regulations) (100 pts)*
What is a Class B fire?
Bonus: 5
Given: Equation for a circle
(x + 3)2 + (y - 5)2 = 625
Question: The radius of the circle
*Bonus points if you know the center of the circle (100 pts)*
25
Bonus: (-3, 5)
The event in which a group of American colonists protested British taxation by destroying a shipment of tea in a harbor
What is the Boston Tea Party?
The modern-day country in which the ancient city of Babylon, known for its Hanging Gardens, is located.
What is Iraq?
The total number of gifts given in the song "The Twelve Days of Christmas," across all verses
*Bonus points if you know when the song was published (100 pts)*
What is 364?
Bonus: 1953
The type of semiconductor material is typically used in solar cells and is known for its ability to generate electricity when exposed to light
What is silicon?
Given: f(x) = 6x2 - 3x + 5
(hint: if you can entice the host, he may give you a nudge in the right direction...)
Question: The derivative of f(x)
What is 12x - 3?
The ancient trade route connected China to the Mediterranean and was a key path for the exchange of goods, culture, and ideas.
(hint: named after the first good ever traded through it)
*Bonus points if you know the dynasty it was created in (100 pts)*
What is the Silk Road?
Bonus: Han Dynasty
The region known for its ancient pyramids and the Sphinx and was once part of the Egyptian Old Kingdom
*Bonus points if you know the names of at least one of the pyramids (100 pts per pyramid)*
What is Giza?
Bonus: Khufu, Cheops, Khafre, Menkaure
The person that popularized the use of Christmas trees
(hint: person of power in Britain)
*Bonus points if you know when the tradition "started" (100 pts)*
Who is Queen Victoria?
Bonus: Medieval Germany
The syndrome associated with critically ill patients involve weakness and is mainly caused by prolonged mechanical ventilation or critical illness
*Bonus points if you know both the abbreviation AND the full technical name (100 pts)*
What is Critical Illness Polyneuropathy (CIP)?
Bonus: Critical Illness Polyneuropathy/CIP