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Alfred Wegener hypothesized that continents were once joined in a super continenent, which broke into pieces that moved apart
What is continential drift
100
Area of a circle whoose radius is Pi cm. (include proper units)
What is Pi^3 cm^2
100
A country southeast of Florida that is ruled by a communist dictator.
What is Cuba
100
Three branches of the federal government
What is legislative, execuitive, and judicial
100
Award for Excellence in Theatre, recognizes achievement in live American theatre. The awards are presented by the American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League at an annual ceremony in New York City. The awards are given for Broadway productions and performances, and an award is given for regional theatre.
What is Tony Awards or Antoinette Perry Award
200
The Earth can broken into 3 basic layers
What are crust, mantle, and core
200
Which following numbers can be divided by 3: 108 1,213,029 1,029 246,003 92
All except 92
200
This cultures calendar uses three different dating systems in parallel, the Long Count, the Tzolkin (divine calendar), and the Haab (civil calendar). Of these, only the Haab has a direct relationship to the length of the year. Some have attributed the date 2012 to have significance.
What is Mayan calendar
200
The central banking system of the United States, It was created in 1913
What is the Federal Reserve or Federal Reserve System
200
The Catcher in the Rye is a controversial 1951 novel by J. D. Salinger. Originally published for adults, it has since become popular with adolescent readers for its themes of teenage confusion, angst, alienation, language, and rebellion. Who is the main character?
Who is Holden Caulfield
300
The effects of earthquakes can be measured by machines. Early machines were called Richter scales. They are no longer used. Instead, geologists use this device which measures the intensity of ground shaking and damage caused by the earthquake on a scale from 1-12.
What is the Modiefied Mercalli Scale or Mercalli Scale
300
Two cones joined by the pointed ends present geometry with a wealth of information. Three types of curves can be gleened
What are ellipse, hyperbola, and parabola
300
Commemorates the Mexican army's unlikely victory over French forces at the Battle of Puebla on _____, 1862, under the leadership of General Ignacio Zaragoza Seguín.
What is May 5th or Cinco deMayo
300
A single senator, wishing to block a vote on legislation, can hold the floor indefinitely, bringing all other senate business to a halt.
What is filibuster
300
A sequence of musical notes in ascending and descending order that provides material for or is used to conveniently represent part or all of a musical work including melody and/or harmony
What is scale
400
The phases of the Moon when solar and lunar eclipses be observed respectively
What are new moon and full moon?
400
Name any two solutions for x in sinx + 2sinxcosx = 0
What are Pi, 0, 4Pi/3, 2Pi/3
400
Aquired by the United States of America, 828,800 square miles (2,147,000 km^2) of land was purchaed from Napoleon in 1803
What is the Lousiana Purchase
400
the line of succession of the United States government, who is second in line behind the President?
What is Speaker of the Houde
400
To remove from a grave; disinter or to bring to light, especially after a period of obscurity.
What is exhume
500
The four Galilean Moons
What are Ganymede, Callisto, Europa, and Io
500
The equation x^2 - x - 1 = 0 has a postive root solution that is of interest to biologists, artists, musicians, historians, architects, psychologists, and even mystics who have pondered and debated the basis of its ubiquity and appeal. The roots approximated positive decimal value is 1.618...
What is the Golden mean or Golden ratio
500
Name any South American country that 0-degrees latitude passes.
Ecuador, Brazil, Columbia
500
Miracle on 34th Street is a 1947 Christmas film written by George Seaton Following the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, people are left wondering whether or not a department store Santa might be the real thing. What federal government agency did a lawyer use to prove the existance of Santa Claus?
What is Post Office
500
1989 American drama film starring Robin Williams and Directed by Peter Weir. Set at a conservative and aristocratic boys prep school, it tells the story of an English teacher who inspires his students to change their lives of conformity through his teaching of poetry and literature.
What is Dead Poet's Society