Science
Many scientists of this type conduct research on Newton's laws. Name these scientists that study properties and interactions of matter and energy.
physicists
This fable ends with villagers promising to help the title character search for his charges in the morning. Since the boy had already fooled them twice by claiming danger was present, they didn't believe him when a predator actually threatened his flock. Give the title of the Aesop fable about a lying shepherd boy.
The Boy Who Cried Wolf
A tree casts a fifteen-foot shadow, at the same time a three-foot tall mailbox casts a five-foot shadow. How many feet tall is the tree?
nine feet
Sometimes called the Kentucky Road, it generally followed the Warrior's Path. Identify the road that went through the Cumberland Gap to Crab Orchard, with branches to other parts of the state.
Wilderness Road
To perform this ballroom dance, take a step back on your right foot, then one forward on your left foot, ending with three side-to-side steps. Identify this Cuban dance, whose name probably came from the sound dancer's feet made.
Cha-cha (cha)
This celestial body is named after the Roman goddess of love and beauty. It is the hottest planet in our solar system and is the closest planet to Earth.
Venus
This fairy tale is alternatively titled Iron Henry. A princess loses a golden ball in a pond, but and animal retrieves it in exchange for a night in her castle. Identify this Brothers Grimm tale of an amphibian who transforms into a human.
The Frog Prince
A triangle has a base of 10 inches and a height of 4 inches. What is the area of the triangle in square inches?
20 square inches
This area is about 45 miles wide and 125 miles long. It lies in Kentucky, Arkansas, Tennessee, and Missouri, and is named for a town in the latter state. Identify this zone that was the site of massive earthquakes in 1811 and 1812,
New Madrid (fault)
This art movement favored realism, bold colors, and often used silk-screening to re-create multiple copies, It reflected society's rising consumerism and the influence of mass media: television, films, cartoons, and ads. What was this mid-20th century movement, lad by Roy Lichtenstein and Andy Warhol?
Pop (art)
Organisms in this life stage breathe through gills and swim before developing legs. Name the first development stage of frogs and other amphibians.
tadpoles (polliwogs)
This literary element determines wheather or not a story's narrator is omniscient. Second person is rare, but first and third person are common. Give the three-word term for the perspective from which a story is told.
Point of View
For a fabric design, three-tenths of a yard of fabric is needed. If there are 12 yards of fabric, what is the largest number of designs that can be made?
40 designs
This battle occurred after an unsuccessful attack on Bryan's Station. Daniel Boone advised the militia to make a flank attack, but was ignored. At what August 19, 1782, battle was the Kentucky militia soundly defeated by the British and their allies?
Battle of the Blue Licks
In a musical and a play based on this story, Nana is the dog whose child owners go on an adventure. The Lost Boys, Tiger Lily, Smee, and the Darling Children help the title character defeat Captain Hook. Name this J.M. Barrie story about "the boy who never grew up."
Peter Pan
Parts of this body system include the esophagus and gallbladder. Name this system that allows the conversion of food to energy and also includes the intestines and stomach.
digestive system
This punctuation mark can divide a word that must be split between two lines of text. It also appears in compounds such as six-year-old girl and great-grandmother. Name this punctuation, which is often confused with a dash.
hyphen
Multiple answer required. What numbers, when multiplied by themselves, equal 36?
6 and -6
This city was founded by the French as a port of deposit for trade in the Mississippi River Valley. It came under the control of Spain in the 1760s. Name this port city on the Gulf of Mexico that was sold to America along with the Lousiana Purchase.
New Orleans
On their cross-county journey, this novel's characters visit Old Faithful, the Badlands, and Pipestone, Minnesota. Phoebe Winterbottom's mother returns, but Salamanca Tree Hiddle journeys with her granparents to find her own mther in Lewiston, Idaho. Give the title of this Newbery Medal winner by Sharon Creech.
Walk Two Moons
The number of these subatomic particles within the nucleus of any given chemical element determines its atomic number. They also determine the element's position on the periodic table. Name this subatomic particle within the nucleus, which carries a positive electric charge.
proton
Like free verse, this type of poetry is unrhymed. However, its lines consist of ten syllables written in a specific meter--a pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables. Give the two-word phrase for this type of poetry, which makes up Shakespeare's comedies and tragedies.
blank verse
This thirteen-letter mathematical term refers to lines with a special property. What is the term for lines that form a right angle?
perpendicular
This document was unanimousely approved, although New York abstained. The approval vote came on July 2, but the document was not adopted until two days later. Identify the document that begins with the words, "When in the Course of human events."
Declaration of Independence
In this ballet, von Rothbart decieves Prince Siegfried into swearing allegiance to von Rothbart's daughter, Odile. The prince actually loves Odette, who has been transformed by sorcery into the title bird. This is the plot of what Tchaikovsky ballet?
Swan Lake