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10

What tropical and subtropical trees are distinguished by a large cluster of compound, evergreen leaves at the top of an unbranched stem?

palm

10

On the last day of December in 1999, U.S. troops lowered the American flag for the last time over a region which, from that point forward, would be administered by what Latin American country?

Panama

10

What is the director's command to the actors to stop playing  a scene?

cut

10

What is first on an alphabetical list of the U.S. armed forces?

Air Force 

10

A prepositional phrase begins with a preposition and ends with an...

object

20

Usually located near ground level, the crown is the region where a shoot joins with the ...

root

20

What adjective indicates the type of energy that comes from the Sun?

solar

20

Creating motion in graphic images on film through small progressive changes in each drawing cell is called...

animation

20

A horseback-mounted military unit used extensively after the Civil War against the Indians is called a...

cavalry

20

What preposition should have been used below?

Ritchie was in a clash by himself.

with

30

Before the 16th century in England, it was called the "lion's tooth."  But then they began to use the French name for this weed "dent-de-lion."  What is this common weed?

dandelion

30

What is the sum of the following?

3xy

-2xy

5xy

xy

7xy

30

Motion pictures employ people for minor parts such as crowd scene.  Such performers are called...

extras

30

A fleet of warships, such as the one sent by Phillip II to invade England in 1588, is called an...

armada

30

What kind of subordinate clause modifies a noun or pronoun?

adjectives clause

40

Chlorosis is the yellowing of foliage due to a loss of breakdown of what pigment necessary for photsynthesis?

chlorophyll

40

The Olemecs and Mayas had no iron for weapons and cutting tools.  Instead, they used what kind of volcanic glass called...

obsidian

40

A nonfiction narrative film, presented in a journalistic vein, about an actual event  or person is called a ...

documentary

40

In the Department of Defense, who has more power than the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff?

Secretary of Defense

40

What punctuation mark signals a more complete pause than a comma but less of a pause than a colon?

semicolon

50

A sporangium is essentially a container or case for...

spores

50

Established in 1908, what federal agency under the Department of Justice earned its reputation in the 1920s and 30s by apprehending bank robbers and gangsters?

FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation)

50

These international film festivals are held annually in what country?

Grenoble

Rouen

Amiens

Cannes

France

50

Soldiers with blue helmets are probably military personnel attached to what organizations?

United Nations

50

What part of speech is the second word of the infinitive phrase in this quote by Einstein?

The important thing is to not stop questioning.

adverb