Abbreviations
What is the two-letter postal code for the state traditionally abbreviated as Miss.?
MS
What African country includes one of the cardinal directions in its name?
South Africa (or Western Sahara)
Name the U.S. state with the longest coastline.
Alaska
The brain is composed of how many hemispheres?
2
What is the value of q in this equation?
63 = 8 + 8q +10 + q
5
What is the abbreviation for the kilogram?
kg
This refers to what river?
Most Egyptians live in the river's valley and delta.
Nile
What city is on the southern shore of the strait called the Golden Gate?
San Francisco
To what does the pronoun in this line refer?
Form there, it is carried into the right auricle and then to the right ventricle.
blood
What is the product?
(3)(-5)(-x)
15x
What is the abbreviation for an electric current that regularly reverses direction in a circuit?
ac
What European country is closest to Africa?
Spain
In 1779, the capital of Virginia was moved from Williamsburg to...
Richmond
heart or lungs
Multiply the quantity (z - 7) by x.
xz - 7x or zx - 7x
What abbreviation indicates that a patient was already deceased upon reaching a hospital?
DOA
The 20th-century French theologian and physician who received many humanitarian awards for his missionary work in Africa was Albert...
Schweitzer
What body of water must a vessel cross that travels from Houston, Texas, to St. Petersburg, Florida?
Gulf of Mexico
Gristle is a soft, elastic bodily tissue also known as...
cartilage
The square of x to the 4th power is x to the ...
8th power
Previously called Xena, Eris is a TNO and the largest known dwarf planet in the solar system. For what does TNO stand?
Trans-Neptunian Object
Some 20 million years ago, a jagged rift thousands of kilometers long began developing across the African continent. Name the resulting valley.
(Great) Rift Valley
The lowest point in Arizona is in the bed of what river?
Colorado River
The adrenal glands are embedded in adipose tissue at the superior end of what organs?
kidneys
The head of a bunny comprises 1/4 of its weight while 1/8 of its weight comes from its tail. The rest weighs 200 pounds. What does this Chernobyl cottontail weigh?
320 pounds