English 1301

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• Which continent covers all four hemispheres of the earth? 

Africa

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• Located between Israel and Jordan, this body of water is known for its high salt content, making it uninhabitable for most life forms. 

The Dead Sea

300

• What was America’s first national park?

Yellowstone

400

• What year did World War I begin?

1914

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• Who did the U.S. buy Florida from?

Spain

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Q: Which dog breed was traditionally kept by monks in the Swiss Alps to find lost travelers?

A: The Saint Bernard

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Q: Which planet shares its name with a chemical element?

A: Mercury

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Q: What is the only bird that can fly backward?

A: Hummingbirds

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Q: Who painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel?

A: Michelangelo

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Q: Who painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel?

A: Michelangelo

Science

100

Which ocean creature has three hearts and blue blood?

Octopus

200

What's the fastest land animal?

Cheetah 

300

What are the three layers of the earths crust

crust mantle core

400

Which is the most abundant element in the universe?

Hydrogen

500

Who is credited with coming up with the theory of evolution?

Charles Darwin

Math

100

Binary number systems, often found in computer programming, use only which two digits?

0, 1

200

Question: What comes after a trillion?

1. Answer: Quadrillion, then quintillion.

300

Question: In Einstein’s famous equation, E=MC², the constant used to express the speed of light is represented by which letter?

C

400

Question: What is the product of the first three prime numbers?

1. Answer: 30. (2x3x5=30)

500

Question: Is 51 a prime number?

NO

English

100

Question: Which English letter is the most frequently used in written communication?

E

200

What is the dot on top of a lower case i called?

tittle

300

3. What do the words “silver”, “month”, “orange” and “purple” have in common?

They don't rhyme with anything else in the English language 

400

In Christina Rossetti’s After Death, who is dead and who is “grieving”? 

Must answer both correctly.

1) We don't know. But context clues tell us a little boy.

2) An older man, maybe father, may mentor, we don't really know.

500

13. What are “crutch words”?

Answer: The words we use repeatedly during conversation even if they don’t add meaning to what you are saying

Actually, some crutch words are used, like, all the time, such as “Actually”, “like”, “basically” and “anyway”.