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100

This 17th century British chemist defined the proportional relationship between the pressure and volume of a gas.

Who is Robert Boyle?

100

A satellite is transferred from a circular orbit of radius (r) to one of radius (4r). The ratio of its new orbital speed to its original orbital speed is this.

What is 1/2?

100

This is the capital of Iowa.

What is Des Moines?

100

In The Hunger Games, this district is known for textiles and clothing manufacturing.

What is District 8?

200

The surface area of this body part is roughly the size of a tennis court.

What are alveoli?

200

Seven has 7 red marbles, 7 green marbles, and 7 blue marbles in a bag. She draws 3 marbles at random, without replacement. a/b is the probability that she draws exactly one marble of each color. This is a + b.

What is 239?

200

These two states in the U.S. share the most borders with other states.

What are Tennessee and Missouri?

200

This is the top streamed song on Spotify of all time.

What is Blinding Lights by The Weeknd?

300

This is the outer protein coating or "shell" of a virus.

What is a capsid?

300

Three bigs and six littles participate in the SciOly @ UCSD Big/Little program. Each big is assigned exactly two littles, and each little is assigned to exactly one big. This is the total number of distinct possible assignments.

What is 90?

300

This is the capital of Myanmar.

What is Naypyidaw?

300

In Percy Jackson, this is the ancient sea monster with the body of a cow and the tail of a serpent that Artemis is hunting (which Percy later nicknames "Bessie").

What is the Ophiotaurus?

400

This cytokine is a member of the transforming growth factor-beta superfamily and is a biomarker for mitochondrial stress, inflammation, and aging.

What is GDF-15?

400

Vishal is calculating (6+7+69)2026, but Brandon claims he can determine its units digit without evaluating the entire expression. This is the units digit of the result.

What is 4?

400

This country has the largest number of languages in the world.

What is Papua New Guinea?

400

This film won the Academy Award for Best Picture in 2020.

What is Parasite?