Sports
This Alabama native is widely known as one of the best professional dual sport athletes, playing running back for the NFL as well as outfielder in the MLB
This river, the longest in Africa, flows northward through eleven countries before emptying into the Mediterranean Sea.
The Nile River
This 1773 protest against British taxation took place in Boston Harbor.
The Boston Tea Party
The basic unit of life in all living organisms.
A Cell
This is the most sold book series of all time
Harry Potter
This Maryland athlete became the youngest male runner in the Olympics running the 4x400 relay for the USA
Quincy Wilson
This is the Capital of the Bahamas on its largest island and serves as the country's main commercial hub
Nassau
1,000: What is the name of the island; New Providence
This document begins with the words “We the People.”
The U.S. Constitution
This law explains why every action has an equal and opposite reaction.
Newton's third law of Motion
This religion mostly practiced in India, holds the belief of the existence of number Gods
Hinduism
1,000: How many Gods are there believed to be; 330 million
This was the name given to a controversy that happened over the 2007 NFL season dealing with cheating
Spygate
Double
Head Coach, Team, Starting QB
This desert, covering much of northern China and southern Mongolia, is the world’s coldest major desert.
The Gobi Desert
This 1863 document declared freedom for enslaved people in Confederate states.
Emancipation Proclamation
This is the process of copying genetic information from DNA into messenger RNA (mRNA) within the nucleus, acting as the first step of gene expression.
Transcription
Double: What step follows after to make the proteins; Translation
This widely loved and widely hated North American musical artist wrote songs of love, peace, and war. But later dies to cancer.
Bob Marley
1,000: what socio-religious belief did Bob Marley claim; Rastafarianism
This NBA 7' foot center was the youngest player to appear in a game at 18 years and 7 days old.
Andrew Bynum
This saltwater lake, bordered by Jordan and Israel, is the lowest point on Earth’s land surface.
The Dead Sea
Double: True or false-Despite the extreme salinity there still is animal and plant life; false
The conflict in which the U.S. tried to prevent the spread of communism in Southeast Asia.
The Vietnam War
Double: This toxic herbicide was used in the war by the Americans to destroy Guerrilla crops and food sources but still linked to illnesses in Vietnam today; Agent Orange
This fundamental, quantitative laboratory technique is used to determine the unknown concentration of a specific analyte in a solution
Titration
1,000; What color will the solution appear to be when you have reached perfect titration, Hot Pink
What is the reciprocal of cosine
The Secant function
This Negro League Baseball team is often recognized as the best in the league during the times of segregation. Winning multiple pennants and championships with stars such as Buck Leonard, Josh Gibson, and Cool Papa Bell
Homestead Grays
1,000: when did the baseball Negro Leagues begin; 1920
This South American capital city lies on the La Plata River and is famous for its distinctive neighborhoods like La Boca and Recoleta.
Buenos Aires
This Cold War–era policy aimed to stop the spread of communism without directly engaging the Soviet Union militarily.
Containment
1,000: What was the list of names called that suspected these US celebrities of having ties with communism and the Soviet Union; The Hollywood Blacklist
This equation describes the relationship between energy, mass, and the speed of light.
E equal mc squared
The oldest known written work considered a "book" or epic literature originating in ancient Mesopotamia with tales dating to around 2100 BCE, though the most complete versions were compiled on clay tablets in the 12th century BCE. This Sumerian epic, chronicling a king's quest for immortality, predates other ancient texts like the Bible
The Epic of Gilgamesh