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100

what is the value of (x+y)(y-x) when x=5.5 and y=4.5?

-10

100

plants make their own food using energy that comes from the ____. 

sunlight

100

You’ll find me in mercury, earth, mars, jupiter, saturn, & uranus. But never neptune or venus. What am I?

letter "r"

100
How many keys are on a piano? 

88 keys

100

What year did Facebook launch? 

2004

200

Let x be an odd number. In terms of x, what is the sum of the two even numbers closest to x?

2x

200
almost all plants depend on the process of _____ to supply them with the energy

photosynthesis

200

I'm tall when I'm young and old when I'm short. What am I? 

a candle 

200
Who painted The Last Supper? 

Leonardo da Vinci

200
Which athlete has won the most Olympic medals?

Michael Phelps (28 medals)

300

The average score of 10 players was 6.5. One player's score was dropped, changing the mean of the remaining scores to 6.0. What score was dropped?

11

300

What is the fastest growing plant? 

Bamboo

300

The one who makes it sells it. The one who buys it never uses it. The one who uses it never knows he’s using it. What is it?

A coffin

300

 I am a three-digit number. My second digit is 4 times bigger than the third digit. My first digit is 3 less than my second digit. Guess my number?

141

300

Originally, Amazon only sold what kind of product?  

Books

400

Carolyn walked 3 miles from her house to the library and then 2 1/2 miles farther to the grocery store. Returning home by the same route, she walked 1 2/3 miles before stopping at a friend’s house. How many miles did Carolyn have left to walk home?

3 5/6 miles 

400

write the chemical name of carbon dioxide.

CO2

400

What has 13 hearts but no other organs? 

A deck of cards

400

What is the more popular name for the portrait officially titled “La Gioconda,” painted in Florence in 1503?

The Mona Lisa

400

The first vaccine developed was for which disease?

smallpox

500

In the figure above, PQRS is a square. Point S is the center of the circle, and points P and R are on the circle. If the area of the square is 4 square centimeters, what is the area, in square centimeters, of the shaded quarter of the circle? (draw pic) 

 pi

500

What does DNA stand for? 

Deoxyribonucleic acid

500

what walks on four feet in the morning, two in the afternoon, and three at night?

A human

500

What is the highest-grossing Broadway show of all time?

The Lion King

500

what is your body's largest organ? 

skin