American History
Calculus
Rhetoric & Literature
Physics
August 2011-May 2012
100
Following Kennedy's assassination, Lyndon B. Johnson was sworn in here.
Air Force One
100
A different definition: Imitative of the work of another person, and usually disapproved of for that reason.
In calculus, you take one.
Derivative
100
The three rhetorical devices for persuasion.
Logos, pathos, ethos
100
The ohm symbol, Ω, represents a unit of what value?
Resistance
100
This tech company founder died of cancer at the age of 56 in October of 2011
Steve Jobs
200
What two US presidents died on the exact same day?
John Adams and Thomas Jefferson
200
A different definition: necessary to make a whole complete; essential or fundamental
In calculus, you take one
Integral
200
Novel that ends with the line "It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done; it is a far, far better rest that I go to than I have ever known."
Tale of Two Cities
200
The acceleration of gravity with units.
9.81 m/s2
200
In late 2011, this movement began its protests in New York's financial district
Occupy Wall Street
300
The only US president to have 3 different vice presidents during his time in office
FDR
300
In the traditional 'unit circle', the circle has a radius of ___.
One
300
The historical event set as the backdrop in The Crucible
Salem Witch Trials
300
A thermodynamic quantity representing the unavailability of a system's thermal energy for conversion into mechanical work, often interpreted as the degree of disorder or randomness in the system.
Entropy
300
Released in March 2012, what was the FULL TITLE of the short viral documentary, produced by Invisible Children, with the purpose of raising awareness and pushing for the capture of a Ugandan war criminal?
Kony 2012
400
In August of 1590, John White returned to what has been dubbed "The Lost Colony" because all of its inhabitants had disappeared. What was the colony's actual name?
Roanoke
400
What is the value of a derivative at a function's global maximum
Zero
400
The Literary Device described below.
A story, fictional or non fictional, in which characters, things, and events represent qualities or concepts. The interaction of these characters, things, and events is meant to reveal an abstraction or a truth.
J. R. R. Tolkien famously hated these.
Allegory
400
In the equation below, Power = ___/elapsed time
Work
400
Released in March 2012, this documentary follows an 85-year-old sushi master who once operated a three Michelin star restaurant.
Jiro Dreams of Sushi
500
The Civil War began in 1861 when Confederate forces fired on Fort Sumter located in this state
South Carolina
500
What is the derivative of this function with respect to y
x2+xy+y2+34y
x+2y+34
500
In The Scarlet Letter, the main character gives birth to a child but refuses to name the father. Later, the father is revealed to be Arthur Dimmesdale who has what profession?
Puritan minister (will accept priest or other variations)
500
Disregarding friction, if two objects collide and bounce away, maintaining their prior masses but both changing in velocity, they will collectively maintain the same overall ____.
Momentum.
500
Based on chart performance, Billboard's number one single of 2011 was this song featuring the lyrics
"Think of me in the depths of your despair
Make a home down there as mine sure won't be shared "
Rolling in the Depp