Traversing Colombia are the Cordillera Occidental,
Cordillera Central, and Cordillera Oriental, all of
which are part of what mountain system?
Andes
100
The ancient Roman aqueducts repeatedly
incorporated what distinctive architectural
structure?
arch
100
What colonial city is the setting for "Johnny
Tremain"?
Boston
100
Any device that focuses beams of radiation is called
a ...
lens
100
How many syllables make up the missing last
words in this verse from "Winnie the Pooh"?
On Tuesday when it hails and snows, / The
feeling on me grows and grows / That hardly
anybody knows / If those are these or ...
A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4
C. 3
200
These are all what kind of landform?
Honshu, Ellesmere, Sumatra, Victoria
islands
200
The impeachment process was undertaken against
Andrew Johnson in 1868 and what other president
130 years later?
Bill Clinton
200
What word is missing in this verse?
Willie, in one of his nice new sashes,
Fell in the fire and was burnt to ashes;
Now, although the room grows ----,
I haven't the heart to poke poor Willie.
chilly
200
Three days ago you popped a blister on your heel
but now there seems to be a buildup of pus around
the blister site. This indicates what?
infection
200
Completing this sentence with which word makes it
paradoxical?
All general statements are ...
A. false
B. broad
C. vague
D. simple
E. redundant
A. false
300
It slashes through the land for more than 1100
kilometers, entering the sea at Daly City,
California. Name this fault.
San Andreas Fault
300
The Constitution requires Congress to assemble at
least how many times annually?
once
300
What kind of door is mentioned early in Poe's
poem, "The Raven"?
A. trap
B. open
C. storm
D. kitchen
E. chamber
E. chamber
300
What is the name for precisely half of a sphere?
hemisphere
300
What two words should be eliminated from this
sentence?
Take and put these groceries into the
refrigerator before you slop the hogs.
take and
400
In which body is the water level markedly
different from the others?
A. Dead Sea
B. Bering Sea
C. Tasman Sea
D. Sargasso Sea
E. South China Sea
A. Dead Sea
400
A U.S. stamp depicts a battleship that blew up in
Havana Harbor in 1898. The inscription on the
stamp reads, "Remember the" what?
Maine
400
What would happen whenever someone cut off one
of the heads of the Lernaean Hydra?
Two grew back.
400
What body system includes alveolar ducts, alveoli,
bronchioles, bronchi, and the trachea?
respiratory system
400
Which word would not be found on a list of
homophones?
A. road
B. wave
C. shear
D. sting
E. throne
D. sting
500
What gulf is bordered by Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, and
Saudi Arabia?
Persian Gulf
500
During World War II, what young girl went into
hiding with her mother Edith Frank, father Otto
Frank, and her sister Margot Frank in sealed-off
upper rooms of the annex of her father's office
building in Amsterdam?
Anne Frank
500
Verbal exchanges between characters are written
in the form of what?
dialogue
500
What kind of energy drives the water cycle?
solar energy
500
Which is a count noun?
A. idea
B. slime
C. weather
D. intelligence
E. hatefulness