Math
When talking about the probability that an event will happen, this adjective describes the probability that the event will not happen and is always the difference between 1 and the probability that the event will happen. Give this adjective that, in geometry, describes a pair of angles whose sum is 90o.
answer: complementary
As this condition gets worse, your skin may start to feel warm—which means you really need to get warm as quickly as possible. Name this condition, usually seen only in winter, that may turn your skin black as skin cells die from exposure to extreme cold.
answer: frostbite
The next movie featuring this author's best-known character will feature different actors playing the roles of Rowley Jefferson and the Hefley family. Name this author who, as of mid-2016, had written a Do-It- Yourself Book, a Movie Diary, and 10 novels in his series Diary of a Wimpy Kid.
answer: Jeff Kinney
Canada's Queen Elizabeth Islands, Norway's Jan Mayen Island, Russia's New Siberian Islands and America's Little Diomede [dye-OM-a-dee] Island
are all located within—what northernmost ocean in the world ?
answer: Arctic Ocean
Players of the timpani [TIM-pa-nee], the cello, and the trombone must all learn to read its notes in order to play in a band or orchestra. Identify this clef also used by men who sing bass and by pianists who play anything with their left hand.
answer: bass (or F) clef
Pencils and paper ready! Give the interquartile range of a box-and-whisker plot whose box stretches between the data points 36 and 94.
answer: 58 [94 – 36]
It describes warmer temperatures at the surface of the Pacific Ocean that can affect wind direction and rainfall totals. Give this 2-word term from Spanish, first used by fishermen in South America who noticed that the water off the coast gets warmer than usual every few years around Christmas time.
answer: El Niño [el NEEN-yo]
This giant carries "a glowing torch" and is surrounded by tremendous amounts of holiday food. He takes the main character of the story where he appears to visit Bob Cratchit's family. Identify this second of three spirits to visit Ebenezer Scrooge in A Christmas Carol.
answer: the Ghost of Christmas Present
You can walk its Presidential Trail to get very close to this historical location. Name this South Dakota landmark, famed since 1941 for its Gutzon Borglum sculptures of George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Teddy Roosevelt and Thomas Jefferson.
answer: Mount Rushmore
St. Louis Cardinals great Ozzie Smith, Pittsburgh Pirates non-smoking legend Honus Wagner and New York Yankees star Derek Jeter all played—what position, represented on a baseball scorecard by the number 6 and located between second and third base ?
answer: shortstop
Pencils and paper ready! Divide 4.945 by 2.3 and give your answer to 2 decimal places.
answer: 2.15
This term is defined by Webster's as "having a spinal column." Give the general word for this subphylum of animal whose classes of fish, jawless fish, reptiles, birds and mammals all have backbones.
answer: vertebrate
The Japanese goddess Amaterasu [a-mott-a-ROSS], the Incan god Inti [een-tee], the Egyptian god Ra, the Greek god Helios [HEE-lee-ose] and the Norse god Sól were all considered to be in charge of—what celestial object ?
answer: the Sun
In 1849, she left the "slave state" of Maryland for freedom in
Philadelphia. Yet she didn't stay there, returning nearly 20 times to the South to help slaves reach freedom on the Underground Railroad. Name this black abolitionist who is now scheduled to replace Andrew Jackson on the $20 bill.
answer: Harriet Tubman
A court has ruled that it can’t be sold in Sweden because it looks like a brand of chocolate candy already sold in Sweden that has a small "m" printed on each piece. Name this popular candy made by the Mars company, which says its plain and peanut varieties will "melt in your mouth, not in your hand."
answer: M&M's
Pencils and paper ready! The state of North Carolina currently has about 9.6 million residents. If the total U.S. population is 320 million, what percentage of Americans live in North Carolina ?
answer: 3% [9.6/320
Name the state of matter with a definite shape that occupies a definite volume and usually causes more pain when you hit it with your hand than when you hit a liquid or a gas.
answer: solid
In myth, examples of this object include one used in battle by Hercules against Ares, and another used by Achilles in his battle against Hector. Identify this item of armor, often carried over the arm and used to block sword or club thrusts that would otherwise damage vital organs.
answer: shield
Before serving as NATO's first Supreme Commander of forces in Europe, he commanded the D-Day invasion during World War II. Name this military man who succeeded Harry Truman as President and used the campaign slogan, “I Like Ike.”
answer: Dwight D. Eisenhower
In words, it can be described by adjectives like "scratchy", "soft", "slimy" or "rough." Name this basic element of visual art that can describe either the way an artistic work looks like it would feel—or the way it does feel if you touch it.
answer: texture
Pencils and paper ready! A pair of squares are on top of each other. The top square has sides 2 feet shorter than the sides of the bottom square. Give the combined area of both squares if the bottom square has sides 10 feet long.
answer: 164 ft2 (100 + 64)
Its types include "analytical" and "spring", as well as the "equal arm" or "two-pan" variety developed in ancient Egypt. Name this laboratory tool, similar to a scale, that measures the mass of an object, often by comparing it with known masses.
answer: balance (prompt on "scale" before it is read)
He wrote a Space Trilogy of sci-fi novels that reimagines the planet Venus as a place called Perelandra. His later books like The Screwtape Letters were written before he married his wife Joy in 1956. Name this British creator of The Chronicles of Narnia.
answer: C.S. Lewis
Its Skywalk is operated by the Hualapai [WALL-a-pye] Indians
and allows you to walk some 70 feet away from its South Rim and see, through glass, a long way down. Name this natural landmark, created over millions of years by the Colorado River winding its way through Arizona.
answer: the Grand Canyon
MISCELLANEOUS Navy, mung and fava are all types of—what common legume whose other types include black, pinto, wax, lima, soy, kidney and green?
answer: types of beans