Science
Its "body" variety is often a plant leaf, fish skeleton or insect. Give the term for this naturally preserved evidence of ancient organisms that is studied by a paleontologist [pay-lee-on-TAW-la-just].
answer: fossils
The idea that each positive integer (except 1) is either a prime number itself or a product of prime numbers is defined as the "Fundamental Theorem of " —what branch of math, studied before algebra and geometry ?
answer: Fundamental Theorem of Arithmetic
Pencils and paper may be helpful! Give the one word that should be changed in this sentence to create a parallel sentence structure—and what that word should be changed to : "Joanna ate dinner, practiced basketball, does her homework, and then went to bed."
answer: change "does" to "did"
When American troops marched through Paris on July 4, 1917, Colonel Charles Stanton stopped at his grave and told him, "We are here!” Name this French nobleman who became friends with George Washington as he helped America win the Revolutionary War.
answer: Marquis de Lafayette
Concertos written for it include a set of six suites by Johann Sebastian Bach. Identify this stringed instrument, played today by Yo-Yo Ma, that is pitched higher than a string bass but lower than a viola.
answer: violoncello
The "upland" type of this plant is usually harvested by either taking its usable material straight off the boll [bole] or by taking the whole boll right off the plant. Name this popular plant that became easier to harvest after Eli Whitney developed a gin to remove its seeds quickly and easily.
answer: cotton
Guidelines for finding its "line of best fit" on an x-y grid include "putting as many points above the line as below" and "making the line as close to possible to all points." Identify this type of statistical plot consisting of dozens or hundreds of points through which multiple lines of best fit might be drawn.
answer: scatter plot
Name the Mary Norton series of novels about the tiny family that once lived in the model village of Little Fordham, whose last name is Clock, and who survives by temporarily using things that humans don’t need.
answer: The Borrowers
He felt betrayed by Americans who kept taking his tribe's land in the Pacific Northwest. Name this leader of the Nez Percé tribe who said at his final surrender in 1877, “From where the sun now stands, I will fight no more forever.”
answer: Chief Joseph
This school of art 's paintings often look only partly done because many details were deliberately left fuzzy or unclear. Identify this 19th-century art movement that got its name from a critic's statement regarding a particular Claude Monet painting of a sunrise.
answer: Impressionism (or Impressionist)
Once carvable only by hand because it is so hard, technology now allows it to be polished to make important things like tombstones. Name this type of igneous rock, made mostly of feldspar and quartz and often seen in the kitchen countertops of houses.
answer: granite
Give the term for the perimeter of a circle that is always equal to π times the diameter of that circle.
answer: circumference
In this novel, one of the conflicts is caused by the toy cowboy named Boone, while another conflict is caused by the friction between Patrick and his friend Omri. Identify this novel by Lynne Reid Banks that involves a magic key and whose title character is 3 inches tall and named Little Bear.
answer: The Indian in the Cupboard
Identify the historical document whose writers "mutually pledge[d] to each other our Lives, our Fortunes and our sacred Honor" and that claims men have the inalienable right to "life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness."
answer: Declaration of Independence
Its four strings are typically tuned to the three notes of a C-major chord, plus A-natural. In Hawaiian, its name means "the gift that came here" because it first reached Hawaii through Portuguese immigrants. Name this small stringed instrument.
answer: ukulele [yoo-ka-LAY-lee]
Temperature, pressure and erosion are all important parts of this concept that is often drawn as a circle or oval. Give the 2-word term for this explanation of how igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary substances change from one type to another over long periods of time.
answer: rock cycle
Pencils and paper ready! As a decimal, give the sum of one-half and 23.64%.
answer: 0.7364
The words "rucksack" (meaning "a knapsack"), "fife" (a musical instrument) and "schnauzer" (a breed of dog) all came to English from –what language that also gave us the words "hinterland", "waltz", "bratwurst" and "gesundheit" ?
answer: German
Manuel Deodoro da Fonseca took power in this country after its slaves were freed in 1888. Later, he was the head of this country's provisional government after the coup that overthrew Emperor Pedro II. Name this South American country, the largest on the continent.
answer: Brazil
The General Mills cereal giveaway tied in with this film included plastic toys of Chloe the cat and Duke the dog. Identify this animated movie that includes the voices of Kevin Hart as Snowball the rabbit and Louis C.K. as Max the dog.
answer: The Secret Life of Pets
An Italian museum of science and technology is named for this artist because of his many scientific and technological contributions. Identify this Renaissance painter of the unfinished Adoration of the Magi, a fresco of The Last Supper and Mona Lisa.
answer: Leonardo da Vinci (accept either)
Pencils and paper ready! According to the Fundamental Counting Principle, how many possible wardrobe combinations can be made from a set of 8 shirts and a set of 3 pairs of pants ?
answer: 24
Its meanings include "the beginning of a mountain stream" and "a single cow or bull within a herd." Give this 4-letter word that can also mean "the foam on a glass of root beer", "a person in charge of something", "a unit of cabbage or lettuce", "one side of a coin", and "the part of your body containing your nose and ears."
answer: head
The Tijuca Forest in this city contains its famous Christ the Redeemer Statue. Give the full 3-word name of this Brazilian city, founded on the first day of the year 1502, that is also famed for its Sugarloaf Mountain and its hosting of the 2016 Summer Olympics.
answer: Rio de Janeiro (prompt on "Rio" before "3-word" is read; after that, don't accept "Rio")
Name the process of making textiles that uses a loom to combine a set of horizontal threads and a set of vertical threads into a usable piece of cloth.
answer: weave (or weaving)