80-POINT ASSIGNED QUESTION -- WORLD LANDMARKS
80-POINT ASSIGNED QUESTION -- WORLD LANDMARKS
40-POINT SNAPOUT TO END ROUND 1
40-POINT SNAPSTART TO ROUND 2
40-POINT OPEN QUESTION -- STADIUMS
100

The Oriental Pearl Tower.

Shanghai

100

The Shard.

London

100

The sum of the products of the corresponding coordinates of two vectors is referred to as what “product” on the vectors?

dot product (accept: inner product, scalar product)

100

The Storting is the supreme legislature of what northern European country?

Norway

100

The Dallas Mavericks and Miami Heat play in arenas named for what transportation company?

American Airlines (accept: AA)

200

The Lions Gate Bridge.

Vancouver

200

Christ the Redeemer.

Rio de Janeiro

200

Palliser’s Triangle is a semi-arid area of land in what country?

Canada

200

What poet created Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard?

Thomas Gray

200

What company holds the current naming rights to the NHL arenas in Calgary and Toronto?

Scotiabank (accept: The Bank of Nova Scotia)

300

The Brandenburg Gate.

The Brandenburg Gate.

300

The Lincoln Memorial.

Washington, D.C.

300

To the nearest hour, what is the period of a geostationary satellite?

24 hours

300

What now-common word comes from a Japanese phrase meaning “picture character”?

emoji

300

Which NFL team plays home games at Lambeau Field?

Green Bay Packers (accept either underlined part)

400

The Taj Mahal.

Agra

400

In what co-operative board game do players try to wipe out four diseases that have spread around the world?

Pandemic

400

What word refers to the study of inherited genetic traits that do not result from DNA alteration?

epigenetics

400

The home stadiums for the Seattle Mariners and Vegas Golden Knights are named for what telecom company?

T-Mobile

500

The Burj Khalifa.

Dubai