Math
On a map, one inch corresponds to twenty units. Two cities on that map are twenty inches apart. In units, what is the actual distance between the two cities?
Four Hundred Units
Since February 2007, these atmospheric events have been measured using the Enhanced Fujita Scale. The deadliest occurred on March 18, 1925, killing 695 people along a 219-mile path through Missouri, Illinois, and Indiana. What meteorological event can now be detected by Doppler radar, due to the rapidly circulating winds of the vortex?
Tornado (Twister, Cyclone)
Examples of this type of color include red-orange and blue-violet. What kind of colors are made by mixing primary and secondary colors?
Tertiary
George was convicted of a felony. Spell the word in the preceding sentence that means a serious crime.
F-E-L-O-N-Y
This national symbol was opposed by Benjamin Franklin. Though endangered for many years, in the 1990s it made a comeback. Identify the national bird of the United States.
Bald Eagle
Andy is 11 years younger than Sam. Sam is twice as old as Andy. In years, how old is Sam?
22.
Although not a true force, this phenomenon is felt by riders of roller coasters and passengers in a car going around a turn. What so-called force, really a property of inertia, keeps water in a bucket as it is spun around one's head?
Centrifugal Force
On sheet music, this symbol appears after the key signature. The top number tells the number of beats per measure, while the bottom number tells what kind of note receives one beat. Identify this symbol, which looks like a fraction.
Time Signature
Identify the literary device used in the following sentence: Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
Alliteration
The process for implementing these documents is detailed in Article Five of the U.S. Constitution. They have addressed issues such as freedom of religion, prohibition of alcohol, and abolition of slavery. What are these changes to the Constitution?
Amendments
Consider two congruent triangles ABC and JKL. What side in the triangle JKL would be congruent with side AC from triangle ABC?
JL
For water, this quantity is close to one gram per cubic centimeter. What quantity is defined as mass per unit volume?
Density
Her lesser-known works include Hospital Sketches and Jo's Boys. Who wrote Little Men and Little Women?
Louisa May Alcott
I had to get some prescription for my infection. Spell the word in the preceding sentence that means a condition caused by bacteria.
I-N-F-E-C-T-I-O-N
Bluegrass
Multiplying 56 times the quantity four plus two yields the same result as multiplying 56 by four and adding it to the product of 56 and two. What property of whole numbers is illustrated in the previous sentence?
Distributive
These invertabraes can be flat, round, segmented, or spiny-headed. They have slender, soft, elongated bodies, and can live in the soil or as parasites in other organisms. Name these organisms, which are often used as fishing bait.
Worms
In this work, the children Clara and Fritz celebrate Christmas Eve. It features the Mouse King and the "Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairies." What is this Christmas ballet by Peter Tchaikovsky?
The Nutcracker
Identify the literary device used in the following sentence: I've told you a million times!
Hyperbole
This statesman negotiated the Missouri Compromise and the Compromise of 1850. He was a member of the Great Triumvirate along with Daniel Webster and John C. Calhoun. Give this speaker of the House from Kentucky, commonly known as the Great Compromiser.
Henry Clay
Consider the following four numbers: two-thirds, zero point six one, eleven sixteenths, and zero point six seven one. Place the numbers in order from smallest to largest.
He discovered that white light contains the colors of the visible spectrum, and co-discovered calculus. His three laws of motion deal with inertia, acceleration, and force. Name this Englishman, who also formulated the law of universal gravitation.
Issac Newton
In one sense, it refers to the art movement that flourished in mid-nineteenth-century France. In another, it refers to any artwork that depicts people, places, or objects as they actually are. Give this art term.
Realism (Realist)
As a verb, this word means a deaf person's primary means of communication. It can also mean, "to write one's name." Which word names a traffic notice that tells people to yield or stop?
Sign
This Virginia town was the location of a month-long siege in the fall of 1781. British troops here were successfully surrounded and cut off by combined French and Colonial forces. Which battle marked the end of a significant fighting during the American Revolution as troops under the command of General Cornwallis surrendered to George Washington and the Comte de Rochambeau?
Yorktown