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100
If 40% of a given number is 8, then what is 15% of the given number?
3
100
This device was invented in 1977 by Lisa Lindhal following a complaint from her sister.
They come in two varieties, encapsulation and compression, and some designs incorporate
water pads and air bags. The first one was created from two jockstraps, and research has shown
that they effectively inhibit nipple movement, greatly reducing discomfort during exercise. They
famously entered the public eye during the 1999 Women's World Cup, when Brandi Chastain
ripped off her jersey to reveal one. Name, for ten points, this piece of sporting apparel worn by
women
Sports bra
100
What was the first feature-length animated movie ever released?
Snow white and the seven dwarfs
100
What is the name for the type of mass wasting in which perpendicular forces
due to freeze-thaw processes in the ground cause soil to lift upwards?
A. Frost Heave
B.Debris Slump
C.Earth Slide
D.Soil Sturzstrom
A. frost Heave
100
Pickett's Charge failed to take Cemetary Ridge in what 1863 Civil War battle in Pennsylvania that is often considered the war's turning point?
Gettysburg
200
What values of x are solutions for x^2+2x=8
-4 and 2
200
In curling, players slide polished stones made of what kind of rock?
Granite
200
What flavor of Pop-Tarts does Buddy the Elf use in his spaghetti in Elf?
Chocolate
200
Walden Pond in Massachusetts is a famous example of a kettle lake. What
created Walden pond?
GLACIAL ACTIVITY
200
John Quincy Adams successfully defended the 53 former residents of Sierra Leone who had escaped and taken over what Spanish slave ship in 1839?
Amistad
300
What is the greatest common factor of 42, 126, and 210?
42
300
Quite possibly the greatest hitter ever, the man with this nickname out-homered five
American League teams by himself in 1921
The Babe or the Great Bambino or the Sultan of Swat (prompt on George Ruth)
300
Who is the only actor to receive an Oscar nomination for acting in a Lord of the Rings movie?
Ian McKellen
300
A 2-liter container is filled with 3 moles of an ideal gas at 150 kelvins. What is the pressure
of the gas, in atmospheres, to two significant figures?
18
300
How long is the tomb of the unknown soldier guarded
A. every day but holidays
B. 24/7
C. Only during the day
D. Only during the visitation times
B. 24/7
400
The surface area of an official softball is (256/9) times the surface area of a major-league baseball. Give the improper fraction for the ratio of the radius of the softball to the radius of the baseball.
16/3
400
During the most recent Fourth of July contest sponsored by Nathan's, Joey ate 68 of these
Hot dogs
400
For which 1964 musical blockbuster did Julie Andrews win the Academy Award for Best Actress?
Mary Poppins
400
Rank the following three barium salts in terms of increasing water solubility:
1) Barium chlorate; 2) Barium sulfate; 3) Barium hydroxide.
2 3 1
400
What seven-letter word can describe a traveler to a holy place or a Puritan who crossed the Atlantic on the Mayflower to settle in Massachusetts?
pilgrim
500
Give the x intercepts for the line represented by the equation 2x-3y = 6
3
500
This network features squash, badminton, racquetball, as well as its namesake sport.
Tennis Channel
500
What national monument does Cary Grant climb in the heart-pounding final moments of North by Northwest?
Mount Rushmore
500
Fish and reptiles are classified under what phylum?
CHORDATA
500
what day was john f Kennedy assassinated
November 22, 1963