Speed Round 1
Shelters
While a quinzhee is a shelter made by hollowing out a pile of settled snow, what kind of shelter is made from blocks of hard snow?
igloo
Chemicals
These are the types of what kind of chemical agents?
phosphoric, carbonic, tannic, acetylsalicylic, citric, lactic, muriatic, hydrochloric, nitric
acid
Speculation
In 2016, what kind of creature made this prognostication?
Is this current warm weather more than a trend? Perchance this winter has come to an end? There is no shadow to be cast. An early spring is my forcast.
groundhog
Fiends
In the "Twilight" series, what kind of beings are Alice, Emmett, Carlisle, and Edward Cullen?
vampires
Skins
Once widely used for writing and art work, what is the term for goad and sheep skins that have been scraped and dried under tension but not tanned?
parchment
Text
As opposed to a text printed with printing press, what is the term for a text written by hand?
manuscript
Ancient Rome
In ancient Rome, what was the function of the catacombs?
Gulf States
If you were to sail from New Orleans, Louisiana, what other state could be your closest destination?Mississippi
North Africa
Which North African country has the greatest population?
Egypt
Laws
What kind of laws passed by Congress in the 19th century addressed the issue of escaped slaves and required their return to their owners?
fugitive slave laws
Award-Winning Novels
In "Holes," Sam was the black farmer in Green Lake, Texas, who cultivated what vegetables that he believed were the cure for everything?
These are islands of what country?
Panay
Samar
Negros
Mindanao
Luzon
Philippines
Pressure
If you balance a 100-pound cube that is 20 inches on a side on another cube that is 2 inches on a side, the pressure on the second cube is how many pounds per square inch?
25
Philippine History
Philippine natives first encountered Europeans who were members of an expedition led by whom?
Ferdinand Magellan
Aesop
What kind of creature is central to the Aesop fable with the moral that human beings belittle what they cannot get?
fox
Moons
Earth and Neptunian moon called Triton have atmospheres consisting mainly of what gas?
nitrogen
Vital Signs
What vital sign is normal if it measures between 90/60 to 120/80?blood pressure
Belgium
The official languages of Belgium are German, French and what third one that is also the primary language of the Low Country to its north?
Dutch
Russia
What vast region of extends from the Artic Ocean to Kazakhstan, Mongolia and China?
Siberia
New Orleans
The city of New Orleans became U.S. property as a result of what real estate deal?Louisiana Purchase
Festivals
Every year, the Iranian festival called Yaida is celebrated on the longest and darkest night of the year. On what date does that festival begin?
December 21
Mass Production
Mass production in the publishing industry began in the 15th century when who began using a printing press to produce Bibles?Johan Gutenberg
South America
The largest number of lines of longitude run through which South American country?
Brazil
Asian Geography
Northeast China shares a land border with what extensive peninsula upon which two countries are located?
Korean Peninsula
Sedimentary Deposits
Name the limestone deposits rising from the floor of caves
stalagmites