Speed Round 1
According to ancient Greek legend, what great civilization was lost under the sea?
Atlantis
South America
Name either of the two South American countries that extend farthest north.
Colombia, Venezuela
Climates
The two dry climate types are semiarid and what other?
arid
The Written Word
What broad literacy category includes diaries, journals, biographies, memoirs and autobiographies?
nonfiction
Book Series
What series of books by R.L. Stine is characterized by the author as "scary books that are also funny"
Goosebumps
Irish History
Complete this title of an article about Ireland.
Snakeless in Ireland: Blame Ice Age, Not Saint..
Patrick
Light Perception
How do humans perceive infrared light?
as heat
Nurtients
Of the six categories of nutrients, which one is needed in the smallest amount?
vitamins
Citizenship
A naturalized U.S. Citizen cannot hold either or which two political offices?president, vice president
Weapons of War
This 2017 passage is about what country? Equipped with 20,000 artillery pieces, 1000 short and medium missiles, 70 submarines, 400 patrol boats and 563 combat aircraft, the Hermit Kingdom's forces could wreak havoc in a sneak attack against its neighbor to the south.
North Korea
Wars
In 1950, the intervention of troops from what country suddenly tipped the scales against the American forces in Korea?
China
Business Strategies
A product is going to cost you $90 at the store, but, after completing the purchase and sending the product label to the manufacturer, you will receive a $40 check, thereby reducing your cost to $50. What is the name for this kind of price reduction.
rebate
Music
If a musical chord includes the notes E, G, and B how should these notes be played in arpeggio?
successively (in succession)
Cities
In what country would you find cities names for such people like as Prince Rupert of the Rhine, George Montague-Dunk who was the 2nd Earl of Halifax and Captain George Vancouver?
Canada
Fluid Dynamics
As illustrated by whirlpools, tornadoes and dust devils, name the region in a fluid in which the flow rotates around an axis line.
vortex
Nutrition
What three categories of nutrients provide 100% of the energy in food?
fats, proteins, carbohydrates
Aesop's Fables
What story by Aesop could have been entitled "The Terrestrial Turtle and the Long-eared Relative of the Rabbit"?
The Tortoise and the Hare
Environments
An aerobe can live and grow in the presence of what moleculeoxygen
Garbage
These are examples of what category of waste? unwanted biological cultures, extracted teeth, used tongue depressors, scabs, amputated body parts, discarded diagnostic samples, used swabs, disposable scalpels, expired drugs
medical waste
Physical Properties
In kilograms per cubic meter, what physical property of lead is 11,350, of lithium is 534, and of helium gas is 0.164?
density
Codes
In 1906, three dots, three dashes, and three dots became the international signal for what situationdistress (emergency, crisis, trouble, etc.)
Genres
What literacy genre has plots involving witches, sorcerers, mythical characters and talking animals?
fantasy
Animal Poems
What animal is missing in these lines from a Shel Silverstein poem?There's a __
In our Frigidaire.
He likes it cause it's cold in there. With his seat in the meat and his face in the fish And his big hairy paws
polar bear
South African History
Under the slogan "South Africa for the blacks", the intent of the Zulu movement of the 1900s was to end the rule in that region by what European power?
Great Britain
Improvisation
If you decide to del with something when it happens rather than plan for it, you will play it by what?
ear