21st Century Books
"Gate" Keeping
North American Geography
Science Quiz
U.S Rep,& Prez
100

The title of this 2009 bestseller refers to the inked & pierced Lisbeth Salander 

What is, the girl with the dragon tattoo

100

To water the land by artificial means 

What is irrigate  

100

The peninsula that separates the Gulf of Mexico from the Caribbean Sea covers over 70,000 square miles 

What is the Yucatan 

100

Its the one-word title of a 1920 book written for a mass audience & subtitled "The Special & the General Theory"

What is relativity 

100

He represented Virginia in Congress from 1718 to 1798; as president from 1809 to 1817, he had what was called his war 

Who is James Madison 

200

This international bestseller has everything: exotic locales, a shipwreck & a Bengal tiger names Richard Parker 

What is Life of Pi

200

To provoke like a fight 

What is instigate 

200

This city in Mexico gives St.Louis a run for its money with its majestic arch near the American border.

Tijuana 

200

One unit of this measure of pressure is equal to 101,325 pascals 

What is an atmosphere 

200

President Andrew Johnson had been a senator & representative from this state 

What is Tennessee 

300

The title character of this novel by Madeline Miller is a Sorceress & the daughter of Helios in greek mythology 

who is Circe

300

Orkin will do it to prevent termites from brunching on your home 

What is fumigate 

300

You can stroll into Omaha via footbridge over this stately river

What is the Missouri River 

300

The saber-toothed cat chilled out during this epoch colloquially called "the great ice age"

What is the Pleistocene 

300

REP. Franklin Pierce was such a devoted supporter of Andrew Jackson, he got this nickname alluding to his age (29)

What is Young Hickory  

400

A lone Astronaut has a lot of problems to solve in his novel "Project Hail Mary"

Who is Andy Weir 

400

To give various forms of a verb 

What is conjugate 

400

The Post Intelligencer Globe is still an icon of this US city, though the same named paper is now online only 

What is Seattle 

400

D2O or heavy water combines oxygen with this isotope that is twice as heavy as hydrogen 

What is deuterium 

400

The last Former U.S. Representative to become president was this man who had represented Texas' 7th District 

Who is George H.W. Bush 

500

The title of This 2023 James Mcbride Novel refers to a shop run by a woman named Chona

What is The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store 

500

Per the judicial branch of California " to repeal or cancel an old law using another law"

What is abrogate 

500

This Territory makes up the largest part of the Canadian Arctic 

What is Nunavut 

500

Frogs & other Amphibians have 3-chambered hearts, with one ventricle & 2 of these 

What is an atrium 

500

He was a Rep. From New York before becoming VIP and then became our 13th president with the death of Zachary Taylor

Who is Fillmore