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Preparing for the "SAT"s
National Historic Landmarks
Things With Pockets
Real Men of Science
Movies At Sea
100
The Moon is one
What is a satellite?
100
Historic landmarks in this city include Hull House & the Marshall Field Company Store
What is Chicago?
100
It'sthe number of pockets on a standard pool table
What is six?
100
These small glass or plastic dishes used to culture microorganisms are named for a German bacteriologist
What is a Petri dish?
100
"Yell barracuda, everybody says, 'huh? what?'; you yell shark, we've got a panic on our hands" is said in this film
What is Jaws?
200
This word meaning "adequate" contains a manufacturing facility
What is satisfactory?
200
It was in Emigration Canyon near Salt Lake City in 1847 that he told his followers, "This is the place"
Who is Brigham Young?
200
Order a falafel sandwich & it will come stuffed inside this pocket bread
What is pita?
200
373.15 is the boiling point of water on the scale named for this Scottish scientist
Who is Kelvin?
200
A captain & his inexperienced crew partrol the Atlantic in a sub in this 1981 Wolfgang Petersen film with a German title
What is Das Boot?
300
Wetted thoroughly, from the Latin for "full"
What is saturated?
300
The site where he launched the first liquid fuel rocket in 1926 is now part of a golf course fairway in Massachusetts
Who is Robert Goddard?
300
A fob pocket on a vest or a pair of pants was originally designed to carry this
What is a watch?
300
Galileo used a supernova in 1604 to disprove this ancient Greek's theory that the universe never changes
Who is Aristotle?
300
One tagline for this 1997 Oscar winner was "Collide with destiny"
What is Titanic?
400
Yes, Mr. Paige, it's a small bag
What is a satchell?
400
The Kentucky Derby was modeled on England's Epsom Derby & is held at this site
What is Churchill Downs?
400
In bowling a right-hander aims for the pocket between these 2 pins
What are one and three?
400
With his book & TV show named this, Carl Sagan popularized astronomy for bil--thousands, at least
What is Cosmos?
400
This 1995 film with Kevin Costner as a "manphibian" (he had gills!) cost an estimated $175 million
What is Waterworld?
500
Zen Buddhist state of enlightenment
What is satori?
500
His home Beauvior, where he wrote "The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government", is a landmark in Biloxi
Who is Jefferson Davis?
500
Sticks with net pockets are used to throw a ball into the opponent's goal in this team sport
What is lacrosse?
500
Introduced in 1856, his process, using blasts of air to remove impurities, made the mass production of steel possible
Who is Henry Bessemer?
500
Jack Lemmon was Ensign Pulver, in charge of laundry and morale aboard a ship called The Reluctant, in this 1955 film
What is Mister Roberts?