Math/Logic
A bat and ball cost $1.10. The bat costs one dollar more than the ball. How much does the ball cost?
5 cents.
Name the Greek hero who used a reflective shield during his slaying of Medusa.
Perseus.
Cottage / Swiss / Cake.What's the fourth word to link them?
Cheese.
What is the name the longest tributary of the Colorado River?
Green River.
The first four notes of this composer's fifth symphony inspired the "V for Victory" symbol used to show Allied support during World War Two. What is his name?
Beethoven.
If it takes 5 machines 5 minutes to make 5 widgets, how long does it take 100 machinese to make 100 widgets?
5 minutes.
Name the explorer whose ship Endurance was crushed by ice, forcing a journey aboard lifeboats to South
Georgia.
Ernest Shackleton.
Safety / Cushion / Point.
Pin.
This city, the host of the penultimate meeting of the Constitutional Convention in 1786, contains the United States Naval Academy on Chesapeake Bay. What is it?
Annapolis, Maryland.
Name this period of music named after the Portugese word for "misshapen pearl" , lasting roughly 1600-1750 and including composers such as Bach and Handel.
Baroque.
There are two ducks in front of a duck, two ducks behind a duck and a duck in the middle. How many ducks are there?
Three.
The Battle of Dunkirk occurred in which year, the same year as the Battle for the Hague, the Battle of Zeeland, and the beginning of the Battle of Britain?
1940.
Sense / Courtesy / Place.
Common.
This lake, which is the source of the White Nile, lies on the junction between Uganda, Kenya, and Tanzania. What is the name?
Lake Victoria.
Who wrote the broadway musical Hamilton?
Lin-Manuel Miranda.
Everyday, the patch of lily pads in a lake doubles in size. If it takes 48 days for the lily pads to cover the entire lake, how many days does it take for the patch to cover half of the lake?
47.
The "Polyphase Phase" system was marketed under this man’s name, while the SI unit for magnetic
flux density was named in his honor, 17 years after his 1943 death. Name this Serbian-American who pioneered the use of alternating current systems.
Nikola Tesla.
Opera / Hand / Dish.
Soap.
This city's Öskjuhlíd hill contains an exhibition hall called Perlan, which contains a replica of Látrabjarg, Europe's largest bird cliff.
Reykjavík, Iceland.
Who are the two central figures in Raphael's "School of Athens" in Vatican?
Plato and Aristotle.
Using only an addition, how do you add eight 8’s and get the number 1000?
888 + 88 + 8 + 8 + 8 = 1000
This England ruler declared she had the "heart and stomach of a king" in the face of invasion from the Spanish Armada. Who is she?
Queen Elizabeth I.
Dive / Light / Rocket.
Sky.
This territory's namesake Rock is considered the northern of the two Pillars of Hercules. Name this British territory on the southern coast of Spain, which lies across a namesake strait from Morocco.
Gibraltar.
Nine.