In a bag of small balls 1/4 are green, 1/8 are red, 1/12 are yellow and the remaining 26 white. How many balls are red?
6 balls are red
100
When Columbus sailed from Spain on his epic journey what did he expect to find?
India
100
Which planet has a day longer than its year?
Venus
100
On what surface did Diego Rivera usually paint?
Walls
100
Set in the American Civil War, what novel concerns a young solidier's first encounter with battle and the psychological canges that he undergoes? (Published in 1895)
"The Red Badge of Courage"
200
In a school 50% of the students are younger than 10, 1/20 are 10 years old and 1/10 are older than 10 but younger than 12, the remaining 70 students are 12 years or older. How many students are 10 years old?
10 students are 10 years old
200
What was the name of one of Columbus's ships?
Acceptable: "Nina", "Pinta" or "Santa Maria"
200
Who is the naturalist responsible for "The Theory of Evolution by Natural Selection"?
Darwin
200
With what artistic movement is Georgia O'Keefe usually associated?
Acceptable: "Realism" or "Realist"
200
What is the setting location for "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer"?
Along the Mississippi River
300
If the length of the side of a square is doubled, what is the ratio of the areas of the original square to the area of the new square?
1:4
300
What was the reason that the Pilgrims left England and sailed for America?
They were seeking freedom for their religious beliefs.
300
What is the name of the North Star?
Polaris
300
Raphael Soyer and his two brothers have been associated with what artistic movement?
Acceptable: "social realism", "social realist" or "social realistic"
300
What is the part of the writing process in which freewriting, brainstorming, clustering and idea mapping are used?
Prewriting
400
The division of a whole number N by 13 gives a quotient of 15 and a remainder of 2. Find N.
N = 197
400
What items, generally, did the Stamp Act tax?
Almost everything made of paper
400
A honey bee getting nectar or pollen from a flower is what type of natural association?
Mutualism
400
At what age did Wassily Kandinski begin painting?
30
400
"Their Eyes Were Watching God" is a work of what author?
Hurston
500
A person jogged 10 times along the perimeter of a rectangular field at the rate of 12 kilometers per hour for 30 minutes. If field has a length that is twice its width, find the area of the field in square meters.
20,000 square meters
500
Public schools in many parts of the United States were segregated for many years. In what year did a Supreme Court decision order the end of segregation?
1954
500
What is the standard unit of measurement when measuring force?
Newton
500
Who originated the collage?
Braque
500
Elie Wiesel's "Night" details the horrors of what historical event?