Guam High School Tournament HS Matches 6 - 16 Part 3

Academic Hallmarks 2023
Guam High School Tournament HS Matches 6- 16 Part 3
Match 6
Questions
1 Q: Kwanzaa - What is the name of the candleholder that is used during Kwanzaa
celebrations?
A: kinara
2 Q: May the Force Be With You - What is the fourth basic force effective in the
Universe beyond the gravitational force, the strong nuclear force, and the weak
nuclear force?
A: Electromagnetic (Force)
3 Q: Forced Name Change - The Wendat Nation of the Ontario, Canada area had
their name changed by the French settlers who moved in, a common practice. The
new name was made to make fun of the hairstyle of the Wendat. What name was
given to both the Indigenous People and the Great Lake nearby?
A: Huron
4 Q: Caught in the Middle - Which country was used in 1979 as a staging area by
Vietnamese troops for the invasion of Cambodia?
A: Laos
5 Q: Selling Their Work - With the rise of popular music in the 1960's, bands began
doing something new to sell their music. By carefully putting their songs together
into collections and selling them based on a hit single, an entire set could be heard
to become more popular. What was this collection on a single record called?
A: Album
6 Q: Music and Fashion - In 2023, which musician did Louis Vuitton announce would
succeed Virgil Abloh as its new creative director for men’s wear?
A: Pharrell Williams
7 Q: How Old is it? - By measuring the radioactivity left in recently discovered
objects, their approximate age can be determined. What is this method of dating
archaeological finds called?
A: Carbon-14 or Radiocarbon dating or carbon dating

Match 6
Questions
8 Q: Continued Adaptations - In mythology, it was the story of a man who fell in love
with a statue that was brought to life. George Bernard Shaw used the name to
create what play about Eliza Doolittle that would later turn into the musical "My
Fair Lady"?
A: Pygmalion
9 Q: Time Reckoning - Aya heads out from Cleveland toward Chicago averaging 80
miles per hour. One hour later, a plane takes off from Cleveland flying 400 mph
directly above Aya's route. How long will it be until the plane overtakes Aya?
A: 15 minutes (or 1/4 hour)

10 Q: Infamous Acts - By the end of his presidency, who had signed nearly 70
removal treaties which forced over 60,000 Indigenous Peoples to relocate from the
southeastern U.S. to lands west of the Mississippi with many dying along the way?
A: Andrew Jackson
11 Q: Breaking it Down? - What comes between Class and Family in taxonomy? An
example is Carnivora.
A: Order
12 Q: To Make the World Safer - From the 1940’s through 1972, the U.S. spent
money and energy researching ways to kill or sicken our enemies. In 1972, which
U.S. President signed an international treaty outlawing germ or biological
weapons?
A: Richard Nixon
13 Q: Rising Up Again - The phoenix was chosen as a symbol to commemorate its
ability to rebuild after disaster. Name this American city rebuilt after an earthquake.
A: San Francisco
14 Q: Early Sports - What is the earliest sport on the North American continent - the
one played by the Indigenous Peoples as early as the 12th century?
A: Lacrosse
15 Q: Scientific Notation - Math: Express the number 240,000,000 [read: two
hundred forty million] in standard scientific notation.
A: 2.4 times 10 to the 8th power

Match 6
Questions
16 Q: Tennis, Anyone? - The town that’s home to the English Croquet Club, at which
the first tennis world championships were held in 1872 is now synonymous with
the finest in lawn tournaments. Name this tournament,
A: Wimbledon
17 Q: Large Hills of Silicate - Its geographical features rise as high as 750 feet from
the San Luis Valley to the southwest of the Sangre de Cristo Range in southern
Colorado. What is this 44 thousand acre National Park, the site of the tallest hills
of granular quartz minerals in North America?
A: Great Sand Dunes

18 Q: Close Countries - What's the only nation to border both Greece and Iran?
A: Turkey
19 Q: Life Before Politics - After graduating from William and Mary, Thomas Jefferson
entered what profession?
A: Law
20 Q: Agency - The first director of this government agency was there for almost 50
years. Which agency protects against domestic terrorism and cyberattacks?
A: FBI
21 Q: Changing the Earth - They fashion hillocks known as kames and drumlins.
They also carve U-shaped valleys. Name these moving geological structures that
are less common than they used to be.
A: Glaciers
22 Q: Unusual Etymology - The name of the bear in A.A. Milne's beloved stories was
inspired by the name of the capital city of Manitoba. What is that capital?
A: Winnipeg
23 Q: Classic Book - “It was heartbreaking, only Buck's heart was unbreakable.” is a
quote from which Jack London story?
A: Call of the Wild

Match 6
Questions
24 Q: College Football - The Bayou Classic between Grambling State U. and
Southern U. is probably more famous not for the football teams, but for the battle
of what other groups normal to the games but not the stars of the show usually?
A: Marching Bands
25 Q: Balancing Act - What must be added to a solution with a pH 3 to create a pH of
5? The same term could be added to a pH of 9 to create a pH of 8. Name this
type of solution that brings the pH of solutions close to neutral
A: Buffer (accect Base until 9)

26 Q: Light in Space - Light from the Andromeda Galaxy exhibits this effect because
it’s moving toward the Milky Way galaxy. What colorful term is used for this
decrease in wavelength of light?
A: Blueshift
27 Q: Just Breathe - What do doctors call the flexible fibrocartoliginous tube that
leads from the larynx to the lungs and branches to form the right and left bronchi?
A: trachea
28 Q: Economic Concern - The Brazilian real is the end result of this situation. Which
term is used to describe situations when owners of a currency lose complete faith
in the value of the currency. In this case, the currency loses value at rates past
alarming and greater than normal inflation?
A: Hyperinflation
29 Q: Different Than His Usual Books - The first three chapters of Life on the
Mississippi by Mark Twain don't feature a single steamboat. Instead, they're a
history lesson starting with which Spanish explorer?
A: (Hernando) de Soto
30 Q: Opposing Factions - During the French Wars of Religion, this group opposed
the Catholics, and followed the teachings of Reformation leader John Calvin.
Name these French Protestants.
A: Hugoenots
31 Q: Home Stadium - What is the name of the home stadium of the Houston Astros?
A: Minute Maid Park

Match 6
Questions
32 Q: Box Office Smash - The movie soundtrack set the record for most weeks at #1
on the Pop Charts--53. Name this Broadway play and movie set in New York City
but based upon an English playwright's tale set in Italy.
A: West Side Story

33 Q: Peaceful Protest - In Brown Vs. Louisiana in 1966, the decision was made that
peaceful sit ins done in segregated libraries was protected as symbolic speech by
which amendment of the Bill of Rights?
A: 1st Amendment
34 Q: Deadly Waters - The ocean waters of the Pacific on the coast of what continent
contain the largest number of poisonous creatures?
A: Australia
35 Q: Difficult Diagnosis - In Lisa Genova’s novel Still Alice, a 50-year-old college
professor is diagnosed with what illness that is more often associated with older
ages?
A: Alzeheimer's Disease
36 Q: Biologic Process - Named after a scientist, it is a series of oxidation-reduction
reactions in the living organism which produce carbon dioxide and water to provide
energy in the form of phosphate-rich ATP. What is it called?
A: Kreb's Cycle (or citric acid cycle or tricaroxylic acid cycle)

37 Q: Exploring Ran in the Family - This man killed Eyiolf the Foul in 982AD and was
exiled. After some exile in Iceland, he became the first permanent settler of
Greenland. Whose son Leif would go on to be one of the most well known Norse
explorers?
A: Erik the Red

38 Q: Trig Functions - Any trigonometric function of an acute angle is equal to the
cofunction of its complement. This property makes it possible to find the functions
of any acute angle from tables of functions of angles up to how many degrees?
A: 45
39 Q: Old Philosophy - Subtitled On Justice, which of Plato’s works argues for
philosopher-kings as rulers of the ideal civilization, and contains the Allegory of the
Cave?
A: The Republic
Match 6
Questions
40 Q: Still At Work - The Niagara Movement of 1905 cofounded by W.E.B. Du Bois
led to the development of what civil rights organization for the benefit of African-
Americans?
A: NAACP
Match 7
Questions
1 Q: Precious - In which country were The Lord of the Rings movies filmed?
A: New Zealand
2 Q: Basis of a Term - The etymology for this word is the Latin for “growth.” It was
first used by American psychologist G. Stanley Hall. What is this phase between
childhood and adulthood?
A: Adolescence
3 Q: Awards to Allies - It took an Act of Congress to do it, but the Marquis de
Lafayette, and Winston Churchill are among the few to be made honorary what?
A: Citizens (of the U.S.)

4 Q: Horrifying Acts - During Pontiac's Rebellion, British officers horrifically killed
many of the Indigenous Peoples by giving them blankets and handkerchiefs
infected with what disease - a disease which had already killed many in Europe,
and whose vaccine was only a few years old?
A: Smallpox
5 Q: Solutions - After World War II, Europe needed to recover. The Americans
offered this plan to help rebuild the war-torn countries and bring prosperity back to
the region. Which plan was named after the Secretary of State at the time of offer?
A: Marshall (Plan)
6 Q: Right Person, Right Tense - Give the conjugated form of the verb “seek”
according to the following requirements: second person, plural, past tense,
progressive form, active voice.
A: You were seeking.

7 Q: Noxious Plant - Not all people react, but for those who do the most common
reaction to this sometimes reddish trifoliate plant is contact dermatitis. Which
plant?
A: Poison Ivy
8 Q: Primitive Practices - The Amazon River biome covers parts of 8 countries and
one French territory. What is that French Territory?
A: French Guiana
Match 7
Questions
9 Q: European Government - The parties in which European nation’s parliament
include the Christian Social Union, the Christian Democrats, and the Social
Democratic Party - the latter of which is the party of the 2022 President Frank-
Walter Steinmeier?
A: Germany
10 Q: The Meaning - The meaning of this proverb is: In getting rid of the waste, don't
also discard what is worth keeping. What proverb is this that relates to an infant?
A: Don't throw out the baby with the bath water.

11 Q: Being Oneself - This American poet's poems challenged traditional poetry
formatting. Spacing itself was just as important to the reading as the words were
and capitalization was lacking in the poems themselves. Name this author of ‘In
just-’ who still often used capital letters in his name, even if the publisher left them
off the books.
A: (e.e.) cummings
12 Q: Where it All Started - What network began as a Department of Defense project
to connect university scientists?
A: The Internet
13 Q: The Long Way - What word, beginning with the letter S, can be defined as a
zigzag mountain hiking trail?
A: Switchback
14 Q: Adaptations - Seahorses, Tree pangolins, Harvest mice, and Silky anteaters
have them. The Binturong and Kinkajou are the only animals in the order
Carnivora to have them. What are these features that are predominant in New
World primates but not Old World?
A: Prehensile Tails
15 Q: Bad Science - What was the name of the literary scientist who improperly did
research on himself and would turn into a monstrous person because ot it?
A: Dr. Jekyll
Match 7
Questions
16 Q: Varying Ways in Various Places - South Korea does not have one of these
systems, as it only has the National Assembly. Simon Bolivar’s model government
did not adopt this system, since it split the legislature three ways. Name this term
that describes the two chambers of Congress.
A: Bicameral
17 Q: Why They Ruled - Official written declarations which contain the justification
and legal concepts guiding Supreme Court decisions, are called what, using a
word that indicates that it is their beliefs on the matter?
A: Opinions
18 Q: #1 On Many lists - Which classic film starring Orson Wells (who also produced
and directed) tells of the title characters rise to riches in the newspaper business,
but holds the secret of Rosebud until the end?
A: Citizen Kane
19 Q: Firsts - In the Nov. 2022 elections, Democrat Maxwell Alejandro Frost became
the first member of which Generation to win a seat in Congress?
A: Gen Z or Generation Z
20 Q: Beginning of a Genre - Which very early horror book starts with Captain Walton
in the Arctic seeing a large creature crossing the ice and continues with him
helping the frozen scientist chasing the monster to kill his terrifying creation?
A: Frankenstein
21 Q: Tragic Event - On June 6, 1968, which Democratic presidential candidate was
shot and killed a day after winning the California primary?
A: Robert Kennedy
22 Q: World War II - On November 12, 1942, the United States won a major World
War II victory over what nation in the Battle of Guadalcanal?
A: Japan
23 Q: Defending Allies - In fall of 2022,the U.S. Deputy Secretary of State said we will
make full use of our military capabilities, “including nuclear, conventional, and
missile defense,” to defend Japan and South Korea against what foe?
A: North Korea
Match 7
Questions
24 Q: The Heat Is On - What is the natural process that heats the earth's surface and
atmosphere by retaining some of the sun's heat and trapping it in our atmosphere?
A: greenhouse effect
25 Q: Properties - We generally consider mass a fundamental quantity. However, in
Newton's PRINCIPIA, he took mass as a derived quantity and made a
fundamental quantity what term we express as mass per unit volume?
A: Density
26 Q: Stamp of Approval - The state postal service of which nation issued a
commemorative wartime stamp in 2022 dedicated to the strike on the Crimean
Bridge, sparking celebrations across the country?
A: Ukraine
27 Q: Old Writing - These characters are encoded in Unicode after version 8.0, but
they may look better on the original clay, rather than a computer screen. Used in
Mesopotamia, what pictograms on tablets are considered to be one of the earliest
written characters and older than hieroglyphics?
A: Cuneiform
28 Q: Call to Arms - On November 27, 1095, Pope Urban II announced a call to arms.
The series of conflicts that followed would last around 200 years and kill anywhere
from 1 million to 6 million people. What were these conflicts that killed so many?
A: The Crusades
29 Q: Changing Homes - What was the original home of the Los Angeles Lakers?
A: Minneapolis
30 Q: Internationalizing Music - When bands that included The Rolling Stones and
The Beatles came to the United States a new era of internationalizing music
began. What two word term was used for this visitation of bands from "across the
pond"?
A: The British Invastion

31 Q: Same Relief Organization - It is the Red Cross in some nations, the Red Crystal
in Israel. As the Red Cross is a reversal of color of the Swiss flag, The Red what
symbol is a reversal of the flag of the Ottoman Empire and is now used in 33
Islamic countries?
A: Crescent
Match 7
Questions
32 Q: Apply the Math - Math: A shaft is rotating 3,600 degrees in one second.
Convert this measurement into an angular speed in revolutions per minute.
A: 600
33 Q: Valuable Cards - What’s the only brand of baseball cards marketed
continuously since 1957?
A: Topps
34 Q: Liquidity - Name two of the three elements that are liquid at room temperature.
A: mercury, gallium, cesium

35 Q: Expression from Novel - The expression “Man Friday” which refers to treating
another like a slave can be traced back to what novel?
A: Robinson Crusoe
36 Q: Interaction of Sets - Set A is the set of positive multiples of 2 that are less than
or equal to 30. Set B is the set of positive multiples of 3 that are less than or equal
to 30. Set C is the set of positive multiples of 5 that are less than or equal to 30.
Find the members of: C intersect quantity A union B close quantity.
A: 10, 15, 20, 30

37 Q: Busy Lifetime - Name any one year during the life of Sir Walter Raleigh.
A: 1552 – 1618
38 Q: On The Sea - What sea lies east of Oman, south of Pakistan, and west of India?
A: Arabian Sea
39 Q: American Composer - Born into a family of musical railway laborers in
northeast Texas, this famous 20th century composer is well-known for his Maple
Leaf Rag and the creation of the ragtime music genre. Who is this musician and
composer?
A: (Scott) Joplin
40 Q: Tour de France - This man has admitted that the use of drugs to enhance his
athletic performance may have caused his cancer. Which athlete and cancer
survivor wrote the books entitled "Every Second Counts" and "It's Not About the
Bike"?
A: Lance Armstrong
Match 8
Questions
1 Q: An Author for All Ages - His book "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" was popular
among adults, but he also wrote humorous books for kids such as "13 Clocks" and
"Many Moons". Who was he?
A: (James) Thurber
2 Q: Connecting Nation - What's the only nation to border both Vietnam and
Mongolia?
A: China
3 Q: Rhythmic poetry - When studying this poet, many American Literature students
learn the “Yellow Rose of Texas” rule, so-called because almost all of her poems
can be sung to that tune. Name the author of “I Heard a Fly Buzz When I Died.”
A: (Emily) Dickinson
4 Q: Colorful Names - South Africa includes both a river and a state with what
colorful name?
A: Orange
5 Q: More Efficient Energy - These types of light bulbs use even less electricity than
CFL bulbs leading to increased sales. What type of bulbs produces light 90%
more efficently than incandescent lighting?
A: LED
6 Q: Controversial Move - In February of 2022, the city of Rotterdam offered to take
apart a centuries-old bridge in order to accommodate a luxury yacht that couldn't
fit under it, despite protests against it. The yacht belongs to what wealthy owner
of Amazon?
A: (Jeff) Bezos
7 Q: On the Shore - The Adriatic Sea is on the east side of which country?
A: Italy
8 Q: There's a Name for That - What do people who suffer from glossophobia fear?
A: speaking in public
9 Q: Firsts - What was the name of the first English child born in America?
A: Virginia Dare
Match 8
Questions
10 Q: Strategy - The North had three main strategies to defeat the South. One was
to blockade Confederate ports. Another was to cut the South along the
Mississippi and through Tennessee and Georgia. The third objective was to take
which city?
A: Richmond
11 Q: American Military - The capture of Saddam Hussein was accomplished by
soldiers originally stationed at Ft. Hood in which state?
A: Texas
12 Q: Diets - A diet, rich in fruits, vegetables, fish, nuts, and olive oil, has been shown
to be a healthy diet for many people. What is the name of this diet based upon its
location?
A: Mediterranean (Diet)
13 Q: Isotopes - An isotope of chlorine has an atomic number of 17 and an atomic
mass of 37. How many protons are in the nucleus of this isotope?
A: 17
14 Q: Name's the Same - These birds are associated with Asia, though found on 5
continents. Which bird's long necks and large beaks led to a lookalike heavy piece
of construction equipment being named for them?
A: Cranes
15 Q: Cause and Effect - Storm surges are often caused by what phenomena which,
according to the Beaufort Scale, are used for winds classified as 12 or above?
A: Hurricanes or Cyclones
16 Q: Which Value - For the function y = -5x2 + 40x + 12, determine the value of x
that produces the largest value of y.
A: 4
17 Q: Same Word, Different Meanings - This word has a number of meanings in
science. It can mean hair-like. It refers to a cylindrical space of small bore or a
tube containing such a space. Finally, it refers to the minute thin-walled blood
vessels linking arteries and veins. What is it?
A: Capillary
Match 8
Questions
18 Q: On the Way to Extinction - Which animal appears on the coat of arms of Ivory
Coast, despite the fact that it is rapidly going extinct there because of
deforestation and illegal poaching despite an international ban on hunting them?
A: Elephant
19 Q: Plant Food - Tofu comes from which type of bean?
A: Soy
20 Q: Travel Time - In which of Jules Verne's books of travelling adventures do we
meet Passepartout and Phileas Fogg?
A: Around the World in Eighty Days

21 Q: Useful and Fun - It maintains an angular reference direction by means of a
spinning mass. Name this device used as a toy, and to keep airplanes flying level.
A: Gyroscope
22 Q: Required to Purchase - Nearly all states require that a driver show proof of
purchase of what item that would pay for personal injury and/or property damage if
needed?
A: Auto or Car Insurance

23 Q: Based on Real Practice - He was born in rural Sicily, and came to the United
States in 1901 on board an ocean liner. An immigration official on Ellis Island
changed his name from Andolini to that of his home town. What was this new
surname of Mario Puzo's Godfather?
A: Coreleone
24 Q: Locomotion - What protozoans move around by using pseudopods?
A: Amoebas
25 Q: Tech Apps - Although Word and other Microsoft apps have a special Mac
version, what is the official App program that does the same job as Word?
A: Pages
Match 8
Questions
26 Q: Different viewpoints - These items can be used by humans to float down rivers.
In another context, they carry water from one place to another. They are useful for
transporting art prints as well. Senator Ted Stevens said the internet was a series
of what objects in a unique qay of looking at it?
A: Tubes
27 Q: Allies - U.S. military forces in summer of 2022 had two weeks of exercises with
which Pacific nation as tensions continue over China’s claims to control areas of
the South China Sea? This country, once an American territory, hosted a major
naval and air base during the Cold War.
A: Philippines
28 Q: European Area - Alsace-Lorraine belonged to what two different countries in
the 20th century?
A: France and Germany

29 Q: Star Light, Star Bright - The brightest part of the northern Milky Way (visible in
summer and autumn), this constellation's name is synonymous with the Swan.
A: Cygnus
30 Q: Museums to See - This group of 92 historical buildings and landmarks,
including Thomas Edison's laboratory, was collected and restored by Henry Ford.
What's the name of this site in Deerborn, Michigan?
A: Greenfield Village
31 Q: Who Was Fighting? - What was the name of the adversary army in the war in
Southeast Asia in the 1960's and '70's who would take control and win in 1975?
A: Vietcong
32 Q: Moving On - What verb means to make a transition from one thing to another
smoothly and without interruption? If spelled a different way it can be defined as a
two-wheeled, self-balancing personal transporter.
A: segue/Segway
Match 8
Questions
33 Q: Journalism History - In 1876, the journalist Marcus Kellogg filed a report from
Montana showing great hatred for the Indigenous People that they were going to
fight. Four days later, Kellogg and the troops of the 7th Cavalry under the
leadership of George Custer were all killed in what battle?
A: Battle of the Little Bighorn

34 Q: Pirate Story - The Black Spot is the ominous summons that turns out to be Billy
Bones’s death sentence in what pirate tale by Robert Louis Stevenson?
A: Treasure Island
35 Q: Fear of Fiction - Which novel by H.G. Wells caused a major fear of our nearest
neighboring planet?
A: War of the Worlds

36 Q: Cool Phenomenon - Solar wind can cause this phenomenon when it interacts
with the magnetosphere. The particles are moved into the atmosphere, exciting
atmospheric particles, creating a brilliant display of colors in the sky known as
what?
A: Aurora (Borealis or Australius or just Aurora)

37 Q: Symptomology - What symptom of mental illness includes hallucinations,
delusions, and a distorted sense of reality?
A: psychosis
38 Q: Computer Error - If you log on, you’ve no doubt seen this three-digit number
from time to time. The first digit indicates a client error; the second digit, a general
syntax error. The three digits together refer to a Not Found Error. What is it?
A: 404
39 Q: Communication - In Mexico, they say Adios. In France, they say Au revoir.
What do they say in Liechtenstein?
A: Verabschiedung (ve·r·ab·schiedung.) or auf wiedersehen (/a(£/f ,‡f’Ðd%Ìze-‚Y)n/)

40 Q: How Fit? - Flexibility is one of the two main variables when analyzing the
musculoskeletal system of an athlete. Name the other which deals specifically with
muscle capability.
A: Strength
Match 9
Questions
1 Q: Basing Laws on Amendments - In 1811, President Madison vetoed a bill in
which Congress would have granted to Baptists land in the Mississippi Territory to
be used for a place of worship. Madison said “the bill comprises a principle and
precedent contrary to the Constitution.” This he said, referring to which
amendment?
A: 1st (Amendment)
2 Q: - In Spain, this interjection means, "alright", "ok", "no problem" and is
sometimes described as overused. What word is this?
A: Vale! (pronounced ivalle)

3 Q: Branch of Social Science - What social science deals with the production,
distribution, and consumption of wealth, along with the related problems of labor,
finance, and taxation?
A: Economics
4 Q: Long-time Queen - Two Australian states are named after the British queen
who ruled for 63 years starting in 1837. Name either state.
A: Victoria or Queensland
5 Q: Find the Slope - MATH: What is the slope of the line going through the two
points (7, 1) and
(–2, 3)?
A: -2/9 (Negative two-ninths)

6 Q: Paying The Victims' Families - As of November of 2022, Radio personality Alex
Jones owes nearly 1.5 billion dollars to the families of students who were killed in
the shooting at which school in 2012, because he has caused pain and suffering
by continually promoting the idea that the shooting never happened and the
families never had those children?
A: Sandy Hook
7 Q: It's a Deal - This land purchase cost the equivalent of $250 million dollars
today. Considering the US bought 828,000 square miles of land, the price was too
good to pass up. Name the 1803 deal sharing a name with a state that is not even
fully included in the area purchased.
A: Louisiana Purchase
Match 9
Questions
8 Q: Classifying Elements - Tennessine is the heaviest member of this group. The
lightest member is the most electronegative element. Which group includes
elements with seven valence electrons?
A: Halogens (Group 17)

9 Q: Table It - He was the first chemist to understand that all elements are related
members of a single ordered system. As a result, this Russian will always be
linked with the development of the periodic table. Name him.
A: (Dmitry) Mendeleyev
10 Q: Parts of the Flower - The calyx of a flower is the outer green part of the
blossom. What are the parts of the calyx called?
A: Sepals
11 Q: Start of a New Art Form - A 1962 symposium held at New York's Museum of
Modern Art discussed the paintings of Roy Lichtenstein and others, asking the
question of whether what movement was art at all?
A: Pop Art
12 Q: Science and Art - This famous artist was also a scientist, who used his
creativity in painting, sketching - and designing new inventions. Who was he?
A: (Leonardo) da Vinci
13 Q: Sad Irony - General John Sedgwick ironically said, "They couldn't hit an
elephant at this distance," just before he was shot and killed becoming the highest
ranking casualty for which army in his war?
A: The Union
14 Q: Scaling Up - If the radius of a circle is quadrupled, by what factor will the area
of the circle be multiplied?
A: 16
15 Q: Ancestry - Country prefixes used to relate items to nations and cultures are not
always highly related to modern country names? The prefix Helveto- refers to
which European nation?
A: Switzerland
Match 9
Questions
16 Q: Events Bring Change - A book, a Supreme Court decision, and a raid on one
of the slave states, all contributed their share to bringing on the War Between the
States. Name two of the three.
A: Uncle Tom's Cabin, Dred Scott Case, John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry,
Virginia
17 Q: Communication - When you travel, it's good to know some of the language. If
you are in Europe, you many hear the expression, "Tu as faim?" in Lyon or
"¿tienes hambre?" in Barcelona. What are you being asked?
A: Are you hungry?

18 Q: Responsibility - Which branch of the armed services maintains most of the
U.S. nuclear arsenal?
A: Air Force
19 Q: Iconic Guitar - His iconic guitar shape still bears his name, but this guitarist was
also known for his Jazz and Pop music. What name do you see on those guitars?
A: Les Paul
20 Q: Group Effort - Jefferson, Madison, Hamilton and Jay wrote 85 essays in 1787
and 1788. As what did these treatises on government come to be collectively
known?
A: The Federalist Papers

21 Q: Snap a Pic - If you want to change your digital camera’s setting for this, you’ll
have options typically in values of 100 times a power of 2. What setting allows a
digital camera to change its sensitivity to light?
A: ISO
22 Q: Terminology - What do we call the long passage or hallway along which airport
gates are located?
A: Concourse
23 Q: Movies - What genre of movie includes Toy Story, LionKing, and Happy Feet?
It's a genre whose name is also the name of the process used to create the films.
A: Animation
Match 9
Questions
24 Q: Scientific Method - Not Math, but you can take notes: Arrange the following
steps of the scientific method in the traditional order: experiment, hypothesize,
draw conclusions, record data, make observations.
A: Hypothesize, experiment, make observations, record data, draw conclusions.

25 Q: Tribute - ASIMO stands for Advanced Step in Innovative Mobility, and it is
considered to be perhaps the most advanced humanoid robot available in 2023.
It's name is not just an acronym, but also a nod to which sci fi writer?
A: (Isaac) Asimov
26 Q: Effective Advertising Technique - Voted the No. 2 jingle of the 20th century by
Advertising Age was “Be all that you can be,” which was used by which armed
force?
A: (U.S.) Army
27 Q: Innocent or Guilty - Despite debate then and now, no one really knows if Dr.
Samuel Mudd was a part of the man's plot or just a doctor setting a broken bone.
What is known is that treating which patient would put him in jail in 1865 for being
conspiracy to murder?
A: (John Wilkes) Booth

28 Q: American Symbolism - Frank Bellow first drew this symbolic figure in 1852. It
wasn't until later that which character began bearing a strong resemblance to
Abraham Lincoln?
A: Uncle Sam
29 Q: Fleeing Danger - In December of 2022, The U.S. expanded its programs for
immigrants under a humanitarian crisis in which island nation with a capital of Port-
Au-Prince?
A: Haiti
30 Q: Hercule Poirot Mystery - The Temple Complex of Karnak is one of the stops on
a cruise in which Agatha Christie mystery that was turned into a 2022 film whose
cast includes Kenneth Branagh and Latitia Wright?
A: Death on the Nile

Match 9
Questions
31 Q: Radio Hour - This process brought news, weather, and information into many
households in the early 1900s. By 1940, a process based on frequency of signal
wave had lessened the impact of which type of radio broadcasting? Abbreviation
is fine.
A: AM
32 Q: Let It Go - Let bygones be bygones is a common proverb. What other common
proverb with a canine reference means the same thing?
A: Let sleeping dogs lie.

33 Q: A Classic - This book starts with an English boy pulled from the smithy to
become a gentleman, and he hopes that he can thus win Estella's heart. Which
Dickens' novel follows Pip and his dreams?
A: Great Expectations
34 Q: Sounds the Same - What South Carolina island, serving as a U.S. Marine
Corps Recruit Depot, shares its name with a European capital?
A: Parris Island
35 Q: Riddle Me This - Who am I? I was the 29th President of the United States, and
served in office from 1921-1923, when I died of a heart attack. I was a true “dark
horse” candidate, and I released my socialist opponent, Eugene Debs, from
prison. I was from Ohio.
A: (Warren G.) Harding

36 Q: Record Holder - This runner from Jamaica is the current world record holder in
both the 100 meter and the 200 meter. Which athlete was the first to win six
Olympic medals in sprinting?
A: (Usain) Bolt
37 Q: The Powers That Be - When 27 to the negative two-thirds power is added to 25
to the three-halves power, what is the resulting sum in lowest min number format?
A: 125 1/9
38 Q: Working Together - What 12-letter noun starting with C can mean a person who
works with another individual or group to complete a project?
A: Collaborator
Match 9
Questions
39 Q: Top Job in the Department - What is the title given to the top official of the U.S.
Postal Service?
A: Postmaster General
40 Q: Combining Forces - In both wars with Iraq, an alliance of nations formed to
oppose a common enemy was called a what word that starts with C?
A: Coalition
Match 10
Questions
1 Q: Measurement - What unit of length used by mariners equals one minute of arc
of a great circle?
A: Nautical mile•
2 Q: Hit a Home Run! - The most retired number in baseball’s American League is
the number 5, which has been retired by five different teams. Which #5 player is
the retire one from the New York Yankees?
A: (Joe) DiMaggio
3 Q: Historic Entryway - Built by Carl Gotthard Langhans and commissioned by
King Frederick Wilhelm II of Prussia, it is the entry point to the Unter den Linden
that once led to the Prussian palace. What is this neoclassical triumphal arch at
which Ronald Reagan besought Mikhail Gorbachev to “tear down this wall”?
A: Brandenburg Gate
4 Q: Changed His Mind - In 1521, who authored “Defense of the Seven
Sacraments” against Martin Luther's onslaught before doing an about-face later
and instituting the Church of England?
A: Henry VIII
5 Q: The World Series - In what year was the first World Series baseball game
played?
A: 1903
6 Q: Compromising - What did the Federalists agree to add to the Constitution to
gain support from the anti-Federalists?
A: Bill of Rights
7 Q: Play to Musical - George Bernard Shaw had a terse exchange with the
American actress playing the British character in his famous play during its
production. Which play would succeed and go on to become the musical My Fair
Lady?
A: Pygmalion
8 Q: Sports Math - Sports Math: In a two-set tennis match, how many individual
points would be played if one player were to win every single point?
A: 48
Match 10
Questions
9 Q: A Common Expression - Translate the following sage but wordy bit of advice
into a common saying: “Judicious and accurate appraisal of the meritoriousness,
or otherwise, of the internal content of a specific tome would be totally devoid of
feasibility, were it to be predicated exclusively upon an assessment of purely
external evidence.”
A: Don't Judge a Book By its Cover

10 Q: Spectra - When studying stars and gas clouds in space an Emission or Bright
Line spectrum shows narrow bright lines at certain positions when identify what
fundamental pieces of the objects being studied ?
A: elements
11 Q: Different Courtroom - In a court-martial, the tribunal consists of military officers
who simultaneously serve in what two capacities in the courtroom?
A: Judge and Jury

12 Q: Early Recycling - One of the first materials to be recycled was this product
which is easily processed and recreated, saving many trees. Which product was
being recycled as early as the 1960's?
A: Paper
13 Q: Which President? - Born in 1782, he ran for president three times, but only won
the first time. He served as president during the nation’s first depression, the
Panic of 1837. In 1848, he was nominated for the presidency by the Free Soil
Party. Who was born and died in the city of Kinderhook, New York?
A: (Martin) Van Buren

14 Q: Inspiration to Artists Also - H.P. Lovecraft modeled his fictional town of
Innsmouth on this North Shore city, and Rudyard Kipling made it the setting of his
Captain's Courageous. What is this important Massachusetts fishing community
that took its name from a large English city on the River Severn?
A: Gloucester
15 Q: Surface Area - MATH: If the surface area of a sphere is defined by S = 4 pi r2,
in terms of pi square cm, what is the area of sphere with a diameter of 30 cm?
A: 100 pi (Square cm)

Match 10
Questions
16 Q: European Region - Rouen and Le Havre are among the chief cities of which
region located on the English Channel that was part of the area of invastion on D-
Day?
A: Normandy
17 Q: Simplification - Math: Simplify the square root of 500 minus the square root of
405.
A: square root of 5
18 Q: Planning the Climb - Mt. Everest is on the border of two countries, with one
country being the best way to approach the mountain. On which nation's side
would you find most climbers?
A: Nepal
19 Q: Memoir - “Above our camp was a great steep bulge of snow and, as my feet
were still cold, I waved Tenzing on to take the lead. Surging on with impressive
strength, he ploughed a knee-deep track upward. We reached the top of the
bulge at 28,000 feet.” Who penned this account?
A: (Edmund) Hillary
20 Q: Where Chemistry and Art Meet - What metal is the Eiffel Tower made of?
A: Iron
21 Q: First Observations - Galileo once sent a message in code to Kepler. Decoded,
the message said, "I have seen that the highest planet is a triplet." Can you guess
what planet Galileo was talking about?
A: Mars (It has two moons)

22 Q: Pulitzer Prize winner - "And We Rise" by Erica Martin was one of the most
popular books for teens in 2022. It is a book of poems about what movement that
arose in the 1960's to bring about equality in the U.S.?
A: Civil Rights
23 Q: Finding the Issue to Fix it - You will need to use either speed or this concept to
tune your record player if it plays too fast or too slow for the music. This can be
measured in units of inverse time, but Hertz works well too. Name the unit
represented in physics by a lambda
A: Frequency
Match 10
Questions
24 Q: Starring - Who starred in Cruel Intentions, Election, and Legally Blonde?
A: Reese Witherspoon
25 Q: Stands For - A yellow rose stands for true friendship and a dove for peace in
the context of this "ism" where items represent ideas.
A: Symbolism
26 Q: Ancient Festivals - This festival commenced with sacrifices and included all
kinds of contests of sport. What quadrennial Greek event ended on the fifth day
with processions and more banquets for the victors?
A: Olympics
27 Q: Algebra - Put the equation x/1 + y/10 = 1 in slope-intercept form.
A: y = 10x + 2
28 Q: To Keep You Thinking at the Top - Math: A ferris wheel moves from pi over 6 to
three pi over 4 on the unit cycle. How many degrees does it move through during
this time?
A: 105 degrees
29 Q: The Play's The Thing - John Wilkes Booth was a very successful actor, whose
yearly earnings at modern standards would have been over $500,000. Most of this
was earned performing in plays written by whom?
A: (William) Shakespeare
30 Q: Shelter in the Storm - In August 2005, what New Orleans structure was used to
house 30,000 people seeing shelter before the levees gave way to flooding?
A: The Superdome
31 Q: Zeros - Math: What is the maximum number of zeros over the field of complex
numbers for the polynomial x to the fifth power minus three x to the fourth power
plus x cubed plus five x squared minus six x plus two?
A: 5
Match 10
Questions
32 Q: Continuing Conflict - A long-running Eurasian conflict escalated between two
former Soviet republics in 2016 and 2020. The 2020 conflict also involved a
breakaway nation of one of the other two. All start with the letter A. Name one of
them.
A: Armenia, Azerbaijan, or Artsakh

33 Q: Stepping In - On June 28, 1778, at the Battle of Monmouth, a woman they
called Molly Pitcher stepped in at one point to load artillery for her fallen husband.
She is more famous however for bringing what to the troops?
A: (Pitchers of) Water

34 Q: Which President? - Given the year of birth and the year of death, name the
President:1917 – 1963
A: Kennedy
35 Q: Left Him Behind - The mutineers who left which navigator on James Bay in
1611 were jailed when they got back to England?
A: (Henry) Hudson
36 Q: Take a Side - What architectural term denotes the view of a particular side of a
building or one of its facades, but is a word that means height in other contexts?
A: Elevation
37 Q: Changing Economies - From the mid-18th to the mid-19th centuries, what was
the major industry in New Bedford, Massachusetts, which needed to switch to
other incomes as new fuel sources became available?
A: Whaling
38 Q: Right Not Specifically Mentioned - Name the fundamental liberty described by
Louis Brandeis as “the right to be let alone.”
A: Privacy
39 Q: Finding on the Map - On which English plain would you be able to view
Stonehenge?
A: Salisbury
Match 10
Questions
40 Q: Laws Against Denial - The denial of this event is illegal in France, Germany,
and Poland. Which genocide took place in those areas in the in the 1930's and
40's?
A: The Holocaust
Match 11
Questions
1 Q: Historic Moment - In 1993, an historic 32-year-old telegram fetched $68,500 at
auction. It had been sent in April 1961 by the premier of the U.S.S.R. to the first
man in space. Name either one.
A: (Nikita) Khrushchev, (Yuri) Gagarin

2 Q: Doing Her Job - She was bombed during the Battle of the Coral Sea, but
repaired and ready for battle again in only three days, in time for her to participate
in the Battle of Midway. Her aircraft helped sink two Japanese carriers before she
was finally sunk. Identify this aircraft carrier, named for the last battle of the
American Revolution.
A: USS Yorktown
3 Q: Attack - In 2022, The Smithsonian sent out a traveling exhibit showing the
horrifying images of the camps that held Japanese-Americans during World War
II. What adjective before the word "Camp" in the names of these places names
the camps and the process of taking these U.S. citizens away from their homes
and businesses and locking them into centers?
A: Internment
4 Q: The Business World - In June of 2022, Elon Musk sent an email to employees
of which of his businesses in an effort to stop people continuing to work from
home. “Everyone is required to spend a minimum of 40 hours in the office per
week, if you don't show up, we will assume you have resigned.”?
A: Tesla
5 Q: Different Words - One letter makes a difference. A neutron is an uncharged
particle in most atomic nuclei. What is a neuron?
A: A nerve cell
6 Q: Model City - Due to its position as an educational center and it's Greek
architecture such as a Parthenon, this U.S. city has been called the "Athens of the
South." What is this Tennessee city?
A: Nashville
7 Q: Beginning of the Novel - Which Spanish author was one of the first to write a
modern novel - his classic being about a man who thinks windmills are giants?
A: Cervantes
Match 11
Questions
8 Q: Disaster - The type of aircraft was designed to lift with helium, but the U.S. had
a monopoly on helium, so they fell back to hydrogen. However, that increased the
flammability of what vessel?
A: Hindenburg
9 Q: Battleground - The triple alliance of Argentina, Brazil, and Uruguay fought
against this country from 1864 to 1870 in the deadliest Latin American War. The
war ended when leader Solano Lopez was killed outside Asuncion in what nation?
A: Paraguay
10 Q: Trying Out the Concepts - When describing this concept, the distinction
between kinetic and static must be made. Placing a block on a ramp, then finding
the angle needed to allow the block to slide down can yield what value,
represented by Mu in physics?
A: (Coefficient of ) Friction
11 Q: Snaking Around - Truly serpentine, the Snake River arcs across the bottom of
Idaho before turning north to form their border with Oregon before turning again.
What direction does it go then as it head to join the Columbia River?
A: West
12 Q: The Rise of VR - With a headset, camera, and game controller this system
releaased in 2016 was the first real virtual reality product for the public. Which
gaming system was replaced with the Rift S in 2019?
A: Oculus Rift
13 Q: Software - Bundled with Office Professional is the Microsoft database system,
known as what?
A: Access
14 Q: Don't Shoot - Which U.S. president did Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme, a follower
of Charles Manson, try to assassinate in 1975?
A: (Gerald) Ford
15 Q: First Government - President Washington had only four cabinet posts: The
Attorney General, the Secretary of War, the Secretary of State, and what other?
A: Secretary of the Treasury

Match 11
Questions
16 Q: Working Towards Amiable - The decades-old conflict between China and this
nation was resolved in the 1990's when China retained control over Aksai Chin
and what other nation was given control of Kashmir?
A: India
17 Q: A Monstrous River - With its source in the Black Range in western New Mexico
and emptying into the Colorado River just outside Yuma, Arizona, what 649 mile
long river is the source of the name of the large lizards that live there?
A: Gila (River, Monster)

18 Q: Mineralogy - Talc is pearly, asbestos is silky, galena is metallic, quartz is
vitreous, and diamond is adamantine. These adjectives refer to what property of
minerals?
A: Luster
19 Q: Monarchs - What monarch is recognized as the head of state by the people of
Belize, Tuvalu, the Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea, Barbados, and Grenada
as of 2022?
A: Charles III
20 Q: Making it Work - What part of an antique grandfather clock provided the power
by swinging back and forth?
A: Pendulum
21 Q: Modern Countries from Old Empires - What country was created out of three
Ottoman Empire provinces dominated by Shiite Arabs, Kurds and Sunni Arabs?
A: Iraq
22 Q: Misconceptions - Most think that this French leader was a short 5 foot 2.
However, historians have translated the units into modern English units to find that
what leader would have been 5 foot 7 – actually tall for a man of his time period?
A: Napolean (Bonaparte)
Match 11
Questions
23 Q: Tangental - A 25 inch long ramp is placed so that it has a height of 7 inches.
What is the tangent of the angle the ramp makes with the ground? You can give
your answer as a fraction.
A: 724
24 Q: Different Response - What common solid compound will cause the water level
to go down when it is added to a glass of water instead of raising the water level in
a process called electrostriction?
A: Salt
25 Q: Federal Crime - This crime is considered to be interfering with the U.S. mail,
making it a federal crime instead of a petty one, and can be punishable by 5 years
in prison. What two word phrase is used for getting items off others' front steps?
A: Package Theft
26 Q: Asian Nations - What kingdom did Prithvi Narayan Shah establish with his 1769
conquest of the Kathmandu Valley?
A: Nepal
27 Q: The Name Lives On - Two British officers were killed in Japan in 1867 in this
affair. This is also the name of the currently most distant star at 14 billion light
years. What what also the name of Daedalus’ son who melted his wings?
A: Icarus
28 Q: No Spoiler - Mrs. Forestier lent the title item to her poor friend Mathilde Loisel,
and the rest of the tale is both sad and a twist. What item is this that is the title of
the short story by Guy de Maupassant.
A: (The) Necklace
29 Q: Alkaline? - What scientific tool do you use to test for alkalinity?
A: Litmus Paper
30 Q: Habitat - Swamps are wet forests dominated by trees and shrubs. What
wetlands are open spaces covered mostly by water-tolerant grasses?
A: Marshes
Match 11
Questions
31 Q: Preventable Issues - Gingevitis and pyorrhea both affect this part of your body,
causing inflammation and bone loss. What do these diseases attack?
A: Gums
32 Q: Weather Report Term - You can define this two-word meteorological term with
"A large horizontal body of atmospheric gases of the uniform temperature,
pressure, and humidity." What can be either hot or cold - and used to predict
weather moving across the land.?
A: Air Mass
33 Q: Great Lakes States - Name the two Great Lakes that border the state of New
York.
A: Lake Ontario and Lake Erie

34 Q: Retelling the Tale - In Barry Unsworth’s novel The Songs of the Kings retells a
classic Euripedes tale. In it the Greek ship bound for which destination is trapped
by unfavorable winds so King Agamemnon sacrifices his daughter?
A: Troy
35 Q: Get Together Your Answer - What island in the Indian Ocean shares its name
with a type of get-together?
A: Reunion
36 Q: Putting it Together - What c-word describes the arrangement and placement of
visual elements within an artwork?
A: Composition
37 Q: Interesting Analogy - This author wrote, “Man is an animal that makes bargains:
no other animal does this - no dog exchanges bones with another,” in his
economic work. Which Scotsman also wrote about the Invisible hand in The
Wealth of Nations?”
A: (Adam) Smith
38 Q: Comparatives - Shakespeare was a master at creating a comparative phrase.
What was, in King Lear, “sharper than a serpent’s tooth”?
A: A thankless child
Match 11
Questions
39 Q: On the Same Side - Patrick Henry and what second cousin to John Adams
were members of the Committees of Correspondence that coordinated
correspondence for the Revolution?
A: Samuel
40 Q: Which Nation? - The world’s largest waterfall, in terms of drop distance, is
located in this country. Angel Falls was the subject of a proposed name change
by then president Hugo Chávez of which country, who wanted the name to reflect
its Indigenous name?
A: Venezuela
Match 12
Questions
1 Q: Learning How it Works - Assistant to Tycho Brahe early in the 1600s, this
astronomer used Brahe’s data to determine the orbit of Mars. Unsatisfied with
initial results, he went on to find the ellipse as the shape that best matched the
shape of the orbit. Name this astronomer credited with creating 3 laws of
planetary motion.
A: (Johannes) Kepler
2 Q: Civic Duty - Mark Twain had many derogatory things to say about which group
in our legal system as based upon this piece of humor. "...its efficiency is only
marred by the difficulty of finding twelve men every day who don't know anything
and can't read. "?
A: jury
3 Q: Applied Math - If a battery supplies 9 volts to a 3-ohm resistor, how much
power is used by the resistor?
A: 27 Watts
4 Q: Fractions - What fraction equals -5 to the -2 power?
A: One twenty-fifth
5 Q: Bridge the Gap - These can be called the chemical machinery of the brain.
They enable communication between neurons at synapses. They can be
excitatory and inhibitory subtypes. Name them.
A: Neurotranmitters
6 Q: Trying to Unite People - Dr. Zamenhoff, of Warsaw, Poland, developed an
international language with the goal of stopping language barriers from separating
people. It now has hundreds of thousands of speakers and is known as what?
A: Esperanto
7 Q: Largest Indigenous Nation - Which Indigenous Nation is the largest with
430,000 citizens living worldwide; 141,000 of these citizens within their lands in
Oklahoma although they were originally from North and South Carolina as well as
Tennessee before being forced to move?
A: Cherokee
8 Q: Not Alaska or Hawaii - What is the highest peak in the continental U.S.?
A: Mt. Whitney
Match 12
Questions
9 Q: Job To Do - In the human body, which paired organs filter the blood when it
passes through the glomeruli?
A: Kidneys
10 Q: Island Nation - The mouse lemur, the world's smallest primate, is indigenous
only to what island nation that is the secnd largetst after Indonesia?
A: Madagascar
11 Q: Be Careful - Which U.S. state capital, which is found in the southwest, has the
largest population?
A: Phoenix (Arizona)
12 Q: Poem to Song - This Maryland man was primarily a lawyer, but he is best
remembered as a poet. Whose most famous poem was the song that put him in
the inaugural class of the Songwriters Hall of Fame - "The Star-Spangled Banner"?
A: (Francis Scott) Key

13 Q: Applied Physics - To a batter, a curve ball appears to do most of its curving in
which quarter of its trip to the plate?
A: Fourth quarter
14 Q: Tickets, Please - At what theater were Shakespeare's plays originally acted?
A: The Globe
15 Q: Following Directions - In stage direction, what term would be in the script to
direct an actor to "whisper" something to the audience that the other cast
members aren't supposed to hear?
A: Aside
16 Q: Deferred Dreams - In “A Dream Deferred” by Langston Hughes, he asks if a
deferred dream festers like what?
A: A Sore
17 Q: Christmas Ballet - A suite from what ballet by Tchaikovsky is especially popular
during the Christmas season?
A: The Nutcracker
Match 12
Questions
18 Q: Achieving At the Top - Name the highest rank attained by Richard Byrd, William
Halsey, and Chester Nimitz.
A: Admiral
19 Q: Growing Food Differently - Scientists have discovered ways to alter the genes
of living organisms. For example, some plants used for food have been altered so
that they do not attract insects. They label these foods as what?
A: GMO or Genetically Modified

20 Q: Fractured Saying - As one sportscaster said, "Familiarity breeds success."
What is the last word in the actual cliché that was changed here?
A: Contempt
21 Q: Respiration - What are the organs of respiration for aquatic animals that have
no limbs with digits?
A: Gills
22 Q: Explorer's True Legacy - Spaniards under the leadership of this early explorer
were probably the first Europeans to encounter the Zuni Peoples. What man
greeted the People with a call to surrender and guns, leading to many more years
of mistreatment?
A: (Francisco) Coronado
23 Q: No Place Safe - This memoir tells of a life of poverty. A move to Arkansas
alleviates a bit, however, the people in town kill the author’s Uncle Hoskins so that
his family has to flee. What is Richard Wright’s 1945 autobiography?
A: Black Boy
24 Q: A Measuring Device - Despite its name, this device measures how many miles
your car has gone. That’s miles, not meters.
A: Odometer
25 Q: Computer - Who is credited with inventing the first mechanical computer, the
Difference Engine? You'll get credit for either the man or the woman associated
with this.
A: (Charles)Babbage OR (Ada) Lovelace

Match 12
Questions
26 Q: Solar Eclipse - Solar eclipses occur during what lunar phase?
A: New Moon
27 Q: Cartoons - The theme song for SpongeBob SquarePants is a version of what
traditional sea shanty?
A: “Blow the Man Down”

28 Q: Biological Order - Man is a member of the biological kingdom of animals. To
what biological ORDER does man belong?
A: Primates
29 Q: Microscopically Seen - Which long, whip-like outgrowth from a cell acts like an
organ of locomotion? The correct response begins with the letter “f.”
A: Flagellum or Flagella
30 Q: Two Kingdoms - Linnaeus posited just two kingdoms. What were they?
A: Plants and Animals or Plantae and animalia

31 Q: Differentiating Space Objects - When asteroids, comets, moons, and planets
collide, they leave behind this debris floating around in space. What are these
objects that change their name when they wander into the atmosphere?
A: Meteoroids
32 Q: Reused Words - A word meaning to escape making a definite commitment to
doing something is named for which animal related to a ferret?
A: Weasel
33 Q: Sine, Cosine - The sine of a 15 degree angle is 0.2588 and the cosine is
0.9659. What is the cosine of the complementary, 75 degree, angle?
A: 0.2588
34 Q: Home in the Mountains - In what mountains do the Basques live?
A: Pyrenees
35 Q: Browsers - Baidu is #1 in it's home country of China, but is very limited in the
U.S. It allows for search and other internet uses, and is highly focused on AI. It
has been compared to what American product?
A: Google
Match 12
Questions
36 Q: Measuring Energy - On July 4, 1828, ground was broken for the first railroad in
America--13 miles of track between Baltimore and Ellicott Mills, Maryland.
Although steam-powered, they measured their energy using what old-fashioned
termthat is still used for cars?
A: Horsepower
37 Q: New animal - Horses and donkeys can have offspring together. What type of
animal is the result?
A: Mule
38 Q: Marching Right Along - This American composer was active in the late 1800s
to early 1900s. His military service influenced the style of music he is well known
for: the march. Who was the King of the March who wrote Stars and Stripes
Forever?
A: (John Philip) Sousa

39 Q: Mutiny - Name the officer who led the mutineers aboard the H.M.S. Bounty in
real life and in the book about it.
A: (Fletcher) Christian
40 Q: Common Bridge Material - The Brooklyn Bridge was the first suspension bridge
to have cable wires made of what material now the most common for bridges?
A: Steel
Match 13
Questions
1 Q: SEC Charges - The Securities and Exchange Commission announced in fall of
2022 that it was charging which celebrity for touting a crypto-asset security on
social media without disclosing the payment received for the promotion?
A: Kim Kardashian
2 Q: Applied Science - Chemical engineer Thomas Midgley found discoveries that
turned out not to be so good. In 1921, for instance, Midgley discovered that adding
what toxic metal to gasoline made it burn better?
A: Lead
3 Q: Early Political Parties - Washington's Farewell Address warns against the
danger of rival political parties. During Washington's presidency, Alexander
Hamilton had founded the Federalist Party and Thomas Jefferson founded what
rival party?
A: Democratic-Republican Party
4 Q: Where to Look - Works by Goya can be found in what Madrid museum?
A: The Prado
5 Q: North American Agriculture - Indigenous Peoples along the southeastern coast
of North America cultivated what plant that was used ceremonially and
medicinally, but was used by Europeans recreationally?
A: tobacco
6 Q: Star Light Star Bright - What two word astronomical term applies to the
apparent brightness of a star if it were seen at 10 parsecs - considered to be its
brightest level?
A: Absolute Magnitude
7 Q: Famous Quote - In which book by Omar Khayyam does one read, "The Moving
Finger writes; and having writ,/Moves on."?
A: The Rubaiyat
8 Q: Taxonomy - What is the first taxonomic division of animals below the kingdom?
A: phylum
Match 13
Questions
9 Q: Second Longest - Identify the African river that is the second longest on the
continent behind the Nile. It is named Zaire in French, and is the world’s deepest
river with measured depths in excess of 220 meters.
A: Congo (River)
10 Q: Many Possibilities - Her name is not known, but this composer called her his
"Immortal Beloved" in a love letter he wrote in 1812 but never sent. Which German
composer and pianist never married, but whose name was linked to many
possibilities?
A: Beethoven
11 Q: Big Bangs - What do we call the end of a massive star's life? You can't miss
one of the largest explosions in the universe.
A: supernova
12 Q: Rethinking Time - Identify the industry that Charles Ferdinand Dowd persuaded
to break the U.S. into four time zones, zigzagging from north to south in 1883.
A: Railroad industry
13 Q: World War II - “The hand that held the dagger has struck it into the back of its
neighbor,” said FDR on June 10, 1940, the day Mussolini joined the war and sided
with Germany by attacking what nation?
A: France
14 Q: In My Own Words - What 10-letter word starting with p means “To put it into
your own words; a restatement of a text, passage, or work giving the meaning in
another form”?
A: Paraphrase
15 Q: Same Term - The economic term for how much the price of something can
fluctuate before it has a negative impact on sales is the same term as used in
physics to describe a non-deformable object that returns to its original shape after
force on it is released. What term?
A: elasticity
16 Q: Narrowing it Down - This subphylum includes the group Branchiopoda.
Commonly, it includes tadpole shrimp, barnacles, and lobsters. Which taxon
features arthropods with a hard exoskeleton and many appendages?
A: Crustaceans
Match 13
Questions
17 Q: Stand Off - During the Cuban Missile Crisis, the Soviet Union proposed
removing their missiles from Cuba if the United States removed their missiles from
what country, located partly in Europe, partly in Asia?
A: Turkey
18 Q: The Author's Viewpoint - "The Labyrinth of Solitude" by Octavio Paz is a book-
length essay on the life of his nation, and includes sections "The Conquest and
Colonialism", "From Independence to the Revolution", and "The Day of the Dead."
Which country was Paz from?
A: Mexico
19 Q: Honored Poet - Which author of Troilus and Criseyde and The Canterbury
Tales was the first poet buried in Poet's Corner at Westminster Abbey?
A: (Geoffrey) Chaucer
20 Q: Applying Science to Work - What mechanism consists of a pawl that engages
the sloping teeth of a wheel or gear and permits motion in one direction only?
A: Ratchet
21 Q: That Computes - New computer programs and hybrid programs are created all
the time. Which one was created by Apple in 2014 to make computer language
easy to learn and easy to use - marketing it well to teachers for their students, and
aptly naming it after the rapid speed they hope it can be learned?
A: Swift
22 Q: Metal Ages - 3300 B.C. was the start of the Early one of which metallic Age?
A: Bronze
23 Q: That May Work - Phytoremediation, the natural ability of plants to pick up
metals through their roots, is being heavily tested with this plant, already proven to
ingest more metal than any other plant; and, if it works, it may be possible to mine
usable amounts of gold from dirt. Give me the three-syllable name of this highly-
regenerative perennial crop plant in the pea family, whose only vowel is a.
A: Alfalfa
24 Q: Dinnertime - Which psychological theorist of classical conditioning trained dogs
to salivate after hearing a bell ring?
A: (Ivan) Pavlov
Match 13
Questions
25 Q: Organelles - From the Latin for "whip," what organelle consists of a helical tube
of protein powered by the proton motive force that helps move a bacterial cell?
A: Flagellum
26 Q: Theories - Did the U.S. Government secretly give her a secret new identity or
was she executed by the Japanese? Maybe she died a castaway or crashed into
the ocean. All of these theories attempt to explain whose disappearance?
A: (Amelia) Earhart
27 Q: The Winning Side - The 1943 Battle of Kursk was a beginning of weakness for
the the Nazis on the Western Front. Remembering the year, who won the Battle?
A: Soviets
28 Q: Renaissance Painting - The largest fresco of the Renaissance was completed
in the in 1541. Michelangelo painted The Last Judgement in which building?
A: Sistine Chapel
29 Q: Change of Name - Ho Chi Minh city had what other name until it was overtaken
in 1975?
A: Saigon
30 Q: Harmful to All - The mining of this element used in fertilizers produces a
radioactive byproduct that is stored in large numbers of barrels. In addition, the
runoff from the fertilizer is poisoning waterways and causing massive algae
blooms. What element is dangerous even in mining it?
A: Phosphorus
31 Q: Canada - What is the name of Canada's newest territory, an arctic archipelago
whose population are mostly Inuit People?
A: Nunavut
32 Q: Agreeable Audience - To whom did Patrick Henry give his “Liberty or Death''
speech?
A: Virginia House (of Burgesses)

Match 13
Questions
33 Q: Unrelated Meanings - What four-letter noun refers to a person with similar
status to another person in a given society? As a verb, the same word can mean
to look intently, as through a spyglass.
A: Peer
34 Q: Genetic Structure - Human pairs of them are numbered from largest to smallest
with the 22nd pair followed by the only pair designated by letters: X and Y. Name
these structures that transmit genetic information.
A: Chromosomes
35 Q: I'm Hungry - Invented by Charles Goodnight in Texas, it is the travelling pantry
of a wagon train overseen by the cook. Name it.
A: Chuck Wagon
36 Q: Previous World Leaders - This leader played a major role in writing the new
constitution for France’s Fifth Republic. Which leader transformed France’s
presidency into a much more powerful position, and thus has the largest
international airport in France named after?
A: (Charles) DeGaulle
37 Q: Cell Life - During the process, the preprophase is the first to occur in plant
cells. For animal cells, prophase is first stage. After completing all stages, two
identical daughter cells are produced from this type of cell division.
A: Mitosis
38 Q: Still Helping Children in Need - UNICEF was originally formed to provide food,
clothing, and medical supplies for child victims in World War II. UNICEF is a
branch of which organization?
A: The United Nations

39 Q: A Large Composition - What is the more common name for a sonata written for
an orchestra?
A: Symphony
40 Q: Chess Play - If a player has to make the same move three times in a row in
chess, what call is made?
A: Draw
Match 14
Questions
1 Q: Near By - Miami is closer to two world capitals than it is to its own state
capital. Name either one of those foreign cities.
A: Havana (Cuba) or Nassau (Bahamas)

2 Q: Gymnsatics! - Which event in gymnastics consists of two rods set at different
heights and the athlete goes between the two?
A: Uneven Bars or Asymmetric Bars

3 Q: Hometown - François Auguste René Rodin was born in, and did most of his
artistic work in, which major city of his homeland?
A: Paris
4 Q: Meanings Change - This word originally came from the French meaning "to the
right." What word now means dextrous or skillful?
A: Adroit
5 Q: - Many Indigenous People of which nation do not want to be called Kiwis and
prefer the name they had before colonization?
A: New Zealand
6 Q: Making Connections - Kendra is trying to make an analog version of this digital
concept. She decides a pop up book about a castle would be a good choice. If
the paper window, labelled pull, is opened, a picture of the king is seen. In this
way, she has created a link between the printed text and new information. What is
the term for text that can send a user from one webpage to another?
A: Hypertext (Hyperlink accept link until it is read)

7 Q: Thriller - This American author has written a number of thrillers that have been
turned into movies starring Tom Hanks. His best known novels are The DaVinci
Code and Angels and Demons. Name him.
A: (Dan) Brown
8 Q: Tragic Events - The 27th school shooting of 2022 happened in Texas and
resulted in an investigation as to how it was handled, as well as new laws on a
national level. In which city did this occur?
A: Uvalde
Match 14
Questions
9 Q: Rules of the Road - Don't drive without passengers in an HOV lane, short for
what?
A: High Occupancy Vehicle

10 Q: The Rise and Fall - Tables of these can be used to determine times and
amplitude at any given coastal point. What marine events are these?
A: tides
11 Q: He Had a Sense of Humor - Written on a gravestone,"He loved Bacon" and
underneath in smaller letters "Oh, and his wife and kids too." . It's not your typical
what type of written expression about those who have passed away?
A: Epitaph
12 Q: Film - This movie star turned 75 in April 2006. It wasn’t built to be a movie star,
but proved irresistible to the directors of Annie Hall, When Harry Met Sally,
Sleepless in Seattle, and two versions of King Kong. What is this Manhattan
building?
A: Empire State Building

13 Q: Out of the Storm - To avoid storms, airplanes will often fly in this relatively
peaceful atmospheric layer, that’s just below the mesosphere. Name it.
A: Stratosphere
14 Q: Indigenous Nation - Their language is an isolate spoken by some ten thousand
people but it is still passed on and the predominant language. Who are these
people who call their homeland Shiwinnaqin, the largest group of Pueblo Peoples
living in western New Mexico.
A: Zuni
15 Q: Irreparable Damage - In October of 2022, a fire damaged a number of the
1,000 statues which have oversized heads and generally stand about 13ft high
and are thought to be over 500 years old. On which Pacific island?
A: Easter Island
Match 14
Questions
16 Q: The Sequel - The rarely read "Good Wives" was Louisa May Alcott's second
part to "Little Women." This was followed by what well-read sequel to "Little
Women"?
A: Little Men
17 Q: Determining the Protagonist - Pearl is at the center of this novel, however she
is not the protagonist. That would be her mother. The plot revolves around
Pearl’s unknown father. The life of Hester Prynne is explored in what Nathaniel
Hawthorne novel?
A: The Scarlet Letter

18 Q: Prophetic - This religious center, initially dedicated to the goddesses Gaia,
Themis, and Phoebe, eventaully became the site where Apollo delivered
prophesies through the voice of a Pythian princess.
A: Delphi
19 Q: Optics - The distance from a lens to the point where the light rays converge is
called what?
A: Focal length
20 Q: A Place of Safety - James Oglethorpe founded Georgia in 1733 for people in
trouble with what back in England?
A: Debt
21 Q: Sharing Food - What country is consistently the world’s largest exporter of
agricultural products?
A: The United States (USA, America, etc.)

22 Q: Ways to Keep Troops Safe - Gas masks were first used during what war?
A: World War I
23 Q: Repairing the Damage - By 2000, 197 nations had stopped production of
CFCs, so that what layer of the atmosphere is showing a slow recovery?
A: Ozone
24 Q: Collective Name - Clotho, Lachesis, and Atropos were three sisters who
controlled man's destiny. What were the three called as a group?
A: The Fates
Match 14
Questions
25 Q: Slope-Intercept - Math: Express your answer to the following problem in slope-
intercept form: Find the equation of a line that passes through the points (-1,5)
and (2,5).
A: y = 5
26 Q: Laws Quickly Ended - Before the Civil War, which Laws mandated the return of
those who had escaped from involuntary servitude, laws ended in 1864?
A: Fugitive Slave Act

27 Q: Symbolic - This area of mathematics is still growing, but has been added to by
great mathematicians since the beginning. What consists of creating symbols to
represent numbers, processes, or concepts that is a hallmark of Algebra.
A: (Algebraic or Mathematical) Notation

28 Q: 1940's America - Richard Wright’s wrote a series in The Atlantic about joining
and then leaving what political party thinking at first that its unity and belief in the
rise of the common working man would help Black citizens, but finding that it ruled
with an iron fist?
A: (The) Communist (Party) or Communism

29 Q: Ownership - Prsident Nasser of which nation seized the Suez Canal in 1956?
A: Egypt
30 Q: Baseball - Whistles of “charge!” and drumming on a trash can lid were signals
used by members of this team to warn batters of incoming breaking balls during a
season in which they were led by José Altuve. The Dodgers may have been
cheated during the 2017 World Series by what Major League Baseball team?
A: Houston Astros
31 Q: Makes No Sense - What common expression could be stated as: The person I
am addressing is directing me like a vehicle vertically upon an interior room divider.
A: You are driving me up a wall.

32 Q: The Rotator Cuff - Where in the body is the rotator cuff located?
A: Shoulder
Match 14
Questions
33 Q: Getting Started - What agreement among the 13 original states of the United
States of America served as its first frame of government?
A: Articles of Confederation
34 Q: Slugs Belong - In which biological class would you find slugs and snails?
A: Gastropoda (Gastropods)
35 Q: Rivalry - What word, meaning an unbeatable rival is also the name of the Greek
goddess of vengeance?
A: Nemesis
36 Q: It's Easy to Be Green - Which part of the plant cell contains green pigment?
A: Chloroplast
37 Q: Living On - The word comes from an ancient Greek who developed the style of
theatrical tragedies. What word from his name denotes those who are serious
actors and actresses?
A: Thespian(s)
38 Q: Snack Time - On your hike, in your snack bag you had 25 raisins. Then you
dumped in 50 walnuts and 30 almonds. What is the probability that the first round
you pull out randomly is a grape?
A: 5/21 (or 5 in 21)

39 Q: Funny Headline - Two words in this headline from a Detroit Michigan
newspaper have a double meaning, making this headline not mean what it says.
Which two words? Fifth Graders Get to Grill Lions
A: Grill Lions
40 Q: Capital Thinking - Which U.S. state capital has the largest population? You'd be
best served by thinking of a southwestern state.
A: Phoenix
Match 15
Questions
1 Q: Feeding the Cells - Most food digestion and absorption into the body takes
place in which organ of the digestive system?
A: Small Intestine
2 Q: Unsolicited Advice - Which U.S. billionaire caused a firestorm in October of
2022 by suggesting that the Ukraine give the Crimea to Russia to obtain peace,
garnering responses that he does not belong in the process?
A: (Elon) Musk
3 Q: Old San Francisco - With high hills across San Francisco being dangerous to
pedestrians and horses, which steam-powered conveyances first installed in 1873
became important to the growth of the city?
A: Cable Cars
4 Q: Solids - The volume of one of these equals four thirds pi r cubed. What are
these solids, whose cross sections are circles?
A: Spheres
5 Q: Vital Statistics - With an increase in medical and other programs, which
continent with the highest infant mortality rate has seen a continual increase in
childhood survival?
A: Africa
6 Q: Forming a New Nation - Resembling the stars-and-stripes is the national flag of
which African nation founded by freed slaves and freedmen from the United States
in 1822?
A: Liberia
7 Q: Forming Images - Two kinds of images may be formed by mirrors or lenses.
One is called Real. What is the other type?
A: Virtual
8 Q: Do You See It? - This part of the body has no blood vessels. They would
interfere in its main purpose, to provide optical power for the eye. Name this
outermost structure of the human eye.
A: Cornea
Match 15
Questions
9 Q: Planets - It's the 3rd of the Jovian planets. What was the first planet to be
discovered with a telescope?
A: Uranus
10 Q: Home Away From Home - During whose Presidency from 1901-1909 was the
“Executive Mansion” renamed the “White House”?
A: Theodore (Teddy) Roosevelt

11 Q: Circle the Area - Figure out the area of a circle circumscribed around a square
of area 64.
A: 32pi
12 Q: Spelling A "Funny" Word - Facetious means to treat a serious subject with
deliberate humor. How do you spell FACETIOUS?
A: F-A-C-E-T-I-O-U-S
13 Q: Also called Candyleaf - Which plant has leaves that provide a natural
sweetener that does not contain the calories of sugars nor the problems of artificial
sweeteners, while still being 200-300 times sweeter than sugar?
A: Stevia
14 Q: Rescuer - The ship called the Carpathia rescued over 700 survivors of what
accident?
A: The Titanic
15 Q: Law Enforcement Agency - The USMS was established in 1789 and thus is the
oldest law enforcement agency in the United States. Their main jobs are to run the
Witness Protection Program, protect judges, and find fugitives from the law. What
does the M stand for their acronym.
A: Marshal(s)
16 Q: Synonyms - Adding what letter turns “real” into a word meaning “royal”?
A: G (Regal)
17 Q: Physical Properties - If an object sinks in water, it displaces the water equal to
its volume, but if the object floats on water, it displaces water equal to its what?
A: Mass
Match 15
Questions
18 Q: How to Calculate - You have a wooden plank of known length and lift the plank
to a known height. Which trigonometric ratio could you use to calculate the angle
the plank makes with the ground?
A: Sine
19 Q: Olympic Sport - What winter sport, traditionally dominated by Germany, was
developed in the mountains of Switzerland using a gravity-powered convenyance
manned by one, two, or four people who are sitting on it?
A: Bobsled or Bobsleigh
20 Q: War Story - Name the epic poem of Greek literature which tells of the war
waged against Troy for the recovery of Helen.
A: The Iliad
21 Q: Now That's a Mouthful - How many vertices does a dodecahedron have?
A: 20
22 Q: Historic Play - An elderly woman is sentenced to death for infanticide and
witchcraft, and Abigail Williams accuses the residents of Salem of witchcraft in
what Arthur Miller play?
A: The Crucible
23 Q: It's MARVELous! - This world war one movie follows Steve and friends as they
infiltrate German lines. Luckily, Diana has guided the team throughout, and her
heroics continue as she defeats Ares in what 2017 film with Diana's alter ego as
the title?
A: Wonder Woman
24 Q: Tragedy - In Shakespeare's Othello, who does the title character suffocate,
after his his trusted friend, Iago, tricks him?
A: Desdemona
25 Q: Medicine - A medicine that can be purchased legally without a prescription is
known as what, OTC for short?
A: Over-the-counter
Match 15
Questions
26 Q: Modern Playwright - Which playwright of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and many
others left his literary estate to the University of the South in Tennessee when he
died in 1983?
A: Tennessee Williams
27 Q: Supreme Court Changes - The original Supreme Court had one Chief Justice
and how many associate justices?
A: Four
28 Q: Divided We Stand - What is the name of the process by which plant cell and
nuccleus divide?
A: mitosis
29 Q: Plot Device - When a book is written as non-linear, it means that events of the
plot are written in what way?
A: Out of order (not in sequence)

30 Q: Our Solar System - The ecliptic is the apparent path of what among the stars?
A: The Sun
31 Q: Merging Companies - In October of 2022, Spirit Airlines shareholders approved
a $3.8 billion merger with which company?
A: JetBlue
32 Q: Studying Language - There was dispute for many years whether or not this
language was more closely related to Turkic or to Uralic languages in what
became known among linguists as the Ugric-Turkish War. What is the language of
Budapest?
A: Hungarian or Magyar
33 Q: Surprise! - After crossing the Delaware River, George Washington and his
troops defeated the Hessians in what New Jersey town?
A: Trenton
34 Q: Borders - What’s the only nation to border both Estonia and Mongolia?
A: Russia
Match 15
Questions
35 Q: Transmitted Energy - Wheels with regularly-spaced, raised segments around
their edges that are used to transmit power are called what?
A: Gears
36 Q: Misnomer Names - Two islands, tourist attractions, are part of the
Commonwealth of Massachusetts and are separated by the Muskeget Channel.
One of them is Nantucket. What is the famous other one whose name is a
misnomer, since no grapes are actually grown there?
A: Martha's Vineyard
37 Q: A Master at Taking Money - Which American showman said, "There's a sucker
born every minute." and proved it by making a great deal of money on the
sideshows and games at his travelling events? He sold his company in 1967 to a
group who stopping showing humans with disabilities in ways where others
laughed at them.
A: (P.T.) Barnum
38 Q: Life-Saving Research - Researchers in South Korea announced in 2023 that
they have developed a test for detecting what disease by testing urine?
A: Cancer
39 Q: Alliances - The Communist Bloc of nations, with Russia being the largest, was
more commonly called by which directional name?
A: Eastern Bloc
40 Q: World Economics - Computational “tumblers” or “mixers” may be used as quasi-
random laundering devices for this broad type of commodity. In 2021, China
banned the “mining” of this general type of commodity, a computational process
with a remarkably powerful impact on global energy demand. What is the name for
the general category, not specific types?
A: Cryptocurrency
Match 16
Questions
1 Q: Travelling by Train - The National Railroad Passenger Corporation is its full
name. By what name is this U.S. national passenger train system known?
A: Amtrak
2 Q: Evolution of Music - Once considered to be one music genre, there are now at
least 44 divisions to what type of early African-American music that started in the
American south with spirituals, work songs, and narratives?
A: The Blues
3 Q: Books That Make Changes - Which author wrote nearly 100 books in his
lifetime, including one that lead to the passage of the Meat Inspection Act that was
called "The Jungle"?
A: (Upton) Sinclair
4 Q: Mountain Climbing - If a mountain climber wanted to climb the highest mountain
in North America, what peak would he climb?
A: (Mt.) Denali
5 Q: Common Magazine Title Word - In magazine titles, what word follows
Southern, Country, and Martha Stewart?
A: Living
6 Q: Whose Myths? - The Kojiki and the Nihon Shoki, writings of the collections of
ancient myths of which nation led to the claim of the Imperial family of being
descended from the sun goddess Amaterasu and her grandson Ninigi?
A: Japan
7 Q: - Factor x squared-6x-27.
A: (x-9)(x+3) (The quantity x minus 9 end quantity times the quantity x plus 3 end
quantity)
8 Q: Increasing Military Presence - On Feb. 2, 2023 the United States announced a
deal to expand its presence to four new military bases in what country that is
about 120 miles from Taiwan?
A: The Philippines
Match 16
Questions
9 Q: The War In Ukraine - In October 2022, which country’s leader ordered troops to
join Russian forces near Ukraine, since he felt a clear threat from Kyiv.
A: Belarus
10 Q: The End of the Story - The end of this story involves a card game in which the
ace of spades is played twice. As the argument ensues, the characters outside
are unable to discern between their leaders and the others at the poker table.
Napoleon’s dinner party concludes which Orwell novel?
A: Animal Farm
11 Q: Noun and Verb - As a verb, it means to stitch or sew up a wound; as a noun,
it’s the thread used to do it. What’s the word?
A: Suture
12 Q: Rather Seedy - The seed of a dicot is made up of a seed coat, an embryo, and
what nutrient-rich tissue?
A: endosperm OR cotyledon
13 Q: Saving His Alma Mater - Daniel Webster argued against the state of New
Hampshire in a famous Supreme Court case that allowed which old college to
remain private?
A: Dartmouth
14 Q: Basketball - Give me the full name of the NBA team that shares its home court
with Marquette University.
A: Milwaukee Bucks
15 Q: Folksongs - This penultimate protest song of the 60's was this enduring one
done by Bob Dylan. It asked a lot of questions with the answer being the title of
which song?
A: Blowin' In the Wind

16 Q: Monuments - What monument’s uppermost seven spikes symbolize seven
continents and seven seas?
A: Statue of Liberty
Match 16
Questions
17 Q: Psych 101 - Which one of the three basic interacting agents of Freud's
psychoanalytic theory is the realistic part that mediates between the id and the
super-ego?
A: Ego
18 Q: Chinese Leadership - In later 2022, as Xi Jinping tightened his grip over China
by being named to a third term as president, people began comparing him to what
founder of the People's Republic?
A: (Chairman) Mao (Zedong)

19 Q: Working Together for Safety - Only the President can direct the CIA to start a
covert action, and it's usually at the recommendation of which council?
A: National Security Council

20 Q: The Arm Bone's Connected To… - The most mobile of human joints are ball-
and-socket joints. The upper end of the humerus forms a ball-and-socket joint
with what bone?
A: Scapula (Shoulder Bone)

21 Q: She Persisted - This Pittsburgh native wasn't permitted to take classes at
Paris's Institute of Beaux Arts because she was a woman. She is often
overshadowed by her male impressionist colleagues, but her pieces , primarily of
women and children, eventually won her praise and exhibitions. Who painted The
Boating Party?
A: (Mary) Cassatt
22 Q: Biology Classes - In which class would you categorize shrimp and lobster?
A: Crustacea (Crustacean)
23 Q: A Woodwind - Mozart wrote a Quintet and a Concerto for this instrument, that
has been famously played by Woody Herman. Which woodwind has a single reed
and a flared bell?
A: Clarinet
24 Q: Named for a President - Part of this African city resembles the architecture of
the American south. Which African nation's capital city was named for James
Monroe who was President when the country was formed?
A: Liberia
Match 16
Questions
25 Q: Name the Nation - This nation lies on the eastern coast of the Gulf of Bothnia,
on the northwestern border of Russia. It declared its independence after the
Russian Revolution of 1917. What country
A: Finland
26 Q: Big Boned - Name the largest bone of the human body.
A: femur
27 Q: The Walrus - What are a walrus’ upper incisors more commonly called?
A: Tusks
28 Q: Definition - Some words are close enough in sound to confuse people. A
retinue is a group of persons attending a famous person. What is a revenue?
A: Source of Income or Money

29 Q: Polymath - This Persian poet, author of The Rubaiyat was also a renowned
mathematician, astronomer, historian, and philosopher.
A: (Omar) Khayyam
30 Q: Bodies of Water - Which strait separates England and France?
A: Straits of Dover
31 Q: Related Words - From the Latin word for “city,” a word means courteous or
refined in manner. If you took the last letter off of that word, you would get what
word that refers to cities as opposed to rural areas?
A: Urban
32 Q: Treaty Ratification - What portion of the Senate must approve any treaty before
it can become binding?
A: 2/3
33 Q: Sinister Plot Twists - The main character of this novel escapes prison, where he
was placed by his jealous cohort, Danglars. The main character reappears under
a new name to take revenge on Danglars in The Count of Monte Cristo by which
author?
A: (Alexandre) Dumas
Match 16
Questions
34 Q: Important Component - In the respiratory process, when oxygen is carried from
the lungs to the blood cells, it unites with an iron-containing protein in the blood.
What is this protein called?
A: Hemoglobin
35 Q: Biochemistry - Chemical substances in food that enter into metabolism and
thus used by the body are known as what word that starts with an N?
A: Nutrients
36 Q: Surprising Start - “Al Haig came over to tell me that there would be a new tape
released on Monday, and that the evidence was so devastating there would either
be a resignation or an impeachment. He told me to be prepared, that things might
change dramatically and that I could become president.” Who wrote this about the
1974 event that led to his quick rise to the presidency?
A: (Gerald) Ford
37 Q: Keeping Us Safe - Earth's atmosphere does protect us from solar winds and
radiation. What else surrounds us that protects us as well?
A: Magnetic Field
38 Q: Design Term - Not Musical - What term is used in architecture for closely
spaced parallel grooves used as decoration that sounds like it's the act of playing
a reedless woodwind?
A: Fluting
39 Q: Plant Differentiation - The ghost plant is a bit rare as it lacks this substance.
The ghost plant is white with black or pink splattered throughout instead of the
typical green of plants. What organelle is this plant lacking?
A: Chloroplast
40 Q: Badminton - According to accepted rules, a badminton serve must be made
with what kind of motion?
A: Underhand

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A: Buffer (accect Base until 9)

A: Minute Maid Park

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A: West Side Story

A: Kreb's Cycle (or citric acid cycle or tricaroxylic acid cycle)

A: Erik the Red

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Guam High School Tournament HS Matches 6- 16 Part 3

A: Citizens (of the U.S.)

A: You were seeking.

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A: Don't throw out the baby with the bath water.

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A: The British Invastion

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A: mercury, gallium, cesium

A: 10, 15, 20, 30

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Guam High School Tournament HS Matches 6- 16 Part 3

A: Around the World in Eighty Days

A: Auto or Car Insurance

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A: France and Germany

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A: Battle of the Little Bighorn

A: War of the Worlds

A: Aurora (Borealis or Australius or just Aurora)

A: Verabschiedung (ve·r·ab·schiedung.) or auf wiedersehen (/a(£/f ,‡f’Ðd%Ìze-‚Y)n/)

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A: Vale! (pronounced ivalle)

A: -2/9 (Negative two-ninths)

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A: Halogens (Group 17)

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A: Are you hungry?

A: The Federalist Papers

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A: Hypothesize, experiment, make observations, record data, draw conclusions.

A: (John Wilkes) Booth

A: Death on the Nile

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A: Let sleeping dogs lie.

A: (Warren G.) Harding

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A: Don't Judge a Book By its Cover

A: Judge and Jury

A: (Martin) Van Buren

A: 100 pi (Square cm)

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