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75 Cards in this Set
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Give the number of pints in 2 quarts.
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4 pints
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Name the planet that is more than 11 times the diameter of earth.
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Jupiter
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Give the musical term used to name the clef that begins the top staff, where higher notes of piano music are written.
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Treble(clef)
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Identify the branch of the U.S. government that administers the laws and affairs of the country.
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Executive (Branch)
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In the sentence, "Wow!, Can you come here?" identify the interjection.
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Wow
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Identify the Novle Prize-wining chemist who with her husband discovered polonium, an element named for her native land.
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Marie Curie
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Identify the continent to the north of the Indian Ocean and west of the North Pacific.
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Asia
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Identify the author of such works as Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass.
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Lewis Carroll
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Identify the perimeter of an equilateral triangle having one side measuring 65 inches.
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195 inches
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Identify the inventor of the power-steamed steamboat, the Clermont.
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Robert Fulton
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Identify the correct spelling of the prefix meaning "half" in the word hemisphere.
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Hemi
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Such monarchs as Queen Elizabeth I, Queen Elizabeth II, and Queen Victoria
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England
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THis question requires a multiple answer. Name 3 of the 4 types of taste the human tongue is able to distinguish.
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Sweet, Sour, Salty, & Bitter(Any 3)
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Convert 29 feet and 41/2 inches into total inches.
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352 1/2 inches
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Identify the name for the tropical area describes as having a dense growth of trees and an annual rainfall of 100 or more inches.
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Rain Forest
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Give the term referring to the lines grouped together in a poem.
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Stanza
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This question requires a multiple answer. Name all 4 states of matter.
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Solid, Liquid, Gas, and Plasma
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Name the long-suffering puppetmaker in Pinocchio.
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Geppetto
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Identify the explosive that brought great wealth to Swedish-chemist Alfred Nobel, the founder of the Nobel prizes.
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Dynamite
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If Angle B measures 60 degrees, find te measure of its complement.
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30 degrees
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Name the Florence-born artist who painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.
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Michelangelo
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Correct the following sentence if needed, "He rung the bell at 3:00 p.m."
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change rung to rang
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Identify the planet that possibly has an ice cap on its north pole even though it is the hottest and closest to the sun.
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Mercury
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Express the number 24 in Roman numerals.
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XXIV
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Identify the only one of the 13 original states not represented at the Constitutional Convention, our smallest U.S. state.
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Rhode Island
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A chord refers to how many notes being played simultaneously.
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3
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Identify the term beginning with the letter L that means "having to do with, or like, the moon."
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Lunar
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Given the scores of 84, 89, and 94 , find the mean.
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89
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Such classics as Black Beauty was written by which female author?
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Anna Sewell
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Identify the U.S. Condtitutional Amendment which protects the freedom of speech and the press.
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1st Amendmendmant
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According tho the 22nd Amendment, give the maximum number of terms of office the President of the U.S. can serve.
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2
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This question requires a multiple answer with both the first and last name given. Name the brothers who made the first successful flight in a power-driven airplane i 1903 on Kill Devil Hill in North Carolina.
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Orville and Wilbur Wright
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Round 485.125 to the nearest hundred.
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500
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Punctuate the following sentence, "She went to the store, and bought flour and sugar."
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Comma after store, Period at the end of the sentence.
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Identify the Ohio-born U.S. President who headed the Union army and is buried in Riverside Park in New York City.
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Ulysses S. Grant
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Identify the continent directly to the north of Cape Horn and the Strait of Magellan.
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South America
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Identify the USSR spacecraft that was first to land on the moon. This craft, bearing the name of the goddess of the moon, was launched in 1959.
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Luna
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If Sam spent 75% of a whole day sleeping, how many hours did he sleep?
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18
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In which Greek city were the first modern Olympic Games hel in 1896?
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Athens
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Identify the instument invented by physician Theopile Laenned used to listen to the sounds in the chest.
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Stethoscope
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Identify the literary term illustrated by such words as crunch, boom, and poof.
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Onomatopoeia
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How many years elapsed between te appearance of Halley's Comet in 1835, the year Mark Twain was born, and its reappearance in 1910, the year Twain died.
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75 years
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Identify the first woman in space in 1963.
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Valentina Tereshkova
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Name the son whom A.A. Milne once to to Lndon Regent's Park Zoo to see a bear called Winnie.
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Christopher Robin
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Identify the chemical symbol for the element, aluminum.
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Al
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Identify the number of degrees in a triangle.
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180 degrees
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Identify the American folk hero who died competing with a sledge hammer against a steam drill.
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John Henry
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Give the correct spelling of the plural form of sky.
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skies
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Identify the U.S. President called the "Hero of American Independence" and the "Father of His Country."
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George Washington
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Identify the world's highest waterfall.
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Angel Falls
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In 1880 which great composer of march music became conductor of the U.S. Marine Corps Band? He is known as the "March King."
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John Philip Sousa
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If a regular octagon has a perimeter of 96 inches, find the length of each side.
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12 inches
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Rick Pitino made Kentucky history when he came back in 2001 as coach for which Kentucky university?
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University of Louisville
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Identify the governor of New Netherland who bought Manhattan Island from the Indians for about $24.
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Peter Minuit
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Believe it or not, which famous book written by L. Frank Baum was once banned or challenged?
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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
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Give the term used to designate the calm, low-pressure center of a huuricane around which winds of high velocity move.
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Eye
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Give the Spanish term meaning "friend."
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amigo
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In the sentence, "She is my best friend,' identify the sdjective.
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best
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Solve for b in the following equation: 5b+2=32
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6
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Identify the "Hero of the Texas Revolution," who died at the Alamo and who was the alleged inventor of a famous hunting knife.
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Jim Bowie
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Identify the bee that gathers food, builds the colony and cares for the young.
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worker
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Give the term referring to the distance around a circle.
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Circumferance
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In which U.S. state did Mt. St. Helens erupt on May 18, 1980?
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Washington
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Punctuate the follwoing sentence, "Are you going to your house or mine?"
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question mark at theend of sentence.
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Identify the fairy tale character whose name literally means "little cinder girl".
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Cinderella
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From which country did Secretary of State William Seward purchase ALask in 1867?
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Russia
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What is the quoteint when 12 is divided by 1/2?
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24
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Give the term referring to an eater of grass or other plants.
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Herbivore
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Identify the creator of such characters as Buck and Wolf Larsen and the author of Call of the Wild.
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Jack London
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Identify the U.S. state known as the "Buckeye State" having as its capital, Columbus.
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Ohio
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Give the term to an artist's painting or drawing of himself.
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self-portrait
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If Joe bought a $60 jacket that was discounted 25%, how much was his discount?
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$15
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Identify the Civil War ironclad that battled the Merrimack in the American Civil War.
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Monitor
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Seismology refers to the study of what?
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earthquakes
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Give the area of a triangle having a base of 5 meters and a height of 10 meters.
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25 square meters.
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