Classroom of Champions Practice1

Question 1

Chemical compounds with two oxygen atoms per molecule are known as...

Accepted Answer

dioxides

Question 2

Name the oldest man to serve as president of the United States.

Accepted Answer

Reagan

Question 3

What is the mythical bird that burns itself to death every 500 years and rises from its ashes?

Accepted Answer

phoenix

Question 4

A cube has this many vertices.

Accepted Answer

8

Question 5

It could hold more than 50,000 people and was one of the largest buildings in the Roman Empire.

Accepted Answer

Colosseum

Question 6

What is histology the study of?

Accepted Answer

living tissue

Question 7

What's the five-syllable name for power produced by water turning turbines tied to generators?

Accepted Answer

hydroelectric

Question 8

This Scandinavian country, famous for its fjords, has its capital at Oslo.

Accepted Answer

Norway

Question 9

If your little sister is 1 meter tall, what is her height in inches?

Accepted Answer

39 inches

Question 10

Astigmatism, strabismus, conjunctivitis, and ophthalmia, are disorders affecting what organ?

Accepted Answer

eye

Question 11

What is the color of anthracite?

Accepted Answer

black

Question 12

Death Valley national monument is situated in what two states?

Accepted Answer

California and Nevada

Question 13

This winged creature sprung from the neck of Medusa after she was killed.

Accepted Answer

pegasus

Question 14

The faces of a dodecahedron are this regular polygon.

Accepted Answer

pentagon

Question 15

What does the circle on the flag of Japan symbolize?

Accepted Answer

the sun

Question 16

At 4 miles/hour, it takes 1 hour for Abe to walk to school. How many minutes at 5 miles/hour?

Accepted Answer

48

Question 17

Identify the largest organ of the human body.

Accepted Answer

skin

Question 18

What is the mass of one milliliter of water?

Accepted Answer

1 gram

Question 19

What substance, which makes the alcohol in alcoholic beverages, also makes bread rise?

Accepted Answer

yeast

Question 20

Cirrhosis, a disease provoked by alcoholism, affects what organ?

Accepted Answer

liver

Question 21

Fluid in the mouth that contains water, electrolytes, mucus and enzymes

Accepted Answer

saliva

Question 22

A soft, dense, blue-gray metal used in many things, but its greatest use is in a car battery.

Accepted Answer

lead

Question 23

Tell which of the following has the longest wavelength

Accepted Answer

radio waves

Question 24

Gills are part of which body system in fish?

Accepted Answer

respiratory

Question 25

Identify the only gemstone composed of just one element.

Accepted Answer

diamond

Question 26

Name the youngest President of the United States.

Accepted Answer

Teddy Roosevelt

Question 27

This volcanic rock is actually a type of glass. Full of air pockets-it's light enough to float.

Accepted Answer

pumice

Question 28

In a play, a character who directly addresses the audience "breaks" the...

Accepted Answer

fourth wall

Question 29

According to Thomas Edison, what is one percent inspiration & ninety-nine percent perspiration?

Accepted Answer

genius

Question 30

What are the last two abstract nouns in the Pledge of Allegiance?

Accepted Answer

liberty and justice

Question 31

What is the most common color for lapis lazuli?

Accepted Answer

blue

Question 32

What is the fear of fire?

Accepted Answer

pyrophobia

Question 33

What decimal is half a percent of 100?

Accepted Answer

0.5

Question 34

This Scandinavian country is connected to the mainland by the Jutland peninsula.

Accepted Answer

Denmark

Question 35

Which term means "an expert musician"?

Accepted Answer

virtuoso

Question 36

Alpha and Beta are the first two letters of which alphabet?

Accepted Answer

Greek

Question 37

Find the range of the following set of numbers: 2, 7, 15, 3, 5, 1

Accepted Answer

14

Question 38

Charles Dodgson made up "Lewis Carroll" as his pen name. What word describes a fictitious name?

Accepted Answer

pseudonym

Question 39

What is the name for a facility that separates oil into gasoline, kerosene, and propane?

Accepted Answer

refinery

Question 40

One of the least populated states, it was the first to give women the right to vote.

Accepted Answer

Wyoming

Question 41

Name the first and only Catholic President of the United States.

Accepted Answer

Kennedy

Question 42

Tribunes, praetors, and consuls were officials in the government of what ancienct republic?

Accepted Answer

Rome

Question 43

This many headed monster was defeated by Hercules when he placed its final head under a rock.

Accepted Answer

hydra

Question 44

What was the name of the Greek mathematician who first accurately estimated pi?

Accepted Answer

Archimedes

Question 45

Small, straight, thin-bladed knife used especially in surgery

Accepted Answer

scalpel

Question 46

This European art gallery was formerly an office building.

Accepted Answer

The Uffizi

Question 47

If it is 11 AM at the prime meridian, what time is it at 30 degrees west longitude?

Accepted Answer

9AM

Question 48

What small four-stringed guitar was developed in Hawaii by the Portuguese?

Accepted Answer

ukelele

Question 49

Polyphernus was the most famous member of this type of creature, which had only one eye.

Accepted Answer

cyclops

Question 50

The Nobel Prize winners are announced in Stockholm, this country's capital.

Accepted Answer

Sweden

Question 51

What did Walt Whitman describe as "the beautiful uncut hair of graves"?

Accepted Answer

grass

Question 52

When a river flows into a shallow sea, sediments may form a large triangular deposit called...

Accepted Answer

a delta

Question 53

If you were to alphabetically arrange the major body systems, which would be first on the list?

Accepted Answer

circulatory

Question 54

Tell which of the following has the shortest wavelength

Accepted Answer

x-rays

Question 55

A road in Canada has a speed limit of 80 km/h. What is the speed limit in miles/hr?

Accepted Answer

50mph

Question 56

This Paris museum has works such as the Mona Lisa and Liberty Leading the People.

Accepted Answer

The Louvre

Question 57

The Hope, the Jubilee, and the Excelsior are only three famous ones of these.

Accepted Answer

diamonds

Question 58

Which land animal's call can be heard three miles away?

Accepted Answer

howler monkey

Question 59

A Meteorologist expects to see a stratus cloud close to the ground. What is she predicting?

Accepted Answer

fog

Question 60

In which war was Mathew Brady a famous photographer?

Accepted Answer

Civil War

Question 61

In optics, especially in a camera, a hole or opening through which light is admitted

Accepted Answer

aperture

Question 62

The collective noun association with sheep is herd, lions is pride, and with crows is what?

Accepted Answer

murder

Question 63

Starting on January 1, what month will it be when exactly one fifth of the year has passed?

Accepted Answer

March

Question 64

Which play begins: 2 households, both alike in dignity, in fair Verona, where we lay our scene

Accepted Answer

Romeo and Juliet

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