Academic Team #1

Question 1

Actors Ronald Reagan and Arnold Schwarzenegger were governor of this state, home to Hollywood.

Accepted Answer

California

Question 2

His brother earned the Medal of Honor twice. Name this General who died at the Little Big Horn.

Accepted Answer

George Armstrong Custer

Question 3

The only man to have been President of the United States AND Chief Justice of the Supreme Court

Accepted Answer

William Howard Taft

Question 4

The Taiping Rebellion took place in this Asian country in 1850.

Accepted Answer

China

Question 5

Christmas celebrates what?

Accepted Answer

the birth of Jesus

Question 6

x + y is an example of a(n)

Accepted Answer

expression

Question 7

In which US State would you find Gettysburg National Park?

Accepted Answer

Pennsylvania

Question 8

How many of each animal did Moses take into the Ark?

Accepted Answer

0

Question 9

What was the result of "Casey at the Bat" and his turn at bat?

Accepted Answer

mighty Casey struck out

Question 10

Almost every type of this noisy, venomous snake is found in the US or Mexico.

Accepted Answer

rattlesnakes

Question 11

What is the capital of Michigan?

Accepted Answer

Lansing

Question 12

This was Bram Stoker's most famous novel.

Accepted Answer

Dracula

Question 13

You have 4 blue, 6 red, and 6 yellow socks. What's the probability the first two will be blue?

Accepted Answer

1/8

Question 14

What Biblical hero lost his strength when Delilah cut his hair?

Accepted Answer

Samson

Question 15

Name the astronomical event which occurs when the moon passes between Earth and the Sun.

Accepted Answer

solar eclipse

Question 16

A general name for a rotary wing aircraft.

Accepted Answer

helicopter

Question 17

Name the world's highest mountain.

Accepted Answer

Mt. Everest

Question 18

"The wind sang through the trees" or "the story spoke to me" are what kind of figure of speech?

Accepted Answer

personification

Question 19

The massive BP oil spill in 2010 was caused by an oil rig explosion in what body of water?

Accepted Answer

The Gulf of Mexico

Question 20

"The Charge of the Light Brigade" occurred during which war pitting England against Russia?

Accepted Answer

The Crimean War

Question 21

"Where the Red Fern Grows" is about plants growing at what place?

Accepted Answer

the graves of the boy's two dogs

Question 22

Name the book about a pig named Wilbur, girl named Fern, and spider named Charlotte.

Accepted Answer

Charlotte's Web

Question 23

How many players for each team are on the field for a play in football?

Accepted Answer

11

Question 24

The "Oscars" are given for movies, these awards are given for television shows.

Accepted Answer

Emmy Awards

Question 25

This person is in charge of enforcing laws that require children to attend school.

Accepted Answer

Truant Officers

Question 26

What American hero created Lake Michigan so his big, blue Ox Babe could get a drink?

Accepted Answer

Paul Bunyan

Question 27

What is the capital of China?

Accepted Answer

Beijing

Question 28

Bilbo Baggins steals a ring from whom?

Accepted Answer

Gollum

Question 29

What game is being played in the poem "Casey at the Bat"?

Accepted Answer

baseball

Question 30

The Gotthard Base Tunnel passes through what mountain range?

Accepted Answer

Alps

Question 31

This "miracle drug" discovered by Alexander Fleming during WWII saved millions of lives

Accepted Answer

penicillin

Question 32

Name the African country founded by the American Colonization Society for freed slaves.

Accepted Answer

Liberia

Question 33

Raised at The Meadows, in Virginia, by P. Chenery, this horse won the Triple Crown in 1973.

Accepted Answer

Secretariat

Question 34

Which of these is NOT a pillar of Islam?

Accepted Answer

Jihad (War Against NonMuslims)

Question 35

The movie runs 108 minutes. It starts at 7:30. What time does it end?

Accepted Answer

9:18

Question 36

In this downhill race, skiers maneuver around gates, poles stuck in the ground.

Accepted Answer

slalom

Question 37

The only inlet is the Jordan River; It's VERY salty. Name this Sea bordering Israel.

Accepted Answer

The Dead Sea

Question 38

The city where you'd find: Beehive House, Old Fort Douglas, Temple Square, the Mormon Temple.

Accepted Answer

Salt Lake City

Question 39

Name the author of "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings".

Accepted Answer

Maya Angelou

Question 40

A collective term for husbands and wives.

Accepted Answer

spouse

Question 41

Rand Paul has represented which State in the US Senate?

Accepted Answer

Kentucky

Question 42

She was the first First Lady to live in the White House.

Accepted Answer

Abigail Adams

Question 43

What is the capital of Cuba?

Accepted Answer

Havana

Question 44

Which zodiac sign is The Water Bearer?

Accepted Answer

Aquarius

Question 45

What planet lies between Earth and Mercury?

Accepted Answer

Venus

Question 46

Daniel French carved the statue, it was dedicated in 1922, it honors our 16th President

Accepted Answer

The Lincoln Memorial

Question 47

"The bends" are caused by too much of this gas in your blood - surface slowly when scuba diving

Accepted Answer

nitrogen

Question 48

In which US State would you find Mount Rushmore National Memorial?

Accepted Answer

South Dakota

Question 49

This is the smallest instrument in the flute family; featured in Stars and Stripes Forever.

Accepted Answer

piccolo

Question 50

Who led the children of Israel out of Egypt after the 10 plagues were done?

Accepted Answer

Moses

Question 51

Tchaikovsky's famous ballet with the evil von Rothbart, Prince Siegfried, and Odette and Odile

Accepted Answer

Swan Lake

Question 52

Created by Arthur Conan Doyle, name the greatest "consulting detective" in literary history.

Accepted Answer

Sherlock Holmes

Question 53

The British scientist who discovered that white light is made of all the other colors.

Accepted Answer

Newton

Question 54

Paul Bunyan and Pecos Bill are characters in what literary genre?

Accepted Answer

tall tales

Question 55

Four of its atoms are in molecules of ammonia and methane, two in molecules of sulfuric acid.

Accepted Answer

Hydrogen

Question 56

Name the capital of Yemen

Accepted Answer

Sana

Question 57

What book's main character could talk to the animals?

Accepted Answer

The Voyages of Dr. Doolittle

Question 58

Which of these women served as President Barack Obama's Secretary of State?

Accepted Answer

Hillary Clinton

Question 59

Who wrote the book where you would find Bob Cratchet, Marley, Tiny Tim, and Ebenezer Scrooge?

Accepted Answer

Charles Dickens

Question 60

This requires a "speedy and public trail by an impartial jury" and legal counsel for defendants

Accepted Answer

6th Amendment to the US Constitution

Question 61

Who is the current Speaker of the House of Representatives?

Accepted Answer

Paul Ryan

Question 62

Presidents Teddy Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, Jimmy Carter, and Barack Obama all won this Award.

Accepted Answer

Nobel Peace Prize

Question 63

In what year did Texas declare its independence?

Accepted Answer

1836

Question 64

This volcano last erupted in 1980. In what US State would you find Mt. St. Helens?

Accepted Answer

Washington

Academic Team #1

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Academic Team #1

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