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Question 1

Name the South Korean company who finally stopped making their Galaxy Note 7 phones due to fire

Accepted Answer

Samsung

Question 2

Name the drug company that raised its prices on its EpiPens in 2016.

Accepted Answer

Mylan

Question 3

The 2016 Disney movie that shows how Phiona plays on the Ugandan women's chess team

Accepted Answer

Queen of Katwe

Question 4

This country's Crimea region was forcibly reclaimed by Russia in 2014.

Accepted Answer

Ukraine

Question 5

Identify the first "czar of all the Russians" nicknamed "the Terrible"

Accepted Answer

Ivan

Question 6

Name the 19th century composer of swan lake and the nutcracker

Accepted Answer

Tchaikovsky

Question 7

Complete the Boy Scout Oath: On my Honor I will......

Accepted Answer

do my best

Question 8

Scottish, bull and Jack Russell are all specific breeds of what type of dog?

Accepted Answer

Terrier

Question 9

You must wait a year after getting a tattoo. This activity is often supervised by the Red Cross

Accepted Answer

donating blood

Question 10

What type of notation expresses numbers as B x 10 to the nth power, B is between 1 & 10, n= #

Accepted Answer

scientific

Question 11

Find the area of a right triangle whose base is 5 ft and whose height is 16 ft.

Accepted Answer

40 sq. ft

Question 12

Shades include: cerise, vermillion, magenta, ruby and maroon. Name this primary color

Accepted Answer

Red

Question 13

What Hurricane hit the SE U.S. coast in October 2016 and caused widespread flooding?

Accepted Answer

Matthew

Question 14

What is four to the fifth power? 45

Accepted Answer

1024

Question 15

Name the bank whose symbols include a stagecoach reflection its 19 th century beginings

Accepted Answer

Wells Fargo

Question 16

Arnold Palmer won two US Opens and four Masters tournaments in what sport?

Accepted Answer

Golf

Question 17

Name the African nation with he Sanganeb Nat'l Park (a coral reef) in the Red Sea.

Accepted Answer

Sudan

Question 18

What European country is home to painter Sir Joshua Reynolds and contains Tate Museums?

Accepted Answer

Great Britain, England, United Kingdom

Question 19

Name the man, who with his Argonauts, was sent off to the Golden Fleece?

Accepted Answer

Jason

Question 20

His wife Edith was said t be "acting President" for the last 19 months of his presidency

Accepted Answer

Woodrow Wilson

Question 21

Name the novel by Jack London, set in the Klondike, about a dog named Buck

Accepted Answer

Call of the Wild

Question 22

Give the two word name for the proposed pipline between Bakken oil field and Illinois

Accepted Answer

Dakota Access

Question 23

Give the number 7 billion in scientific notation

Accepted Answer

7 x 109

Question 24

What is the name given to the period 1919-1933 when the making and sale of alcohol was illegal

Accepted Answer

Prohibition

Question 25

This adjective can describe "any solid figure whose bases look misaligned"

Accepted Answer

oblique

Question 26

Name the author of James and the Giant Peach, The BFG and Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator

Accepted Answer

Roald Dahl

Question 27

Name the state whose governors have become President include James Monroe and Thomas Jefferson

Accepted Answer

Virginia

Question 28

Yea, as I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil

Accepted Answer

Psalm 23

Question 29

Triangle GHJ, Side G: 42, Side H: 32, Side J: 31; What is the perimeter?

Accepted Answer

105

Question 30

The island Columbus saw on October 12th 1492, called San Salvador, is now part of what nation?

Accepted Answer

Bahamas

Question 31

Yellow road signs that indicate "curve ahead, stop sign ahead" typically have what shape?

Accepted Answer

diamond

Question 32

A factory makes 300 widgets an hour, How many can they make in 5 days working 9 hrs /day?

Accepted Answer

13500

Question 33

Name the Florida Nat'l Park famed for its dense mangroves, towering palms and alligator holes

Accepted Answer

Everglades

Question 34

What Italian Baroque composer composed "The Four Seasons?

Accepted Answer

Vivaldi

Question 35

A basketball team shoots 50 times in a game and makes 27. What is their shooting percentage?

Accepted Answer

54%

Question 36

Name the concept, equivalent to a "gaffe" or "faux pas" in French

Accepted Answer

make a mistake

Question 37

The part of your body that connects muscle to bone, includes the patellar and Achilles

Accepted Answer

tendons

Question 38

What name name did Americans call the Russia's satellites, even though they changed names?

Accepted Answer

Sputnik

Question 39

WHat major ocean touches both Russia and the western United States?

Accepted Answer

Pacific

Question 40

Definition: to become ignited, to cause an electrical arc, or the discovery of gold or silver

Accepted Answer

strike

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