Meeting of the Minds round 1

Which holiday is celebrated with the burning of a Yule log?

The following items we have eaten at some time or another. Which item is improperly spelled?

People who make maps are called ____.

What type of writing tells a story?

Pollution can be reduced by___.

The volume of a cube 4" x 4" x 4" is how many cubic inches?

The difference between magma and lava is that:

Name the four kinds of sentences, Declarative, Imperative, ______, Exclamatory)

In volleyball, how many hits are permitted to get the ball over the net?

What mark of punctuation is used after the greeting of a business letter?

About what percent of the Earth is covered by water?

The migration of birds in an example of a(an) ____ rhythm 

Corinthian, Ionic, and Doric columns first appeared in ____?

If a whooping crane is 1.5m tall, and an ostrich is 1.6 times as tall, how tall is the ostrich?

What is the surface area of a cube when each side is 4 meters long?

How many outs in one inning of softball?

What mark of punctuation is used to separate words in a list?

What is the past participle form of the verb WRITE?

A symbiotic relationship in which both organisms benefit is called______.

Central America is an example of a _____ connecting North and South America.

In Toledo the temperature fell from 34^oC to 25^oC. How many degrees did the temperature fall?

Which of the following sets of fractions are equivalent?

The “role” each organism plays within an ecosystem is called its ___.

What do you call the noun that follows a linking verb?

The first artworks appeared in the ___.

A consumer that eats both plants and animals is called a (an) ___? 

The earth is divided into the Eastern and Western hemisphere by the ___?

John had 1.80L of cocoa. He poured the same amount into each of 12cps. How much is in each cup?

The most common form of indoor air pollution is .___.

Choose the compound word in this group of words.

Which country is the leading exporter of coffee?

What part of speech joins words, groups of words, or in some cases, complete phrases?

A successful foul shot (basketball) scores ___ points.

What does NATO stand for?

What is the average of the following 3 numbers: 246, 219, 231?

___ is the name of the scale used to measure earthquakes.

What do we call the process of finding an answer that is close enough to meet your needs?

Jerry has $4.00. How many tickets can he buy if each one costs 78 cents?

What is the answer to the following question: 28,000 / 40?

The highest spot on the earth’s surface?

In volleyball, all serving is done from which corner of the court?

The three island groups of the Greater Antilles, Lesser Antilles, and Bahamas make up the __?

The living part of an ecosystem is called a ___.

In soccer, stopping the ball with your foot is called ___.

Another word for maize is ___.

Which of these do plants use to make food during photosynthesis?

The earth is divided into the Northern and Southern Hemisphere by the ___.

Haiti and the Dominican Republic share the island of ______.

Low-lying stretches of flat or gently rolling land are called ____.

What do we call an angle that is less than 90^o?