QB Practice 10-27-15

What happens to music during a dimenuendo?

In rodeo, steer wrestling is sometimes referred to as what? 

World Health Organization recently announced that consuming these foods increases cancer risk.

Which unit is equivalent to one Newton of force applied over one square meter? 

The names of all binary acids begin with what prefix?

This Baltic state became the core of the German Empire in 1871.

This famous Eagle Scout directed the films E.T. and Jurassic Park.  

This region, annexed by Russia in 2014, was previously part of the Ukraine.

Collagen and elastic fibers are the two main kinds of fibers in what kind of human tissue?

What first person singular pronoun can be either reflexive or intensive?  

The depression that results when a meteorite strikes the Earth is known as a what?

These military leaders effectively ruled Japan for centuries (rather than the emperor).  

This star of Ghostbusters and Caddyshack recently appeared in the movie Rock the Kasbah.

This ethnic group has been involved in the fight against ISIS, but has no country of its own.

This element combines with all metals but platinum & gold to form compounds.

Recent movies about this Apple co-founder have not done well at the box office.

This singer of "Rolling in the Deep" will soon release a new album entitled 25.  

In what work does a journey begin at Southwark, but never reaches its destination?

What institution is nicknamed "The Nation's Attic?"

This document contains the collected legal docs in a case & is filed with a court before trial

BIOS stands for "Basic __________ _______ System."

The Diaspora refers to the scattering of this group of people after their exile in Babylon.

This former first lady is known for initiating the "Just Say No" anti-drug campaign.

What gas is formed when calcium carbonate reacts with hydrochloric acid?

The Uffizi Gallery is located in this city, sometimes called the birthplace of the Renaissance.

By what more fanciful name do we know the 3rd molars in humans?

Someone who moves from relationship to relationship is called a serial _____.

Ferrous sulfate can be used to help in which medical deficiency?

This 3-letter word describes equipment used in drilling an oil well.  

This parasitic biological agent can't reproduce on its own.  Malaria and ebola are examples.

The villain in Shakespeare's Othello is named what?  

A form of government in which a few rich nobles rule everyone else is called a _______.  

Shinto is a commonly practiced religion in this country.

The majority of the sun is composed of what element? 

What human blood type is the universal recipient?

The Temple of Quechula, once submerged, has recently surfaced in this country, due to drought.

In the painting called The Scream by Edvard Munch, what is the figure standing on?

Allen Dulles was the founding director of what government agency? 

This former Hewlett-Packard CEO is running to be the Republican presidential nominee. Name her.

George W. Bush was formerly a part-owner of this Major League Baseball team.