Quiz 5 Academic Bowl

On the state flag of Texas, what is the symbolic meaning of the color blue?

What part of a plant anchors it in the ground so it can grow?

Identify this element that can be found in milk and other dairy products. It's symbol is Ca.

On which continent could a person visit the Suez Canal, Mt. Kilimanjaro, and Serengeti Plan?

What body part would a doctor called an Optometrist examine and treat?

A Spanish explorer who searched for the Fountain of Youth and credited for discovering Florida.

Which state did frontiersman and raccoon cap wearer Davy Crockett hail?

Which continent is home to the peak of the Seven Summits known as Mount Vinson?

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In The Wizard of Oz which character is in need of a brain

An atoll is an island formed from what kind of build up around a reef?

The state of Texas named is derived from the Caddo Native American word tejas. Tejas means

Which Native American nation was steered by Confederate allied leader Stand Watie?

What is the term often contrasted with connotation.

What type of geometric representation has exactly one end point which extends in one direction?

What kind of organism do they know causes us to become ill with cold symptoms?

Trumpets, trombones, and French horns are all members of which musical family?

What is the basic unit of mass in the Metric system?

Which genre of music would singers Garth Brooks, Johnny Cash, and Toby Keith be associated?

What name is given to the two days of the year when daytime and nighttime are equal in length?

A pair of scissors is a combination of two types of simple machines.

What must be present in an organism for it to turn into a fossil?

The term for a "cold blooded" creature whose blood temperature is affected by environment

When the pilgrims arrived in the new world from England what was the first governing document?

Name this famous American who warned the American public that the British were coming

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