Twelve Practice 1

Question 1

Fargo is the most populous city of this state whose capital is Bismarck.

Accepted Answer

North Dakota

Question 2

At the end of this Shel Silverstein book, a character lets an elderly friend sleep on her stump

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The Giving Tree

Question 3

Starts with Q: an animal pursued during a hunt or place stone is found for building material

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quarry

Question 4

Hannibal led 37 of these African animals across the Alps in 218 BC. Only 1 survived the war

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elephants

Question 5

Buenos Aires is capital of this South American country. Conquistadors looked for silver here.

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Argentina

Question 6

Nobel prize winning scientist. Developed the theory of relativity and stated that E=mc2

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Albert Einstein

Question 7

Play about Salem Witch Trials. Preacher finds girls in the woods with the slave Tituba

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The Crucible

Question 8

Fairy tale musical with songs entitled "The Prince Is Giving a Ball" & "Stepsisters' Lament"

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Cinderella

Question 9

Studied radioactive substances & was first woman to win Nobel prize. Named the element Polonium

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Marie Curie

Question 10

Narrated by Ishmael. Captain Ahab hunts a white whale in what novel by Herman Melville?

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Moby Dick

Question 11

In 1844 the message "What Hath God Wrought" was sent with this device from D.C. to Baltimore

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telegraph

Question 12

The Greek goddess Iris is the personification of this colorful weather phenomenon.

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rainbow

Question 13

Contains mosses, lichens & musk oxen. Permafrost lies underneath this treeless Arctic biome.

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Tundra

Question 14

Battle of San Juan Hill fought on this island. Guantanamo Bay naval base is here.

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Cuba

Question 15

Starts with Q: the minimum number of members needed by an organization to conduct business

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quorum

Question 16

Liquid component of blood in which proteins & minerals are dissolved. Blood cells float in it.

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plasma

Question 17

Replaced de Klerk as president of his country in 1994. Once imprisoned on Robben Island.

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Nelson Mandela

Question 18

Baseball team suffering from the "Curse of the Bambino" until it won the 2004 World Series.

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Boston Red Sox

Question 19

Many Acadians (Cajuns) moved to this state. Where Andrew Jackson won the Battle of New Orleans.

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Louisiana

Question 20

Philosophers Jean-Paul Sartre, Blaise Pascal & Rene Descartes came from what nation?

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France

Question 21

The father of Pan. Wears a winged cap & sandals. Greek messenger god.

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Hermes

Question 22

Nixon ordered a 1970 invasion of Cambodia, which expanded the scope of this ongoing war.

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Vietnam War

Question 23

Formerly overseen by Britain. Financial Center on Pearl River Delta. Means "fragrant harbor"

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Hong Kong

Question 24

"The Divine Comedy" was written by what Italian author who described hell in the "Inferno"?

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Dante

Question 25

First female pilot to fly solo across the Atlantic. Disappeared over the Pacific in 1937.

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Amelia Earhart

Question 26

Book series. Members of this group take calls from parents. Created by Ann M. Martin.

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The Baby-Sitters Club

Question 27

According to legend, this Roman emperor fiddled while the city of Rome burned.

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Nero

Question 28

Nixon resigned as a result of this scandal where "burglars" broke into Democratic headquarters.

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Watergate Scandal

Question 29

His burial site discovered in the Valley of the Kings. A curse falls on whoever opens his tomb.

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Tutankhamun

Question 30

Results in conversion of kinetic energy into heat. Occurs when 2 surfaces contact each other.

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friction

Question 31

After Nixon resigned, he was pardoned by this former vice president.

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Gerald Ford

Question 32

Stephen Crane novel where a Civil War soldier hopes to earn a symbol of bravery.

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The Red Badge of Courage

Question 33

Little Red Ridinghood and Jack search in a forest for objects in this musical.

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Into the Woods

Question 34

Formations classified as cone & strato. Underground material erupts onto the Earth's surface.

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volcanoes

Question 35

The "Sons of Liberty" threw cargo into this city's harbor during the Revolutionary War.

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Boston

Question 36

California Democrat. Became the first female Speaker of the House in 2007.

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Nancy Pelosi

Question 37

"Puss in Boots", "Cinderella" and nursery rhymes were said to have been created by this person.

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Mother Goose

Question 38

State of the 1964 Good Friday earthquake. Home of Denali Natl. Park, Nome & Fairbanks.

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Alaska

Question 39

Mandela was imprisoned for protesting this policy of segregation in South Africa.

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apartheid

Question 40

At standard pressure, the boiling point of water is at how many degrees Celsius?

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100 degrees

Question 41

Name this ban on the manufacture, transport and sale of alcohol in the U.S.

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Prohibition

Question 42

At 0 degrees, this property of water = 1 gram per cubic cm. Defined as mass per unit volume.

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density

Question 43

NBA center who left a team after 1 season to join Houston Rockets. Began his career in Orlando.

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Dwight (David) Howard

Question 44

Tiananmen Square and the Forbidden City are landmarks in what Chinese capital?

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Beijing

Question 45

City north of Botany Bay which hosted the 2000 Olympics. Largest city in Australia.

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Sydney

Question 46

Gneiss is an example of these studied by petrologists. Metamorphic & igneous are types of what?

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rocks

Question 47

Chicago gangster who ran speakeasies. Convicted of tax evasion in 1931.

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Al Capone

Question 48

Iron-containing protein hemoglobin gives these cells their color. Deliver oxygen thru the body

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Red blood cells

Question 49

Jerry Brown's predecessor as California governor was what Austrian film star?

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Arnold Schwarzenegger

Question 50

Heir apparent of Queen Elizabeth II. Currently married to Camilla Parker Bowles.

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Prince Charles

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