Academic Challenge

Question 1

Which author created the "Jabberwocky?"

Accepted Answer

Lewis Carroll

Question 2

Which post-impressionist painter created this masterpiece?

Accepted Answer

Vincent van Gogh

Question 3

Which US state was created from land acquired in the Louisiana Purchase?

Accepted Answer

Missouri

Question 4

What do we call the forty-kilometer-deep layer of the earth closest to the surface?

Accepted Answer

Crust

Question 5

Which of these countries has a capital city that starts with the same letter as the country?

Accepted Answer

Belgium

Question 6

How many syllables are in the first and third lines of a traditional Japanese haiku?

Accepted Answer

5

Question 7

Name the famous Egyptian god who represented the sun.

Accepted Answer

Ra

Question 8

Math: Three coins are tossed. What is the probability that three heads are obtained?

Accepted Answer

1/8

Question 9

What mythological creature slayed by Hercules grew two new heads for every one cut off?

Accepted Answer

Hydra

Question 10

What novel, written in 1852 by Harriet Beecher Stowe, has the subtitle Life Among the Lowly?

Accepted Answer

Uncle Tom's Cabin

Question 11

What protein in red blood cells carries oxygen from the lungs to the rest of the body?

Accepted Answer

hemoglobin

Question 12

What events are measured by the Richter scale?

Accepted Answer

earthquakes

Question 13

With a smell like rotten eggs, what chemical element puts the "stink" in stink bombs?

Accepted Answer

sulfur

Question 14

Math: How much money would you have if you had one of every US banknote from $1 to $100?

Accepted Answer

$188

Question 15

Before this man was elected President, he was a US Senator from which state?

Accepted Answer

Illinois

Question 16

In chemistry: Dry ice is the solid form of which gas?

Accepted Answer

carbon dioxide

Question 17

In classical mechanics: Force equals mass times what?

Accepted Answer

acceleration

Question 18

What American city is known as the "City of Brotherly Love"?

Accepted Answer

Philadelphia

Question 19

Coulrophobia is the abnormal fear of what?

Accepted Answer

clowns

Question 20

Math: What is the area of a triangle with side lengths of 3, 4, and 5?

Accepted Answer

6.00

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