Battle of the Brains Trivia Challenge

Social Studies #1-   This man wrote the original draft of the Declaration of Independence.

English #2- A complex sentence contains what kinds of clauses?

SS #3- This term describes the devastation of the Great Plains by drought.

SS #4-  In the famous research by Pavlov, using dogs, what is the conditioned stimulus?

Elkhart #1-Which of the following items was NOT invented in Elkhart?

Warm Up-   What year did Elkhart High School split into Central and Memorial?

A famous painting of a starry sky, celebrated in a song by Don McLean, was painted by:

Sports #4- According to the official golf rules, how long can a player search for a lost ball?

Sci#3- What unit of measurement do we use to measure electrical current?

Science #1- The 5th planet from the sun, which planet can be found between Mars and Saturn?

Sci #4- Flowers contain a male reproductive organ called the "stamen" and a female organ called

English #4- In The Catcher in the Rye, what iconic piece of clothing does Holden always wear?

English #1- Which of the following is a prepositional phrase?

Mus #4- What does the top number of the time signature represent?

Mus #1- What is it called when a singer performs without instrumental accompaniment?

Mus #2- The majority of the terms used in Western music are from this language:

Math #2- From Feb 29, 1896 to Feb 29, 1996 inclusive, how many Feb 29th's were there?

Math #3- What is halfway between 103 and 301?

Elk #2-One of the largest rail yards in the world is in Elkhart & named for this famous person.

Sports #3- Which team did American baseball great Babe Ruth coach?

Sports #1- Which sport hands out the Maurice Podoloff Trophy?

Sports #2- George Washington and his troops played what sport at Valley Forge in 1778?

Elkhart #3- Who founded Elkhart?

SS #5-  In which continent was the oldest known human skeleton found?

English #5- Which of the following is NOT an author from the American Romantic Period?

SS #2-  The interconnectedness between countries and the emergence of a common culture is...

Warm Up-   Who won the 1st American Idol Competition?

Warm-Up-   Who is this person?

Sci #5- Ascorbic acid is a vitamin which most of us consume every day. What is its other name?

Math #5- How many half pints of a beverage could fill up a 1 gallon container?

Elkhart #5- In what year was the city officially founded?

Mus #3- Jazz, a traditional American art form, gets its "roots" from which continent?

Elkhart #4- How did Elkhart get its name?

Math #4- Last year the sum of ages of 3 men was 120 years. How old are they together this yr? 

Art #5- Which of these is NOT a Renaissance-era painter?

Sci#2- Which English theoretical physicist suffers from a motor neuron disease, paralyzing him?

#3- The female love interest of Jay Gatsby in F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby is: 

Art #3- Artists use these guidelines to organize their artwork:

Art #4- Identify this color group: black, white, gray, brown:

Math #1- How many degrees between boiling and freezing points of water in degrees fahrenheit?

Art #1- Which of these is a pair of complementary colors?

Sports #5- The terms mulekick, goofy and hucker are used in which sport?

Mus #5- How many movements are in a typical Classical period symphony?