Academic Team #1

In this downhill race, skiers maneuver around gates, poles stuck in the ground.

Actors Ronald Reagan and Arnold Schwarzenegger were governor of this state, home to Hollywood.

What American hero created Lake Michigan so his big, blue Ox Babe could get a drink?

The only inlet is the Jordan River; It's VERY salty. Name this Sea bordering Israel.

How many of each animal did Moses take into the Ark?

What was the result of "Casey at the Bat" and his turn at bat?

Almost every type of this noisy, venomous snake is found in the US or Mexico.

How many players for each team are on the field for a play in football?

Christmas celebrates what?

A general name for a rotary wing aircraft.

Presidents Teddy Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, Jimmy Carter, and Barack Obama all won this Award.

"The Charge of the Light Brigade" occurred during which war pitting England against Russia?

These State militia can be used by the State's governor in times of emergency or unrest.

This person is in charge of enforcing laws that require children to attend school.

Name the capital of Yemen

What book's main character could talk to the animals?

Who led the children of Israel out of Egypt after the 10 plagues were done?

This "miracle drug" discovered by Alexander Fleming during WWII saved millions of lives

Rand Paul has represented which State in the US Senate?

"The bends" are caused by too much of this gas in your blood - surface slowly when scuba diving

What is the capital of Michigan?

Paul Bunyan and Pecos Bill are characters in what literary genre?

This was Bram Stoker's most famous novel.

Tchaikovsky's famous ballet with the evil von Rothbart, Prince Siegfried, and Odette and Odile

This requires a "speedy and public trail by an impartial jury" and legal counsel for defendants

Who was the last ruler of Russia's Romanov dynasty.

Who wrote the book where you would find Bob Cratchet, Marley, Tiny Tim, and Ebenezer Scrooge?

Name the book about a pig named Wilbur, girl named Fern, and spider named Charlotte.

This is the smallest instrument in the flute family; featured in Stars and Stripes Forever.

Which of these women served as President Barack Obama's Secretary of State?

The Taiping Rebellion took place in this Asian country in 1850.

The massive BP oil spill in 2010 was caused by an oil rig explosion in what body of water?

The city where you'd find: Beehive House, Old Fort Douglas, Temple Square, the Mormon Temple.

This volcano last erupted in 1980. In what US State would you find Mt. St. Helens?

What game is being played in the poem "Casey at the Bat"?

A collective term for husbands and wives.

x + y is an example of a(n)

Raised at The Meadows, in Virginia, by P. Chenery, this horse won the Triple Crown in 1973.

The only man to have been President of the United States AND Chief Justice of the Supreme Court

Which zodiac sign is The Water Bearer?

"Where the Red Fern Grows" is about plants growing at what place?

Name the African country founded by the American Colonization Society for freed slaves.

Name the astronomical event which occurs when the moon passes between Earth and the Sun.

What Biblical hero lost his strength when Delilah cut his hair?

Name the author of "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings".

Name the world's highest mountain.

"The wind sang through the trees" or "the story spoke to me" are what kind of figure of speech?

In which US State would you find Mount Rushmore National Memorial?

What is the capital of Cuba?

The British scientist who discovered that white light is made of all the other colors.

What planet lies between Earth and Mercury?

Four of its atoms are in molecules of ammonia and methane, two in molecules of sulfuric acid.

She was the first First Lady to live in the White House.

Which of these women have served on the United States Supreme Court?

What is the capital of China?

What kind of animal is Despereaux?

Name the chemicals which create salts when combined with acids. Also called alkali.

Name this country bordered by Germany on the east, France to the south, Belgium to the north.

Who is the current Speaker of the House of Representatives?

The movie runs 108 minutes. It starts at 7:30. What time does it end?

In what year did Texas declare its independence?

The Gotthard Base Tunnel passes through what mountain range?

Bilbo Baggins steals a ring from whom?

Daniel French carved the statue, it was dedicated in 1922, it honors our 16th President

Which of these is NOT a pillar of Islam?

Created by Arthur Conan Doyle, name the greatest "consulting detective" in literary history.

You have 4 blue, 6 red, and 6 yellow socks. What's the probability the first two will be blue?

In which US State would you find Gettysburg National Park?

Alexander Solzhenitsyn, Anton Chekov, Leo Tolstoy, Maxim Gorky are writers from what country?

The "Oscars" are given for movies, these awards are given for television shows.

His brother earned the Medal of Honor twice. Name this General who died at the Little Big Horn.