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SOCIAL STUDIES
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Which word from the Dutch
for ‘farmer’ describes any of
the colonists sent to South
Africa in 1652 by the Dutch
East India Company or any of
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Boer
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DEAF STUDIES
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Name the author of The
Miracle Worker, the play about
Helen Keller’s life?
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Name the author of The
Miracle Worker, the play about
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William Gibson
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SOCIAL STUDIES
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What president gave “Fireside
Chats” on the radio to explain
his New Deal to the American
public, and calm fears about
the Great Depression?
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What president gave “Fireside
Chats” on the radio to explain
his New Deal to the American
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Solve for x:
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THE ARTS
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What term is used to describe
a kind of carving or sculpture
in which the figures are raised
a few inches from a flat
background to give a threedimensional effect?
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What term is used to describe
a kind of carving or sculpture
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bas-relief
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LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
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What word that begins with
the letter ‘n’ means favoritism
granted to relatives or close
friends, without regard to
their qualifications?
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What word that begins with
the letter ‘n’ means favoritism
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nepotism
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LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
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Who is the author of
Frankenstein, or
The Modern Prometheus?
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Who is the author of
Frankenstein, or
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Mary Shelley
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POPULAR CULTURE,
LEISURE, AND SPORTS
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If a horse wins the Kentucky
Derby, the Preakness Stakes,
and the Belmont Stakes, it has
achieved the highest award in
thoroughbred racing, called
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If a horse wins the Kentucky
Derby, the Preakness Stakes,
and the Belmont Stakes, it has
achieved the highest award in
thoroughbred racing, called
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The Triple Crown
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The Triple Crown of
Thoroughbred Racing
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What term describes a car that
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What term describes a car that
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hybrid
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What is the product of this
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What are the 3 primary colors
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What are the 3 primary colors
of light?
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red, green, blue
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The 2012 Summer Olympics
will be held in what European
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The 2012 Summer Olympics
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London
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QUESTION
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Anna Mary Moses, renowned
American folk artist who began
painting in her 70’s and lived to be
101 years old, is better known by
what name?
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QUESTION
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What was the first full-length
animated film?
A. Snow White and the Seven
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B. Cinderella
C. Bambi
D. Sleeping Beauty
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Which single letter comprises
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What author wrote a series of
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Which state’s quarter
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back side? This state was
where Keller was born and
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Alabama or AL
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QUESTION
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Miss Marple and Hercule
Poirot are fictional detectives
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Agatha Christie
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Which of these subatomic
particles is a form of antimatter?
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B.
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neutrino
gluon
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D or positron
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QUESTION
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The 20th century artist Frida Kahlo was
born in what Latin American country?
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Mexico
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QUESTION
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Digital images are measured
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QUESTION
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Which founding father
encouraged revolution in
1776 by writing the pamphlet
Common Sense?
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QUESTION
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70° Fahrenheit is
approximately how many
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a. 15°
b. 21°
c. 26°
d. 31°
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Which Aztec emperor of the
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Hernando Cortes?
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Montezuma
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POTPOURRI
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INSTRUCTIONS:
All of these questions are
related to famous walls. The
wall will be in the answer or
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1. Built during the 3rd century
BC, what is the only manmade structure that is visible
from outer space?
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2. Mexican artist Diego Rivera
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pictures on walls. What is the
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a wall?
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3. What structure was built in
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tribe, the Picts?
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4. In 1940, in Lascaux,
France, paintings made
17,000 years ago were
discovered on the walls of
what kind of natural
formation?
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5. What wall, designed by
Maya Lin, is inscribed with
the 58,249 names of soldiers
that were killed or missing in
battle?
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6. What structure divided a
European country into a free
side and a fascist side from
1961-1989?
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7. What is the name of the
western wall of King
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Jerusalem, where Jews place
prayers between the bricks?
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8. During World War II, Gen.
Erwin Rommel spent 2 years
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from Belgium to La Havre?
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9. The “Green Monster” is the
nickname for the right-field
wall in what Boston baseball
stadium?
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10. What term describes the
imaginary invisible wall at the
front of a stage in a play, or
generally refers to the
boundary between the fiction
and audience?
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1. the Great Wall of China
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2. mural
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3. Hadrian’s Wall
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4. In 1940, in Lascaux, France,
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4. cave
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5. What wall, designed by
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5. the Vietnam Memorial wall
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6. What structure divided a
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6. the Berlin Wall
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7. What is the name of the
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7. the Wailing Wall
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8. During World War II, Gen.
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8. the Atlantic Wall
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9. The “Green Monster” is the
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9. Fenway Park
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10. What term describes the
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10. the 4th Wall or Fourth Wall
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