1. 6. Copyright (C) 2001 Academic Hallmarks The "American March King" is to John Philip Sousa as the "Waltz King" A bone in the pelvis is the ... is to ... A. iskium B. ischium C. ischeum D. yshiumm E. ysscheum

Johann Strauss B

2. 7. What legal defense was Fatso Salmonelli using when he said in court that These are names of special winds in what region? he couldn't have been part of the armed robbery of an anchovy plant in mistral bora ghibli sirocco Maine last week because he could prove he was in Tombstone, Arizona at A. the North Pole the time? B. the Mediterranean Sea C. the Cape of Good Hope D. the Australian Outback E. the Straits of Magellan

alibi B

3. 8. A standard apple tree needs about 40 square feet of land in which to grow. The idea that embryonic development repeats that of ancestral organisms Horticulturalists have produced little apple trees such that up to sixteen of is called ... them can fit in the same area. Such trees are called ... A. recidivism B. reiteration C. recuperation D. recombination E. recapitulation

dwarfs E

4. 9. The planet Mercury is difficult to observe because ... What was the home town for Casey's team in the poem, "Casey at the A. it is extremely reflective Bat?" B. it is so distant from Earth C. of its proximity to the Sun D. of its continual cloud cover E. it is usually behind the Moon

C Mudville

5. 10. The antomym of benign is ... What is lost by birds when they molt? A. hardened B. bleeding C. malignant D. ulcerated E. infectious

C feathers 11. 16. Gerrymandering concerns ... Which sentence is contradictory? A. ending lengthy debates A. Her son is a boy. B. vetoing minority proposals B. Jupiter is not Saturn. C. forcing officials out of office C. John's wife is unmarried. D. leaking news of proposed programs D. Walt stubbed his stomach. E. setting legislative district E. Their shoes were full of feet. boundaries

E C

12. 17. You hold the bone from your T-bone steak over your dog. He A primitive boat used by some native Americans made by simply immediately starts vigorously wagging his tail. You say "There is a happy hollowing out a log was called a ... dog." What error of 5 syllables have you committed in making this statement?

anthropomorphism dugout

13. 18. Sergeant Alvin York received the Congressional Medal of Honor for his What condition is characterized by the lowering of the inner core actions during ... temperature of the body along with descent into unconsciousness? A. the Korean War B. the Vietnam War C. the First World War D. the Second World War E. the Spanish-American War

C hypothermia

14. 19. Economically important exports of Sweden do not include ... Identify the comparative technique used by Carl Sagan in this passage. A. rice But enter a classroom of high school B. fish juniors or seniors, and it's a C. steel different world, as similar to the D. paper first grade as icy Pluto is to torrid E. textiles Mercury.

A analogy

15. 20. What served as the conditioned stimulus in Pavlov's early experiments in This American attempted to paint all of the birds found in the eastern which dogs were trained to salivate? United States. Name him. A. Henry Clay B. J.J. Audubon C. Henry Thoreau D. George Gallup E. Luther Burbank

a bell B 21. 26. The tango developed in Argentina. The bolero is associated with Cuba. This is a Hindustani word which means dust or ashes. Today it applies to Calypso was created in Trinidad. In what South American country did the that color of clothes often worn by the military. What is the word? samba and bossa nova develop?

Brazil khaki

22. 27. Used to describe the effects of acid rain, what is the literal meaning of the He was an Italian composer and violinist. He wrote more than four German word, "Waldsterben?" hundred concertos before his death in 1741. One of his most popular secular pieces was the "Four Seasons." Name him.

forest death Antonio Vivaldi

23. 28. What is the name for that phenomenon resulting when sound waves strike What was the family name of the Italian family that dominated the cultural a hard, smooth surface and are reflected back? and political life of Florence and Tuscany during the Renaissance? A. Medici B. Assisi C. daVinci D. Mussolini E. Botticelli

echo A

24. 29. During 1948 and 1949, the British and American military ferried some Spell the five-syllable term used by geographers for a group of islands. 4500 tons of supplies daily to the people of what European city cut off by Soviet forces?

Berlin archipelago

25. 30. Mechanisms in pianos that deaden the vibrations of the strings are called It would be most unlikely to find which two agricultural products raised ... on the same farm? A. tampers A. corn and oats B. hampers B. apples and pears C. pampers C. bananas and apricots D. dampers D. lettuce and asparagus E. clampers E. coconuts and pineapple

D C 31. 36. The setting for which work was in the United States? These lyrics are from a folk song about what legendary hero? A. Sanctuary Gonna bring me a steam drill 'round. B. Daisy Miller Take that steel drill out on the job C. Moll Flanders Gonna whop that steel on down, D. Great Expectations Gonna whop that steel on down. E. A Farewell to Arms

A John Henry

32. 37. Transform 2 7/8 into an improper fraction. In business and government, what is the meaning of the abbreviation A. 19/8 "PR?" B. 20/8 C. 21/8 D. 22/8 E. 23/8

E public relations

33. 38. The amount of gravitational attraction between any two objects depends The iguana lizard was a source of meat for natives in which part of the on ... world? A. the volume of the objects A. Arabia B. the weight of the objects B. Siberia C. the diameter of the objects C. Mongolia D. how massive the objects are D. the Sudan E. how fast the objects are moving E. the Yucatan

D E

34. 39. About whom was the fictional heroine speaking when she said this? Which is a bunker in the game of golf? Tomorrow I'll think of some way to A. a wood get him back. After all - tomorrow B. a sand trap is another day. C. the club house D. a neophyte player E. a lame excuse for a poor shot

Rhett Butler B

35. 40. What is the five-syllable noun for the planned removal of governmental What device containing lenses and mirrors allows a submarine captain to controls over business? see objects above the water's surface while the vessel is submerged?

deregulation periscope 41. 46. Amputations are most often associated with which disease? Name the art form in which the artist produces an apparently A. rabies 3-dimensional representation through the use of lasers. B. cholera C. malaria D. gangrene E. pneumonia

D holography

42. 47. The blood rains occasionally experienced in Italy are colored by red sand A tornado transported Dorothy and Toto to Oz from what state? blown across the Mediterranean from what North African desert?

Sahara Desert Kansas

43. 48. What two-syllable term beginning with the letter "t" is used in first aid as a What compound word refers to the process by which a control mechanism synonym for "injury?" is regulated through the very effects it brings about?

trauma feedback

44. 49. In what story by Kate Douglas Wiggin does Rebecca Rowena Randall Ragtime is a form of jazz usually composed for what instrument? leave her impoverished and widowed mother and go to live with two maiden aunts in Riverboro?

Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm piano

45. 50. What is the five-letter name for a system developed during the Battle of How many score are there in a group of 120 objects? Britain that uses radio waves to detect the presence and location of aircraft at a distance?

radar 6 51. 56. Hazel made love potion from a powdered concentrate by combining 5 Residents in which U.S. state have consistently the best view of the aurora tablespoons of concentrate with 2 cups of water. 24 cups of water are borealis? needed for the entire container of concentrate. How many tablespoons of concentrate are in the container?

60 Alaska

52. 57. What type of taxable gains result from the profitable sale of a business or An Arctic iceberg rising 500 feet above the ocean surface extends how far home? beneath the surface? A. 500 feet B. 1000 feet C. 2000 feet D. 3000 feet E. 4000 feet

capital gains D

53. 58. What is the name of a land route between two navigable waterways over What is it that masks the xanthophylls and tannins during the summer which canoes may be carried? months?

portage chlorophyll

54. 59. The direct phase change from a vapor to a solid is called ... Name the huge, extinct, flightless bird of New Zealand. A. aeration B. libration C. estivation D. sublimation E. conjugation

D Moa

55. 60. Who created a character named Holden Caulfield. A hallucinogenic substance from certain mushrooms is ... A. psilycibin B. psilicybin C. psilocybin D. psillocybin E. psilocybine

J.D. Salinger C 61. 66. What kind of simple machine might be described as a "wound-up wedge?" Corrosion involves what gas?

screw oxygen

62. 67. These headlines are typical of what sort of newspaper? Who wrote these lines? -Trucker Fires 5 Bullets into UFO Some say the world will end in fire, -Liberace Sighted in a Yellow UFO Some say in ice. -Eggs From Space About to Hatch From what I've tasted of desire -Space Aliens Put Earth Up for Sale I hold with those who favor fire.

tabloids Robert Frost

63. 68. Sometimes the president will kill a bill simply by not acting upon it. This Cleopatra was queen of what ancient civilization? is known as a ---- veto. A. table B. closet C. pocket D. top drawer E. procrastination

C Egypt

64. 69. What is the title of the person mentioned in this passage? In 1996, she competed in major tennis tournaments, winning an event in He left for India after the Chinese the Grand Slam of Tennis, three years after being stabbed in the back invasion of Tibet in 1950 and is during another competition. Name her. regarded as a spiritual leader not only by Tibetans but also by many Westerners. He received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1989.

Dalai Lama Monica Seles

65. 70. Which man did not seek the Northwest Passage? Which vessel was especially equipped to bring up core samples from A. John Davis Ocean floors? B. Henry Hudson A. Alvin C. Walter Raleigh B. Nautilus D. William Baffin C. Golden Hind E. Martin Frobisher D. H.M.S. Bounty E. Glomar Challenger

C E 71. 76. It would be impossible to sail a boat from ... How many premises are in these lines? A. Peru to Paraguay Either Joe is one taco short of a B. Ecuador to Brazil combination plate or he is a chip off C. Chile to Colombia the old block. If he is a chip off the D. Guyana to Uruguay old block, he has a bone in his E. Surinam to Venezuela nose. So Joe is either one taco short of a combination plate or he has a bone in his nose.

A 2

72. 77. She became the western hemisphere's first woman chief of state in 1974 Which statement is true? upon her husband's death. Name this woman who briefly ruled Argentina. A. 3 + 5 = 9 or 7 - 2 = 5 A. Isabel Peron B. 2 + 6 = 8 and 9 - 3 = 7 B. Imelda Marcos C. All triangles have four sides. C. Corazon Aquino D. Some people are arthropods. D. Queen Isabella E. Eight and nine are even numbers. E. Katherine Ortega

A A

73. 78. What figure of speech is illustrated in this quote by Martin Mull? The words "all" and "no" are two of the three quantifiers used in Venn Having children is like having a diagrams. What is the other word? bowling alley installed in your brain.

simile some

74. 79. The setting for the World War II novel, "Mister Roberts," is aboard a ... Who wrote these words about the abolition of slavery? A. flattop I will be as harsh as truth and as B. tugboat uncompromising as justice. I am in C. destroyer earnest. I will not equivocate. I D. cargo ship will not excuse. I will not retreat a E. battleship single inch. And I will be heard.

D William Lloyd Garrison

75. 80. Bacteriologists often use shallow cylindrical glass dishes with loose The cellular components of blood make up 45 percent of blood volume. covers in which to grow bacteria cultures. Name of this kind of dish. The remaining 55 percent is a soluble liquid material called ...

petri dish plasma 81. 86. The first name of which country and western singer is also that of the first A person traveling south from Belgium would enter into ... mammal ever successfully cloned? A. Italy A. Judd B. France B. Cline C. Austria C. Twain D. Denmark D. Parton E. Portugal E. McEntire

D B

82. 87. Which part of the eye is closest to the optic nerve? What taxonomic class of mollusks has these characteristics? A. lens -a dorsal visceral hump often B. iris spirally twisted C. pupil -a head bearing eyes and tentacles D. retina -a toothed organ called the radula E. cornea -a broad creeping organ called a foot

D gastropod (Gastropoda)

83. 88. Which injury always involves the victim's neck? Air pressure on the tympanic membrane in the ears is regulated by means A. fracture of what two tubes? B. abrasion C. whiplash D. dislocation E. concussion

C eustachian

84. 89. Between each pair of guard cells on the surface of a leaf is a small opening Name the only American battleship still in commission even though it was called a ... sunk in 1941.

stoma U.S.S. Arizona

85. 90. The term "bimetallism" as used in the U.S. monetary system refers to what Which notation is used in text to draw attention to an error in a quoted two metals? passage? A. sic B. cf. C. ibid. D. passim E. op. cit.

gold, silver A 91. 96. What city under frequent bombardment from 1992 to 1995 was also What is the last word in this statement of Kepler's third law? central to the beginning of the First World War? The cube of the mean distance of each planet from the Sun is proportional to the square of the time it takes to complete one ...

Sarajevo orbit (or revolution)

92. 97. In what short story by Richard Connell does General Zaroff tell Mr. Which class of substances are often used in the treatment of hay fever and Rainsford about a new and challenging animal he has discovered to hunt? asthma? A. antigens B. antitoxins C. antibiotics D. antiseptics E. antihistamines

The Most Dangerous Game E

93. 98. Spell the heteronym which means either to separate by pulling or a drop of This passage refers to whom? limpid saline solution secreted by the lachrymal gland. Her faith was tested when her husband was assassinated in 1968 while demonstrating in Memphis for the striking garbage collectors.

tear Coretta King

94. 99. Classify this quote by Barry LePatner. Tens of thousands of people die each day throughout the world from the Good judgment comes from buildup of what substance in the coronary arteries? experience and experience comes from bad judgment. A. negation B. conditional C. alternation D. conjunction E. contradiction

D cholesterol (plaques)

95. 100. Which additive is regularly used to prevent spoilage of bacon, ham, and What one word can mean either a foreign-born person in the U.S. who has other cured meats? not been naturalized or a creature from a faraway planet? A. agar B. caramel C. sorbic acid D. sodium pentothal E. potassium nitrate

E alien 101. 106. Name the pronoun in the sentence below. A fugitive may be surrendered to the jurisdiction of another government The alien had a single enormous eye through ... in the middle of what appeared to A. sedition be a clock sprouting from its nose. B. perdition C. erudition D. rendition E. extradition

its E

102. 107. Name the federal department which is responsible for these functions. These are the first letters from the names of Santa's reindeer according to -enforcing federal laws Clement Moore's poem entitled "A Visit from St. Nicholas." What letter -directing the FBI is missing? -directing the Bureau of Prisons D D P C C D B -directing drug enforcement -represents the U.S. in legal matters

Department of Justice V

103. 108. She lived her entire life in Peculiar, Missouri but upon her first visit to the What heavyweight champion lost his boxing title in 1967 because he Taj Mahal she passionately said, "I have been here before." Psychologists refused to be drafted? call this feeling ...

deja vu Cassius Clay (Muhammad Ali)

104. 109. Name the Roman gladiator who led a slave revolt in 73 B.C. and, at the The ancient fortress of Masada was near the shores of what sea? height of his power, had 90,000 men under his command, and controlled most of southern Italy.

Spartacus Dead Sea

105. 110. The sum of the congressmen from which pair of states equals the largest Which statement is true of planets but not true about stars? number? A. they reflect light A. Indiana and Illinois B. they are moving in space B. Arkansas and Alaska C. they rotate about an axis C. Oregon and Oklahoma D. they are composed of hydrogen D. Maine and Mississippi E. they have gravitational fields E. New Mexico and New Hampshire

A A 111. 116. What is the collective name for poisons transmitted through snake or What two words describe the event considered by many cosmologists to insect bites? be the moment at which all time began?

venom Big Bang

112. 117. A novel by Irving Stone about a Renaissance artist was entitled ... Enormous quantities of hydrogen were required by the ... A. The Razor's Edge A. Nautilus B. Absalom, Absalom! B. Bismarck C. Bartleby the Scrivener C. Merrimack D. The Agony and the Ecstasy D. Hindenburg E. The Picture of Dorian Gray E. Spirit of St. Louis

D D

113. 118. Which Asian nation is farthest south? How many stars are within our solar system? A. India A. one B. Malaysia B. none C. Kampuchea C. billions D. Bangladesh D. approximately 500 E. South Korea E. between 5000 and 10,000

B A

114. 119. This is a pompous restatement of the lyrics of what song? What is the three-syllable name for the theft of ideas or written passages or Perambulate, perambulate, works where these are passed off as one's own without acknowledgment of perambulate your craft their true origin? Placidly down the liquid solution. Ecstatically, ecstatically, ecstatically, ecstatically, Existence is but a delusion.

Row, row, row your boat plagiarism

115. 120. As a hurricane sweeps across the Caribbean Sea and heads for the North "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" was set in ... American mainland, it will be preceded by a sudden rise in sea level of 20 A. Maine feet or more. This phenomenon is called a ... B. New York C. Delaware D. Virginia E. Rhode Island

storm surge B 121. 126. He lived between 563 and 483 B.C. He taught for forty-five years. In his What is the meaning of the abbreviation in this passage? first sermon he outlined the "Four Noble Truths" and "The Eightfold The surplus mass remaining after a Path." Who was he? helium nucleus forms is converted into pure energy, which powers the Sun and all m-s stars.

Buddha (Siddhartha Gautama) main sequence

122. 127. Each of 7 astronauts floating in space is connected to each of the other What legislation, passed in 1973, restricted the president's power to astronauts by a single life line. What is the total number of life lines commit troops to foreign countries without congressional approval? connecting these people?

21 War Powers Act

123. 128. From what very well-known nineteenth century novel written by a She was the wife of Amenhotep IV and is known today chiefly because of reformer were these two passages taken? the limestone bust of her that was discovered at Tell el Amarna in 1913. I 'spect I growed. Don't think Name this ancient queen. nobody never made me. I's wicked I is. I's mighty wicked anyhow.

Uncle Tom's Cabin Nefertiti

124. 129. Frontiersmen called it the buffalo but its more correct name is the ... Which creature was the closest ancestor to the modern horse? A. eohippus B. the trilobite C. homo erectus D. archaeopteryx E. the brontosaurus

bison A

125. 130. The name for an anesthetic referred to as "truth serum" is sodium ... A nation desiring to control the Strait of Gibraltar would have to control land on Gibraltar and in ... A. Algeria B. Tunisia C. Morocco D. Suriname E. Madagascar

pentothal C 131. 136. In 1973, there was a controversial Supreme Court decision in the case of What endangered bear-like mammal lives in the mountain forests of Roe v. Wade. This ruling still remains controversial. It concerns ... central China? A. firearms B. abortion C. the War Powers Act D. presidential authority E. revealing of press sources

B panda

132. 137. How many electrons are there in one atom of hydrogen? Which is the most inclusive term in music? A. jazz B. melody C. symphony D. classical music E. instrumental music

1 E

133. 138. Complete this line spoken by Marc Antony at Caesar's funeral oration. What European nation is contiguous to these seas? But Brutus says he was ambitious Tyrrhenian Sea and ... Ionian Sea Mediterranean Sea Adriatic Sea

Brutus is an honorable man Italy

134. 139. A symbol for the Republican Party in the United States is a ... The monument at Trinity Site is in what U.S. state? A. bovine B. feline C. bivalve D. marsupial E. pachyderm

E New Mexico

135. 140. Gasher Labonski was just convicted of a heinous crime. What procedure Another name for the "dog star" is ... can his lawyer use to bring the case before a higher court in an attempt to A. Vega get a revised ruling? B. Castor C. Sirius D. Delta Cephei E. Alpha Centauri

appeal C 141. 146. Looped curtains, draperies, and horseshoe bands are three varieties of Maya Hing Lin was the architect of ... what atmospheric phenomena? A. the Sears Towers B. the geodesic dome C. Golden Gate Bridge D. Vietnam Veterans Memorial E. the Gateway Arch in St. Louis

auroras D

142. 147. Which verb is regular? Which is not a hereditary condition or disease? A. betake A. anorexia B. befall B. albinism C. forsake C. hemophilia D. forswear D. polydactylism E. foreclose E. sickle-cell anemia

E A

143. 148. Olympic style wrestling includes two distinct styles of competition. One is Oxygen is carried in the blood by the ... called free style. What is the other? A. fibrin B. plasma C. phagocytes D. leucocytes E. erythrocytes

Greco-Roman E

144. 149. He wrote a children's suite called "The Red Pony." He received a Pulitzer It is the tallest North American quadruped and the largest member of the Prize for "Appalachian Spring." He wrote the scores for Hollywood deer family. What kind of animal is it? motion pictures such as "Of Mice and Men" and "Our Town." His name was Aaron ...

Copland moose

145. 150. What literary technique is illustrated in this assertion by Nancy Reagan? A ship leaves port from Israel and goes into port once in each of the I believe that people would be alive countries in North Africa until it reaches the Straits of Gibraltar. How today if there were a death penalty. many stops after leaving Israel did it make?

paradox 5 151. 156. Mr. Hinckley simply could not avoid thinking about Jodie Foster. This Name the literary device used below. neurotic mental state of having an uncontrollable desire to dwell on an Oh sure. Chairman Mao was a great idea or an emotion is called an ... believer in democracy and human rights. A. litotes B. sarcasm C. oxymoron D. hyperbole E. euphemism

obsession B

152. 157. Whose footprints are likely to survive for millions of years? In 1997, special prosecutor Kenneth Starr was especially interested in the A. George Patton's Whitewater-related testimony of ... B. Neil Armstrong's A. John Ramsey C. Albert Einstein's B. Webb Hubbell D. Ernest Hemingway's C. Colin Powell E. George Washington's D. Richard Jewell E. Timothy McVeigh

B B

153. 158. Biological phyla are divided into classes and classes are divided into ... A union sometimes tries to prevent operations and cause a loss of profits to the employer in order to force changes and gain economic advantages for its members. Such an action involving large numbers of employees refusing to work is called a ...

orders strike

154. 159. His wife was Martha Gellhorn. He was a volunteer in the American The electric lights used in your home are either fluorescent or ... ambulance service in France. He wrote "Green Hills of Africa." Name A. putrescent him. B. inflorescent C. obsolescent D. effervescent E. incandescent

Ernest Hemingway E

155. 160. Spherical aberration affects ... The U.S. law enforcement agents led by Eliot Ness were known as the ... A. gears A. Undesirables B. lenses B. Unbreakables C. turbines C. Untouchables D. chronometers D. Unflappables E. magnetometers E. Unmentionables

B C 161. 166. Annual rings are least well defined in a mature tree growing in the ... Which instrument is most similar to a harp? A. Amazon jungle A. lyre B. Canadian taiga B. viola C. European steppes C. piccolo D. African savannah D. xylophone E. New England deciduous forests E. clavichord

A A

162. 167. A name humorously applied to upper class New England society was What kind of horse is used in gymnastics? derived from the name of the highest or priestly caste among the Hindus. Name that caste or society group.

Brahmin pommel horse

163. 168. What type of joint is found between the parietal bone and the frontal Glider pilots generally rely on two types of lift in order to gain altitude in bone? their craft. One is called slope lift. What is the other type of lift?

suture (immovable joint) thermal lift

164. 169. Indians and frontiersmen used the technique called jerking to preserve A ceremonial art form known as sand painting was most highly developed meats. The modern technique most similar to jerking is ... by which group of peoples? A. irradiation A. the Haida B. sterilization B. the Navajo C. dehydration C. the Natchez D. refrigeration D. the Comanche E. pasteurization E. the Nez Perce

C B

165. 170. The Lexington and Ohio R.R. was built in 1830 to 1832. For what does In the 1970s, a worldwide energy crisis occurred when oil production was the abbreviation stand? reduced by the ... A. Arab states B. NATO forces C. Medellin Cartel D. NAFTA countries E. Warsaw Pact nations

railroad A 171. 176. Which is classified as an unconditioned reflex? Some reptiles such as the gecko and tuatara are active only at night. What A. jerking away from a snake adjective describes this characteristic behavioral pattern? B. a squeamish feeling at the sight of blood C. a fear reaction to loud noises D. prejudice against minorities E. abhorrence of maggots

C nocturnal

172. 177. What is a basketball referee signaling when he extends both arms upward Name the forces which hold molecules together in crystals. with his thumbs pointing up?

jump ball Van der Waals forces

173. 178. Name the factor used by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric What color absorbs all light? Administration which includes the combined effects of temperature and wind and describes the cooling power of air on exposed flesh.

wind chill factor black

174. 179. Which is not a concurrent power of state and federal governments in the These words were borrowed from what language? United States? cherub, hallelujah, messiah A. collecting taxes A. Arabic B. chartering banks B. French C. borrowing money C. Dutch D. establishing courts D. Hebrew E. making naturalization laws E. Norwegian

E D

175. 180. What two words should have been used in this sentence? The names of what two South American countries begin with the letter In the Olympic Games, Greeks ran "P?" races, jumped, hurled the biscuits, and threw the java.

discus, javelin Peru, Paraguay 181. 186. The World War II Battle of Kasserine Pass occurred in what country? Nikos Kazantzakis wrote about a hero who led a vigorous and passionate A. Iraq life. Who was this old Greek? B. Italy C. France D. Tunisia E. Belgium

D Zorba

182. 187. Complete this phrase about governmental authority? Which category of reasoning is illustrated below? Might makes ... Last year an alien landed in my yard and vaporized my dog. Last month the same thing happened. Last night it happened again. I got a new dog today, but chances are slim that he will be with us a year from now.

right induction

183. 188. Mort bought $5 of hamburger, $2 of milk, $9 of cheddar cheese, $3 of Fish have an organ found in no other animal. It detects vibrations and raspberry yogurt, $1 of noodles, $3 of turnips, and $6 of butter. How pressure changes in the water through sensors beneath the fish's scales. much did he spend on dairy products? Name it. A. $17 B. $20 C. $23 D. $25 E. $29

B lateral line

184. 189. Expressed in terms of pi, what is the volume of a cylinder with a 5-inch Washout of sulfuric acid by precipitation results in rainwater with an radius and a 10-inch height? abnormally high concentration of what ion?

250 pi cubic inches sulfate ion

185. 190. In order to expedite tax collection, the U.S. federal government has What is the name for the successions of words found in an 1834 employers deduct from their employees' salaries a sum based on the publication with this title? minimum tax rates. Name this practice. Peter Piper's Practical Principles of Plain and Perfect Pronunciation

withholding tongue twister (or alliteration) 191. 196. Which state has the highest population density of approximately 990 What type of animal spoke this line from which all capitalization and people per square mile? vowels and spaces have been removed? A. Maine s-m--n-sb--nsl--p-ng-nm-b-d B. Alaska A. tortoise C. Wyoming B. goose D. Oklahoma C. bear E. New Jersey D. fox E. pig

E C

192. 197. What is the title of James Earle Fraser's sculpture depicting a beaten Which state was not part of the Dust Bowl? warrior on a tired and broken pony, symbolic of the fate of the Plains A. Texas Indians. B. Kansas C. Alabama D. Oklahoma E. New Mexico

The End of the Trail C

193. 198. In what ocean are these regions found? In French, what comes between "mars" and "mai?" the Hatteras abyssal plain the Laurentian cone the Flemish cap the Gambia abyssal plain

Atlantic Ocean avril

194. 199. Looking at tree rings, you notice that there are 5 which are especially far A length of wire is cut so that one piece is four times longer than the apart. What probably happened during those years? other. The length of the smaller piece is 1 1/3 feet. The longer wire is ... A. diminished gravity A. 4 2/3 feet B. warmer air temperature B. 5 1/3 feet C. elevated sunspot activity C. 6 1/3 feet D. unusually abundant precipitation D. 3 7/8 feet E. increased atmospheric carbon E. 7 1/4 feet dioxide

D B

195. 200. Which is a barrier island? Who might have written these lines? A. Oahu The plane stopped rolling and I B. Key West turned it around and started to taxi C. Padre Island toward the Le Bourget hangers. The D. Manhattan Island entire field ahead, however, was E. Santa Catalina Island covered with thousands of people all running towards my ship.

C Charles Lindbergh 201. 206. Quicksilver is another name for ... Which relationship is, in a mathematical sense, symmetrical? A. tin A. Alfonzo is older than Alice. B. pyrite B. Alfonzo is the brother of Alice. C. mercury C. Alfonzo lives next door to Alice. D. aluminum D. Alfonzo is a descendent of Alice. E. platinum E. Alfonzo is at least as tall as Alice.

C C

202. 207. The worst oil spill in U.S. History occurred near Valdez, Alaska in 1989. After completing her bad clams and sour milk diet, Susan weighed 3.5 What corporation was the owner of the oil tanker that ran aground? pounds less than twice what she formerly weighed. She now weighs 110.5 pounds. What did she weigh before the diet?

Exxon 114 pounds

203. 208. The frequency of a sound is exactly doubled from 220 to 440 cycles per How much money did the boy lose in Shel Silverstein's poem, "Smart," second. The pitch of this sound would be perceived as going up exactly when he made this series of trades? one .. 2 quarters for 1 dollar 3 dimes for 2 quarters 4 nickels for 3 dimes 5 pennies for 4 nickels

octave 95 cents

204. 209. What term can mean either the largest of an orchestra's stringed The troops of Simon Bolivar had to cross what mountain range prior to instruments or the lowest male voice? their assault on the Spaniards in the region of Colombia?

bass Andes

205. 210. A bank robber jumps into your car and orders you at gunpoint to speed What English adjective is derived from the name of an ancient Greek city away from the cops. You will probably not be charged with any crime which is synonymous with these qualities? because you were acting under ... hardy undaunted frugal severe

duress Spartan 211. 216. What type of painting presents a view or vista of natural scenery? A person from Ohio could take a boat across the Ohio River and end up in ... A. Indiana B. Missouri C. Kentucky D. New York E. Michigan

landscape C

212. 217. A physicist is investigating the effects of different lenses on light What hyphenated word used in politics refers to the "give and take" dispersion. In this experiment the light is what kind of variable? principle by which one party will further certain interests of another in return for reciprocal support of its own measures?

dependent variable log-rolling

213. 218. Which element has a half life of 7.6 times 10 to the seventh power years? According to the lyrics of the song, "Home on the Range," what two kinds A. lithium of animals play in the same region where the buffalo roam? B. calcium C. titanium D. plutonium E. magnesium

D deer, antelope

214. 219. Determine the average age of four sea turtles whose ages are 10, 21, 25, His sons were killed by proslavery ruffians in Kansas. With 18 followers and 30? and the expectation of a major slave revolt he attacked the government A. 20 arsenal at Harpers Ferry. Soon after he was hanged in Virginia for B. 20.5 treason. Name him. C. 21 D. 21.5 E. 22

D John Brown

215. 220. The most significant defeat of Napoleon occurred in the Battle of ... What is the name for those devices installed in the smokestacks of A. Hastings coal-burning industries which remove those chemicals from smoke that B. Marathon form acid rain? C. Waterloo D. Normandy E. Adrianople

C scrubbers 221. 226. An amphora is a ... What genre of poetry is illustrated below? A. Roman dome well! let's go B. Grecian urn snow-viewing till C. Japanese sword we tumble! D. Mayan calendar E. Byzantine colonnade

B haiku

222. 227. After flying 168 light years, Ijon needed 5.6 gallons of plutonium juice to The "cocktail" that patients drink to make their gastrointestinal tracts fill his tank. How many gallons of plutonium juice would he need for the opaque to x-rays contains ... 417-light year trip from Xygreb to the Antwarx star system? A. barium B. mercury C. plutonium D. potassium E. magnesium

13.9 A

223. 228. A hydrocarbon used in welding is ... Schwartzchild radii are associated with ... A. acetyleen A. typhoons B. acetylene B. black holes C. ascetylene C. earthquakes D. accetylene D. planetary orbits E. ascetaline E. volcanic eruptions

B B

224. 229. What occupation is described below? Which group in an experiment on the effects of a new drug would receive Embarking from the mother ship in only a placebo? small open boats, crews of six rowed silently. A harpooner stood in the bow of each boat.

whaling control group

225. 230. What is the title of the head of a huge department of the United States The universe may be open and will expand forever. It may be flat and will government that is most important to people involved with the hobby of reach a maximum size and remain there, or it may eventually stop philately? expanding and then collapse, in which case it is ...

postmaster closed 231. 236. Sir Isaac Newton stated that all bodies in the universe, however large or This passage illustrates what literary technique? small, have a mutual attraction for one another. What name did he give to "Hold off! Unhand me, greybeard this attraction? loon!" Eftsoons his hand dropped he. A. analogy B. allusion C. archaism D. apostrophe E. anachronism

gravity C

232. 237. In which state are the highest high temperatures recorded each year? Water flows away from the land as the tide level falls. This is what kind A. Texas of a tide? B. Nevada C. Arizona D. California E. New Mexico

D ebb

233. 238. What one-time member of the legal staff of the NAACP became a What common vaccine is frequently applied in narrow scratches? Supreme Court justice in 1967?

Thurgood Marshall smallpox

234. 239. A hockey puck given the same push will travel farthest on which level Many early explorers attempted to find a water route across North surface? America called the ... A. frozen lake B. grass fairway C. cement sidewalk D. steel deck of a ship E. wooden basketball court

A Northwest Passage

235. 240. The deflection of moving objects to the right in the northern hemisphere What ballet composed by Claude Debussy opens with a faun, who while and to the left in the southern hemisphere caused by the Earth's rotation is playing his flute on a hot afternoon, encounters two nymphs on their way known as the ... to bathe?

coriolis effect Afternoon of a Faun 241. 246. Spontaneous abortion, preterm birth, and low birth weight are all In what foreign country could a signpost be seen with these mileage associated with what drug present in cigarette smoke? estimates? Rio de Janeiro-7400 Helsinki-3900 Port Moresby-6400 New York-3000 Capetown-10,200 Arctic Circle-195

nicotine Canada

242. 247. Conductors frequently lead practice sessions with their orchestras in The words "allegiance" and "legislate" are derived from the Latin word preparation for a concert. What is the three-syllable name for such "lex" which meant ... sessions? A. law B. light C. earth D. sleep E. scrape

rehearsals A

243. 248. In the context of sports, what is the meaning of the abbreviation "MVP?" The planet with the largest orbit is ... A. most valuable player A. Mars B. much vaunted prospect B. Pluto C. major veteran playmaker C. Venus D. mercilessly violent person D. Saturn E. mighty venerable professional E. Mercury

A B

244. 249. Consider this argument. The world's largest proven petroleum deposits lie in ... All Venezuelans are humans. A. Antarctica All Vietnamese are humans. B. Scandinavia Therefore, all Venezuelans are C. South Africa Vietnamese. D. the Middle East This illustrates the logical fallacy known as the undistributed ... E. Central America

middle D

245. 250. The words "terra incognita" are often found in old maps. These words Spell the word that describes the profession of an individual who makes it mean ... appear that a dummy sitting on his knee is actually speaking. A. unknown country B. temperate lowlands C. region of the Orient D. land of hostile forces E. land under the king's control

A ventriloquist (ventriloquism) 251. 256. He was born on a Virginia plantation. In Missouri, he was sold to Dr. Any line which exactly bisects a circle is called the ... John Emerson who took him to Rock Island, Illinois and then to Fort Snelling, Minnesota. He ended up living in St. Louis where he claimed to be free. Who was this slave?

Dred Scott diameter

252. 257. It was ruled by Priam. Its chief defender was Hector. Agamemnon and Bread dough rises, milk goes sour, and grape juice turns into wine through Menelaus attacked it. Name the city. the process of ... A. distillation B. hibernation C. evaporation D. fermentation E. eutrophication

Troy D

253. 258. A 1/2" round projectile made of which material would penetrate deepest Which ancient civilization peaked earliest in history? into a telephone book when shot from a slingshot? A. Roman A. ice B. Greek B. lead C. Aztec C. glass D. Egyptian D. carbon E. Polynesian E. aluminum

B D

254. 259. A San Antonio restaurant menu that reminds you to "Remember the Which ending is most unequivocal and subject to the fewest Alamode" is using which literary technique? qualifications? A. pun The more snow that falls in B. aphorism Montana, the ... C. pseudonym A. shorter the summer D. invocation B. lower the temperature E. digression C. more roofs that cave in D. more runoff there will be E. greater the number of snowmen

A D

255. 260. What is the name for the rate at which major U.S. banks lend money to Kelp is a large brownish seaweed used as a source of ... their best and most reliable customers? A. iodine B. mercury C. chlorine D. manganese E. phosphorus

prime (rate) A 261. 266. What Central American country is adjacent to South America? This republic is the seventh largest country in the world. It is about one-third the size of the United States but has more than three times as many people. Name it.

Panama India

262. 267. Astronomers use what term to refer to a point on the celestial equator How many square yards of carpeting are needed to cover a room which is directly below a given position? measuring 27 feet by 42 feet?

nadir 126

263. 268. What Hindu doctrine implies that a person's vocation and general plight in The Lorelei is the name of an imposing rock cliff that juts into the ... life are direct results of his actions in previous lives? A. Hellespont B. Rhine River C. Bay of Biscay D. Strait of Hormuz E. English Channel

karma B

264. 269. Wheels with regularly-spaced, raised segments around their edges that are Decade is to ten years as fortnight is to ... used to transmit power are called ... A. four days B. two weeks C. six months D. fourteen hours E. the time between two full moons

gears B

265. 270. This German engineer was one of the creators of the V-2 rocket used in The alignment of three celestial bodies is ... World War II. He later became a U.S. citizen and pioneered the A. syzgy development of liquid fuel rockets. Name him. B. zysygy C. syzygy D. zysogy E. syzigie

Wernher von Braun C 271. 276. Sometimes climbers will be in mountains completely covered with snow This quote refers to whom? while the sky is also completely overcast. There will be no shadows or After Colombia's rejection of a skyline. This phenomenon is a ... treaty giving the U.S. rights to a canal across the isthmus of Panama, he supported a Panamanian revolt and then negotiated a similar treaty with the new nation.

white-out Theodore Roosevelt

272. 277. An estimated 30,000 pieces of rocky debris known as the asteroids lie in Specialized cells in the epidermis of the skin manufacture a very tough an orbit between the orbits of Mars and ... substance found in hair and nails. Name it.

Jupiter keratin

273. 278. The Yaqui are a people of ... Who commanded Operation Overlord? A. Cuba B. Haiti C. Mexico D. Paraguay E. Colombia

C Dwight Eisenhower

274. 279. According to the song, what did the old man play knickknack on when he The strongest part of a medieval castle was the ... played three? A. keep B. forum C. manor D. atrium E. balustrade

my knee A

275. 280. Which device was not developed by the person with which it is linked? In the 1950s, Jomo Kenyatta was a tribal leader actively involved in A. steamboat - Fulton organizing what terrorist group in Kenya? B. cotton gin - Whitney C. revolver - Winchester D. sleeping car - Pullman E. lightning rod - Franklin

C Mau Mau 281. 286. What Latin phrase means "mode of operation?" Name the poem. There are strange things done in the midnight sun by the men who moil for gold. The Arctic trails have their secret tales that would make your blood run cold.

modus operandi Cremation of Sam McGee

282. 287. What bony structures grow each year on the skulls of male animals such as Which Greek hero was invulnerable except for a small area near one of his the reindeer, elk, caribou, and deer? heels? A. Jason B. Perseus C. Hercules D. Odysseus E. Achilles

antlers E

283. 288. To whom was Norman Schwarzkopf referring when he said this? To what was Francis Bacon referring in this description? He is not a soldier, not a great The other derives axioms from the general, and not a great tactician. senses and particulars, rising by a gradual and unbroken ascent, so that it arrives at the most general axioms last of all.

Saddam Hussein induction (scientific method)

284. 289. What kind of creature was Algernon in the book, "Flowers for Algernon?" The tiny principality of Andorra is in what mountain range?

mouse Pyrenees

285. 290. Until he was slain by Theseus, this giant stretched or cut off the legs of his What kind of jurisdiction does the Supreme Court have in all cases not victims to make them fit a certain iron bed. Name him. involving ambassadors, consuls, public ministers, or those in which a state A. Euryale is a party? B. Nemesis C. Ascelpius D. Procrustes E. Periphetes

D appellate jurisdiction 291. 296. Which plant is not paired correctly with a part people ordinarily eat? The Very Large Array, or VLA, is one of the most powerful radio A. turnip - root telescopes ever built. It is located near ... B. eggplant - fruit A. Hilo, Hawaii C. asparagus - stem B. Hoonah, Alaska D. cauliflower - flower C. Blythe, California E. Brussels sprouts - seed D. Winnemucca, Nevada E. Socorro, New Mexico

E E

292. 297. Which star is not in the constellation with which it is paired? Roman writers described them as unsightly, short-legged and stout, with A. Altair - Aquila strongly knit limbs, thick necks, beardless faces, and small black eyes. B. Pollux - Taurus Name these Mongol warriors who terrorized Europe in the 4th and 5th C. Deneb - Cygnus centuries. D. Antares - Scorpius E. Betelgeuse - Orion

B Huns

293. 298. The least geographical distance separates which pair of national parks? The abscissa of p is 6 and the ordinate of p is -3. Therefore point p lies in A. Sequoia - Shenandoah which quadrant of a graph? B. Yellowstone - Acadia C. Mammoth Cave - Denali D. Crater Lake - Mount Rainier E. Voyageurs - Petrified Forest

D 4

294. 299. Which was not a purpose of the Constitution according to the preamble? Johann Sebastian Bach composed the ... A. establish justice A. Hamburg Concertos B. form a more perfect union B. Augsburg Concertos C. promote the general welfare C. Magdeburg Concertos D. provide for the common offense D. Regensburg Concertos E. secure the blessings of liberty E. Brandenburg Concertos

D E

295. 300. The primitive atmosphere on Earth that probably gave rise to organic The term "rood" means "a fourth part of an acre." Spell the homophone molecules may have consisted of water vapor and hydrogen along with ... for that term which means "grieved for." A. nitrogen and ether B. ammonia and methane C. sulfur dioxide and ozone D. oxygen and carbon dioxide E. mercury vapor and potassium

B rued 301. 306. These lines were inspired by events that led to what war? The sum of three consecutive integers is 129. What is the smallest By the rude bridge that arched the integer? flood, Their flag to April's breeze unfurled, Here once the embattled farmers stood, And fired the shot heard round the world.

American Revolution 42

302. 307. The function of hemoglobin is to transport ... When Ellis Ivy was elected state governor, he appointed his brother as attorney general, his uncle as superintendent of public instruction, his daughter as comptroller, and his wife as hospital safety czar. Such granting of political favors to relatives is called ...

oxygen nepotism

303. 308. Which is not one of the seven countries in the Sahel region of Africa? Which is not a characteristic of Mars? A. Chad A. canals B. Niger B. red soil C. Uganda C. two moons D. Sudan D. great red spot E. Mauritania E. polar ice caps

C D

304. 309. Nearly all of the world's icebergs consist of chunks of ice that have broken What hypothesis, named after the mythical Greek mother earth deity, away from the continental glaciers of Antarctica and ... suggests that all life on Earth acts together in a way that causes the planet to be self-regulating?

Greenland Gaia Hypothesis

305. 310. Which capital city has the longest growing season? These songs are from what musical? A. Quito The Simple Joys of Maidenhood B. Ankara How to Handle a Woman C. Jakarta I Loved You Once in Silence D. Pyongyang E. Islamabad

C Camelot 311. 316. The name of what mythical character is also used for a book of maps? Which building is approximately at a longitude of 74 degrees west and a latitude of 41 degrees north? A. the Parthenon B. the Taj Mahal C. the Sistine Chapel D. the United Nations E. the Temple of Quetzalcoatl

Atlas D

312. 317. Which was invented first? These lines by Rose Fyleman refer to what kind of mammals? A. nylon Their tails are long, B. radar Their faces small, C. dirigible They haven't any D. military tank Chins at all. E. steam automobile Their ears are pink, Their teeth are white, They run about The house at night.

E mice

313. 318. William Faulkner received the Nobel Prize in 1963 for a novel about a What major mountain range includes the Great Smoky Mountains, the boy who is led astray for a few days by Boon Hoggenbeck. Name the Allegheny Mountains, the Blue Ridge Mountains, and the Catskills? novel.

The Reivers Appalachians

314. 319. Macedonia was admitted to the United Nations in 1993. Prior to that, it What words are missing? was part of what Eastern European country? Any man's death ---- because I am A. Poland involved in mankinde. And therefore B. Ukraine never send to know for whom the bell C. Estonia tolls. D. Yugoslavia A. is no island E. Czechoslovakia B. be not proud C. diminishes me D. is my death E. enlightens me

D C

315. 320. What type of poem typically begins with this kind of first line? This telegram was sent from what site in Utah? There was an old man from Nairobi .. The last rail is laid! The last spike is driven! The Pacific railroad is completed!

limerick Promontory Point 321. 326. What is the name for a variable in an experiment intentionally Who created these imaginary races? manipulated by the experimenter? Yahoos Laputans Brobdingnagians Houyhnhnms Lilliputians

independent variable Jonathan Swift

322. 327. Panhandles are characteristic of which two states? What is the common term for the process in which water in the gas phase A. Iowa and Oregon changes to water in the liquid phase? B. Alaska and Oklahoma C. Wyoming and Colorado D. Illinois and Connecticut E. South Carolina and Hawaii

B condensation

323. 328. The area of a trapezoid is 60 and its bases are 8 and 12. Find the altitude A 1997 news story referred to the Tienanmen Square massacre as "the late of this figure. one's darkest hour." Who is the late one? A. John Huang B. Ho Chi Minh C. Sun Yat-sen D. Mao Tse-tung E. Deng Xiaoping

6 E

324. 329. Which opera was set in the vicinity of 140 degrees east longitude? It kills rats and mice, but this small mammal that resembles a weasel and A. Otello lives in southern Asia is best known as a snake killer. Name it. B. Lohengrin C. Porgy and Bess D. Madame Butterfly E. Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg

D mongoose

325. 330. Results of a scientific experiment will probably not be accepted if the ... X and y and z are bequeathed an inheritance. X gets 1/6 and y gets 1/8. Z A. results are not published gets the rest. Then the estate is adjusted and x had to give 2/3 of his share B. experiment cannot be replicated to y. What part of the estate had y finally? C. experimenter is not a recognized A. 5/9 scientist B. 3/4 D. experiment dealt with more than C. 7/8 one variable D. 17/72 E. experimenter only has his E. 33/51 bachelor's degree

B D 331. 336. Fundamental characteristics of living organisms do not include ... What legendary king is heralded by these works? A. growth Tristan and Isolde B. adaptation Idylls of the King C. achievement Gawain and the Green Knight D. reproduction E. response to stimuli

C Arthur

332. 337. Alpine races which require racers to ski between 55 and 75 gates over a The story of Dust Bowl victims struggling for survival as migratory course of approximately 200 meters are classified as what kind of race? workers was told in ... A. Dune B. The Sandblows Inn C. The Grapes of Wrath D. Look Homeward Angel E. The Valley of the Moon

slalom C

333. 338. Who was not a leader of the Reformation? Which type of forest contains the greatest diversity of plant species? A. John Huss B. John Knox C. John Calvin D. Huldreich Zwingli E. Martin Luther King

E tropical (rain) forest

334. 339. Name the author of these works. Art objects that have been covered by a thin coating of gold have been ... The Battle of the Ants A. clad Why I Left the Woods B. gilded Why I Went into the Woods C. topped D. draped E. swathed

Henry Thoreau B

335. 340. What animal is usually associated with caravans? A person living in the U.S. who is not a citizen is a(n) ... A. alien B. refugee C. colonial D. trespasser E. extraterrestrial

camel A 341. 346. It was formed millions of years ago from a sticky fluid that oozed from the A "D" is minted on some pennies below the date. For what does this letter bark of evergreen trees. If often contains the preserved bodies of insects. stand? It is usually yellow or orange. Name this fossilized resin.

amber Denver

342. 347. What one-syllable noun refers to a person with similar status to another James Earl Ray was denied parole in 1988. Mr. Ray is the convicted person in a given society? assassin of what civil rights leader?

peer Martin Luther King

343. 348. At the rate of one million per second, what is produced by bone marrow? The speed of light expressed in scientific notation is approximately equal to 1.86 times 10 to what power miles per second?

red blood cells (erythrocytes) 5th power

344. 349. Autonomy means ... The name of what flower completes these cliches? A. allegiance came off smelling like a ---- B. dependency a ---- by any other name C. subservience the bloom is off the ---- D. self-government E. government by the few

D rose

345. 350. English troops in America during the Revolutionary War were known as What are two possible ways to express the past tense of the verb "sink?" ... A. Redcoats B. Goldcoats C. Greencoats D. Yellowcoats E. Purplecoats

A sank, sunk 351. 356. President Carter declared an emergency at what site in New York as a What does not penetrate into the aphotic zone of an ocean? result of hazardous wastes surfacing and contaminating groundwater?

Love Canal light

352. 357. Propaganda is best illustrated by which headline? Samoans are a(n) ... A. Hostages taken by Iran A. Celtic B. Fleet at Pearl Harbor attacked B. Slavic C. George Shultz to visit U.S.S.R. C. Frankish D. Depression sure if taxes raised D. Oriental E. Students protest the Vietnam War E. Polynesian

D E

353. 358. Name a living flightless bird native to Australia. A generalized feeling of dread or that something bad is about to happen is ...

cassowary, emu anxiety

354. 359. It is the size of a small farm and only about 1000 people live in it. It has What is the conclusion of these premises? its own flag, radio station, stamps, and railroad. Name this walled -All thingamabobs are dealios. independent state overlooking the Tiber River. -Some dohickies are thingamabobs. A. No dealios are dohickies. B. All dohickies are dealios. C. Some dohickies are dealios. D. All dealios are thingamabobs. E. All thingamabobs are dohickies.

Vatican City C

355. 360. Which Pacific island is closest to New Guinea? Name the American law enforcement agency which was first to establish a A. Maui centralized fingerprint collection. B. Tahiti C. Pitcairn D. Iwo Jima E. Bougainville

E FBI 361. 366. Its mouth opens three to four feet wide. Its two canine teeth grow into This passage is about whom? tusks of ivory. Its eyes and nostrils protrude from the head and remain out In 1937, she departed from Miami, of the water when the animal floats. Its body is barrel-shaped, its skin is Florida. She reached New Guinea and thick, and its legs are short. Name it. took off for Howland Island in the Pacific. Then her radio messages stopped and she disappeared. The remains of her plane were never found.

hippopotamus Amelia Earhart

362. 367. The Great Barrier Reef is about how many miles in length? What band of prevailing winds are between the horse latitudes and the A. 1.2 doldrums? B. 12 C. 120 D. 1200 E. 12,000

D trade winds

363. 368. These people were champions in what Olympic sport? These are disciplines related to what major religion? Sonja Henie hatha yoga Tenley Albright bhakti yoga Carol Heiss jnana yoga Peggy Fleming karma yoga Dorothy Hamil raja yoga Michelle Kwan

figure skating Hinduism

364. 369. What planetary name is missing from this ditty? Which is a two-dimensional art form? This big planet is hard to see. A. busts ---- is named for the god of the sea. B. mobiles C. macrame D. ceramics E. calligraphy

Neptune E

365. 370. What tropism is particularly associated with the presence of water? Which historic figure is not remembered as a military leader? A. Attila B. Confucius C. Genghis Khan D. Erwin Rommel E. Napoleon Bonaparte

hydrotropism B 371. 376. Twenty is the number of ... Terrorists in what country held many hostages at the Japanese A. heads on the Hydra ambassador's residence from late 1996 well into 1997? B. dwarfs in "Snow White" A. Peru C. years Rip van Winkle slept B. Brazil D. thieves confronted by Ali Baba C. Uruguay E. leagues the Nautilus descended D. Colombia E. Argentina

C A

372. 377. This describes what mountain range? The last word in the following passage is an allusion to what country? Although this Russian mountain Christopher Columbus was born in range is not very high, it is the city of Genoa, which is in the distinctive because it runs in a top of the "boot." nearly straight line for over 1000 miles. It was formed 280 million years ago when two plates pushed together.

Urals Italy

373. 378. Name the story by Mark Twain in which a stranger convinces Philip Which device separates visible light into various colors according to their Traum of the falseness of morals, the kindness in killing a cripple, and the wavelengths? nonexistence of heaven. A. barometer B. hydrometer C. spectroscope D. oscilloscope E. cloud chamber

The Mysterious Stranger C

374. 379. What is the color of the eye of an albino rat? Complete this saying about the month of March. If March comes in like a lion, it goes out like a ... A. dog B. lamb C. duck D. tiger E. groundhog

pink B

375. 380. Jabba's weight is increasing at a rate of 4% per year. Today he weighs 13 The Crusades were wars waged to rescue the Holy Lands from the ... megatoogs. How much did he weigh one year ago? A. Saxons B. Italians C. Saracens D. Cossacks E. Barbarians

12.5 megatoogs C 381. 386. Mary Ludwig was a heroine of the Revolutionary War. She acquired her John Cabot's crew discovered that they could lower baskets over the side nickname from the soldiers to whom she brought water in a pitcher while of the ship and bring them up full of fish. What rich fishing region off ignoring the danger. What was her nickname? Newfoundland had they discovered?

Molly Pitcher Grand Banks

382. 387. During World War I, combat fatigue was called ... Which of Shakespeare's characters spoke these words? A. shellshock Cowards die many times before their B. aftershock deaths. The valiant never taste of C. electroshock death but once. D. insulin shock A. Romeo E. anaphylactic shock B. Brutus C. Hamlet D. King Lear E. Julius Caesar

A E

383. 388. On the shores of what sea, according to Eugene Field, does a sugar-plum How would scientists classify these statements? tree bloom? -Radar bombardment of plants will increase their growth rate. -At least one black hole exists in the Milky Way

Lollipop Sea hypotheses

384. 389. Which object best illustrates the concept of negative stability? Any substance that expands and spreads indefinitely when not confined in A. a box of feathers a container is a ... B. a damped pendulum C. an Egyptian pyramid D. a straw standing on end E. a sphere on a horizontal plane

D gas

385. 390. A private company supplying what would not be classified as a public What unit of measurement used in meteorology equals the pressure of utility? 1000 dynes? A. water B. gasoline C. natural gas D. electricity E. telephone service

B millibar 391. 396. How many eighth notes are in one measure of 3/4 time in music? What do meteorologists call snow falling intermittently resulting in very small accumulations?

6 flurries

392. 397. The words "delenda est Atlanta" spoken by the Northerners during the What two nations border upon the Davis Strait? Civil War paralleled the words of Cato the Elder when he said, "Delenda est ..." A. Mycenae B. Carthago C. Byzantium D. Macedonia E. Thermopylae

B Canada, Greenland

393. 398. Which work is an example of extended metaphor? Mangrove and cypress trees are abundant in which national park? A. The Raven A. Sequoia B. Casey at the Bat B. Glacier Bay C. Paul Revere's Ride C. Everglades D. Swiss Family Robinson D. Grand Teton E. O Captain! My Captain! E. Grand Canyon

E C

394. 399. A logical fallacy in which one attempts to refute a position by attacking A relief map maker would need to use the fewest number of contour lines the man and casting aspersions on his character is called an "argumentum when mapping which region? ad ----" A. central Vermont B. central Nebraska C. western Colorado D. eastern California E. southeastern Alaska

hominem B

395. 400. The capacity of the mind to generate images of objects, states, or actions In the 1947 musical by the same name, the mythical Scottish town that that have not been actually experienced is called ... appears for a single day every one hundred years is ...

imagination Brigadoon 401. 406. This passage is about whom? What attorney general approved the plan to assault the Branch Davidian The man who planned the mission, compound in April of 1993? trained its participants, and piloted the first plane from the Hornet's tossing deck did much to raise American morale and lower Japan's with his 30 seconds over Tokyo.

James Doolittle Janet Reno

402. 407. Stein Guttemeyer was skiing a slalom course when he caught an edge and What type of barometer utilizes no liquid? flew into some trees. The ski patrol found he had a broken bone protruding from his leg. What is the name for this type of fracture?

compound fracture aneroid

403. 408. Which animal has not been completely exterminated by humans? What term from physics means the tendency of an object to resist A. dodo acceleration or the tendency of a body in motion to remain in motion? B. great auk C. whooping crane D. passenger pigeon E. Carolina parakeet

C inertia

404. 409. Which author wrote two powerful novels dealing with the railroad trust It is a type of Afro-American folk song developed by the Negroes of the and the wheat market of Chicago? South. It is characteristically short and melancholy in tone marked by A. Tom Clancy frequent repetition and sung slowly in a minor key. What is the general B. Frank Norris name for this type of song? C. Eugene Field D. Walt Whitman E. Ernest Hemingway

B blues

405. 410. The Lewis and Clark expedition did not travel over land that became The opening of the nostrils of a whale situated on the animal's head is which U.S. state? called the ... A. Idaho B. Nevada C. Missouri D. Montana E. South Dakota

B blowhole 411. 416. The introduction of whole blood or blood components directly into the Nails used for attaching the fascia or for outside decks should be treated blood stream is called a ... with zinc. This treatment is called ...

transfusion galvanization

412. 417. A radar signal sent to a spacecraft took four minutes for the round trip. What group of native people created the ornately carved meeting houses Round your answer to the nearest million miles and express the of New Zealand? approximate distance to that craft.

22 million miles Maori

413. 418. The entire cycle of the blood through the body takes about ... This formula will convert what to what? A. 2 seconds 5/9 (F+32) B. 20 seconds C. 2 minutes D. 20 minutes E. 2 hours

B Fahrenheit to Celsius

414. 419. Which is spelled correctly? How many punctuation marks are required in this sentence? A. ansient Livonia of Slavonia past president B. patient of the Femmes for Fatality attended C. alminac the convention of robust vocalists D. afilliation E. amendement

B 3

415. 420. Which food contains the highest percentage of carbohydrates? To what beings did this northern European poem refer? A. rice Loud were they, lo! loud, as over B. butter the land they rode C. oranges Fierce of heart were they, as over D. chicken the hill they rode! E. sardines For the mighty maidens have mustered up their strength ...

A Valkyries 421. 426. By weight, 20% of air is oxygen. How many grams of air contain 30 Which is a conditional statement? grams of oxygen? A. I'll go if I get you a wig. A. 50 B. I'll go or I'll get you a wig. B. 100 C. I'll go and I'll get you a wig. C. 150 D. I'll go but I won't get you a wig. D. 200 E. I'll not go nor will I get you a wig. E. 250

C A

422. 427. A member of the Moslem faith lives in Turkey and kneels toward the In terms of square miles of surface area, which is the third-largest ocean? Kaaba. Therefore he would be kneeling in which of the cardinal directions?

south Indian Ocean

423. 428. Jean Sibelius became a Finnish national hero through such works as What is flexed when the biceps femoris contracts? "Kullervo," "The Swan of Tuonela," and "Tapiola," but mainly with what A. neck other work that became a national anthem? B. thumb C. lower leg D. lower arm E. upper arm

Finlandia C

424. 429. Which is a measurement of velocity? Living mangroves can be seen thriving in which state? A. 7 hp A. Alaska B. 42 psi B. Oregon C. 28 fps C. Florida D. 5000 kg D. Arizona E. 80 kcal/kg E. Michigan

C C

425. 430. These are parts of what story? If they were all planted at the same time, which garden product would be -a banquet where the speakers have first to ripen? to eat their words A. corn -the Land of Infinity where they can B. chilies never manage to make ends meet C. radishes -the Princesses Rhyme and Reason D. pumpkins -Kakofonous A. Dischord, Doctor of E. tomatoes Dissonance

The Phantom Tollbooth C 431. 436. These groups of people first populated what present day country? There were three great Greek writers of tragedies. Two were Aeschylus Achaeans and Euripides. The third was ... Dorians Aeolians Ionians

Greece Sophocles

432. 437. The "Father of Medicine" was ... This device only uses gravity as a power source. Its function is to transfer A. Socrates a liquid out of a vessel and pass it to a lower level. Name it. B. Hannibal C. Thucydides D. Hippocrates E. Aristophanes

D siphon

433. 438. Which product does not lend itself to assembly line production? What is the English name of a ballet that originally bore this title? A. drill bits El Sombrero de Tres Picos B. screenplays C. windshields D. fishing rods E. sprinkler heads

B The Three-Cornered Hat

434. 439. Maid Marion is part of the legends about what English character? In what state was civil rights leader Medgar Evers killed in 1963?

Robin Hood Mississippi

435. 440. Who is remembered as being all of these? Complete this statement of Ohm's law. Alsatian, philosopher, musician, I = E/... medical, missionary, theologian A. Martin Luther B. Johann Strauss C. Heinrich Himmler D. Albert Schweitzer E. Baron von Richthofen

D R 441. 446. What three-syllable adjective refers to any animal species facing The law of reflection states that the angle of reflection is equal to the angle extinction? of ...

endangered incidence

442. 447. What is the name for those islands of the Pacific Ocean that are built of In what document from 1700 B.C. do we find these words? coral, are shaped like rings, and have lagoons in their centers? If one break a man's bone they shall break his bone. If a man destroy the eye of another man they shall destroy his eye.

atolls Code of Hammurabi

443. 448. These lines are from what oath? The temperature at which air reaches a relative humidity of 100 percent is I will practice my profession with known as the ... conscience and dignity. The health of my patient will be my first consideration. I will respect the secrets confided in me, even after the patient has died.

Hippocratic Oath dew point

444. 449. This passage refers to what mythical character? Disjunction is illustrated by which choice? Alone and chained, he called upon the A. She is either Nell or Natasha. winds and waters to look on him and B. Mr. Peabody is not a Mountie. see how the gods tortured a god. He C. No squirrel's goggles are green. had committed no crime. He had D. Bullwinkle has antlers and fleas. merely loved mankind. E. Boris and Natasha are from abroad.

Prometheus A

445. 450. What city in Morocco was so-named because it has an abundance of white President Reagan appointed the first woman justice to the Supreme Court. buildings? Name her.

Casablanca Sandra O'Connor 451. 456. What words best complete this verbose proverb? Hundreds of thousands of soldiers died of exposure and starvation during Gramineous forms of plant life are Napoleon's retreat from what city in eastern Europe? perpetually more verdant when located on ... A. identical plumage B. the dorsal portion C. an adjacent surface D. a superlative strategy E. a pulchritudinous distaff

C Moscow

452. 457. Which extract uses the same trochaic rhythm as ... A story beginning with these words is using what literary technique? Bubble bubble toil and trouble The apparently childish prank began A. Twas brillig and the slithy toves innocently enough. B. It was the schooner Hesperus A. allusion C. Go by climbing a birch tree B. metaphor D. Once upon a midnight dreary C. local color E. Mine eyes have seen the glory D. foreshadowing E. characterization

D D

453. 458. What name in Irish folklore refers to the little people? Who wrote this ditty? The one-l lama, He's a priest. The two-l llama, He's a beast. And I will bet A silk pajama There isn't any Three-l lllama.

leprechaun Ogden Nash

454. 459. It is a three-syllable German word which means "guiding theme." It is Inflammation of the enveloping membranes of the brain or spinal cord used to mean a melodic phrase which labels a certain person or situation caused by a virus or protozoan is called ... in an opera or musical drama. What is that word?

leitmotif meningitis

455. 460. What logical fallacy is found below? Who delivered the "Ain't I a Woman" speech in 1851? To allow every man an unbounded A. Abigail Adams freedom of speech is advantageous to B. Susan Anthony the state for it is conducive to the C. Sojourner Truth community that each person should D. Elizabeth Stanton enjoy liberty of expression. E. Margaret Chase Smith

begging the question C 461. 466. There are three degrees of comparison in the study of adjectives. Name A battery is made to last 300 hours and has been used for 80% of its them. expected life. How many more hours should it last?

positive, comparative, superlative 60

462. 467. Sheila bought a lot for her new house. The deed said that a ten-foot-wide Severe abdominal pain could be a symptom of ... area extending the length of its north border could not be built upon but A. sinusitis was reserved for utility lines. This part of her property is called an ... B. peritonitis C. pharyngitis D. osteoarthritis E. conjunctivitis

easement B

463. 468. Which character from American tall tales existed in the same way that Which dance was not developed in the country with which it is paired? Davy Crockett existed? A. rumba - Cuba A. Pecos Bill B. cancan - France B. John Henry C. mazurka - Japan C. Casey Jones D. flamenco - Spain D. Paul Bunyan E. bossa nova - Brazil E. Slue-Foot Sue

C C

464. 469. How many adjectives are in this passage? A person who has just photographed these sites was visiting what His long legs churning like a wobbly European city? windmill, Willie the Moose scurried Arc de Triomphe behind the old, dilapidated stable. Pantheon Sorbonne Place de la Bastille Cathedral of Notre Dame Louvre

4 Paris

465. 470. Which is a Polynesian island? These are families of what kind of reptiles? A. Crete Leptotyphlopidae B. Tahiti Uropeltidae C. Kodiak Anilidae D. Hispaniola Boidae E. Madagascar Hydrophidae Viperidae

B snakes 471. 476. Belize is one of the two countries which border Mexico to the south. The Latin phrase "a priori" indicates knowledge based on reason or logic, Name the other. independent of empirical data. What corresponding Latin phrase indicates knowledge derived from experience based on empirical data?

Guatemala a posteriori

472. 477. In order for the results of experiments to be accepted by the scientific Acid rain has become an enormous threat to the environment. One of the community, the experiments must be ... prime sources of acid rain is which pollutant? A. original A. ozone B. replicable B. carbon 14 C. moderately complex C. sulfur dioxide D. authorized by the NSF D. mercuric oxide E. conducted in certified labs E. gaseous fluoride

B C

473. 478. According to Plato, the continent of Atlantis existed to the west of what What kind of worm is associated with insufficiently cooked pork? pillars?

Pillars of Hercules trichina

474. 479. What is the meaning of the phrase "caveat emptor?" The literary technique of flashback is one type of ... A. let the buyer beware A. analogy B. open markets are superior B. anapest C. the early bird gets the worm C. antithesis D. economic control to governments D. anachrony E. the producer bears responsibility E. antagonism

A D

475. 480. Over 36,000 people in the East Indies were killed by one in 1833. Japan What single tropism could account for both hydrotropism and lost 27,000 lives resulting from one in 1896 and 1000 more in 1933 when chemotropism in plants? still another one struck its shores. Name these huge waves.

tsunamis geotropism 481. 486. It would be most unlikely for fallout resulting from a major nuclear State the converse of this proposition. accident at the Zion, Illinois power plant to affect the region around ... If p then q. A. Toledo, Ohio B. Gary, Indiana C. Flint, Michigan D. Joplin, Missouri E. Buffalo, New York

D If q then p.

482. 487. Most governors and the U.S. president have what kind of power, enabling Jeannie Morris wrote a biography entitled "A Short Season." This them to veto parts of an appropriation bill? concerned a 26-year-old football player who came to terms with his impending death from cancer. Name that player.

line item veto (item veto) Brian Piccolo

483. 488. The Nazi war crimes trials were held in what city in southwest Germany? What opera by Strauss includes these variations? A. Cologne The Adventure with the Penitents B. Stuttgart The Knight's Vigil C. Frankfurt The Ride Through the Air D. Karlsruhe Combat with the Two Magicians E. Nuremberg Dialogue of the Knight & the Squire

E Don Quixote

484. 489. Name the musical instruments made of shells or hardwood which are held Name the zone around a continent from the low-water line to the point at in the palm of the hand and struck together as an accompaniment to music which there is a marked increase in slope to a great depth. or dance.

castanets continental shelf

485. 490. Which is not a grassland? You are requested to describe a series of events in exactly the same order A. veld in which they actually occurred in time. What five-syllable term describes B. taiga this kind of order? C. steppe D. prairie E. savanna

B chronological 491. 496. Name the wormlike larval stage of a fly. What organ behind the stomach and just below the diaphragm functions to destroy old red corpuscles and as a reservoir for blood? A. liver B. spleen C. kidney D. trachea E. gall bladder

maggot B

492. 497. Who was assassinated in 1965 in a Harlem mosque? The initial voyage of Christopher Columbus was sponsored by Ferdinand A. Malcolm X and Isabella to ... B. Anwar Sadat A. claim new Spanish territory C. Rajiv Gandhi B. locate a route to the Orient D. Medgar Evers C. explore western fishing grounds E. Martin Luther King D. evaluate navigation techniques E. locate the northwest passage

A B

493. 498. What is the next number in this series? What was the Roman name for Poseidon? 15 24 35 48 63 ...

80 Neptune

494. 499. Complete this syllogism. Which of these is an example of a plant with pinnately parallel venation? Either you flip or you do not whistle A. rose Dixie. B. grass You do not flip and whistle Dixie. C. banana Therefore ... D. elm tree E. cottonwood

you do not flip C

495. 500. In what play are these characters found? What interrogative statement follows these lines uttered by Juliet? Nicely Nicely Or if thou wilt not - be but sworn Benny Southstreet my love Rusty Charlie An I'll no longer be a Capulet. Nathan Detroit O! Be some other name ...

Guys and Dolls What's in a name? 501. 506. Several hundred miles due north of Lake Superior is what enormous bay? As I was going to St. Ives, I met a man with seven wives. Every wife had seven sacks. Every sack had seven cats. Every cat had seven kits. Kits, cats, sacks, wives -- How many were going to St. Ives?

Hudson Bay 1

502. 507. Usually we think of only the dimensions of length and width and A box contains 48 coins. thickness. But Einstein noted there was a fourth dimension. Name it. 1/2 are dimes. 1/3 are quarters. The rest are nickels. How much money is there in the box? A. $3.80 B. $4.90 C. $5.60 D. $6.80 E. $2.95

time D

503. 508. She received the gift of prophesy from Apollo under the condition that she Russian explorers and settlers figured prominently in the history of which would never be believed. Name her. state? A. Thetis A. Alaska B. Demeter B. Nevada C. Lavinia C. Vermont D. Cassandra D. Oklahoma E. Persephone E. Minnesota

D A

504. 509. In what great poem does the killing of an albatross seem to cause disaster The Smidleys have a gorgeous Samoyed that lives in their house. This on the high seas? only presents a problem about three weeks a year when the dog loses about ten full bags of hair. Such an annual hair loss is called ...

Rime of the Ancient Mariner molting (shedding)

505. 510. In which saying is the word "best" not the missing word? According to a poem by Walter de la Mare, "it is a very odd thing, as odd A. All --- things must end. as can be, that whatever Miss T. eats such as porridge and apples, mince, B. Honesty is the --- policy. muffins and mutton, all turns into ..." C. The --- things in life are free. D. He who laughs last laughs ---. E. The --- defense is a good offense.

A Miss T. 511. 516. The densest water in the ocean is around what continent? Name the group of very primitive peoples of southern Africa who make a living through a nomadic life in the Kalahari desert.

Antarctica bushmen

512. 517. Before Hawaii and Alaska were admitted as states, how many members Which creature possesses an organ called a spinneret? were there in the Senate? A. pronghorn antelope B. black widow spider C. Portuguese man-of-war D. diamondback rattlesnake E. white-breasted nuthatch

96 B

513. 518. A rower exerts a 9 pound force pulling the handle of an 8 foot oar 2 feet. Name the author who created these characters. The oarlock is 2 feet from the handle. The force against the oar blade is ... Yertle the Turtle A. 9 pounds Horton B. 3 pounds Bartholomew Cubbins C. 18 pounds D. 27 pounds E. 36 pounds

B Dr. Seuss (Theodor Geisel)

514. 519. What is the color of the waves of grain according to the song "America the What sea lies between the Asian cities of Shanghai and Seoul? Beautiful?"

amber Yellow Sea

515. 520. Which is not one of the visual elements that make up a visual work of art? An outline drawing of an object that is uniformly filled with black is A. line referred to as a ... B. shape A. wash C. color B. mobile D. weight C. collage E. texture D. silhouette E. still life

D D 521. 526. According to the proverb, what is it that is no stronger than its weakest Mendelssohn's familiar Wedding March was written as an overture to link? what Shakespearean comedy? A. As You Like It B. Taming of the Shrew C. Merry Wives of Windsor D. A Midsummer Night's Dream E. All's Well That Ends Well

a chain D

522. 527. What mythical figure was a tamer of horses and twin of Pollux? Who is not remembered as an artist? A. Gilbert Stuart B. Winslow Homer C. John J. Audubon D. Frederic Remington E. William Randolph Hearst

Castor E

523. 528. Spell the name of a bivalve mollusk which is a homophone for certain What type of vocal composition is written as a love song to be sung organs in the body such as the trapezius, gluteus maximus, and pectoralis beneath a lady's window in the evening? major. A. aria B. ballad C. requiem D. serenade E. overture

mussel D

524. 529. The peril of being tried twice for the same crime is ... Sluefoot Sue and Widowmaker were part of the tall tales about ... A. Mike Fink B. John Henry C. Pecos Bill D. Daniel Boone E. Davy Crockett

double jeopardy C

525. 530. Which would be classified as a blue-collar worker? A spherical map of the world is called a ... A. a teacher B. a machinist C. a politician D. a bank teller E. a real estate broker

B globe 531. 536. What vegetable is named after a city in Belgium? Standard conditions are maintained for what group in an experiment?

Brussels sprouts control group

532. 537. With what period were these names associated in European history? The process using heat at temperatures high enough to kill Titian nonspore-forming bacteria was named after whom? Donatello Rabelais El Greco Petrarch Erasmus

Renaissance Louis Pasteur

533. 538. Spell the name of the light theatrical entertainment popular at the turn of Which work was originally written in Greek? the 20th century which consisted of a series of short acts. A. Beowulf B. The Republic C. The Upanishads D. Nibelungenlied E. The Book of Changes

vaudeville B

534. 539. What French phrase is a foundation of the capitalist economic system? The planet with the lowest escape velocity is ... A. coup de gras A. Mars B. laissez-faire B. Pluto C. hors d'oeuvre C. Earth D. tour de force D. Venus E. l'homme propose - et Dieu dispose E. Uranus

B B

535. 540. The ecliptic is the apparent path of what among the stars? The half-life of a radioactive material is ten thousand years. If a fossil A. the Sun contains only 1/8 of the original amount of the material, how old is the B. the Moon fossil? C. the Earth A. 5,000 years D. the Milky Way B. 10,000 years E. the solar system C. 20,000 years D. 30,000 years E. 50,000 years

A D 541. 546. The concept of "supply-side" economics is most closely associated with ... Most blacks and many poor whites had no money after the Civil War. A. Harry Truman They would rent pieces of land from plantation owners and pay their rent B. John Kennedy by giving the plantation owner a portion of the crops they raised. This C. Jimmy Carter system was called ... D. Ronald Reagan E. Franklin Roosevelt

D sharecropping

542. 547. Which choice means nearly the opposite of this proverb? What seven-letter Italian name is given to the most distinguished and He who hesitates is lost. respected conductors, composers, and music teachers? A. A rolling stone gathers no moss. B. Haste makes waste. C. A stitch in time saves nine. D. Make hay while the sun shines. E. Look before you leap.

D maestro

543. 548. What story begins with these words? These fish are closely related to sharks and their appearance resembles Day had broken cold and gray when flattened sharks. Their pectoral fins are especially large and shaped like the man turned aside from the main wings. Name these marine carnivores. Yukon trail and climbed the high earth-bank, where a dim trail led eastward through the fat spruce timberland.

To Build a Fire rays

544. 549. What class of compounds is obtained by replacing the hydrogen atoms of Liability coverage in an insurance policy is expressed as 15/30/5. This hydrocarbons with chlorine and fluorine atoms? policy will pay up to how much for damage to property?

chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) $5000

545. 550. Name the author of this line. Who created characters such as Gooper, Maggie, and Big Daddy Pollitt? In a flash the panther knocked Kaa out of the tree and snatched Mowgli from him. A. Roald Dahl B. Norton Juster C. Rudyard Kipling D. Washington Irving E. Marjorie Rawlings

C Tennessee Williams 551. 556. Stranded in extraordinarily harsh winter conditions, members of which Complete this 1985 headline. group resorted to cannibalism? Nine impressionist paintings by A. Forty-Niners Monet and ---- are stolen. B. Donner Party A. Bosch C. Kitchen Cabinet B. Renoir D. Kon Tiki Expedition C. Titian E. Lewis and Clark Expedition D. Da Vinci E. Van Dyke

B B

552. 557. Many labor union contracts include clauses abbreviated as "COL" clauses. 10 is the sum of digits in a 2-digit number. When the digits are reversed, For what does "COL" stand? the new number is 18 less than the original number. What was the original number? A. 55 B. 64 C. 73 D. 82 E. 91

cost of living B

553. 558. What is the length of any side of a cube with a total surface area of 216 How are these drugs classified? square inches? psilocybin A. 5 mescaline B. 6 lysergic acid C. 7 D. 8 E. 9

B hallucinogens (or psychoactive drugs)

554. 559. What part of the body is injured in a concussion? The combined armies of Austria and what other country were soundly defeated by French troops under Napoleon at the Battle of Austerlitz?

brain (head) Russia

555. 560. One has to walk some fifteen miles to visit each of the 322 galleries Abner Doubleday is often cited as the inventor of baseball. He was also a housing nearly 3 million works of art. Name this enormous art gallery in general during what war? St. Petersburg that includes the Winter Palace of the czars.

Hermitage Civil War 561. 566. A small quantity of what is a dangerous thing according to Alexander Name the doughnut-shaped region where the Earth's magnetic field traps Pope? and wards off powerful radiation from space.

(a little) learning magnetosphere

562. 567. Mother Teresa received her Nobel Prize while living in ... About 400 years ago, Dutch explorers landed on Mauritus, an island in the A. Iran Indian Ocean. There they found one kind of bird as big as a turkey. This B. India bird had no true wings and was given a name that in Portuguese means C. China "stupid person." Name this now-extinct bird. D. Mongolia E. Cambodia

B dodo

563. 568. Name the German astronomer who first discovered that the orbits of Name the Austrian alpine flower prized by mountain climbers and praised planets are ellipses on which the planets revolve with an angular velocity in song in "The Sound of Music." inversely proportional to the square of their distance from the Sun.

Johannes Kepler edelweiss

564. 569. Winged seeds are typical of which plant? You have to wash 120 office windows and each window takes 2 minutes. A. spinach You must be done by 6 p.m. The latest you can start the work is ... B. black oak A. 11 a.m. C. Scotch pine B. noon D. morning glory C. 1 p.m. E. saguaro cactus D. 2 p.m. E. 3 p.m.

C D

565. 570. Which is an example of a conjunctive statement? In 1634, Anne Hutchinson left England and traveled with her husband and A. No vampire likes mirrors. family to what New World colony? B. The Blob is slimy or molten. C. All werewolves prefer full moons. D. Frank is hairy and Mothra is huge. E. It was an incredibly tiny behemoth.

D Massachusetts Bay 571. 576. Which energy source provides the smallest part of the total energy supply Express as a Roman numeral the number of planets in our solar system. of the United States annually? A. coal B. nuclear C. petroleum D. natural gas E. geothermal

E IX

572. 577. This line is from a song in a musical about what sport? Alice Gall and Fleming Crew wrote a well-known story about Nanook. You gotta have heart Nanook was a(n) ... A. seal B. wolf C. eagle D. Eskimo E. polar bear

baseball D

573. 578. What type of wound is illustrated by these accidents? Which word contains a diphthong? an arrow in the forearm A. mixture stepping on a nail B. employer C. bulldozer D. approximate E. phenomenon

puncture wound B

574. 579. Groups of citizens or businesses who attempt to influence congressional Farce and melodrama are two forms of what major category in drama? decisions are sometimes referred to as "PACS." For what does this abbreviation stand?

Political Action Committees comedy

575. 580. If the Earth had no atmosphere, which of these would no longer be visible The orbits of natural and artificial satellites are always ... from its surface? A. spiral A. stars B. circular B. comets C. elliptical C. planets D. tangental D. auroras E. straight lines E. constellations

D C 581. 586. What is the compound word that describes huge ships such as the Exxon A U.S. president who has served exactly half of his second term in office Valdez that transport enormous quantities of oil around the world? has served in that capacity for how many years?

supertanker 6

582. 587. One knight might challenge another during the Middle Ages by throwing The most common type of dissociative disorder involves a total loss of down a gauntlet. What did he throw? memory of the events surrounding a traumatic experience. Identify this A. a glove disorder. B. a sword C. a banner D. a wine glass E. a coat of arms

A amnesia

583. 588. What unusually large comet became visible to the naked eye in the spring Who was the author of a science fiction sequel in which Heywood Floyd of 1997? traveled to Jupiter with the intent of rescuing a spaceship that had been orbiting that planet for 9 years?

Hale-Bopp Arthur Clarke

584. 589. How many significant digits are there in the number 0.00044? This passage is from what Supreme Court case in 1896? ... the enforced separation of the races neither abridges the privileges or immunities of the colored man, deprives him of his property, nor denies him the equal protection of the law.

2 Plessy v. Ferguson

585. 590. What is declared by an individual or corporate debtor who is judged to be The struggle between the French and British which began in 1754 was insolvent and chooses to have any remaining properties distributed in known as the French and Indian War in America. By what name was this accordance with the law? war known in Canada and Europe?

bankruptcy Seven Years' War 591. 596. A defense attorney calls a witness to testify. Then the prosecution has the In Japan, the term "kabuki" refers to ... opportunity to question the same witness. Name this activity. A. a dwarfed tree B. a type of drama C. a form of suicide D. a meal of raw fish E. a method of self-defense

cross-examination B

592. 597. Whose explorations took him farthest west? What is the common name for an inflammation of the skin caused by A. Juan Cabrillo overexposure to ultraviolet rays? B. Henry Hudson C. Ponce de Leon D. Amerigo Vespucci E. Francisco Coronado

A sunburn

593. 598. Which author is noted for writing doggerel and silly poems? What is indicated by a symbol on sheet music that looks somewhat like an A. Judy Blume inverted top hat? B. Jonathan Wyss C. Rudyard Kipling D. Shel Silverstein E. Kenneth Grahame

D whole rest

594. 599. The provision that no person shall be compelled in any criminal case to be Who had a long and lucrative career as a Soviet and Russian mole in the a witness against himself is protection against ... CIA? A. double jeopardy A. Frank Kelso B. double indemnity B. Jeff Gillooly C. disfranchisement C. Aldrich Ames D. self-incrimination D. Vincent Foster E. cruel and unusual punishments E. William Webster

D C

595. 600. The French phrase "sans souci" means that a person is without ... What fictional character lost a shadow?

care (worry) Peter Pan 601. 606. The names Rutan and Yeager became prominent in 1986 for their work in P.T. Barnum popularized what female vocalist as the "Swedish ... Nightingale?" A. aviation A. Jenny Lind B. archaeology B. Beverly Sills C. AIDS research C. Marian Anderson D. psychic phenomena D. Marlene Dietrich E. earthquake prediction E. Jeanette MacDonald

A A

602. 607. Who is remembered for his milestone contributions in the field of The word element "ferro" indicates what metal? printing? A. Newton B. Kepler C. Galileo D. Gutenberg E. Copernicus

D iron

603. 608. Medieval Europeans used tallow ... Which sentence illustrates the use of a helping verb? A. in candles A. That smells great! B. as a beverage B. We will be going now. C. to make bronze C. Walt climbed the trees. D. as mortar in castle walls D. The rock is truly enormous. E. to replace parchment scrolls E. Get that horse off my foot!

A B

604. 609. This passage refers to the history of what country? What country drew considerable criticism for a series of atomic bomb tests In 1985, Pol Pot's retirement as it conducted in the South Pacific in 1995? head of the Khmer Rouge was A. Israel announced, although he retained B. Russia a military advisory role. C. France D. Pakistan E. Great Britain

Cambodia C

605. 610. One degree of longitude is equal to about how many minutes of time? Who could have been but was not manumitted? A. Malcolm-X B. Nat Turner C. Aaron Burr D. Sam Houston E. Horace Greeley

4 minutes B 611. 616. What mineral with a distinctive yellow color is also an element? The name for this disease is derived from a Latin word meaning "bad air." It is transmitted by the anopheles mosquito. Name this tropical disease.

sulfur malaria

612. 617. What mythical character spoke these words to his son? Which composer wrote these lines? Don't go too low or water will weigh There were more than a thousand the wings down. Don't go too high or reeds springing up like weeds, there the sun's fire will burn them. were horns of every shape and kind. A. Cupid A. Frederick Loewe B. Mercury B. George Gershwin C. Daedalus C. Meredith Willson D. Hercules D. Leonard Bernstein E. Poseidon E. Oscar Hammerstein

C C

613. 618. Which was invented first? A two-inch thick layer of finished gravel must be laid on a 20-foot wide A. telescope roadway for 1 mile. The material weighs 100 pounds per cubic foot. How B. telegraph many tons are needed? C. steam engine D. printing press E. magnetic compass

E 880 tons

614. 619. What four states whose names begin with the letter "M" border upon A postage stamp that has been used has been ... Canada?

Maine, Montana, Minnesota, Michigan canceled

615. 620. The statistical hypothesis to be tested in any experimental situation is set What numbers on a single rolled die meet these conditions? up as one to be rejected. What is the name for this hypothesis? -the result is less than 4 -the result is odd

null hypothesis 1 and 3 621. 626. Chewing gum sticks to shoes and chalk sticks to a blackboard because of Narcissus was particularly fond of whose image? ... A. cohesion B. adhesion C. diffusion D. malleability E. surface tension

B his own

622. 627. What form of government was Einstein extolling with these words? Miltie Freeman's hamburger shop was really doing badly. Miltie torched Let every man be respected as an the place and collect the insurance. What crime did he commit? individual and no man idolized. It is an irony of fate that I myself have been the recipient of excessive admiration, through no fault and no merit of my own.

democracy arson

623. 628. Directors put pieces of tape on the stage floor to guide actors to certain Add the digit in the hundreds place of 1780 to the digit in the thousandths positions during a play. These guides are called ... place of .6352. A. cues A. 7 B. flats B. 10 C. props C. 12 D. marks D. 15 E. traces E. 17

D C

624. 629. Deimos is one of the two moons of Mars. Name the other. Ancient Sumerians are believed to have built the first oar-powered ships around 3500 B.C. Name either of the rivers upon which they were first used.

Phobos Tigris, Euphrates

625. 630. From what nation did England acquire the land of Acadia? Which drugs are stimulants? A. India A. marijuana and hashish B. Spain B. nicotine and caffeine C. Egypt C. mescaline and angel dust D. Burma D. alcohol and morphine E. France E. morphine and LSD

E B 631. 636. What are the two major factors involved in describing a climate? Dehydrating agents absorb what from other substances? A. altitude and latitude B. plant and animal life C. longitude and altitude D. wind speed and humidity E. precipitation and temperature

E water

632. 637. What literary device is used in this selection from a poem by Elizabeth T. Which word is spelled incorrectly? Corbett? A. omitted Three wise old women were they B. apparant were they. C. synthesis Who went to walk on a winter day. D. circumstance E. conscientious

alliteration B

633. 638. The longest stretch of naturally navigable river water for ocean-going Rigel is in the same constellation as what other enormous star? vessels in the world is the ... A. Nile B. Congo C. Amazon D. Mississippi E. St. Lawrence

C Betelugeuse

634. 639. What gas is given off during the respiration of whales and porpoises? In an outline about European geography, which line illustrates the most specific topic? A. Switzerland B. Lake Geneva C. Central Europe D. Bodies of Water E. Natural Resources

carbon dioxide B

635. 640. Name the federal agency established in 1932 which supervises banks and Name the author of these works. guarantees bank deposits. Big Two-Hearted River The Snows of Kilimanjaro The Sun Also Rises

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Ernest Hemingway 641. 646. Which author argued that the indiscriminate use of herbicides and Portuguese and Bantu are the two primary languages of ... insecticides constitutes a hazard to wildlife and humans? A. Egypt A. Ayn Rand B. Angola B. Pearl Buck C. Nigeria C. Harper Lee D. Algeria D. Rachel Carson E. South Africa E. Margaret Mitchell

D B

642. 647. Which technique could not be used effectively in a watercolor painting? Mighty Mouse can fly one mile in 1 second. How far can this heroic A. impasto rodent fly in 2 hours? B. stippling A. 3,600 miles C. superposition B. 5,800 miles D. texture gradient C. 8,400 miles E. aerial perspective D. 4,200 miles E. 7,200 miles

A E

643. 648. The oak has a long slender root with short lateral rootlets. Name this root Whose last words might these have been? system. I am perishing - expiring - passing away - petering out - departing this life - quitting this world - making my exit - croaking - cashing in my chips - pegging out ...

tap root system Peter Roget

644. 649. The least annual precipitation falls on which city? Name the author associated with these characters. A. Havana, Cuba Danny Deever B. Vienna, Austria Mowgli C. Damascus, Syria Fuzzy Wuzzy D. Caracas, Venezuela Rikki-tikki-tavi E. Wellington, New Zealand

C Kipling

645. 650. Flash floods are particularly dangerous when confined in an ... On a piano keyboard, the G-sharp key is the same as what other key? A. atoll B. arroyo C. aquifer D. avalanche E. alluvial fan

B A-flat 651. 656. Which line illustrates the use of dialect? Tom Canty was about to be crowned King Edward VI but he could not A. Little one, come to my knee reveal the whereabouts of the Great Seal because he was actually just a B. Once upon a midnight dreary beggar boy who had traded places with the real prince. Name this story by C. "Not exactly," I answered coldly Mark Twain. D. We growed up together nat'ril like E. Five fat fowls flew to Fred's farm for food

D The Prince and the Pauper

652. 657. Which is not a bright star? Name the character who said this. A. Vega I keep picturing all these kids B. Rigel playing some game in this big field C. Ceres of rye and all, and I'm standing D. Sirius on the edge of some crazy cliff. E. Canopus I have to catch everybody.

C Holden Caulfield

653. 658. A tax imposed on the retail price of an item is called a ... William Gibson's "The Miracle Worker" was about ... A. use tax A. Clara Barton B. poll tax B. Helen Keller C. sales tax C. Abigail Adams D. progressive tax D. Eleanor Roosevelt E. withholding tax E. Harriet Beecher Stowe

C B

654. 659. During February, the area which experiences the greatest average What Assyrian was called the "Law Giver?" difference between its daily high and low temperatures is ... A. Cuzco, Peru B. Rome, Italy C. London, England D. Vancouver, Canada E. Melbourne, Australia

A Hammurabi

655. 660. They lived upon an island and lured voyagers to their doom by their The monarch butterfly has a terrible taste to birds and is avoided. The captivating music. Ulysses had his men fill their ears with wax to avoid viceroy butterfly bears a superficial resemblance to the monarch and is them. Who were they? also avoided. What is the name for this functional adaptation?

Sirens mimicry 661. 666. Dr. Flubadub had just completed open-heart surgery when he realized that Name the form of acting in which body movement along with facial his watch, wedding ring, and wig had been accidentally sewn into the expression and gesture are relied on exclusively to tell a story or express a patient. This physician will almost certainly be named in what kind of situation. lawsuit?

malpractice pantomime

662. 667. Two plates meet head-on. One plate is forced downward beneath the Who is remembered as a "fifth columnist?" other into the asthenosphere. Such a downward movement often creates A. Tokyo Rose ... B. Cecil Rhodes A. atoll C. Vidkun Quisling B. trench D. Joseph Goebbels C. seamount E. Edward R. Murrow D. submarine canyon E. continental divide

B C

663. 668. The "Angel of the Crimea" was the first woman to be given the Order of Madeline and her twin named Roderick were the only surviving members Merit by an English king. Who was she? of a certain family according to Poe. What was the family name?

Florence Nightingale Usher

664. 669. One of Machiavelli's prime motives in writing "The Prince" was to What unit of time measurement equals 36/864ths of a mean solar day? encourage whom to unite Italy? A. Charlemagne B. Augustus Caesar C. Benito Mussolini D. Cosimo de' Medici E. Lorenzo the Magnificent

E 1 hour

665. 670. Which word lacks a suffix that means "small?" Which crime would be most directly associated with a pyromaniac? A. rivulet A. arson B. dinette B. perjury C. childish C. assault D. particle D. child abuse E. molecule E. manslaughter

C A 671. 676. These art relics were created in what ancient country? Which phrase describes stock in a company with an established record of the Yakshi Torso making money and paying dividends? the North Gate of the Great Stupa A. blue chip Chaitya Hall B. prime rate the statue of Siva as Nataraja C. pink sheet D. bull market E. brand name

India A

672. 677. What is the conclusion given these two premises? What three numbers follow in this series? -All Martians are cuddly. 2 1 3 2 4 3 5 4 6 ... -Zyglonk is not cuddly.

Zyglonk is not a Martian. 5 7 6

673. 678. What now defunct airline was held responsible because of lax security in A questionable 1995 poll found that 2 percent of Americans claim to have the downing of one of its aircraft over Lockerbie, Scotland by a terrorist been abducted and taken aboard spacecraft by aliens. This would amount bomb? to about how many people? A. 500 B. 5000 C. 50,000 D. 500,000 E. 5,000,000

Pan American E

674. 679. Spell the four-syllable word rhyming with "sour" that refers to a Marco Polo made an incredible overland journey to China in the 14th white-headed vegetable. century. His journey began in what modern day European country?

cauliflower Italy

675. 680. Identify the radioactive, inert gas formed by the decay of trace amounts of On a magnetic compass, what direction is exactly opposite from south uranium found in most rocks. south east?

radon north north west 681. 686. The surface features of Asia comprise its ... Which fraction is not paired correctly with its decimal equivalent? A. holography A. 2/5 .4 B. lithography B. 3/4 .75 C. topography C. 1/8 .125 D. bibliography D. 2/3 .333 E. seismography E. 5/6 .833

C D

682. 687. Which character is associated with .4536 kilograms of cardiac tissue? The entire surface of the Moon can be observed from Earth ... A. Shylock A. never B. Dr. Heidegger B. over a period of 24 hours C. Simon Legree C. over a period of 28 days D. Madame Defarge D. during a 1-year period E. Cyrano De Bergerac E. during a 14-year period

A A

683. 688. Fly is to maggot as moth is to ... To what continent was John O'Sullivan referring when he said this in 1845? It was our manifest destiny to overspread the continent. A. Africa B. Australia C. Antarctica D. North America E. South America

caterpillar D

684. 689. Name the eye disease characterized by an increase in internal pressure. These painters were all from what country? Rubens Hals Van Dyck Rembrandt

glaucoma Netherlands

685. 690. The "metric mile" is a race that covers a distance of how many meters? He took a three foot-long glass tube, closed one end, and filled it with mercury. When he inverted the tube in a bowl of mercury, only a little flowed out, leaving a mercury column about thirty inches above the level of the mercury in the bowl. Name him.

1500 Evangelista Torricelli 691. 696. This atoll in the South Pacific was used as a test site for atomic bombs What is the household name for dilute ethanoic acid? after World War II. It remained uninhabitable even in the 1990s due to a tremendous amount of residual radiation. Name it.

Bikini vinegar

692. 697. Platinum didn't work. He then tried 6000 species of carbonized vegetable Spell the heteronym that as a verb means "to loiter" or as an adjective fiber and found bamboo was best for his invention. Who was he? means "to be covered with a thick petroleum substance." A. Samuel Colt B. Eli Whitney C. Robert Fulton D. Thomas Edison E. George Eastman

D tarry

693. 698. What planet was named after the Roman god of the dead and ruler of the Name the drama by Tennessee Williams which is based on the memories underworld? of a merchant seaman who deserted his mother and sister.

Pluto The Glass Menagerie

694. 699. If two circles are tangent to each other, the greatest number of common Plantations and slavery were most common in which early American tangents the two circles can have is ... colony? A. 1 A. New York B. 2 B. New Jersey C. 3 C. Rhode Island D. 4 D. New Hampshire E. 5 E. North Carolina

C E

695. 700. Which is the only possible outcome for a Supreme Court decision? What contagious disease is marked by swelling and inflammation of the A. 5 to 5 parotid glands in front of and below the ears? B. 6 to 5 C. 7 to 2 D. 8 to 5 E. 9 to 3

C mumps 701. 706. In which region would a meteorologist be most likely to measure a pH of These resort areas are found in what mountain system? 3 in rainwater? Arlberg A. Florida Keys Cortina d'Ampezzo B. Monterey Bay St. Moritz C. Niagara Falls Lucerne D. the Grand Canyon Interlaken E. Badlands of South Dakota Kitzbuhel

C Alps

702. 707. A black line with half-circles on a weather map indicates ... To the nearest million miles, how far does light travel in 10 seconds? A. snow A. 1 B. high pressure B. 2 C. moderate winds C. 3 D. an occluded front D. 4 E. a high precipitation probability E. 5

B B

703. 708. Which is an abbreviation for the federal agency that licenses radio and What term in economics means that there exists a single seller who has television stations? exclusive control of the supply and marketing of some product or service? A. EEOC B. FAA C. FCA D. FCC E. NRC

D monopoly

704. 709. Blubber is a layer of tissue found abundantly in ... What noun relating to rocketry was derived from the Latin stem "intrare" A. whales meaning "within" and the prefix "re" meaning "again?" B. sharks C. salmon D. squids E. urchins

A reentry

705. 710. What is the common three-letter term for the clay-silt-water mixture What conquistador was responsible for the murder of the Aztec leader, typical of continental shelves? Montezuma?

mud Hernando Cortez 711. 716. A group of similar living cells which perform the same function is a(n) ... It winds in and out, over mountain and stream, for about 1500 miles. It A. tract starts at the sea opposite Beijing and travels inland almost to the Gobi B. organ Desert. It is faced with brick or granite and is filled with earth. What is C. tissue it? D. system E. organism

C Great Wall of China

712. 717. In 1892, the Russian bacteriologist Dmitri Ivanovsky discovered a disease You are holding a handful of completely decomposed radium atoms. agent so small it could easily pass through a filter designed to bar the Therefore you are holding a handful of what element? passage of even the smallest bacteria. What had he discovered?

viruses lead

713. 718. An arch is made of several stones with the main support placed on the Which tree is a conifer? center at the top. Name this stone. A. oak B. alder C. banana D. sequoia E. mangrove

keystone D

714. 719. An alcoholic beverage is labeled 60 proof. What percentage of this Who was a member of a band of outlaws known as the Wild Bunch? beverage is composed of alcohol? A. Black Bart B. Belle Starr C. Butch Cassidy D. William Bonney E. Joaquin Murrieta

30% C

715. 720. Complete this quote by Yogi Berra. If all jellos are good and no good things are wholesome and this dish is a The game isn't over till it's ... jello, then this dish is ...

over not wholesome 721. 726. What is the general name for this formula for presenting an argument? Given this data, who is richest? All clouds contain water vapor. Perot is richer than Trump. This is a cloud. Rockefeller is richer than Cosby. Therefore it contains water vapor. Onassis is richer than Perot. Trump is richer than Rockefeller.

syllogism Onassis

722. 727. An abnormally high temperature of the body is called a ... Which painting was created first? A. Sunflowers B. The Blue Boy C. View of Toledo D. The Last Supper E. Christina's World

fever D

723. 728. Which is one of the Hawaiian islands? In 1945, a World Zionist Congress in London asked the British to allow A. Oahu significant numbers of European Jews to emigrate into ... B. Guam A. Egypt C. Tonga B. Palestine D. Iwo Jima C. Turkestan E. Pago Pago D. Mesopotamia E. Saudi Arabia

A B

724. 729. A ship sailing due east from Southern Oman would eventually run into the The x-coordinate of a point is the ... shores of what country? A. abcisa B. absissa C. abcissa D. abscissa E. abbscissa

India D

725. 730. To what colony does this extract refer? In 1891, Paul Gauguin sold all his paintings and set sail for an island upon The draft of the Basic Law was which he would spend the rest of his life. Name that island. released which will govern the territory after Britain relinquishes control and Beijing takes over in 1997.

Hong Kong Tahiti 731. 736. What is the infinitive in this passage by Artemus Ward? For three or four months every winter, most of the ports on which sea are I have already given two cousins to icebound? the war and I stand ready to A. Red Sea sacrifice my wife's brother. B. Baltic Sea C. Yellow Sea D. Arabian Sea E. Sea of Japan

to sacrifice B

732. 737. A group of merchant ships traveling under the protection of warships What three Latin words that refer to an indispensable component literally during the Second World War was called a ... mean "without which nothing?"

convoy sine qua non

733. 738. Many astronomers think there are at least 200 billion billion stars. That is What is the name of a series of specially-built small alleys with which a 2 with how many zeros behind it? psychologists test the learning abilities of animals such as rats?

twenty maze

734. 739. The winds that fanned the terrible fires that devastated hundreds of homes In Gore Vidal's fictional account of a historic American duel, these were in Southern California in October of 1993 are the ... whose words? A. Santa Anas At the crucial moment his hand B. Santa Marias shook and mine never does. C. Santa Monicas D. Santa Barbaras E. Santa Catalinas

A Aaron Burr

735. 740. Which is an incorrect blood type designation? Identify the term now used to mean criticism or opposition that was A. A originally a German acronym for anti-aircraft fire during World War II. B. E C. O D. B E. AB

B flak 741. 746. Name the Greek scientist who held these beliefs. What type of injury commonly results from sliding into second base? -heavy objects fall faster than light A. abrasion ones B. incision -the heart is the seat of intelligence C. fracture -maggots spontaneously generate D. puncture from decaying meat E. laceration

Aristotle A

742. 747. What is the Celsius equivalent of 68 degrees Fahrenheit? What substance formerly used in many types of paint and sometimes still A. 20 degrees C used as a gasoline additive is a toxin linked to reduced IQ, hearing loss, B. 28 degrees C and slow growth among young children? C. 34 degrees C D. 38 degrees C E. 44 degrees C

A lead

743. 748. What should the last word be in this sentence? The lowest point in the United States is in California. Name this region. Poe's romance with Mrs. Stanard was purely plutonic.

platonic Death Valley

744. 749. Donna says that plants will always grow faster in yellow light than in red Carpal tunnel syndrome is an occupational disorder that causes a prickling light. Her statement is best described as a(n) ... sensation or numbness in what part of the body? A. theory B. deduction C. principle D. hypothesis E. conclusion

D hand (or wrist)

745. 750. Which factor is not responsible for transient variations in blood pressure? A coyote falls 4,500 feet into a canyon and then bounces back up 3,000 A. age feet. How far is he from where he began? B. posture C. exercise D. digestion E. emotional states

A 1500 feet 751. 756. The opposite of segregation is ... A recent dictionary defines the word "right" as the side of the body that is toward the south when one faces the sunrise. It then defines "south" as the general direction to the right of sunrise. This illustrates what kind of a definition?

integration circular definition

752. 757. Joe Schmooe wanted to go fishing on a nearby creek but his access was What is the common collective term for these substances? only through Wally Wonger's ranch. He crossed the ranch without thiamine Wally's permission and was caught. Joe had committed what tort? niacin riboflavin ascorbic acid

trespass vitamins

753. 758. Which is not part of the seven Articles of the Constitution? What four letter abbreviation in the military stands for an offense less A. Bill of Rights serious than desertion but still involves a soldier's absence from his B. executive branch station? C. relationships of states D. congressional compensation E. ratification process for laws

A AWOL

754. 759. Which endangered mammal is not native to North America? Name the Italian artist born in 1452 who created these works. A. red wolf Adoration of the Magi B. snow leopard Madonna of the Rocks C. black-footed ferret Lady with an Ermine D. Morro Bay kangaroo rat The Last Supper E. Vancouver Island marmot

B Leonardo da Vinci

755. 760. A discount made by refunding a portion of the purchase price is called a ... The declination of a star is analogous to its ... A. parallax B. latitude C. polarity D. longitude E. precession

rebate B 761. 766. Handel's servant found him with tears streaming from his eyes, saying "I What is the name for a literary composition written in the form of a letter did think I did see all Heaven before me, and the great God himself!" such as those that comprise twenty-one books of the New Testament? Handel had just completed what chorus?

Hallelujah Chorus epistle

762. 767. In the Old West, when a sheriff needed help to pursue a gang of criminals, This extract is about what American legendary character? he would sometimes organize a group of townsfolk to assist him. Such a He would travel after nightfall, start group was called a ... again at early morn, He was planting seeds of apples for the children yet unborn.

posse Johnny Appleseed (John Chapman)

763. 768. Scientists who work at the Palomar and Kitt Peak observatories probably The thickest loess deposits in the United States are located ... know a great deal about ... A. in southern Arizona A. atolls, coasts, and oceans B. east of the Great Lakes B. nebulae, galaxies, and comets C. along the Hawaiian coastline C. arthropods, fish, and mammals D. near Cape Canaveral in Florida D. minerals, gems, and sediments E. near the Missouri River in Iowa E. emotions, intelligence, and neuroses

B E

764. 769. Which form of dance is especially associated with Polynesian people? Which line is not associated with some American political figure? A. hula A. Peace in our time B. polka B. The buck stops here. C. rumba C. He kept us out of war. D. cancan D. Tippecanoe and Tyler too E. flamenco E. Fifty-four forty or fight

A A

765. 770. The glossary in a book is a list of ... A person with which disorder has an obsession with weight loss? A. topics covered A. colitis B. tables and graphs B. bulimia C. words and meanings C. insomnia D. chapters of the book D. narcolepsy E. references cited in the book E. hypochondriasis

C B 771. 776. Birds, snakes, and crabs all ... Three factors govern the height of waves produced by wind. Two of these A. molt are fetch and wind duration. What is the third? B. hibernate C. have scales D. build cocoons E. have binocular vision

A wind velocity

772. 777. What mythical character answered this question? What is illustrated in this passage? What walks on 4 legs in the morning The last time I saw him he was and 2 legs at midday and 3 legs in walking down Lover's Lane holding the evening? his own hand. A. stoicism B. narcissism C. skepticism D. monasticism E. aestheticism

Oedipus B

773. 778. During which war were expressionism and cubism most popular? What small, metal instrument with two prongs vibrates to produce a A. Crimean War particular pitch when it is struck? B. First World War C. War of the Roses D. Peloponnesian War E. American Revolutionary War

B tuning fork

774. 779. The distance between a point source of light and a screen is doubled. The The three parts of an insect's body includes the head, thorax, and ... illumination on the screen will change by a factor of ... A. 1/2 B. 1/4 C. 2 D. 4 E. 8

B abdomen

775. 780. What is described below? What remained in Pandora's box after it had been opened? a set of points which is the union of 2 rays having the same end-point

an angle hope 781. 786. Citrus fruits are not commercially grown in ... Bangladesh is a tiny nation on the ... A. Idaho A. eastern border of China B. Texas B. eastern border of India C. Hawaii C. northern border of Vietnam D. Florida D. southern border of Thailand E. Arizona E. northern border of Afghanistan

A B

782. 787. What is the y-intercept of the graph of this equation? Name the battle of December of 1944 that was centered in the Ardennes. y = (x-1) squared + 2

3 Battle of the Bulge

783. 788. Silverware often becomes discolored or dulled when exposed to air. This What solid figure is generated when a circle is rotated about a diameter? phenomenon is called ...

tarnishing (oxidation) sphere

784. 789. The victim's blood is bright red and gushing forth in spurts synchronized Legislative bills having support from both parties have ---- support. with his pulse. Therefore you know the victim is bleeding from what kind A. binary of vessel? B. bipolar C. binomial D. bipartite E. bipartisan

artery E

785. 790. Name the author who was also a main character in these works. What is consuming the person in this ditty? The First Four Years Oh, gee, The Long Winter It's up to my knee. These Happy Golden Years Oh, my, Little House in the Big Woods It's up to my thigh. Oh, fiddle, It's up to my middle Oh, heck, It's up to my neck

Laura Ingalls Wilder boa constrictor 791. 796. He returned home and ordered a great feast. To his dismay, food in his What is the last word in this ditty by Ogden Nash? hands became melted gold. Who was he? The trouble with a kitten is A. Midas THAT B. Charon Eventually it becomes a ... C. Orpheus D. Tartarus E. Charybdis

A CAT

792. 797. Who has been referred to as the Canadian Kipling? Which word functions as a coordinating conjunction in this line? A. Robert Frost We were horribly afraid of vampires B. Robert Peary so we always wore garlic at night. C. Robert Service D. Robert Preston E. Robert Louis Stevenson

C so

793. 798. Tides are caused principally by the gravitational attractions of what two Which term is least inclusive? heavenly bodies? A. gun B. firearm C. weapon D. revolver E. armament

Moon, Sun D

794. 799. It would be most likely to see a photograph of which scientist involved in The Latin words "post mortem" mean ... sorting fossils? A. Carl Sagan B. Nikola Tesla C. Louis Leakey D. Michael Faraday E. Stephen Hawking

C after death

795. 800. Name the French museum that houses many of the world's greatest Around 1802, Napoleon decided to garrison a force of 28,000 men at New treasures of European art. Orleans. But his force was devastated by war and yellow fever when it A. Louvre landed on what island to suppress an uprising for independence under B. Bastille Toussaint L'Ouverture? C. Notre Dame D. Eiffel Tower E. Champs Elysees

A Haiti 801. 806. This soft, dense, blue-gray metal is used in many things such as solder and What is the perimeter of a square with a side of 7 feet? radiation shields, but its greatest single use is in car batteries. Name it.

lead 28 feet

802. 807. The two principal types of air masses are distinguished by the amount of Melvin reported that while looking at an object, he finds that some parts heat energy they contain. The letter "P" refers to cold polar air masses. of the object are in focus while others are not. This indicates that Mel What letter refers to warm air masses generated over the lower latitudes? probably suffers from what common visual defect?

T astigmatism

803. 808. Which song was not popular during the American Civil War? This passage describes what category of galaxies? A. Dixie They are disk-shaped and have two B. Over There to four arms that rotate around a C. John Brown's Body dense center. D. The Battle Cry of Freedom E. When Johnny Comes Marching Home

B spiral galaxies

804. 809. What is the name for a collection of atoms of one type which cannot be What very common human condition usually lasts about 266 days? decomposed into simpler units by any chemical transformation?

element pregnancy (gestation)

805. 810. In 1994 in Cass County, North Dakota, $406 million was raised in all What time is it if it is 120 minutes to 4? kinds of federal taxes there. In that same year, Cass County got $530 million back from the government in payments, salaries, grants, procurements, and loans. The net benefit to the county was ...

$124 million 2 o'clock 811. 816. Woodchucks spend the entire winter sleeping. During this period they are In the song from the musical, "Oklahoma," the corn is as high as the eye of in ... a ... A. swine B. feline C. bovine D. ruminant E. pachyderm

hibernation E

812. 817. The greatest amount of saturated fat is present in one tablespoon of ... Joseph Heller flew 60 combat missions over Italy and France. This A. butter experience underlies his novel in which the central character is named B. yogurt Yossarian. Name the novel. C. ginger ale D. onion flakes E. tomato catsup

A Catch-22

813. 818. Stringed instruments such as the cello or violin are usually played with a What term that rhymes with the name for a flock of geese means to argue separate stringed device called a ... about the price of something?

bow haggle

814. 819. Which country was used in 1979 as a staging area by Vietnamese troops What figure of speech is illustrated in this verse about a ram? for the invasion of Cambodia? The ram had four legs to walk upon, A. Laos This ram had four legs to stand, B. Burma And every leg he had, sir, C. Thailand Stood on an acre of land. D. Malaysia E. North Korea

A hyperbole

815. 820. Each molecule of a certain compound consists of two atoms of oxygen and Another name for coal miner's disease is ... one atom of silicon. It could be ... A. ozone B. sugar C. quartz D. plastic E. table salt

C black lung 821. 826. A rock is thrown upward with a velocity of 100 meters per second. It will Sports figures and entertainers often employ a person who is given the rise to what height? power to commit them to legally binding contracts and to negotiate jobs. A. 68 meters Such a person is called an ... B. 100 meters C. 250 meters D. 510 meters E. 924 meters

D agent

822. 827. Ancient Greeks classified all matter in one of four categories of elements. Which prefix is not correctly paired with its meaning? Which was not one of the four? A. opto - eye A. air B. hemo - blood B. fire C. cardio - gland C. water D. cephalo - head D. earth E. gastro - stomach E. light

E C

823. 828. These lyrics are from what song? Lyndon Johnson was sworn into office in what city? Where Betsey, sore-footed, lay down to repose, With wonder Ike gazed on that Pike County rose.

Sweet Betsey from Pike Dallas, Texas

824. 829. Some people seem to believe that they will suffer bad luck if they open an Name either of the two prepositions which are commonly used in similes. umbrella inside the house or break a mirror. Such beliefs are called ...

superstitions like, as

825. 830. After the Battle of Lodi in 1796, from his small stature, youthful age, and An enclosed space from which almost all matter has been removed is great courage, Napoleon Bonaparte was given what nickname? called a ...

Little Corporal vacuum 831. 836. The toes of its limbs end in strong curved claws. It lives upside down What fraction of the U.S. Senate was elected during the elections of 1994? hanging by these claws on branches of trees. Algae grows in its hair A. 1/3 giving it a greenish color. Name this very slow-moving animal of South B. 1/4 America. C. 1/2 D. 2/3 E. 3/4

sloth A

832. 837. What type of cloud might be described as having great vertical Which layer contains 75% of the gases of the atmosphere? development?

cumulus (cumulonimbus) troposphere

833. 838. The outermost layer of an animal embryo which eventually develops into Which instrument has eight strings, a pear-shaped body, and a fretted the skin and nervous system is called the ... neck? A. oboe B. zither C. bassoon D. mandolin E. harpsichord

ectoderm D

834. 839. Which type of band is especially associated with the Caribbean? What continental U.S. state west of Minnesota has the narrowest northern A. jug band border? B. big band C. steel band D. marching band E. honky-tonk band

C Idaho

835. 840. What two words are used by EMT's and physicians for these four What adverb best completes this Tom Swifty? observable phenomena? "My blood pressure doesn't register," blood pressure said Tom ... pulse A. literally respiration rate B. impulsively temperature C. rhetorically D. figuratively E. painstakingly

vital signs B 841. 846. Who adapted a Grimm's fairy tale in this way? What division of chemical elements has these characteristics? Even in a nightcap, a wolf doesn't -shiny surfaces look any more like your grandmother -hard and opaque than the Metro-Goldwyn lion looks -ductile and malleable like Calvin Coolidge. So the little -conductors of heat and electricity girl took an automatic out of her basket and shot the wolf dead.

James Thurber metals

842. 847. The English author of "The Story of Mrs. Tubbs" and "Gub Gub's Book" Which is not a citrus fruit? also wrote ... A. peach A. Peter Pan B. lemon B. The Jungle Book C. orange C. Where the Sidewalk Ends D. tangerine D. Through the Looking Glass E. grapefruit E. The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle

E A

843. 848. The answer of the accused in response to the charges made against him is If there were 12 California condors counted in 168 square miles, what was called his ... their density per square mile? A. plea A. 14.0 B. reply B. 70.0 C. retort C. 0.07 D. rejoinder D. 12.0 E. acknowledgment E. 168

A C

844. 849. Which country was not part of the Arab League formed in 1945? What was broken when Freddie Fernwald fractured his femur? A. Iraq A. leg B. Syria B. hip C. Egypt C. arm D. Israel D. nose E. Lebanon E. ankle

D A

845. 850. Hunter is to hunted as predator is to ... What short story by O. Henry opens with these lines? One dollar and eighty-seven cents. That was all. And sixty cents of it was in pennies.

prey The Gift of the Magi 851. 856. The hereditary sugar utilization deficiency disease is called ... Tetanus is also known as ... A. lockjaw B. pinkeye C. leprosy D. indigestion E. farsightedness

diabetes A

852. 857. What was being sold with this ad? It is bounded by a line from Florida to Bermuda on one side, from The 88000 runs at a blistering Bermuda to Puerto Rico on another, and from Puerto Rico back to Florida 14-17 MIPS, 7 million floating-point on the third. Identify this supposedly mysterious region of the Atlantic operations per second, and an Ocean. incredible 50 MIPS in parallel processing applications using just four 88000 chips.

a computer Bermuda Triangle

853. 858. Which is the name of a European family of bankers and financiers? What word that sounds very much like the call of a certain type of bird A. Rossini refers to someone who pretends to have the means or power to cure B. Rostand disease? C. Rothschild D. Rosencranz E. Rostenkowski

C quack

854. 859. The three basic steps in the procedure of cardiopulmonary resuscitation Which document was a foundation of the women's rights movement? are abbreviated with the letters ABC. These letters stand for airway, A. Wilmot Proviso breathing, and what else? B. Atlantic Charter C. Ostend Manifesto D. Declaration of Rights E. Seneca Falls Declaration

circulation E

855. 860. Approximately 75 cubic miles of rock disappeared in the explosion of There are 90 roosters on Uncle Miltie's rooster ranch. 2 out of 5 of these what volcanic island in Indonesia in 1883? birds can cluck and whistle Dixie and the same time. How many cannot A. Krakatoa perform this feat? B. Pinatubo C. Vesuvius D. Paricutin E. Stromboli

A 54 861. 866. Who wrote the horror books known as the "Goosebumps" series? Which state capital is farthest to the west? A. R.L. Stine A. Boston B. Joanna Cole B. Topeka C. Donald Sobol C. Honolulu D. Ann M. Martin D. Des Moines E. Beverly Cleary E. Sacramento

A C

862. 867. This principle states that as more and more cost is expended on a given Who was not a Nobel Prize winner in literature? objective, the benefits per unit of cost decrease. This principle is known A. Thomas Mann as the law of diminishing ... B. Sinclair Lewis C. William Faulkner D. Albert Michelson E. Winston Churchill

returns D

863. 868. Name the author who created the characters below. A person's brain waves are classified by letters of the Greek alphabet. the Mock Turtle What category of brain waves would primarily be emitted by a person who the White Queen is meditating? the March Hare the Mad Hatter

Lewis Carroll alpha

864. 869. Organizations of workers that serve the member's interests with respect to What group of creatures are ectothermic vertebrates intermediate between wages and working conditions are known as labor ... fish and reptiles?

unions amphibians

865. 870. Which author is responsible for this quote? Who is probably the best example of a megalomaniac? "My great-grandaddy's great- A. Salman Rushdie grandaddy live nex door ter whar ol' B. Saddam Hussein grandaddy cricket live at." C. David Livingstone A. Henry Fielding D. Margaret Thatcher B. Theodore Dreiser E. Robert Oppenheimer C. Washington Irving D. Erle Stanley Gardner E. Joel Chandler Harris

E B 871. 876. What movement in art and literature is described in this passage? The tracheophytes possess two kinds of vascular tissues. Name them. It sought to break down the boundaries between rationality and irrationality, while exploring the resources and revolutionary energies of dreams, hallucinations, and sexual desire.

surrealism xylem, phloem

872. 877. Fletcher Christian was among the first colonists to live on ... Oxpecker birds obtain food from the ticks infesting rhinoceros skin. A. Easter Island Rhinos are cleaned and get early warning of approaching dangers by the B. Andros Island oxpeckers. This relationship illustrates what type of symbiosis? C. Pitcairn Island D. Alcatraz Island E. Manhattan Island

C mutualism

873. 878. Luigi Mozerella is 27 years old and has a blood pressure of 120/80. He ... Tom Teagarden was tentatively tramping along on a tombolo today. Tom A. is arthritic was traipsing ... B. has hypertension A. through a swamp C. probably suffers from B. around a braided stream arteriosclerosis C. on the edge of a plateau D. has normal blood pressure D. along a high mountain ridge E. is a prime candidate for a E. between an island and the mainland cardiac arrest

D E

874. 879. Which Constitutional amendment prohibits the U.S. Army from using the Which archon prepared the way for democracy in Athens? homes on your block as barracks during their July military exercises? A. Solon B. Philip C. Alexander D. Praxitiles E. Mephistopheles

Third Amendment A

875. 880. The denotation of the word summer is the "season between spring and What fallacy is illustrated below? fall." But it also brings to mind other associations like balmy evenings I think that chocolate-covered and relaxation. Such associations are best described by what four-syllable nematodes are delicious because term? they taste great. A. false analogy B. either-or fallacy C. circular reasoning D. overgeneralization E. the undistributed middle

connotations C 881. 886. One of Jupiter's moons is brilliantly colored and gives off 30% more heat A front-page obituary for Belgian detective Hercule Poirot was published than Earth. It sends volcanic plumes hundreds of miles into space. Name in the New York Times in the 1960s when what author had him killed in a it. novel entitled "Curtain?" A. Io B. Titan C. Europa D. Ganymede E. Callisto

A Agatha Christie

882. 887. A fleet of supersonic transport aircraft regularly flying at fifty-five to sixty What is the four-syllable noun for the wealth and property received upon thousand feet may cause enormous damage to what important gas found at the death of another? that altitude?

ozone inheritance

883. 888. He came from Alabama with a banjo on his knee. To what state was he How many words should be capitalized in this quote by Shirley Temple? headed in order to see Susanna according to Stephen Foster? i stopped believing in santa claus A. Georgia when my mother took me to see him B. Tennessee in a department store and he asked C. Louisiana for my autograph. D. Mississippi E. North Carolina

C 3

884. 889. Alice Walker wrote ... Name the clinical state in which the body does not retain sufficient fluids A. Roots to maintain the normal functions of such activities as blood circulation and B. Native Son excretion. C. Annie Allen D. The Color Purple E. Uncle Tom's Cabin

D dehydration

885. 890. This is from what story by O. Henry? Which gas can be concentrated and used as a fuel? It looked like a good thing, but wait A. ozone till I tell you. We were down South, B. oxygen in Alabama, Bill Driscoll and myself, C. chlorine when this kidnapping idea struck us. D. methane E. nitrogen

The Ransom of Red Chief D 891. 896. You have invented a device for the home that produces unlimited energy Which sea is not in the vicinity of southeast Asia? called Mr. Fusion. What should you obtain from the government to grant A. Coral Sea you the exclusive right to make or use or license this new device? B. Yellow Sea C. Sea of Japan D. Beaufort Sea E. South China Sea

patent D

892. 897. The greatest seasonal changes occur in which city? For which verb is the past tense not identical to the past participle? A. Phoenix, Arizona A. say B. Buffalo, New York B. tear C. Montgomery, Alabama C. weep D. San Diego, California D. teach E. Baton Rouge, Louisiana E. shine

B B

893. 898. Which is not forbidden to Congress? This passage refers to what explorer? A. declaring war Surely he must rank among the most B. raising revenue unfortunate navigators of all time. C. enacting patent laws He lost half his ships and men from D. abolishing the right of petition thirst and malnutrition, and soon E. establishing courts inferior to the after was killed in the Philippines. Supreme Court

D Magellan

894. 899. Because Tchaikovsky planned this work for outdoor performance he The southern terminal of the Alaska pipeline is in what city on the Gulf of indicated that the percussion section should include actual cannons to fire Alaska? at specified intervals. Name the work.

Overture 1812 Valdez

895. 900. Jimmy Billbob Rosencrantz has seen so many John Wayne movies that he The cutting off of all or part of the light of one heavenly body by another now calls all his friends "pilgrim" and wears a patch over one eye in passing in front of it is called an ... addition to having a silly walk. Psychologists might say that he has adopted what defense mechanism?

identification eclipse 901. 906. What is this reworded proverb about? Reduce 72/88 to lowest terms. A glut of culinary artists will putrefy the bouillon. A. cooks and soup B. pens and swords C. stitches and time D. wheels and grease E. pictures and words

A 9/11

902. 907. The period of a simple pendulum does not depend on ... Glass and tile tesserae are used in which art form? A. the mass of the bob A. mosaics B. the length of its string B. mobiles C. the altitude of its location C. sculpture D. the density of the atmosphere D. tapestries E. its acceleration due to gravity E. calligraphy

A A

903. 908. A bay and strait in Canada and a river in New York were named after a These lyrics indicate what stellar constellation? man who ... The river bank will make a very good A. was last seen in a rowboat road, B. invented interchangeable parts The dead trees show you the way, C. became the first U.S. president Left foot, peg foot traveling on D. first exported tobacco to Europe Follow the drinking gourd. E. established the Rhode Island Colony

A Big Dipper (Ursa Major)

904. 909. A large government contractor cited for employing 53 engineers to design Two Israeli territories comprise a region known as the "Intifadeh." One is a hammer could easily be accused of ... the West Bank. The other is ... A. logrolling A. Bethlehem B. pyramiding B. Jerusalem C. stockpiling C. the Gaza Strip D. moonlighting D. the Bekaa Valley E. featherbedding E. the Sinai Peninsula

E C

905. 910. The greatest increase in the numbers of human beings on Earth occurred Some gems are not stones. What gems are produced by oysters? during which century? A. 6th B. 10th C. 14th D. 17th E. 20th

E pearls 911. 916. 16 butchers along with 12 bakers and 8 candlestick makers are in a pit. A workman is using a pry bar placed over a rock to move a heavy barrel. You hand down a ladder. What is the probability that the first one to What constitutes the resistance? climb out will be a baker? A. 2/9 B. 1/3 C. 4/9 D. 2/3 E. 5/9

B the barrel

912. 917. This illustrates which logical fallacy? Name the Russian-born song composer who rose from Tin Pan Alley to Believe me or I'll beat you senseless. fame in America with these hits. A. argumentum ad baculum Call Me Madam B. argumentum ad hominem This is the Army C. argumentum ad populum Alexander's Ragtime Band D. argumentum ad ignoratuiam God Bless America E. argumentum ad verecundiam

E Irving Berlin

913. 918. The temperature was 12 degrees F at noon, but by 10 PM it had dropped The most abundant inactive gas in the atmosphere is ... to -6 degrees F. How many degrees did the temperature drop? A. neon B. argon C. helium D. oxygen E. nitrogen

18 degrees B

914. 919. What writing technique is illustrated in these words? In which location could you see a manatee? The troops of the 101st were just A. Central Plains slightly apprehensive when they B. Arizona deserts first crossed the border into Iraq. C. Florida estuaries A. flashback D. Rocky Mountain taiga B. ambiguity E. Pacific Northwest coastlands C. local color D. incongruity E. understatement

E C

915. 920. Tarnishing, burning and exploding always involve ... What enormous bird in California is threatened with the same fate as the A. oxygen passenger pigeon and the great auk? B. helium C. hydrogen D. nitrogen E. potassium

A condor 921. 926. Which arthropod is an arachnid? What common harmless inert gas of the atmosphere becomes deadly A. shrimp underwater when, at high pressures, it dissolves in the blood and interferes B. beetle with the functions of the nervous system? C. scorpion D. centipede E. butterfly

C nitrogen

922. 927. What is the common name for somnambulism? Which mineral is primarily required for the formation of hemoglobin in blood? A. zinc B. iron C. copper D. calcium E. chromium

sleepwalking B

923. 928. Act I is entitled "Daily Life." Act II is entitled "Love and Marriage." Act Twenty people died and thousands became ill in Donora, Pennsylvania in III is entitled "Death." The setting is the New England town of Grover's 1948 when an atmospheric condition prevented industrial smoke from Corners. Name this play by Thornton Wilder. disbursing. This atmospheric condition was an ...

Our Town inversion

924. 929. What is meant by the first word in these Latin phrases? The fourth division of this book was entitled "Of Systems of Political pax Britannica Economy." Here Mr. Smith developed the concept of laissez-faire. Name pax Romana the book. pax vobiscum

peace Wealth of Nations

925. 930. This architectural masterpiece was constructed in 1648 near the Jamuna Boron can be amorphous or crystalline. Arsenic can be metallic or yellow River by Shah Jehan for a woman named Arjunand Banu Begum. Name or gray or brown. These illustrate ... this monument. A. ions B. isotopes C. hydrates D. allotropes E. lanthanides

Taj Mahal D 931. 936. What are the next two words in this quote from "As You Like It?" What category of substances has these properties? All the world's a stage and all They taste sour. the men and women ... They are corrosive. They turn blue litmus paper red. They dissolve many metals. They conduct an electric current.

merely players acids

932. 937. Insomnia is a common effect of ... Whose efforts contributed to the passage of the 18th Amendment? A. alcohol A. Carry Nation B. caffeine B. Harriet Tubman C. penicillin C. Dolley Madison D. sedatives D. Mamie Eisenhower E. marijuana E. Martha Jane Canary

B A

933. 938. What author created John Hammond, an eccentric zillionaire who funds a What is the capital city of the state closest to the state whose capital city is project to clone dinosaur DNA from ancient mosquitoes trapped in amber? Juneau? A. J.D. Salinger B. Edward Abbey C. Shel Silverstein D. James Michener E. Michael Crichton

E Olympia

934. 939. The island of Guam is at approximately the same longitude as ... What is the value of y in this pair of equations? A. Hawaii x + y = 8 B. Iceland x - y = 2 C. Sri Lanka A. 2 D. New Guinea B. 3 E. Madagascar C. 4 D. 5 E. 6

D B

935. 940. Two weeks ago Uncle George was bitten by a skunk. Now he refuses to As an order of magnitude, express the number of seconds required for the take a bath and he is salivating profusely. These are symptoms of what Earth to rotate on its axis. disease? A. 10 to the 6th power B. 10 to the 5th power C. 10 to the 4th power D. 10 to the 3rd power E. 10 to the 2nd power

rabies B 941. 946. Which theory was proposed first? What is the name for the land form exemplified by these regions? A. chaos theory Baja California B. Big Bang theory the Yucatan C. theory of relativity Florida D. unified field theory E. theory of abiogenesis

E peninsula

942. 947. What type of dependent clause is illustrated in this quote by Voltaire? Mort Jenkins was arrested and convicted of shoplifting. What amendment It is dangerous to be right when the prohibits the judge from sentencing Mort to 90 years of hard labor making government is wrong. gravel for the county?

adverb 8th amendment

943. 948. An innocent and handsome sailor of the 18th century is hated by Claggart Who wrote these lines? who is a demon-haunted petty officer. The hero kills Claggart and is "So kind of you," fluted Miss Marple. hanged although the captain recognizes his essential innocence. Name "Perfect home conditions with this novel by Herman Melville. murder thrown in," said Cedric.

Billy Budd Agatha Christie

944. 949. Elizabeth Blackwell is remembered for her work in the field of ... Complete this syllogism. A. opera No one with a stuffed auk on his B. medicine mantle has a brain. Mr. Smithson C. architecture has a stuffed auk on his mantle. D. jurisprudence Therefore, Mr. Smithson ... E. manufacturing

B has no brain

945. 950. Name the author of "The Pied Piper of Hamelin." What are the next words in this quote from the Declaration of A. Jonathan Wyss Independence? B. Aldous Huxley We hold these truths to be ... C. Joseph Conrad A. convenient D. James Boswell B. omnipotent E. Robert Browning C. pre-eminent D. self-evident E. grandiloquent

E D 951. 956. This describes the formation of what in the body? A rowboat would tend to float higher on the water in the Great Salt Lake Prothrombin is converted to thrombin than it would in Lake Tahoe. The difference in what property of water at which acts on the soluble fibrinogen these sites accounts for the difference? of the plasma, converting it to insoluble fibrin which then forms a meshwork of fibers in which blood corpuscles become entangled.

clot density

952. 957. Spell the name of the rather common operation through which one's The term "Jovian" is never used to refer to which planet? tonsils are removed. A. Saturn B. Uranus C. Jupiter D. Neptune E. Mercury

tonsillectomy E

953. 958. Which author was a significant inspiration to Mark Twain and helped him He served three years in the Columbus, Ohio State Penitentiary for bank develop into a notable literary figure? fund embezzlements. He is known for writing western stories with A. Bret Harte surprise endings. Name him. B. Walt Whitman C. Joseph Conrad D. Carl Sandburg E. Henry David Thoreau

A O. Henry (W.S. Porter)

954. 959. Infections are usually accompanied by which? Any chemical reaction classified as a reduction reaction results in the ... A. coagulation and salivation A. loss of neutrons B. defecation and eye dilation B. gain of neutrons C. inflammation and irritation C. loss of electrons D. hallucination and perspiration D. gain of electrons E. calcification and gene mutation E. loss of neutrons and electrons

C D

955. 960. To what character does the pronoun refer in this passage? One inch of which material provides the least-effective sound insulation? In addition to his teaching vocation, A. cork he was the singing master of the B. wood neighborhood. Among his musical C. aluminum disciples was one Katrina Van D. fiberglass Tassel, the only child of a E. polystyrene substantial Dutch farmer.

Ichabod Crane C 961. 966. The British were able to successfully evacuate nearly three hundred and They are "pictures in our heads" representing preconceived ideas about forty thousand men in the early days of World War II from the shores of ... members of a particular group. Such fixed ideas are called ... A. Burma B. Manila C. Dunkirk D. Morocco E. Singapore

C stereotypes

962. 967. The Roche limit concerns ... Correct the wrong word in this passage. A. sea levels They were singing without B. solar radiation accompaniment - you know - C. reproductive rates Acapulco. D. planets and satellites E. velocities of particles

D a capella

963. 968. A revolt against constituted authority in the armed forces or aboard any What is the name for the tropism associated with plants turning toward the ship at sea is called a ... Sun?

mutiny heliotropism

964. 969. The Greek gods arose out of an empty void called ... Which biome is found at the highest latitudes? A. Argos A. forest B. Chaos B. taiga C. Nemesis C. tundra D. Morpheus D. savanna E. Cerberus E. grassland

B C

965. 970. What kind of phrase is at the end of this statement? Which creature lives in the hydrosphere? The postal clerks appeared to be A. gnat legally dead, although I think dead B. grouse people are more animated because C. gorilla of bacterial action. D. grouper E. grasshopper

prepositional phrase D 971. 976. What word when it precedes "discord" forms an oxymoron? Name the monstrous lion slain by Hercules. A. depraved B. discordant C. cacophonic D. harpsichord E. harmonious

E Nemean

972. 977. What is the gerund in this line by Jackie Mason? What European nation derived its name from an ancient Germanic tribe I talk to myself because I like known as the "Angles?" dealing with a better class of people.

dealing England

973. 978. Motion in which a mechanism, once started, would continue indefinitely East Bengal was a mostly Moslem eastern province of India. In 1947, it to perform useful work without being supplied with additional outside became part of Pakistan. Since 1971, it has been what independent energy is described as being ... country?

perpetual Bangladesh

974. 979. Correct the malapropism in this statement. What U.S. state is described as an archipelago including more than 130 Still another faucet of Lamb's volcanic and coral islands? personality is revealed in his "Dream Children."

facet Hawaii

975. 980. The Babylonian planet Ishtar was named after the goddess of love. What How does this proverb usually begin? was the Roman name for this planet? Desist from enumerating your fowl prior to their emergence from the prenatal ovoid structure.

Venus Don't count your chickens ... 981. 986. They symbolized resurrection and immortality and were frequently carved The assumption of the legal responsibility for the care of a child by a from precious stones and metals for use as charms and ornaments by the person who is not the child's natural parent is called ... ancient Egyptians. Name these sacred beetles.

scarabs adoption

982. 987. It is a very long narrative poem that describes the adventures of a hero. Research conducted in the 1980s demonstrated that there seems to be a Name it. growing "hole" in the ozone layer in the region of ... A. Antarctica B. the equator C. North America D. the Atlantic doldrums E. the western hemisphere

epic A

983. 988. The oldest known living tree, with an estimated age of 4600 years, is What idiom relating to equine quadrupeds means to criticize something called Methuselah. What kind of a pine is it? one has been freely given?

bristlecone look a gift horse in the mouth

984. 989. Which country has the highest per capita GNP? What is the last name of the man who sent this 1907 telegram to his A. Kuwait father? B. Canada SUCCESS FOUR FLIGHTS THURSDAY C. Germany MORNING ALL AGAINST TWENTY ONE D. Philippines MILE WIND STARTED FROM LEVEL E. New Zealand WITH ENGINE POWER ALONE.

A Wright

985. 990. Which other mountain is in the same country as the Matterhorn? The loss of water vapor from the leaves of plants due to the absorption of A. Fuji heat is known as ... B. Eiger C. Everest D. Krakatoa E. Paricutin

B transpiration 991. 996. Which is a roof or ceiling structure constructed on the principle of the Which topic was of particular interest to the Oakland, California school arch? board in early 1997? A. apse A. bionics B. vault B. phonics C. spire C. ebonics D. transept D. tectonics E. pilaster E. electronics

B C

992. 997. In the 1940s, he was a leader of the Irgun which was a group that used The same ballet composer who wrote "The Sleeping Beauty" and "Swan terrorism to force the British out of Palestine. Who was this man who Lake" also wrote ... later participated in a historic meeting with Anwar Sadat and Jimmy A. Claire de Lune Carter? B. The Nutcracker C. Appalachian Spring D. The Grand Canyon Suite E. The Stars and Stripes Forever

Menachem Begin B

993. 998. This passage describes what African country? What kind of paper was named after the capital city of the Philippines? Founded in 1822 by freed American slaves with the aid of American missionaries, it became an independent country by 1837.

Liberia manila

994. 999. This 1994 quip is about what sport? Mayan art has been found in ... It came to the U.S. for the first time A. Thailand, Vietnam and Laos ever and produced hundreds of B. Namibia, Angola, and Botswana exciting games with scores of 1-1 C. India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh and even 2-2, culminating in a D. Chile, Argentina, and Venezuela gripping championship game between E. Mexico, Guatemala, and Belize Italy and Brazil that remained 0-0 for most of July.

soccer E

995. 1000. Complete metamorphosis involves four stages. Two are the egg and larva What question is associated with this response? stages. Name the other two. "I," said the fly. "With my little eye I saw him die."

pupa, adult Who saw him die?