And we still continue........ ROUND 10 91. The "White House" was so named in 1901. What was its previous name? a. 1600 Pennsylvania b. The Presidential Palace c. Adams Estate 92. Monte Bianco is the highest point in which European country? a. Switzerland b. Italy c. Spain 93. "Brain of Britain" is broadcast at 10 o'clock GMT. What does "GMT" stand for? a. Greenwich Mean Time b. Gregorian Meridian Time c George Michaud Trudeau 94. Paphos and Choirokoitia are two of which country's only three UNESCO's World Hertiage Sites? a. Cyprus b. Greece c. Turkey 95. Also known as the identity of indiscernibles, whose law states that "If two objects have all their properties in common, then they are one in the same object?" a. Newton b. Leibniz c. Descartes 96. In the taxonomic rank system, what rank is between "phylum" and "order?" a. class b. species c. clade 97. According to the Pythagorean Theorem, the sum of the squares of a triangle's adjacent and opposite sides are equal to the square of what? a. the area b. the altitude c. the hypotenuse 98. On the Mohs hardness scale, which mineral is ranked the hardest at a level 10? a. diamond b. granite c. talc 99. . The Malleus Maleficarum, published in the 15th century, was a guide to hunting what? a. moles b. witches c. cats 100. . "Four Corners" is a place in the USA where the borders of four states converge at a point. Name three of these four states. ROUND 10 ANSWERS 91. b. The Presidential Palace 92. b. Italy 93. a. Greenwich Mean Time 94. a. Cyprus 95. b. Leibniz 96. a. class 97. c. the hypotenuse 98. a. diamond 99. b. witches 100. Arizona, Colorado, Utah, and New Mexico ROUND 11 101. Which Pharoah ordered the construction of the Great Pyramid at Giza, one of the seven wonders of the ancient world? a. Cheops or Khufu b. Xion c. Ramsesses 102. Which Shakespearan character said, just before dying, that he loved not wisely, but too well? a. MacBeth b. Othello c. Hamlet 103. It has an estimate length of 2,922 miles. It runs through Tanzania, the Congo, Angola and other countries. It is Africa's second longest river. What is its name? a. .Congo-Chambeshi (Zaire is also acceptable) b. Gambia c. Rhodesia 104. Which collective noun is used in relation to emus and kangeroos? a. bounce b. kitchen c. mob 105. Which two Titan siblings were the parents of the Greek Gods? a. Rhea and Cronos b. Zeus and Athena c. Gaia and Uranus 106. In which layer of the atmosphere does the Aurora Borealis appear? a. Troposphere b. Ionosphere c. Stratosphere 107. The Aboriginals refer to this sandstone rock formation in Central Australia as "Uluru." It is also known as what? a. The Giants' Causeway b. Ayers Rock c. The Philae Obelisk 108. Jacques Piccard, Don Walsh and James Cameron are the only three people do have done what? a. Majored in physics and then worked as movie directors b. Climbed the 100 highest peaks in the world c. Visited the Marianas Trench, the deepest part of the ocean 109.. "Charles' Wain" is an English term for a star pattern best known in America as what? a. Bootes the Sheepherder b. Orion the Hunter c. The Big Dipper 110. "The Phenomenology of the Spirit," listed by Publisher's Weekly as one of the ten most intellectually challenging books of all time, was written by which German philosopher? a. G.F. Hegel b. Nietzsche c. Schopenhauer ROUND 11 ANSWERS 101. a. Cheops or Khufu 102. b. Othello 103. a. .Congo-Chambeshi (Zaire is also acceptable) 104. c. mob 105. a. Rhea and Cronos 106. b. Ionosphere 107. b. Ayers Rock 108. c. Visited the Marianas Trench, the deepest part of the ocean 109. c. The Big Dipper 110. a. G.F. Hegel ROUND 12 111. With an estimated number of 508 million speakers, which language is the second most widely spoken language in the world? a. French b. English c. Spanish 112.. Named for the Roman Goddess of the Home and Hearth, which asteroid was the fourth one to be discovered (1807)? a. Pallas b. Juno c. Vesta 113. . Which mathematical symbol did Welsh mathematician Rober Recorde invent in 1557? a. the equals sign (=) b.the division sign c. the factorial sign (!) 114. . According to legend, who slew the dragon plaguing the fictional 10th century town of Lasia? a. St. George b. Hercules c. Aragorn 115. Hunahpu and Xbalanque are the hero twins within which culture's mythological tradition? a.Mayan b. Mongolian c. Indigenous Australian 116. . Guanine, adenine, thymine, and cytosine are the constituent nucleotides that comprise which molecule? a. DNA b. RNA c. neither a nor b 117. Antananarivo is the capital city (and largest city) of which island nation? a. Greenland b. Madagascar c. Vanuatu 118. The Sarawak Chamber, the cavern that remains the largest in terms of surface area, though not volume, is located in which country? a. China b. Russia c. Malaysia 119. A contranym is a word that serves as its own antonym. For instance, "left" can mean remaining and also departed from; or "dust" can mean both adding particles or removing them. What is the contranym that means both approve and boycott? (No choices) 120. Who is the only writer to have received both a Nobel Prize for Literature and an Academy Award for Best Screenplay? a. George Bernard Shaw b. Truman Capote c. F Scott Fitzgerald ROUND 12 ANSWERS 111. b. English 112. c. Vesta 113. a. the equals sign (=) 114. a. St. George 115. a.Mayan 116. a. DNA 117. b. Madagascar 118. c. Malaysia 119. Sanction 120. a. George Bernard Shaw ROUND 13 121. What does a dendrophobe most fear? a. Trees b. Dentists c. Dinosaurs 122. Which noteworthy Briton said -in 1974- "It will be years -not in my time-before a woman will become prime minister?" a. Prince Charles b. Queen Elizabeth II c. Margaret Thatcher 123.. Pangaea was the name of the last supercontinent: the conjoined body composed of all the major land masses . What is the name that has been assigned to the next supercontinent, estimated to form in about 249 million years? a.Pangaea Ultima b. Gondawana Major c. The name has not yet been chosen 124. What is the name of the brightest night sky star visible in the Southern Hemisphere? a. Canopus b. Sirius c. Sigma Octans 125. Which CBS correspondent wrote the monumental work "The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich?" a. Edward R. Murrow b. William Shirer c. Mike Wallace 126. What is the base-ten number equivalent of the binary number 1000? a. 4 b. 8 c. 10 127. What recently deceased author was best known for his extensive Disc-World series? a. Umberto Eco b. Sir Terry Prachett c. Geoffrey Chaucer ("recently" covers a wide range in astronomy) 128. The "auricle" is the only external part of which organ? a. ear b. eye c. skin 129. Which two central American countries border Mexico? a. El Salvador and Panama b. Honduras and Costa Rica c. Guatemala and Belize 130. The Dodo, now extinct, was unique to where? a. Mauritius b. Galapagos Islands c. Madagascar ROUND 13 ANSWERS 121. a. Trees 122. c. Margaret Thatcher 123. a.Pangaea Ultima 124. b. Sirius 125. b. William Shirer 126. b. 8 127. b. Sir Terry Prachett 128. a. ear 129. c. Guatemala and Belize 130. a. Mauritius ROUND 14 131. Terpischore was the Greek muse of what? a. dancing b. hymns c. comedy 132. Which constellation represents Helen of Troy's brothers? a. Pisces the Fish b. Gemini the Twins c. Canes Venatici 133.. Eratosthenes (276-194 BCE) a librarian at Alexandria, produced the first measurement of what? a. Earth's circumference b. Earth's mass c. the Sun's distance 134. British physicist Henry Cavendish (1731-1810) provided the first measurement of what? a. distance to the North Pole b. Earth's mass c. the Sun's distance 135. . "Kine" refers to two or more of what animal? a. cows b. crows c. cats 136. Name three of the only five elements with four-letter names. 137. With an estimated population of 11.4 million, what is the most populous city in Africa? a. Cairo b. Lagos c. Cape Town 138. Which two countries were the antagonists in the very brief 1969 conflict known as the "Soccer War?" a. Honduras and El Salvador b. Italy and Germany c. England and Ireland 139. To which 19th century politician do many historians attribute the coining of the term "Hell's Kitchen," in reference to the region of Manhattan between 34th street and 59th street? a. Davy Crockett b. Abraham Lincoln c. Ulysses S. Grant 140. What is the name of the closest white dwarf star to Earth? a. Procyon B b. Aldebaran B c. Sirius B ROUND 14 ANSWERS 131.a. dancing 132. b. Gemini the Twins 133. a. Earth's circumference 134. b. Earth's mass 135. a. cows 136. Iron, Gold, Zinc, Neon, Lead 137. b. Lagos 138. a. Honduras and El Salvador 139. a. Davy Crockett (Yes, THAT Davy Crockett) 140. c. Sirius B