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