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-Guarantee passing score -2276 Questions and Answers -format set of multiple-choice -Expert-Verified Explanation Question 1: Born and raised in Paris in 1777, he designed Federal Hall in New York City and drew up a plan for the US Capitol in Washington D.C. Name this architect who is honored with a memorial at his burial site in Arlington National Cemetery.

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Pierre L'Enfant

Question 2: She was the author of "The Westing Game"

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Ellen Raskin Question 3: What is the motto of the FBI that corresponds with the three letters in the name of the agency?

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Fidelity, Bravery, Integrity Question 4: Joseph Welch asked this man "Have you no sense of decency?" during his Senate hearings. Name this Wisconsin senator who accused 57 individuals in the State Department of being Communist Party members.

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Joseph McCarthy

Question 5: What title would you have if you made maps and navigational charts for a living?

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Cartographer Question 6: Officially opened in 1869, what artificial waterway connects the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea?

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Suez Canal Question 7: Name the "Father of Astronomy". He also is known for his discoveries of the 3 laws of Planetary Motion

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Johannes Kepler Question 8: As opposed to heterotrophs, what is the name for an organism that can produce its own food from light and inorganic compounds?

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Autotroph

Question 9: What is the name of the earth's magnetic field?

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Magnetosphere Question 10: What is the name of the math semi-circle device used for measuring angles called?

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Protractor

Question 11: Hilo, Oahu, Kilouea are cities in what US State?

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Hawaii Question 12: This site contains a chamber called the Hall of Records that contains 16 porcelain enamel panels depicting the history of this site. Name this South Dakota monument that contains the heads of 4 US presidents carved into a mountain in the Black Hills

Answer:

Mount Rushmore National Memorial

Question 13: At the age of 15, Jack Andraka won an Intel Award for a noninvasive method of early detection for the pancreatic form of this disease

Answer:

Cancer

Question 14: Kentucky pioneer hero known for his hunting and shooting skills

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Daniel Boone Question 15: This is the ancient Celtic language of Scotland which is still spoken today

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Gaelic Question 16: This realist painter's most famous work is "Christina's World"

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Andrew Wyeth Question 17: ] During the Civil War, this Union naval officer gave the order "Damn the torpedoes, full steam ahead!" at the 1864 Battle of Mobile Bay after having captured New Orleans from the Confederacy in 1862.

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David Glasgow Farragut Question 18: Lord Kelvin was the British physicist who devised the absolute temperature scale.What scientist developed the Centigrade scale?

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Celsius

Question 19: Name the country that makes the Kia car

Answer:

South Korea

Question 20: This man wrote the epic poem "Paradise Lost"

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John Milton

Question 21: What instrument developed by John Milne in 1893, detects and measures the direction, intensity, and duration of movements of the ground?

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Seismograph

Question 22: What artery carries blood from the heart to the lungs?

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Pulmonary Artery

Question 23: In what US state would you find the Gila Cliff Dwellings?

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Arizona Question 24: Name the Spanish artist, who painted La maja desnuda, La maja vestida, and The Third of May, 1808

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Goya Question 25: Every 4 years, on January 20th, a newly elected U.S. President is sworn into office.What is this ceremony called?

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Inauguration Question 26: Constructed by Sostratos during Ptolemy II's reign, this ancient wonder of the world was located on the island of Pharos, and helped guide ships in the Nile River out of the harbor.

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Lighthouse of Alexandria Question 27: Geologists believe that, during the last ice age, the Bering Strait was the site of a(n) ...

• delta
• land bridge
• barrier reef
• immense atoll