Intermediate Tournament Pack #13 Flashcards
What condition are you suffering from if you have conjunctivitis?
pink eye
In what Disney animated movie would you find the characters Flotsam and Jetsam?
The Little Mermaid
What is the equation of the straight line that passes through the point (7, 14) and the origin?
y = 2x
What is taken out of brown sugar to make white granulated sugar?
molasses
What was the first prairie province to join the Canadian Confederation?
Manitoba
Who was the first French-Canadian prime minister?
Sir Wilfrid Laurier
Who was the first Canadian in space?
Marc Garneau
In 1979 a malfunction in the cooling system of a nuclear reactor at what eastern Pennsylvania location
resulted in its closure and radiation escaping into the air?
Three Mile Island
Margaret Thatcher became Britain’s first female Prime Minister in 1979. Which party did she represent?
Conservative
In this same year a black government was formally installed in Rhodesia and the name of the country was
changed to what?
Zimbabwe
The United States/Russian SALT Agreement was signed in this same year. What does SALT stand for?
Strategic Arms Limitation Talks
In terms of size, what is Hawaii’s largest island?
Hawaii (Island)
What is the tallest volcano in Hawaii?
Mauna Kea
What policeman led Hawaii’s fictional Five-O (“five-oh”) Task Force?
(Lt. Commander Steve) McGarrett
What Hawaiian word can mean both “hello” and “farewell”?
aloha
List three of the six simple machines of physics.
Three of:
wheel and axle, screw, (inclined) plane, lever, pulley, wedge
What word is formed from the combination of motor and pedal?
moped
What word is formed from the combination of Hollywood and Bombay?
Bollywood
What word is formed from the combination of chuckle and snort?
chortle
What word is formed from the combination of smoke and fog?
smog
What word is formed from the combination of costume and play?
cosplay
What word is formed from the combination of jackrabbit and antelope?
jackalope
What word is formed from the combination of television and marathon?
telethon
What word is formed from the combination of Oxford and Cambridge?
Oxbridge
The Cavendish, Gros Michel, and Lady Finger are varieties of what usually yellow tropical fruit?
banana
‘Malus pumila’ is the species of what sort of fruit tree? A Granny Smith might grow on one.
apple
This juicy fruit is widely used as vegetable. It is usually red when ripe. It is the main ingredient of ketchup.
tomato
Name the largest island in Canada.
Baffin
What is the capital of Bulgaria?
Sofia
What sport is associated with the Ryder Cup?
golf
What is the stoat called when it wears its white winter coat?
ermine
In 1876, Sioux Indians massacred the 7th Cavalry Regiment at Custer’s Last Stand, also known as what battle?
(Battle of) Little Big Horn
or (Battle of) the Greasy Grass
What device in a jet engine provides extra thrust for takeoff?
afterburner
What is the favourite food of Paddington Bear?
marmalade
Where on the human body would you find the lunula?
(finger or toe) nail
prompt on “finger”
I was born in a coastal country, but scholars disagree about my birth year. I was an influential mathematician. I led a secretive cult whose views were both scientific and religious. None of my writings are known to survive. I did not pioneer the theorem I am most known for, as it was known by the Babylonians at least one thousand years before I was born. I proved that the square of the hypotenuse in a right-angle triangle is equal to the sum of the squares of the other two sides. This theorem now bears my name. Who am I?
Pythagorus
This is a bird that has a big head, big eyes, and a short-hooked beak. It is identified with the goddess Minerva.
owl
This is a very small brightly-coloured bird of North and South America, with a long, narrow bill used to suck
nectar.
hummingbird
What bird of prey’s name means two strokes under par in golf?
eagle
Who began his second term as the UN Secretary General in January, 2012?
Ban Ki-Moon
Ban Ki-Moon formerly held which position in the South Korean government?
Foreign Minister
Ban Ki-Moon received the formal backing of the powerful 15-member UN group known as what?
Security Council
Moon’s final term as Secretary General ended on December 31 of what year?
2016
What infamous term beginning with “g” referred to the likes of Al Capone, Pretty Boy Floyd and Baby face Nelson?
gangster
By what humourous nickname beginning with “g” did the St. Louis Cardinals baseball team go by in the early 1930’s?
Gashouse Gang
Which wild west sheriff whose last name begins with “G” shot Billy the Kid and later became a Texas Ranger?
Pat Garrett
You don’t want to be called what unfavorable literary term beginning with “g” during the Christmas season?
Grinch
Marie Antoinette was the wife of which French King?
Louis XVI (or the Sixteenth)
What heavenly body is primarily responsible for Earth’s tides?
moon
The distance around a rectangle is called what?
perimeter
What is the name of the grease obtained from sheep’s wool?
lanolin
What television show won a new record of twelve Emmy Awards in 2015?
Game of Thrones
What unit of power is equal to 1 joule per second?
watt
What French word refers to a library of phonograph records or, in English, somewhere those records might be played?
discotheque
The 1980 Summer Olympics were boycotted by many western nations when the USSR invaded what country?
Afghanistan
What American novel, published in 1936, would have a film adaptation be nominated for 13 Oscars three years later?
Gone With the Wind
Who authored the Pulitzer Prize winning novel Gone With the Wind?
Margaret Mitchell
A working title for Gone With the Wind is one of the last lines used in the movie version of the story. What was this title/line?
Tommorrow is Another Day
How many Oscars did Gone With the Wind win?
eight
Who holds the Montreal Canadiens’ franchise record for the most career goals?
Maurice Richard
Which player held the Detroit Red Wings franchise record for most career penalty minutes?
Bob Probert
Who has won the most Stanley Cup rings as a player in NHL history, playing for the same team in each of
these years?
A.
Henri Richard
Who holds the record for consecutive 50-goal seasons?
Mike Bossy
Common versions of me feature radial symmetry, two sets of numbers, and a grid. In 1913, Arthur Wynne published the first of me in the New York World, though it was quite
different from most of my modern examples. “Puzzlemaster” Will Shortz of the New York Times is a well-known figure in my community. Although some consider it cheating, the use of a dictionary is often very helpful when you attempt to
solve me. What am I?
crossword puzzle
The minotaur was a frightening creature in Greek mythology. What was the minotaur fed?
human flesh
Who eventually killed the Minotaur?
Theseus
The minotaur had a man’s body and the head of what animal?
bull
What is the name of the confusing arrangement of rooms and corridors that the Minotaur called home?
Labyrinth
A causeway connects the tiny island nation of Bahrain with what other country?
Saudi Arabia
Name the only American state other than Alaska to have part of it lie north of the 49th parallel.
Minnesota
Which Russian word, once part of many countries’ full names, means “assembly”?
Soviet
What was the last name of the Italian inventor who invented the whirlpool bath?
Jacuzzi
In Greek mythology, who slew the Hydra with the help of Iolaus?
Hercules
What is the largest gland in the human body?
liver
The ancient temple of Karnak is in what modern country?
Egypt
What condition are you suffering from when you have pyrosis?
heartburn
In terms of area, what is the smallest American state?
Rhode Island
Which blue Sesame Street denizen is noted for having five fingers – important since his hands appear on
screen often while he is eating his favourite food?
Cookie Monster
What is the capital of Kenya?
Nairobi
What transitional fossil’s name means “ancient feather” or “ancient wing”?
archaeopteryx
What is the most abundant gas in the atmosphere?
nitrogen
The settlement known as Alert is on what island?
Ellesmere (Island)
