Round TWO

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Round TWO
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Question 1

• Who was the last president of the Republic of
  Texas when Texas became a state in the United
  States of America?
• Anson Jones

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Question 2

• What is the honorific title used for a bishop in
  the Greek Orthodox Church?
• Metropolitan

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Question 3

• How many
• "Books of Moses"
• are there in the Old Testament?
• 5 (Five)

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Question 4

• What does the word
• "pizza"
• mean in Italian?
• Pie
• (which makes the phrase Pizza Pie redundant)

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Question 5

• What coffee company was founded by Alfred Peet in
  1966 on the corner of Walnut and Vine in Berkley,
  California?
• Peet's Coffee Tea

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Question 6

• Who was the head coach of the New York Giants
  when they won Super Bowl XXV on Jan. 27, 1991?
• Bill Parcells

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Question 7

• Who was the first American Nobel Prize winner to
  receive the Nobel in two different categories?
• Dr. Linus Carl Pauling

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Question 8

• The Victoria Advocate has been "locally owned"
  since what year?
• 1846

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Question 9

• The social networking site "Facebook" was
  originally launched in 2004 exclusively for
  students at which university?
• Harvard

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Question 10

• Au
• is the symbol for what element?
• Gold

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Question 11

• Which Spanish explorer discovered the Mississippi
  River in 1541?
• Hernando De Soto

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Question 12

• Who was the first woman to win the Nobel Prize in
  two different categories?
• Marie Curie

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Question 13

• February 15, 1898 On this date we
• Remember the ___
• Complete the phrase
• Maine

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Question 14

• What is the most widely eaten fish in the world?
• Herring

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Question 15

• Blue Lake (green), Golden Wax (golden), Purple
  King (purple), Dragon's Tongue (streaked) and Red
  Swan (red) are all varieties of what type of
  vegetable?
• Snap Beans
• OR
• String Beans
• OR
• Beans

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Question 16

• What is the largest lake in Africa?
• Lake Victoria

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Question 17

• Who was the first American woman to receive a
  Nobel Peace Prize?
• Jane Addams

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Question 18

• While quail hunting in South Texas, who did Dick
  Cheney accidentally shoot?
• Harry Whittington

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Question 19

• What landmark supreme court case that originated
  in Texas permits the burning of the American flag
  as freedom of expression (symbolic speech)?
• Texas vs Johnson
• (1989)

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Question 20

• What is the radius of a circle with a
  circumference of 62.8 inches?
• 10 inches

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Question 21

• Which Texas governor was convicted by the Texas
  Senate on 10 of 21 articles of impeachment in
  1917?
• James E. Ferguson
• OR
• Pa Ferguson
• OR
• Farmer Jim Ferguson

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Question 22

• Who was the first African-American baseball
  player to win the Most Valuable Player award in
  the major leagues?
• Jackie Robinson

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Question 23

• Ciudad Victoria is the Capital of what state?
• Tamaulipas, Mexico

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Question 24

• What is the name of the hurricane scale created
  by meteorologists at the Hurricane Center during
  the 1970's that helps to rate the intensity of
  storms?
• Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale

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Question 25

• What is the complement of a 70 angle?
• 20

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Question 26

• What U.S. Olympic athlete won the long jump in
  four consecutive Olympic Games?
• Carl Lewis

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Question 27

• Which American clergyman in New York City wrote
  both the first Hebrew Dictionary in the United
  States (2 vols.) and a famous childrens poem?
• Clement Clarke Moore

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Question 28

• In What country has a Senator recently succeeded
  her husband as President?
• Argentina
• (Christina Kirchner)

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Question 29

• What is the Latin phrase meaning "you shall have
  the body"?
• The writ of ______ ______ is a judicial
  instrument dating from 17th century England used
  to review the legality of a person's imprisonment
  by government authority.
• Habeas corpus

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Question 30

• What are sedimentary rocks formed from particles
  of older rock broken up by weathering called?
• Detrital Sedimentary rocks
• OR
• Detrital rocks

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Question 31

• Which of the original 13 colonies in what is now
  the United States was originally known as New
  Sweden?
• Delaware

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Question 32

• Which book published in the U.S. in 1962 is
  credited with launching the environmental
  movement in this country?
• Silent Spring

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Question 33

• The current President of Mexico has a degree from
  what University in the United States of America.
• Harvard

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Question 34

• Who is the only unelected President of the USA?
• Gerald Ford

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Question 35 A B - C

• The ages, in years, of the employees in a small
  company are 20, 24, 22, 21, 25, 32, 31, 44, 22,
  and 19. Find the mean, median, and mode for the
  10 ages.
• Mean 26
• Median 23
• Mode 22

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Question 36

• Which country has the longest coastline of any
  country in the world ?
• Canada
• (243,792 km or 151,485 mls)
• (includes the coastline of 52,455 islands)

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Question 37

• Which was the first air-conditioned office
  building to be built in the USA?
• It was the first building in the world in which
  the air conditioning was a part of the original
  construction.
• It was built in Texas.
• The Milam Building
• (in San Antonio)

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Question 38

• The city of Victoria, British Columbia, is
  located on what island?
• Vancouver

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Question 39

• Who is the only person elected twice as vice
  president and twice as president?
• Richard Nixon

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Question 40

• Kathleens weekly salary was increased by 8 to
  684.72. What was her weekly salary before the
  increase?
• 634

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Question 41

• The highest mountain in South America is located
  in what country?
• Argentina

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Question 42

• What circumstance caused the originally-named
  Executive Mansion in Washington, D.C. to become
  known as the White House?
• The fire set by the British (War of 1812)

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Question 43

• Melbourne is the capital of what state?
• Victoria, Australia

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Question 44

• What is the first name of the famous pop
  princess's 16 year old sister that recently
  announced that she is pregnant?
• Jamie Lynn Spears
• (Sister of Britney Spears)

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Question 45

• What percent of 56 is 14?
• 25 Percent

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Question 46

• The integrated circuit was developed and patented
  by an engineer with what company in 1958?
• Texas Instruments

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Question 47

• The first petroleum refining course at an
  American college was offered in 1922 at which
  university?
• University of Pittsburgh (School of Mines)

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Question 48

• Victoria Peak, aka "the Peak", is located in what
  major city.
• Hong Kong

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2008
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End of Round TWO