HS QB - online practice #9

Which word has a root meaning "flesh"?

• carnage

• fiduciary

• inanimate

• dentifrice

• indigestible

In what country are Moslem and Hindu the two main religions?

• China

• Nigeria

• Austria

• Nicaragua

• Bangladesh

Setting off a major diplomatic crisis between Britain and the U.S., the American Navy boarded what British mail steamer and arrested two Confederate envoys in 1861?

• Kent

• Trent

• Ghent

• Trent

• Advent

In which countries do the heads of state have the title of prince?

• Haiti and India

• Japan and Denmark

• Jordan and Saudi Arabia

• Russia and South Korea

• Monaco and Liechtenstein

The Crab Nebula is known astronomically as M1. This means that it is the first entry in the catalog of celestial objects created by ...

• H.L. Mencken

• August Mobius

• Charles Messier

• Thurgood Marshall

• Louis Mountbatten

Fog is distinguished from mist only by its ...

• odor

• color

• density

• altitude

• temperature

Stories from the omniscient point of view are always ...

• nonfictional

• in the third person

• in the present tense

• about religious themes

• from the protagonist's perspective

Which is not a bone of the axial skeleton?

• patella

• maxilla

• coccyx

• ischium

• sternum

Which missile did the U.S. agree to dismantle as a result of the I.N.F. Treaty?

• Trident

• Tomahawk

• Minuteman

• Midgetman

• Pershing II

A prism 9 inches high has an equilateral triangle measuring 2.5 inches on a side as its base. The prism's lateral area is ---- square inches.

• 59.5

• 63.5

• 67.5

• 72.5

• 75.5