Who were the two chief figures in an undeclared race to the South Pole in 1911-12?

What is the capital of the first country due west of the country in which Dublin is the capital?

The number of sides of what polygon equals the number resulting from subtracting the faces of a dodecahedron from those of an icosahedron?

Acceleration - What kind of acceleration is computed by dividing the change in velocity by the time for that change to occur?

What adjective indicates any two lines that cross at exactly one point?

Wild Rides - What creatures provided the propulsion on a Nantucket sleigh ride?

In 1788, Captain Arthur Phillip guided the fleet of 11 British ships carrying convicts to the colony of New South Wales, effectively founding what future country?

Pronouns - These are examples of what category of pronouns? 'he, someone, anyone, everyone, no one'

Water free of certain and magnesium carbonates and other dissolved materials is described as being what?

There are 30 animals in a barnyard. 60% of which are cows and the rest are llamas. In the sum enters or leaves the yard, how many llamas must enter the yard so that 40% of the total number of critters there are llamas?

Central America - The northernmost town in Central America is in what country?

On which of the Dodecanese Islands was the statue and wonder of the ancient world built called the Colossus?

Exclusions - Countercurrence by what fraction of the Senate is necessary for its members to expel a member?

What two American states are traversed by a longitude of 160 degrees west of Greenwich?

Like a sentence that does not express a complete thought, what is the name for a group of words that sounds much like a fragment?

Jones Industrial Average consists of 30 companies, including Verizon. What line of business would you associate with Verizon Communications?

Offenses - These are examples of what broad category of criminal acts? Public intoxication, trespass, reckless driving.

Influence in Government - Public opinion and lobbying have the least influence on which of the three branches of American government?

Gas Hazards - Where in most houses is radon gas most likely to accumulate?

Planet Places - Astronomers speculate that two sites to check for evidence of past life are the hollows and calderas, colossal depressions on what planet?

What diffuse mass in space could be called an embryonic star cloud?

Islands - What subdivision of the West Indies includes Puerto Rico, Cuba, Jamaica, the Cayman Islands, and Hispaniola?

Newspeak - In "1984," Newspeak, the words "Stealed," and "means," replace what irregular words?

A hexagonal pyramid has how many vertices?

Agreements - In 1962, in return for the withdrawal of U.S. missiles from Turkey, Nikita Khrushchev agreed to withdraw Soviet missiles from what island?

What organic acid gives limes their tart taste?

Weathering - Which type of weathering is a consequence of exposure to water and atmospheric gasses?

Foams - While aerogel and expanded polystyrene are examples of solid foams, what kind of foam is whipped cream?

In 1819, the British East India Company sent a young official, Thomas Raffles, to investigate a swampy island near the Malayan peninsula. Today, that island is one of Asia's great ports. What is its modern name?

Metals - Bimetallic strips will coil and uncoil based upon changes in what?

What term can indicate a form carved in relief or the brief appearance of a prominent actor in a single scene of a motion picture?

What is the Latin word for 'body'?

Federal Appropriations - Remuneration or a verifiable organ of sensation. A sum of money designated by the American government for use by a regional group or organization or for a specific project in a certain area is called a what?

Old West Trails - What trail established by William Becknell in the west from Council Grove, followed the Arkansas River, and eventually led to the upper reaches of the Pecos and Rio Grande Rivers?

Alluvionymns - While in relation to storms it means "to endue," what word also in relation to geology means "to disintegrate"?

What is the term for the concept of something that is perfect, often something honorable that one hopes to attain or a model of perfection or excellence?

Affinitative Relationships - What alliterative expression indicates friends and relatives?

Earth Science - If compress less than 1/1000th of 1 percent of the total atmosphere, only 3 percent of it is on the land. What is this substance?

What compound word refers to the rights in an auditorium or theater which do not illuminate the stage?

Name the exclusive right of a government to exercise supreme authority over its territory.

What is the area of a trapezoid with bases of lengths 6 units and 10 units, and height 4 units?

During what season are the U.S. Presidential conventions held?

What is the bird on a weather vane called?

Sols - What is the intersection set of these sets? (3, 4, 5, ... 15, 17, 19, 21) (3, 9, 15, 21)

What kind of verbs are illustrated in these examples? Among other talents, Tolstai was a poet. Albert Reylans was being falsely accused. An apple a day should be sufficient. The old claims lasted unlike milk or honey.

Fractures - The susceptibility of a bone to fracture under stress depends on its brittleness, which is determined by its mineral content. What is the primary mineral involved?

Hills - The Oslo Graben is a major rift in what Scandinavian country?

What literary technique is illustrated in this title of a Donald Trump is the modern-day Dread Pirate Roberts?

Mood - What mood expresses a wish or condition contrary to fact?

What word is marked by the relative clause in this example? One year after peacekeeping force left, the country sank again in turmoil.

History of Law - Andrew Hamilton defended a German-born American printer case helped to establish freedom of the press in America. Who was the defendant?

What is the predominant language on these islands? Jamaica, Tasmania, Grenada

Neologisms - What verb can mean either to devise a new word or to make money from metal?

Antigens - Name for a sample of an antigen that is too weak to cause the disease but large enough to cause the production of antibodies and provide the recipient with enduring immunity to the antigen.

Disease - What is another word for the poisons produced by microbes?

Celebrity - This is the name of a Hollywood parody of what poem? '...And didst thou come in fashion, Laddie, Come trailing in the Eddy, Boy! O Laddie, Laddie, O Jock McCrea!' He engaged in his lay.

In Syria, a multi-sided type of this kind of war erupted in 2012 with at least six factions fighting for control of the nation, with some of them receiving funds from other nations who want their type of government to win out. Which type of war is this?

While the value of property is the basis for property tax and personal income is the basis for income tax, the price for purchases is the basis for what other type of tax?

Treaties - One reason that Americans rejected the British peace offers made in June of 1778 was that the Continental Congress had already ratified a treaty in May with what powerful European country?

It had a sense of humor. Written on a gravestone, 'He loved bacon,' and underneath in smaller letters, 'Oh, and he was with kids too.' It's not your typical type of written expression about those who have passed away?

Which clouds occur between 2 and 7 kilometers? What is the term for stratus clouds above 7 kilometers?

Atlantic Coast - The southernmost point in North Carolina extending into the Atlantic is what cape?

What is the most extensive island in the Gulf of Alaska?

These are minor characters in a science fiction series coauthored by whom? Agayev, Miss Alice Beeblebrox, Dr. Dan Streetmentioner, Eccentrica Gallumbits, Fenchurch, Wulg, Egg Halfrunt, and Deep Thought?

Magnitude - How many times larger is 5 times 10 to the 5th power than 1 times 10 to the 5th power?

The Declaration - What word in the solemn promise at the end of the Declaration of Independence is also the name for one of the U.S. capital cities?

What is the term for a person who believes that the existence of god or creator and the nature of the universe is unknowable?

Award Winner - Which winner of both the Nobel Prize in Literature and the Pulitzer Prize was the author of Beloved?

From what direction to what direction do the surface currents at high latitudes generally flow?

Buildings - These rooms are in what building?

Law - Unequal treatment in employment based on the sex of an employee is known as what kind of bias?

What term in wildlife management indicates the leaves, shoots, bushy plants, and young twigs consumed by deer and other ungulates?

What art form involves decorating fabric with stitches?

Astronomical Observation - From the point of view of an observer, the zenith is how many degrees above the horizon?

Personal relationships - A polyandrous person has more than one what?

Inflammation - What kind of muscle tissue becomes inflamed in myocarditis?

What is the cube of the sides on a snowflake?

Elections - Name the only U.S. President not be elected through a party-oriented election process.

According to the Constitution, the President shall have power, except in cases of impeachment, to grant reprieves and what else for offenses against the United States?

Reflection - Since after reflection, a wave maintains the same speed and frequency and wavelength, what is the only thing that changes?

What is 8 x 1 if 8 results when you add 6 to 3 times the square root of x?

Neutral in the middle - On this man-made scientific scale that ranges from 0 to 14, 7 is considered 'neutral.' Identify this scale that measures how acidic or basic a substance is.

What is a young hen?

Simplification - Simplify (18p)/(24q) (squared) (b)

Series - What is the seventh Fibonacci number?

Islands - The island named for William Bartram belongs to what country?

European Ancestries - Early people of what country called themselves Hellenes?

To the nearest hundredth, what is the circumference of a circle one yard in diameter?

As what part of this sentence is the infinitive phrase used? 'Casper hopes to slime lithotropes.'

Geographical Messages - A famous state in what state was named for the British statesman and geographer, Sir John Barrow?

In what political stance was promoted by 'The North Star,' a newspaper founded in 1847 by Frederick Douglass?

Pharmaceuticals - Medications sold under their general chemical name rather than the brand-name product. What adjective indicates those drugs?

Family names or title converters. What is the collective name for terms used when used in advertising?

What mathematical property is illustrated in this? 1 x 1/1 = 1

Notation - The biography of what American author includes the subtitle, 'Royal Historian of Oz'?

Amendments - The constitutional amendment passed in January of 1865 concerned what central topic?