One bag contains 9 blue marbles and 6 red ones, and a second bag contains 8 blue marbles and 4 oranges ones. One marble is randomly drawn from each bag. In lowest terms, what is the probability that both marbles are blue?

This privately owned Kentucky forest south of Louisville was once thousands of acres of worn-out farm land. It was a gift to the people of Kentucky by a former German immigrant, after which it is named. Name this forest, home of wooden giants, in Bullitt and Nelson counties.

This property of a body is explained by Newton's First Law of Motion. It opposes any attempt to cause it to move. What do we call this passive property that also resists attempts to change direction when moving?

This punctuation mark separates a work's main title from its subtitle. It can introduce lists and, in scripts, dialogue. Identify this punctuation that also separates the chapter and verse in religious texts.

This opera's Transformation Music and Good Friday Music sometimes form independent orchestral programs. Based on a Geiman epic poem, it follows the title character's transformation from guileless youth to leader of the Grail knights. Give the one-word title of this Richard Wagner [RIKH-ahrt VAHG-nuhr] opera.

Jasmine needs to make an equation for each of the composite numbers between but not including one and ten. What numbers does she need to make equations for?

These institutions meet regularly at least once a week for religious services. What are they called?

This landmark has an iron frame covered in patinaed copper sheets. It was placed in New York Harbor to welcome ships entering there. Identify this green sculpture of a woman holding a torch in the air.

This property is described in Newton's Second Law of Motion. It can be measured by the time required for a constant force to bring an object to rest. What do we call the product of an object's mass times its velocity?

This Latin prefix can mean "around" or "both." Identify this prefix found before "-guous," "-valent," and "dextrous."

This part of the electromagnetic spectrum plays an important role in heat transfer. You can feel its effects on your skin on a hot summer day. What is this part of the spectrum that lies between visible light and microwaves?

This label was given to a large area of the United States during a period of drought in the 1930s. Vast grasslands had been plowed under in order to grow thousands of acres of wheat. What descriptor was used for the region, as a result of its great loss of topsoil due to drought and winds?

This former National Ambassador for Young People's Literature wrote the Newbery Honor Book Because of Winn-Dixie. She later won the medal for stories about a love-struck mouse and a poetry writing squirrel. Who created Flora, Ulysses, and Despereaux [DES-puh-row]?

Express the following fraction as a decimal number. Seven-eighths equals what decimal number?

This kind of characteristic of a place might include descriptions of prairies and mountains. It might also be shown on topographical maps. What word describes the characteristics of a place's topography, climate, and plant and animal life?

This dance element describes how a movement happens. It determines whether a movement is light and easy or sharp and sudden. Weight, flow, tension, and attack all belong to which dance element?

This English naturalist traveled around the world aboard the Beagle, a British ship. His studies of animals, plants, and fossils led him to reconsider how species change over time. Who wrote On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection?

This author's bedtime tales for his children morphed into the volume Just So Stories. Another of his story collections features Baloo, Bagheera [buh-GEER-uh], and Shere Khan. Name the author of The Jungle Book.

You are using a coin that has an equal chance of landing heads up or tails up. You toss it three times. What is the probability of obtaining one head and two tails?

This company introduced an ARM-based system on a chip as a central processing unit for its computers and tablets in 2020. Former products made by this company include Lisa, the eMac, and the classic iPod. Which company also manufactures the iPhone?

Animals to which this adjective applies include the Tasmanian tiger, passenger pigeon, and great auk. The dodo, sabre-tooth tiger, and dinosaurs also fall into this category. What is the adjective?

Give the word for an animal species that has completely died out.

Works in this genre include Wayne Thiebaud's Three Machines--a portrait of three gumball machines--and Dessert Tray. Keith Haring, David Hockney, Jasper Johns, and Roy Lichtenstein also belonged to this movement, which took comic books and graffiti as inspiration. Name this mid-20th century movement that also spawned Andy Warhol's Campbell's Soup Cans.

This Virginian led the first expedition through Cumberland Gap into Kentucky in 1750. He was part of the team that plotted the future boundary between Kentucky and Tennessee. Name this doctor who was more interested in land speculation.

What is the degree of the adverb in the following sentence? Your dog jumps higher than mine.

This two-word phrase describes an effect that causes a dry area on the leeward side of a mountain; often there is an ocean or large lake on the windward side. What do we call this condition in which moist air rises, robbing the winds of their moisture?

This class of faint stars are representative of the endpoint of the evolution of some stars. Their mass is similar to that of our Sun, but their radius is similar to the Earth's. What do we call these dense, compact stars that appeared colorless when first discovered?

You are buying boxes of cookies at a bakery. Each box of cookies costs $3. In determining how many boxes of cookies you can buy, what is the dependent variable?

Most of these objects orbit the Sun between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. They can be anywhere from small house-sized to as much as six hundred miles across. What do we call these minor planets?

At this novel's conclusion, Aunt Miranda wills the title character a house whose land will help the family pay off their farm's mortgage. That protagonist grows from a dreamy eleven-year-old into an aspiring teacher who moves back home to help her mother and siblings. Give the cheerful title of this Kate Wiggin novel.

This geography theme is seen in the building of dams to control flooding. It takes place when new subdivisions are constructed on lands that were once farms. What is this theme that occurs when a former wetlands is drained for agricultural purposes?

Find the median of the following data: 7, 9, 3, 4, 11, 1, 8, 6, 1, 4

Identify this non-violent sect to which William Penn belonged.

A spinner is divided into 12 equal sectors numbered 1 through 12. In lowest terms, calculate the probability of landing on a number that is divisible by 3.

This religious leader was the first governor of Utah Territory. He became a church's second president after its founder, Joseph Smith, was assassinated. Which Mormon leader lends his name to a Utah university?

A new vaccine for this infection was announced by the World Health Organization in October 2021. Ghana, Malawi, and Kenya have been the three trial countries for the vaccine. Name this infection transmitted to people by mosquito bites, often in tropical and subtropical regions of the world.

This verse novel's six sections are titled "Changing," "Arriving," "Staying," ___.

What is this Newbery Honor Book by Jasmine Warga?

Name these organisms, usually bacteria and fungi, that feed on dying or dead consumers and producers.

This special computer device is historically connected to the terminal by a wire or, more recently, by way of a wireless signal. The rolling ball or laser on the bottom activates a pointer on the screen. What is this device, which moves the cursor quickly around the screen, called?

This large monochromatic painting features a bull, a horse, and lightbulb. Screaming women and dead children also appear in this work commissioned by the Spanish Republican government. Identify this condemnation of war, painted in 1937 by Pablo Picasso.

Give the name of this entertainment center located near Mount Vernon, Kentucky.

This Sibert Medal-winning biography includes art by both the author-illustrator and the book's subject. That subject, Jose Guadalupe Posada, created the humorous skeletons now associated with Dia de los Muertos. Give the title of this book by Duncan Tonatiuh.

A 30-60-90 right triangle has a hypotenuse measuring 40 inches. In square inches, what is the area of the triangle?

This man imagined a homework machine in his verse volume A Light in the Attic. "Gardener," "Snowball," and "The Voice" appear in his book Falling Up. Name this humorous poet of Where the Sidewalk Ends.

This property of color is also called chroma. Sometimes confused with intensity, it controls how dull or sharp a color appears. Identify this measure of a color's purity.

This opposite of litotes is found in the sentence, "My back is killing me." Give the name of this exaggeration that is often used for dramatic effect.

Alex needs to pay for his electric bill and water bill. His electric bill is 8 more than twice the amount of the water bill. If his electric bill is $122 then how much does he pay for water, in dollars?

The statement, "The total energy in a closed system stays constant," is based on many years of experimental observations. Give the name for the term, typically given to scientific theories after they have been repeatedly tested and observed so that they are then considered fact.

What is this type of inlet which may be found in abundance throughout the coastal areas of Scandinavia, particularly in Norway?

The ratio of boys to girls in Mrs. White's class is 3 to 2. There are 12 girls in the class. How many total students does Mrs. White have in her class?

The controversial construction of this oil pipeline led to a widespread protest movement in 2016, most notably in and around the Standing Rock Native American Reservation. Give the name of this pipeline which extends through four Midwestern states, a name referenced by opposition through the viral hashtag, "No DAPL."

Artists sometimes add honey, starch, or acrylic to this special watercolor paint to increase its drying time. Comics, posters, and decals favor this medium, which covers brushstrokes and other marks. What is this opaque watercolor prepared with gum arabic?

This mythological hero could only visit Athens when he was strong enough to lift a stone covering a sword and a pair of sandals. He succeeded his father Aegeus [uh-JEE-us] as king of the Athenians and fathered Hippolytus [hip-AH-luh-tuhs] with an Amazonian queen. Name this slayer of the Minotaur.

This method of measurement can highlight the inequalities in resource consumption around the world. It can also call attention to how current resource usage is unsustainable. What do we call this "footprint" measure of the demands made by people on global natural resources?

An area known as "Bathhouse Row" has long served visitors to this national park who wish to bathe in water produced from the park's namesake thermal water sources. Give the name of this national park located in Arkansas.

A rectangular prism has a length of 3 inches and a width of 4 inches. The height of the prism is 5 inches. In square inches, what is the surface area of the rectangular prism?

The process of reducing the biological productivity of drylands is called:

Consider the data set: 15, 22, 93, 78, 34, and 80. What is the median of this data set?

This story's protagonists despair over buying each other Christmas presents. Jim and Della each sacrifice their prized possession to afford a watch chain and a decorative comb. An alternate name for the Three Wise Men appears in the title of what O. Henry story?

An online hacker group identified as "Guardians of the Peace" hacked this company's U.S.-based film studio in 2014, releasing confidential information while demanding the company cancel plans to release a film featuring North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. Identify this major, international technology company headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

Identify this Swedish environmental activist who released The Climate Book in October 2022, co-authored Our House Is on Fire with her family, and founded the Fridays for Future school strike movement in 2018.

This element of art controls perspective and can create the illusion of form in drawings and paintings. Some examples are negative, while others are positive. What is this element that deals with the area around and within objects?

This sound device is a type of internal rhyme. It appears in the sentence, "Clap your hands and stamp your feet." Identify this repetition of vowel sounds.

Keela went to the concession stand at a ballgame. She bought four drinks for $3.25 each. How much money, in dollars, did Keela spend at the concession stand?

At a scientific conference, a researcher suggests that fossil fuels did not originate from the decomposition of organic materials, but instead were produced by inorganic means. What critical part of the scientific method does this educated guess represent?

What term refers to a portion of land surrounded on three sides by water?

Billy and Jacob collect sports cards and they each have the same number of cards. Fifty percent of Jacob's collection is baseball cards and seventy-five percent of Billy's collection is baseball cards. If their collections are combined, what percent of the total number of cards are baseball cards?

Often associated with its long history of peanut and pecan production, this U.S. state's nickname refers to its production of a certain fruit. Despite the nickname, this state actually ranks outside the top 2 states in terms of production of peaches. What U.S. state is known as the "Peach State"?

The capital of the U.S. state of Georgia is:

This art movement succeeded Abstract Expressionism and drew from the Neo-Dada style. Jasper Johns, Claes Oldenburg, and Roy Lichtenstein were leading figures of this movement, which used elements of mass media. What was this 1960s style associated with Andy Warhol?

During an eclipse, different alignments of the sun, moon, and Earth can be observed. What is the crazy word in the world of astronomy for the points during an eclipse when the orbits of three or more bodies are in a nearly straight-line configuration?

Movements of this type include swaying, wiggling, and flexing. Stretching, bending, and lifting are further examples. What are these movements that don't incorporate traveling from one spot to another?

This sequel of Homecoming is the second book in the seven-novel Tillerman Cycle. In it, the title teen adjusts to living with Gram and copes with her mother Liza's death. Identify the title of this Cynthia Voigt book.

A characteristic common in this form of government is the divine right to rule, a doctrine which prevents rulers from being held accountable for their actions based on the authority they receive from God. What form of government is based on the sovereignty of a single head of state who has typically come into power through the death of a parent or other family member?

This number is the multiplicative identity element of any real number. The identity property of multiplication means that this number times 7 equals 7. What number is the first natural number?

This character, whose birth name was Smeagol [SMEE-gul], lives in tunnels underneath the Misty Mountains. He calls his favorite object his "birthday-present" and "my precious." Name this possessor of the ring in The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings.

Let X equal 4 and Y equal negative 3. Evaluate the expression 5X minus 4Y.

Give the common name for the religious festival celebrated for eight days each winter by those of the Jewish faith.

This woman's rejection of classical ballet inspired later modern dancers like Martha Graham and Twyla Tharp. She based her poses on Greco-Roman statues and danced barefoot in light tunics. Identify this dancer and choreographer who had a fatal encounter with a scarf.

Female insects of this species often consume males during, or shortly after, mating. They use their spiny forelegs to seize prey—mostly other insects, but sometimes frogs, lizards, or small birds. What is this insect, which holds its prehensile front legs in a way that mimics a religious act?

This navigation system can be augmented to pinpoint a location within a few inches. It requires no more than three or four satellite signals to do its job. What is this system called that is now used in our mobile phones to help us find our way?

The 18th-century overhead type of this invention used minors to render an image right-side-up. The original was a box with a small hole in one side that projected a scene from outside onto a back wall. Name this precursor to photography, whose name translates as "dark chamber" in Latin.

In this novel, Poppy dreams that the Queen is possessed by the soul of Eleanor Kerchner. Poppy convinces her friends Alice and Zach to travel to Ohio to bury the title object, thereby putting Eleanor's soul at rest. What is this Newbery Honor Book written by Holly Black?

This method of information transfer consists of a series of black and white squares that can represent numbers, letters, or other characters. Name these codes that are often used in advertising to encode the URL of a website that contains a coupon or information about a product.

This organization may have provided eyeglasses for you or someone you know. Its motto is "We serve." Name this organization that sponsors clubs called "Leos" for young people like you.

A circular cylinder has a height of 10 units, and its rounded ends each have a radius of 2 units. Besides those measurements, what irrational number must you include in a formula to find the cylinder's volume?