Red, yellow, and blue are classified as which group of colors in traditional art theory?

On a color wheel, which pair is most likely complementary?

A decorator choosing wall paint commonly starts with which artist’s tool?

Which description best matches the function of a color wheel?

Which term refers to colors like blue and green that suggest coolness?

Which term names colors opposite each other on the wheel that create contrast?

When mixing paint, which result comes from combining two primaries like blue and yellow?

Which color scheme uses three hues evenly spaced on the wheel?

Which tool best illustrates progression from warm reds to cool blues for design planning?

In theater, what is the term for anything said or done that precedes a specific line or action?

Which musical, inspired by a 1912 play, features Professor Higgins transforming Eliza Doolittle?

Who wrote the 1912 play Pygmalion that inspired a famous Broadway musical?

In music, what term describes changing from one key to another without stopping?

In electronic sound, which term also refers to a change in frequency?

Which English king earned the nickname “the Lionheart” and led the Third Crusade?

In stagecraft, which item is a piece of billiards equipment when used as a noun but guides actors as a verb?

Which famous musical adaptation centers on transforming a Cockney flower seller into a proper speaker?

In performance, which term can include a door slam or the utterance of a specific word to trigger action?

Which composer technique adds dramatic effect by shifting tonal centers within a piece?

In art, what is the term for a substance through which waves travel, and also a material used to create works like paints or clay?

Identify the instrument made from a curved ram’s horn that is blown at religious services such as Yom Kippur and Rosh Hashanah.

Which Aesop fable features a small mouse gnawing through a net to free a large lion, teaching that little friends may prove great friends?

What two-word phrase refers to the leg of the triangular trade in which enslaved Africans were transported to the New World under inhumane conditions?

Name the founder and CEO of Facebook who was portrayed by Jesse Eisenberg in the film The Social Network and was Time’s Person of the Year in 2010.

Halite is the natural crystalline form of which mineral known by the formula NaCl, the common name for table salt?

A recipe serves eight and calls for one-fourth cup of sugar per serving. To make 320 servings, how many cups of sugar are needed?

Which Mexican peninsula contains sites such as Chichén Itzá, Cozumel, and Cancun, bordered by the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea?

In science, what is the general term accepted for the substance that allows waves to travel?

Which fable emphasizes the value of small allies helping the mighty by freeing a trapped king of beasts?

Which group did Susan Campbell Bartoletti describe as a white supremacist hate organization in Pulaski, Tennessee, in 1866?

Which geographic feature in the Rocky Mountains became a slogan with miners crying its name followed by “or bust”?

In mythology, who was the first woman created by Hephaestus, married to Epimetheus, and unleashed evil into the world?

What physical quantity, defined as mass times velocity, makes a lightweight car easier to stop than a heavier truck?

A hexahedron is a polyhedron with six rectangular faces. How many edges does it have?

What is the title of the Newbery Honor book in which Sasha Zaichik sees his father arrested the night before the story opens?

What method of concealment helps animals blend in with their environment, from the French for “disguise”?

At the grocery store, you can buy three ears of corn for $$1.20. If you have$$ 6, how many ears of corn can you buy?

Who discovered the geographic feature ten miles west of Colorado Springs in 1806 but did not climb it?

Which group began when six young men pulled pillowcases over their heads and rode through the streets of Pulaski, Tennessee?

Like Mozart, this Romantic composer was a child prodigy and wrote his first piece of chamber music when he was ten years old. He wrote orchestral, choral, and organ works, and his best-known piece is the Wedding March from A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Name this German composer.

Its name means “hot gates,” referencing its sulfur springs. It is a pass between Mt. Oeta and the Gulf of Lamia in central Greece, where Leonidas and 300 Spartans resisted the Persians for three days. What is this pass?

A rectangular prism has a length of 2 units, a width of 5 units, and a height of 10 units. What is its surface area?

This author collaborated with William Strunk Jr. on The Elements of Style and wrote children’s books including The Trumpet of the Swan about a voiceless bird, Stuart Little, and Charlotte’s Web. Identify the author.

Substances that usually lack free electrons, such as glass and porcelain, prevent electricity, heat, or sound from passing. What are these substances called?

The focal point of this Vermeer painting is a small piece of jewelry worn by a young woman with hair bound by a blue scarf. A 2003 movie of the same name dramatized its creation. Identify the painting.

In the United States, the person in this position files “friend of the court” briefs and argues cases before the Supreme Court on behalf of the government. Benjamin H. Bristow was the first to hold it in 1870. What position is this?

In a 30-60-90 right triangle, the leg opposite the 30-degree angle measures 40 units. What is the length of the hypotenuse?

Which Romantic composer wrote the Wedding March used in many ceremonies and was also a noted child prodigy?

Name the Greek pass famous for the stand of Leonidas and his 300 Spartans against the Persians.

Which Latin phrase means “seize the day,” encouraging living in the present?

What is the ballet term for a body spin executed on the toes or balls of the feet?

Which ill-fated Civil War assault ended Confederate efforts at Gettysburg after fights at Little Round Top and Cemetery Ridge?

Animals vigorously defend a region they mark as their home turf. What term names this area?

For the data set 7, 8, 10, 10, 12, 12, 15, 18, 20, what is the upper quartile (Q3)?

Which literary term describes an exchange of ideas between characters, usually within quotation marks?

What Microsoft eighth‑generation console combines games, media, Internet, and voice recognition?

Name the Cuban ballroom dance where participants take three steps forward, execute a side kick, and move in single file.

Which ballet move’s name comes from French for “whirl” or “top”?

Identify the Latin phrase featured in the film Good Will Hunting that urges enjoying the present.

Identify the city shown as hosting the 2014 Winter Olympics.

How many combinations are possible when forming a 3-person ad hoc committee from 10 members?

Choose the Arabic term meaning "struggle" often translated as "holy war."

Select the novel whose title entity is a tesseract and won a Newbery Medal.

Name the Achaemenid ruler of Persia when Greeks won the Battle of Marathon.

Pick the lightweight metal with atomic number 13 and symbol Al.

For the function F(x) = |x − 4| + 12, choose the vertex point.

Identify the term for the two times each year when day and night are about equal.

Select the country criticized for social policies by leaders visiting the 2014 Olympics host.

Choose the term for provinces governed by satraps in the Persian Empire.

Which Mesoamerican people took a name meaning “white land,” settled in Tenochtitlán, and ruled much of Mexico before the Spanish arrived?

Identify the Robert Frost poem whose speaker pauses between woods and a frozen lake during “the darkest evening of the year.”

Name the folk music from Andalusia, Spain, often played while dancers perform intricate steps and is associated with people of Romani descent.

In the expression F of X equals negative X squared plus 5X, what is F of negative 3?

What term refers to a guarantee a consumer receives from a manufacturer that a product will be reasonably reliable?

During meiosis, chromosomes duplicate to form chromatids just before which first stage begins?

Which punctuation mark ends a declarative sentence and also appears in some acronyms and indirect questions?

Which musical follows an escaped prisoner who cares for Cosette, features Inspector Javert, and shares a title with a Victor Hugo novel set during the French Revolution?

Tenochtitlán, pronounced “teh-nawch-tee-TLAHN,” was the city associated with which group mentioned on this page?

Which dance style is typically accompanied by guitars and is closely tied to the Andalusian musical tradition named on this page?

Identify the percussion instrument that can beat out the rhythm of a piece of music and is sometimes called the "talking telegraph."

Name the Mark Twain work featuring Tom Canty and Edward Tudor, who switch lives after discovering their resemblance.

Which Washington Irving character falls asleep after drinking, then awakens to find George Washington’s portrait has replaced King George III’s, having slept for twenty years?

What U.S. territory, created in 1787 for its geographic location, encompassed land north of Kentucky to the Canadian border and west to modern-day Minnesota?

Name the fatty substance inside bones where many white and red blood cells are found and which can benefit leukemia patients when donated.

Which coal residue used in blast furnaces to make iron, also used to heat buildings and shares its name with a popular soft drink?

Simplify: What is the sum when the square root of 8 is added to the square root of 18? Express as a simplified radical.

Given the quadratic function F of X equals 3X squared minus 12X plus 7, what is the Y-intercept of the function?

In the Twain story where two boys switch lives, in which city are they born on the same day?

In Rip Van Winkle’s tale, what game are the dwarves playing in the Catskills when the title character encounters them?

This two-word theatrical phrase names the imaginary barrier separating actors from the audience, often said to be “broken” when an actor addresses viewers directly. What is it called?

Which brothers of the Jazz Age collaborated on musical comedies like Of Thee I Sing and Porgy and Bess?

A seven-letter word means “to make angry” when used as a verb and also names a sweet-smelling substance burned in many religious services. Which word is this?

George de Mestral invented a fastener after observing how burrs stick to fabric. What is the trademarked name of this hook-and-loop fastener?

The War of 1812 ended with a treaty signed in a Flemish city. What is the name of this treaty?

In theater, addressing the audience directly during a scene is commonly referred to as breaking which element?

Name the food-conducting tissue in vascular plants composed of sieve tubes, fibers, parenchyma, and sclereids, with a name derived from Greek for “bark.”

How many square meters are in a square kilometer?

A cone has volume 25π cubic units and height 5 units. Using V = (1/3)πr²h, what is the area of the base in square units?

Which statement best describes the collaboration between George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin?

The recent increase in Gentoo penguin numbers may be due to decreased sea ice coverage, caused by this phenomenon. In describing its effects, the Earth is often compared to a greenhouse. Identify the two-word phrase for the increase in the Earth's average temperature.

This dance's sixteenth-century version featured a line of couples traveling the length of a ballroom by walking three steps and hopping on the fourth. In the eighteenth century, it was a slow, stately dance in two-four time in which four couples performed intricate turns with interlaced arms. Identify this courtly dance, whose name is French for "German."

This five-letter root can follow klepto- to describe an irresistible impulse to steal. By itself, it names "excessive enthusiasm or excitement." Give this word, which comes from the Greek for "madness."

This yellowish-brown sedimentary deposit is made of calcium carbonate and silt-sized grains. It is highly porous and primarily deposited by the wind. Name this kind of soil found in the Rhine and Mississippi Valleys, as well as Asia.

If 3X minus 2 is one factor of 15X squared plus 2X minus 8, then what is another factor of this polynomial?