1. Name this premier painter of Americana.
This was our last "20 Questions" quiz for the season, as we are busy during May making final preparations for the 2008 National Academic Championship.
Answers to the April Twenty Questions quiz:
(scroll down for scores)
1. Name this premier painter of Americana.
Answer - Norman Rockwell
2. The French call it filet de boeuf en croute -- fillet of beef in pastry. The French have reason to dislike what more usual name for this elegant dish, introduced not long after the Battle of Waterloo?
Answer - Beef Wellington
3. Researchers working above the Arctic Circle in Norway found the fossil of a 50-foot pliosaur, a fierce sea animal with teeth as big as cucumbers. What geological period did the creature live in?
Answer - Jurassic
4. The FBI said it was analyzing this tattered parachute, which children recently found in southwestern Washington. Investigators said the parachute might be linked to whom?
Answer - Hijacker D.B. Cooper
5. From 1508 to 1511, who painted the fresco walls in the Stanza della Segnatura?
Answer - Raphael
6. This weapon was named for which U.S. Army officer, who designed it for use in trench warfare?
Answer - John T. Thompson
7. She recently donated $1 million to the World Food Program, of which she serves as ambassador. The money will be used to feed thousands of schoolchildren in Kenya. Name the Hollywood actress.
Answer - Drew Barrymore
8. In which national park would you view this feature?
Answer - Arches National Park
9. The Vince Lombardi Trophy is made out of what metal?
Answer - Silver
10. This rare photo of a well-known person was found recently in an elderly man's family album. Who is the child in the picture?
Answer - Helen Keller
11. Identify the French word for a one-piece swimsuit.
Answer - Maillot
12. A graduate student surprised scientists with this photo of an animal in the northern part of California's Sierra Nevada mountains. What was it?
Answer - A wolverine
13. This scene was painted by an American who, along with John Steuart Curry and Grant Wood, developed a style they called "Regionalism." Spring on the Missouri is a typical example of that genre. Who painted it?
Answer - Thomas Hart Benton
14. Last year, Kate Middleton sought legal protection from the dozens of paparazzi and TV cameras that followed her everywhere she went. The media were interested because she was whose girlfriend?
Answer - Prince William's
15. Which gem has more iron oxide than any other variety of quartz?
Answer - Amethyst
16. Stuffed grape leaves are the most popular way to make which traditional Greek dish?
Answer - Dolma
17. This is a map of which Florentine's voyages?
Answer - Amerigo Vespucci
18. Name the only Middle Eastern country that doesn't have a desert within its boundaries.
Answer - Lebanon
19. Which eminent playwright has declared that he is "no longer a brain-dead liberal?"
Answer - David Mamet
20. A person is 100 m from a tower. The angle subtended by the top of the tower with the ground is 30 degrees. Calculate the height of the tower.
Answer - 57.74 (100/ radical 3) m
| School | Location | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Madison Central High School | Madison, MS | 20 |
| Minneapolis South High School | Minneapolis, MN | 20 |
| Central Bucks High School East | Buckingham, PA | 20 |
| New Milford HS | New Milford, CT | 20 |
| Roseville Area High School | Roseville, MN | 20 |
| Brandon Valley Middle School | Brandon, SD | 20 |
| Plano Senior High School | Plano, TX | 20 |
| Morrilton High School | Morrilton, AR | 20 |
| Waccamaw HS | Pawleys Island, SC | 19 |
| Autrey Mill Middle School | Johns Creek, GA | 19 |
| Grace Middle School | Houston, TX | 19 |
| Oak Park Middle School | Leesburg, FL | 19 |
| Harper Creek High School | Battle Creek, MI | 18 |
| Klein Collins High School | Spring, TX | 18 |
| Burlington Middle School | Burlington, CO | 17 |
| Lamar High School | Houston, TX | 17 |
| Autrey Mill Middle School | Johns Creek, GA | 16 |
| EOC Tech | Choctaw, OK | 16 |
| Camden County High School | Kingsland, GA | 14 |
| Salisbury High School | Salisbury NC | 11 |
| Lincoln College Preparatory | Kansas City, MO | 11 |
| Bourbonnais Upper Grade Center | Bourbonnais, IL | 8 |
Last updated 05-02-2008