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Jeopardy Game

Astronomy

• Question 1 (100 points): Which planet is closest to the Sun? Done

 * Answer: Mercury.

• Question 2 (200 points): What is the largest moon in our Solar System?

 * Answer: Ganymede.

• Question 4 (300 points): What is the most common type of star found in the Milky Way Galaxy?

 * Answer: Red dwarf.

• Question (400 points): What is the process by which a star exhausts its nuclear fuel, collapses under its own gravity, and explodes in a brilliant display of light? Done

 * Answer: Supernova

• Question 5 (500 points): Who discovered Pluto in 1930?

 * Answer: Clyde Tombaugh.

Geography

• Question 1 (100 points): Which continent is the Sahara Desert located on? Done

 * Answer: Africa.

• Question 2 (200 points): What is the capital city of Japan? Done

 * Answer: Tokyo.

• Question 3 (300 points): What is the term for a narrow strip of land connecting two larger land areas, usually with water on either side? Done

 * Answer: Isthmus.

• Question 4 (400 points): Which mountain is the highest peak in North America? Done

 * Answer: Denali (Mount McKinley).

• Question (500 points): What geographical feature marks the boundary between Europe and Asia?

 * Answer: The Ural Mountains

History

• Question 1 (100 points): Who killed Abraham Lincoln? Done

 * Answer: John Wilkes Booth.

• Question 2 (200 points): When did George Washington gain presidency? Done

 * Answer: 1789.

• Question 3 (300 points): Which treaty ended World War I? Done

 * Answer: Treaty of Versailles.

• Question 4 (400 points): What was the predecessor of the Soviet Union Done

 * Answer: The Russian Empire.

• Question: What was the name of the treaty that ended the Franco-Prussian War in 1871?

 * Answer: The Treaty of Frankfurt.

Math

• Question 1 (100 points): What is the value of pi (π) to two decimal places? Done

 * Answer: 3.14.

• Question 2 (200 points): What is the square root of 169? Done

 * Answer: 13.

• Question 3 (300 points): What is the name of the theorem that states that the square of the hypotenuse of a right triangle is equal to the sum of the squares of the other two sides? Done

 * Answer: Pythagorean Theorem.

• Question 4 (400 points): What is the value of the derivative of x²?

 * Answer: 2x.

• Question 5 (500 points): What is the name of the mathematical constant that is approximately equal to 2.71828?

 * Answer: Euler's number (e).

Science

• Question 1 (100 points): What is the atomic number of hydrogen

 * Answer: 1.

• Question 3 (300 points): What is the name of the process by which plants convert sunlight into energy?

 * Answer: Photosynthesis.

• Question (300 points): What is the phenomenon in physics where an object at rest will remain at rest, and an object in motion will remain in motion unless acted upon by an external force?

 * Answer: Newton’s First Law of Motion, or Inertia

• Question (400 points): What is the term for the process by which a substance changes directly from a solid to a gas without passing through the liquid phase?

 * Answer: Sublimation

• Question (500 points): What is the equation that refers to estimate the number of active, communicative extraterrestrial civilizations in the Milky Way galaxy.

 * Answer: The Drake Equation