| Scientist Specialty | ||
| #1 | This is what a zoologist studies |
What are animals? |
| #2 | This is what a Cardiologist studies |
What is a heart? |
| #3 | That's what an agronomist studies |
What is agriculture? |
| #4 | This is what a meteorologist studies |
What is weather? |
| #5 | This is what a seismologist studies |
What are earthquakes? |
| Iconic Architecture | ||
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What is the Taj Mahal? |
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What is the John Hancock tower? |
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What is the Leaning Tower of Pisa? |
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What is the Parthenon, in Athens Greece. |
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What is the Sydney Opera House? |
| World's Most Famous | ||
| #1 | This Jewish preacher rebelled against the Roman Empire and was killed for it two millenia ago |
Who was Jesus of Nazareth? |
| #2 | This British botantist made his most famous discovery on Ecuador's Galapagos Islands |
Who was Charles Darwin? |
| #3 | This Chinese philosopher was born in 551 BC in Northeastern China |
Who was Confucius? |
| #4 | This Italian astronomer champion of heliocentrism, was forced to recant by the Catholic Church and spent the rest of his life under house arrent |
Who was Gallieo? |
| #5 | This teenaged French heroine reclaimed France from the English during the Hundred Years' War before she was captured and burned alive |
Who was Joan D'Arc? |
| Universities | ||
| #1 | This is the oldest university in the United States |
What is Harvard? |
| #2 | This is the oldest, richest and most famous Catholic university in the US. |
What is Notre Dame? |
| #3 | This European university just celebrated it's 800th birthday |
What is Oxford? |
| #4 | This is the oldest continually functioning educational institution in the world. |
What is the University of Karueein, founded in 859 AD in Fez, Morocco? |
| #5 | This US state has the largest public university system, with 450,000 students. |
What is SUNY (State University of New York)? |
| Borders | ||
| #1 | This country has the longest border in the world (land and water). |
What is China? |
| #2 | The longest single land border in the world is between these two countries |
What are the US and Canada? |
| #3 | This country has land borders with the greatest number of neighbors (16) |
What is China? |
| #4 | The border between the US and Mexico mostly follows the route of this river. |
What is the Rio Grande? |
| #5 | Diplomats from these two countries created the modern borders of Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Palistine, Iraq and Jordan after the collapse of the Ottoman Empire |
What are England and France? |
| Final Question | |
What are the names of Boston's professional sports teams in Baseball, Football, Basketball, Hockey, Soccer, Lacross and Tennis (100 points for each correct name, only 7 total names can be submitted) |
What are the Red Sox, New England Patriots, Celtics, Bruins, Cannons and Lobsters |
