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VISUALS FOR KNOWLEDGE BOWL 2014

VISUALS FOR KNOWLEDGE BOWL 2014. What kind of map shows characteristics of the land , such as mountains, rivers, etc.?. physical map. What church, built by the Emperor Justinian, is known as the “ Church of Holy Wisdom ”?. Hagia Sophia ( h á ya so phe é uh).

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VISUALS FOR KNOWLEDGE BOWL 2014

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  1. VISUALS FOR KNOWLEDGE BOWL2014

  2. What kind of map shows characteristics of the land, such as mountains, rivers, etc.? physical map

  3. What church, built by the Emperor Justinian, is known as the “Church of Holy Wisdom”? Hagia Sophia (háya so pheé uh)

  4. What is the measurement of the Equator? 0olatitude

  5. What is the measurement of the Prime Meridian? 0olongitude

  6. What French king called himself the Sun King? Louis IV (14th) (loo EE)

  7. What is the name of the best-known map projec-tion of the world? Mercator (mur´katur) Projection

  8. Whose assassination was a cause of World War I? Archduke Franz Ferdinand

  9. What was the code name for the U.S. project to design and build nuclear weapons (bombs)? Manhattan Project

  10. What is the common name for the disease bovine spongiform encephalopathy? mad cow disease

  11. What is the name of the current ruler of England? Queen Elizabeth II (2nd)

  12. What is the scale used to measure the hardness of minerals? Moh’s Scale (moe)

  13. What is the oldest continually occupied city in the United States? St. Augustine, Florida

  14. What design can be found on the ceiling of the Oval Office in the White House? the Presidential Seal

  15. Holy Roman Emperor Charles the Great is more commonly called what? Charlemagne (shar´luh main)

  16. What Greek scientist and mathematician discovered the principles of density and buoyancy while in the bathtub? Archimedes (ark´ uh mee´deez)

  17. What is the name of the holy book for the Muslim faith? the Koran (or Qur’an) [kuh´rahn]

  18. Who was the firstCaucasian man to climb Mt. Everest? Sir Edmund Hillary (hill´ uh ree)

  19. Who is known as the “Father of Medicine”? Hippocrates (hihpah´cruhteez´)

  20. What is the name of our currentpope? Pope Francis

  21. Who is the current President of Mexico? Enrique Nieto (ehn-REE-kay nee-EH-toe)

  22. Who is the current PrimeMinister of England? David Cameron

  23. Who is the current Prime Minister of Canada? Stephen Harper

  24. Who was the oldest man to be elected President of the United States? Ronald Reagan

  25. What World War II general was nicknamed “Old Blood and Guts”? George S. Patton

  26. Who was the first female Supreme Court Justice? Sandra Day O’Connor

  27. What French military officer served with George Washington? the Marquis de Lafayette (lah´fah´ yet)

  28. What is the deepest location in the world’s oceans? MarianaTrench

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