24/25 QB Practice #1

A whale's lungs and windpipe are connected only to its nasal passage and not to its mouth. Name the outer opening of its nasal passage.

• Nostrils

• Blowhole

• Gills

• Snout

Before Jay Leno began his dialogue with his first guest on "The Tonight Show", he spoke for a lengthy period by himself. Name this kind of speech.

• Dialogue

• Soliloquy

• Monologue

• Interview

What was played on 20th century jukeboxes?

• CDs

• Tapes

• Records

• Digital files

What word indicates holes drilled in the ground to obtain oil or water?

• Wells

• Pits

• Mines

• Shafts

What type of rocket motors produce thrust in a direction opposite to that of a space vehicle's motion?

• Boosters

• Thrusters

• Retrorockets

• Launchers

"All" and "no" are two of the three quantifiers used in Venn diagrams. What is the other?

• Some

• Few

• Many

• None

What kind of advisory do meteorologists issue when a funnel cloud has actually been sighted or indicated by radar?

• Storm alert

• Tornado warning

• Hurricane watch

• Cyclone notice

Dan Dillinger has only served 7 years of his 14 year sentence. He is being freed on what?

• Bail

• Parole

• Probation

• Pardon

Name the terrestrial biome dominated by trees that shed their leaves.

• Tropical rainforest

• Coniferous forest

• Deciduous forest

• Tundra

During the 1990's, the countries of the European Union created a common currency called the...

• Dollar

• Franc

• Euro

• Pound