Spoiler
b) Mercury
a) Earth
d) Uranus
c) Neptune
2) Which character in The Lord of the Rings said “Nine companions. So be it. You shall be the fellowship of the ring.” (3 points)
a) Aragorn
b) Celeborn
c) Elrond
d) Gandalf
3) Which is the only US state capital that contains a chemical compound in its name? Salt Lake City (1 point)
4) Which Old Testament book is between Leviticus and Deuteronomy? (2 points)
a) Ecclesiastes
b) Numbers
c) Proverbs
d) Psalms
5) What is the more common name for the dominant stars in the constellation Crux?Southern Cross (2 points)
6) Who published what is regarded as the first widely recognized periodic table? (3 points)
a) Paul Emile Lecoq de Boisbaudran
b) Dmitri Mendeleev
c) Julius Lothar Meyer
d) John Newlands
7) What is the name of the US state capital that is sometimes referred to as "The City of Four Lakes", because of its proximity to four lakes of the Yahara River? Olympia(3 points)
8 ) What was Gollum’s hobbit name in The Lord of the Rings? (3 points)
a) Bandobras
b) Deagol
c) Smeagol
d) Tobold
9) Elements boron, silicon, germanium, arsenic, antimony, tellurium, and polonium have properties in between those of metals and nonmetals. What name is given to this group of elements? (2 points)
10) According to the bible, who enticed Samson into revealing the secret of his strength? (1 point) Delilah
Wheelhouse bonus: (5 points)
In which old testament book did this appear? First Kings
Total points available: 29