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ARTS

Q:
Which Impressionist artist painted "Water Lilies"?
A:
Claude Monet -"Water Lilies" is a series of approximately 250 paintings depicting Monet’s flower garden at Giverny.

BIOLOGY

Q:
What does DNA stand for and what is it?
A:
Deoxyribonucleic acid -DNA is a nucleic acid that contains the genetic instructions used in the development and functioning of all known living organisms and some viruses.

GEOGRAPHY

Q:
What are the three largest rivers in the world?
A:
Nile River -Africa - 4,160 miles

Amazon River -South America - 4,049 miles

Yangtze River -Asia - 3,964 miles

GEOLOGY

Q:
What are the three different types of rock found on Earth?
A:
Igneous -Solidified from molten silicates.

Metamorphic -Made up of igneous and sedimentary rock and subjected to intense pressure.

Sedimentary -Formed when igneous rock is eroded as sediment under the sea.

LITERATURE

Q:
Which 1906 best-selling novel led to government regulations of the food industry and later the Food and Drug Administration? Who is the author?
A:
"The Jungle" by Upton Sinclair -a novel about the meat-packing district in Chicago.

MATH

Q:
You have a jug of milk and want to measure out 1 cup of milk. How do you do that if you only have a 3-cup measuring container and a 5-cup measuring container?
A:
Fill the 3-cup container with milk. Pour all 3 cups into the 5-cup container. Fill the 3-cup container with milk once more and fill the 5-cup container the rest of the way. The remainder left in the 3-cup container will equal 1 cup! » More math problems

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