Knowledge Bowl Practice #1

What team franchise has the most Super Bowl rings?

• Steelers
• Dolphins
• Cowboys
• Buccaneers

Which Texas city is home to the Alamo?

• Austin
• Dallas
• Houston
• San Antonio

What simple fraction has a decimal value of .0625?

• 1/4
• 1/8
• 1/16
• 1/32

Who wrote “The Great Gatsby”?

• Herman Melville
• Mark Twain
• John Steinbeck
• F. Scott Fitzgerald

In 1607, where was the first English settlement established?

• Plymouth, MA
• New York City, NY
• Hartford, CT
• Jamestown, VA

What is a tariff?

• A fee/tax on imports designed to protect a country's businesses
• A tax on goods produced inside your own country
• An economic policy that means hands off
• A reduction in the prices of household items

What was the first planet to be discovered using a telescope, in 1781? 

• Uranus
• Jupiter
• Saturn
• Mercury 

What purchase doubled the size of the U.S.? 

• The Gadsen Purchase
• Texas Annexation
• Mexican Cession
• The Louisiana Purchase

If 3x = 594, what is the value of x?

• 203
• 198
• 189
• 1,782

The difference between two positive numbers is 807.64. If one of the numbers is 312.09, what is the other number?

• 1099.34
• 1019.64
• 1119.73
• 1201.29