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BETA Quiz Bowl

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7th - 9th Grade

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

The surface form of this quantity is measured with a pyrometer. The first reliable tool for measuring this quantity was a sealed glass tube of (*) mercury. Absolute scales for this quantity include Rankine and Kelvin, and its standard scale is based on the freezing and boiling points of water. For ten points, name this quantity recorded in degrees Celsius.

Air Pressure

Temperature

Humidity

Altitude

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Six men in this poem die when their ship passes between Scylla and Charybdis. The hero of this poem tricks Polyphemus, a (*) cyclops, and kills a band of suitors with his son, Telemachus, to reunite with his wife, Penelope. For ten points, name this ancient epic poem by Homer in which the title Greek hero returns home to Ithaca.

Odyssey

Iliad

Canterbury Tales

Epic of Gilgamesh

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

In 1934, the controversial construction of the Parker Dam on this river required the National Guard to muster the Arizona Navy. Dams on this river form the Glen Canyon Dam and Lake (*) Mead, which is formed by the Hoover Dam. For ten points, name this river of the American West that flows through the Grand Canyon and starts in the Rocky Mountains of its namesake state.

Rio Grande

Mississippi

Snake

Colorado

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

A religious figure often depicted performing this action in padma-sana, named Gautama, achieved enlightenment by performing this action under the (*) Bodhi tree. Some modern forms of this practice use mantras, repeated patterns of speech or thought, to promote sati, or “mindfulness.” For ten points, name this common practice in Buddhism and Hinduism, the act of engaging in deep reflection.

Prayer

Transcendence

Meditation

Yoga

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Justice Ward Hunt decided this woman’s guilt before her trial began and told the jury to declare her guilty. In post-trial remarks, this woman argued that she had the “right to a voice” in government and threatened that she would never (*) pay a one hundred dollar fine that was levied in June 1873. For ten points, name this American suffragist who was convicted of illegally voting, and who is honored on a one-dollar coin.

Sacagawea

Susan B Anthony

Alice Stone Blackwell

Charlotte Perkins

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

This character stars in a 2010 game in which he must repair a world created by Yen Sid with a magic paintbrush. In Kingdom Hearts II, this character meets Sora in a world based on the 1928 film (*) Steamboat Willie. Hundreds of silhouettes of this character’s head can be found scattered around a massive amusement park near Orlando, Florida. For ten points, name this rodent mascot created by Walt Disney

Mickey Mouse

Donald Duck

Goofy

Minnie Mouse

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

This author’s translation of the Red Book of Westmarch changes the names Kalimac and Banazˆır into Meriadoc and Samwise. In one of this author’s novels, the Rohirrim join in a battle against thousands of (*) orcs. In another novel by this man, Bilbo Baggins is sent on a journey with thirteen dwarves by the wizard Gandalf. For ten points, name this linguist and author of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings.

C.S. Lewis

J.R.R. Tolkein

J.K. Rowling

E.B. White

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