Quiz Bowl day 2

Name the Italian explorer and navigator who led four trans-Atlantic maritime expeditions in the name of the Catholic Monarchs of Spain.

• Hernán Cortés
• Christopher Columbus
• Ferdinand Magellan
• Vasco da Gama

Who was the President of the United States during World War 1

• Woodrow Wilson
• Theodore Roosevelt
• Herbert Hoover
• Franklin D. Roosevelt

What is the northernmost U.S. state Capital?

• Austin, Texas
• Sacramento, California
• Juneau, Alaska
• Honolulu, Hawaii

In Native American mythology, what bird is viewed as a symbol of misfortune, not wisdom?

• Eagle
• Owl
• Hawk
• Crow

Complete this analogy: Ten is to a decade as one hundred is to what?"

• score
• centenary
• century
• millennium

What ancient writing system, used by the Egyptians, consists of pictorial symbols representing objects, sounds, and ideas?

• emojis

• Runes
• Latin Alphabet
• Hieroglyphics

Solve for d.

d - 21= 41

• 62
• 41
• 21
• 85

At a birthday party, the first child receives 33 smiley stickers, the second child receives 38 smiley stickers, the third child receives 43 smiley stickers, the fourth child receives 48 smiley stickers, and the fifth child receives 53 smiley stickers. If this pattern continues, how many smiley stickers will the sixth child receive?

• 55
• 60
• 58
• 50

What number does this Roman numeral represent?

• 84

• 63

• 22

• 81

What biome was Frenchman, Jacques Cousteau, famous for exploring?

• Forest
• Desert
• Tundra
• Ocean