Quiz Bowl Study Guide # 5

Under the spreading chestnut tree / The village smithy stands, are the first lines to what poem written by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow?

• The Song of Hiawatha

• The Village Blacksmith

• Paul Revere's Ride

• Evangeline

What was the ironclad ship used by the Union Army during the Civil War?

• Merrimack

• Monitor

• Virginia

• Constitution

What is 54 times 192?

• 10,368

• 9,000

• 12,000

• 15,000

What kind of scientist specializes in the study of plants?

• botanist

• zoologist

• geologist

• astronomer

What is the force called that holds atoms, molecules, and ions together and can be covalent, chemical, and ionic?

• gravity

• bond

• friction

• magnetism

Identify where a hyphen is needed in the following sentence: The novel is set in present day London.

• present day

• present-day

• presentday

• present day-

How many bones make up the skull?

• 23

• 22

• 24

• 25

What type of punctuation should be used to separate a list of items in a series?

• Comma

• Semicolon

• Period

• Colon

At what cathedral did Quasimodo, the hunchback, work as a bell ringer?

• Notre Dame

• St. Paul's Cathedral

• Westminster Abbey

• Sagrada Familia

Which woman won the New York Senate election in 2000?

• Hillary Clinton

• Sarah Palin

• Nancy Pelosi

• Condoleezza Rice