Scholars Bowl - General Knowledge (7)

Though it can describe the object around which a coil of electrical wire can be wound, this object is most often used with sewing machines. Typically put in a specific place before sewing can begin, the thread from this object is pulled through by the sewing machine to create a stitch. Name this object that, when empty, usually looks like an empty spool of thread.

• bobbin
• thimble
• needle
• spool

More than 100 people were killed trying to cross this barrier that was built in 1961 and later expanded to include a fence and guard towers. Identify this structure, torn down in 1989, that once separated eastern & western sections of Germany's capital city.

• Maginot Line
• Great Wall of China
• Hadrian's Wall
• Berlin Wall

This serial killer terrorized London in the late 1880's, targeting women, and was never caught.

• Jack the Ripper
• Ted Bundy
• Ed Gein
• H.H. Holmes

Find the mean value of this set of numbers 10 numbers:

24, 65, 90, 13, 51, 67, 48, 79, 32, & 81

• 55

• 75

• 45

• 35

When your eyes get too much light, this dark part of your eye involuntarily shrinks in response.

• Cornea
• Pupil
• Iris
• Sclera

In the next-to-last book about her, she gets a baby sister named Roberta and is thus no longer the youngest in her family. The novels where she appears cover her life from age 4 to 10, beginning with her appearance in the first story of Henry Huggins. Give the first name of this Beverly Cleary character who has an older sister named Beezus Quuimby.

• Samantha
• Ramona
• Beatrice
• Lila

This musical has won 11 Tony's - set during the American Revolutionary War, it was written by Lin Manuel Miranda and debuted in 2015.

• Hamilton
• Les Misérables
• The Phantom of the Opera
• Rent

As a mixed number in lowest terms, solve for x if 5 times the quantity ( x - 7 ) is equal to 11 times the quantity of ( x + 3 ).

• -10 1/2
• -12 3/4
• -9 2/5
• -11 1/3

2025 marked the 14th wedding anniversary of this woman whose parents own a party supply business. She met her husband at the University of St. Andrews while studying art history. Name this woman, whose children George, Charlotte, & Louis and now 3rd, 4th, & 5th in line to the throne of England.

• Princess Diana
• Kate Middleton

• Sarah Ferguson
• Meghan Markle

This type of organism helps some plants survive by soaking up water and nutrients from its surroundings, which may include dead or dying things. This type of organism can be both useful and harmful to humans. Name this type of organism that includes yeast, molds, and mushrooms.

• Plants
• Algae
• Bacteria
• Fungi