Round 3 - First Half 2024-25 Elementary Regional

These amphibians look like lizards and can regrow lost legs and tails. They never have more than four toes on their front legs and five on their back legs. What animals have smooth skin that is moist to the touch?

• Salamanders

• Frogs

• Lizards

• Newts

This ancient Greek architectural order produced the thickest columns. It was the oldest order and had the simplest style. Name this counterpart of the Ionic and Corinthian orders.

• DORIC (ORDER)

• IONIC (ORDER)

• CORINTHIAN (ORDER)

• COMPOSITE (ORDER)

What is the principal square root of 169?

• 13 (THIRTEEN)

• 12 (TWELVE)

• 15 (FIFTEEN)

• 17 (SEVENTEEN)

The range of the Governor's Cup science test was 15. The lowest test score was 13. What was the highest test score on the science test?

• 28 (TWENTY-EIGHT)

• 25 (TWENTY-FIVE)

• 20 (TWENTY)

• 18 (EIGHTEEN)

This highly contagious virus infects the lungs, nose, and throat. What is this common cause of childhood illnesses and hospitalizations in babies?

• RSV (ACCEPT: RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS)

• Influenza

• Adenovirus

• Parainfluenza

A poem called "The New Colossus" by Emma Lazarus is inscribed at the base of this national landmark. During the early 1900s, millions of immigrants were greeted in New York Harbor by what statue of a lady lifting a torch?

• (STATUE OF) LIBERTY (ACCEPT: LIBERTY ENLIGHTENING THE WORLD)

• Mount Rushmore

• The Lincoln Memorial

• The Washington Monument

Before Frankfort became the capital in 1792, what city was briefly Kentucky's seat of government?

• DANVILLE (KENTUCKY)

• LEXINGTON

• BOWLING GREEN

• LOUISVILLE

Spell the word in the previous sentence that is a synonym of 'thankful.'

• G-R-A-T-E-F-U-L

• H-A-P-P-Y

• S-A-D

• C-A-R-I-N-G

German and French types of this instrument are called Heckel and Buffet [buh-FAY], respectively. Some of its contra- models can play the lowest note that a piano plays. What is this largest and lowest-pitched orchestral woodwind?

• BASSOON

• CLARINET

• OBOE

• FLUTE

This southern state is bordered by Tennessee on the north, and Interstate 65 runs through its center. It has a southern border on the Gulf of Mexico, where you can find Mobile Bay. What state has its capital at Montgomery?

• ALABAMA

• GEORGIA

• MISSISSIPPI

• FLORIDA