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Academic Team Tryout Test

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 17mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
 Identify the bone found in the leg between the knee and the hips.
a)
Pelvis
b)
Femur
c)
Tibia
d)
Fibula
2.
 In the world of classic cartoons, whose best buddy is Barney and wife is Wilma? 
a)
Scooby Doo
b)
Nut McGee
c)
Homer Simpson
d)
Fred Flintstone
3.
What ancient people built the pyramids?
a)
Israelites
b)
Egyptians
c)
British
d)
Africans
4.
Where did the Olympic Games originate?
a)
England
b)
Italy
c)
Greece
d)
America
5.
When was the Declaration of Independence signed?
a)
July 4th, 1776
b)
July 4th, 1886
c)
May 4th, 1776
d)
May 4th, 1886
6.
What famous president delivered the Gettysburg Address in 1862?
a)
George Washington
b)
Franklin D. Roosevelt
c)
Benjamin Franklin
d)
Abraham Lincoln
7.
Who first stepped on the moon?
a)
Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin
b)
Buzz Lightyear and Woody
c)
Sally Ride
d)
Chris Hadfield
8.
Who invented the lightbulb?
a)
Benjamin Franklin
b)
Thomas Edison
c)
Henry Ford
d)
Alexander Graham Bell
9.
Which country first used paper money?
a)
The United States
b)
Great Britain
c)
China
d)
Germany
10.
What famous playwright wrote Hamlet?
a)
William Shakespeare
b)
George Bernard Shaw
c)
Samuel Beckett
d)
Henrik Ibsen
11.
Which of the following state capitals is the farthest north?
a)
Sacremento, California
b)
Des Moines, Iowa
c)
Topeka, Kansas
d)
Denver, Colorado
12.
What is the next number in the sequence: 2,5,10,17
a)
22
b)
24
c)
26
d)
28
13.

For the following penalties, indicate how many yards a team is penalized if the foul is called. Give the yardage used in high school football. (You do NOT need to indicate the whether the penalty is from the line of scrimmage.)


Holding

a)

5

b)

10

c)

15

14.

A football field is one hundred yards long. How many inches long is the field?

a)

1,200

b)

3,600

c)

2,400

d)

1,000

15.

Who wrote the famous Harry Potter series of books?

a)

Stephen King

b)

Dan Brown

c)

J.K. Rowling

d)

Charles Dickens

16.

What is the capital city of the U.S. state of Hawaii?

a)

Kailua

b)

Makaha

c)

Pearl City

d)

Honolulu

17.

What country gave the United States it's famous Statue of Liberty as a gift in 1886?

a)

Germany

b)

England

c)

Scotland

d)

France

18.

A rainbow has how many colors?

a)

6

b)

7

c)

9

d)

12

19.

A thermometer is a measuring device for measuring what?

a)

blood pressure

b)

humidity

c)

distance

d)

temperature

20.

Peter Pan is the captain of which group of boys?

a)

Lost Boys

b)

The Seven Dwarfs

c)

Lost Men

d)

Neverland Boys

21.

From which direction does the sun rise?

a)

West

b)

North

c)

East

d)

South

22.

What type of animal is a bat?

a)

bird

b)

reptile

c)

mammal

d)

amphibian

23.

A triangle consists of how many sides?

a)

Five

b)

Four

c)

Three

d)

Seven

24.
What is the decimal value of the fraction 2/5?
a)
0.25
b)
0.5
c)
0.4
d)
0.2
25.
What is it called in bowling when you knock down all ten pins on your first toss?
a)
Turkey
b)
Strike
c)
Frame
d)
Spare
26.
What color is the Mexican dish called guacamole?
a)
Orange
b)
Red
c)
blue
d)
green
27.
If you add up each of the interior angles in a triangle, what would the total be?
a)
180 degrees
b)
60 degrees
c)
360 degrees
d)
90 degrees
28.
If it's noon in New York City, what time is it in San Francisco?
a)
3:00 pm
b)
9:00 am
c)
8:00 am
d)
4:00 pm
29.
Which digit is in the thousandths place in the number 3,654.019
a)
9
b)
3
c)
0
d)
6
30.
Which consonant is silent in the following words?
castle, moisten, wrestle
a)
w
b)
e
c)
s
d)
t
31.

This Artist’s real name is Peter Hernandez.

a)

Ed Sheeran

b)

Drake

c)

Justin Timberlake

d)

Bruno Mars

32.

This Artist is a musical genius, started playing piano at age 4, and was born in a town named Yonkers.

a)

Katy Perry

b)

Lady Gaga

c)

Bruno Mars

d)

Seth McFarlane

33.

Crescendo means...

a)

Get faster

b)

Get slower

c)

Get gradually louder

d)

Get gradually softer

34.

All of the athletes in this game are considered greats in their sport. Given the athlete, name the sport for which they were named to the Hall of Fame.


Muhammad Ali

a)

Boxing

b)

Basketball

c)

Golf

d)

Tennis

e)

Baseball

35.

All of the athletes in this game are considered greats in their sport. Given the athlete, name the sport for which they were named to the Hall of Fame.


Red Grange

a)

Boxing

b)

Bicycling

c)

Football

d)

Hockey

e)

Baseball

36.

This part of map began appearing on maps centuries ago. What part of a map is it?

a)

legend

b)

scale

c)

compass rose

d)

key

37.

One kind of market exists when people try to get around currency restrictions or the rationing of goods such as food and gasoline. In what kind of illegal market to people buy and sell more than they are allowed to, usually at higher prices?

a)

green market

b)

bear market

c)

black market

d)

bull market

38.

This cartoon figure dressed in a swallow-tailed coat, vest, tall hat, and striped trousers was often seen as a symbol of the United States. Whose slogan, "I Want You" helped recruit new members to the U.S. Army in the early 1900s?

a)

Brother Johnathan

b)

Uncle Sam

c)

William Tell

d)

George Washington

39.
When the author does the opposite of what you expect to make a point (or to make you laugh)
a)
extol
b)
empirical evidence
c)
theme
d)
irony
40.

We have been _____________________ for our guests for over an hour!

a)

weighting

b)

waiting

c)

wiating

d)

wating

41.
What kind of dog is Snoopy from the comic peanuts?
a)
Golden Retriever
b)
Weiner Dog 
c)
Beagle 
d)
Golden lab
42.
Which team won the 2016 Super Bowl?
a)
Broncos 
b)
Notre Dame
c)
Giants 
d)
Falcons
43.
What planet is the closets to earth?
a)
Venus 
b)
Mars 
c)
Saturn 
d)
Earth
44.

The word "prime" means:

a)

more than one factor

b)

one factor

c)

two factors

d)

no factors

45.

The math word "composite" means:

a)

one factor

b)

two factors

c)

3 or more factors

d)

no factors

46.

In math, what does the word "perpendicular" mean?

a)

a wavy line

b)

a pig pen

c)

horizontal lone

d)

vertical; straight up and down; upright.

47.

What is an adjective?

a)

describes a noun

b)

describes a verb

c)

takes the place of a noun

d)

connects two parts of a sentence

48.

In math, what does "simplify" mean?

a)

to reduce a fraction

b)

to reduce a number line

c)

to reduce a mulitple

d)

to reduce to a puddle of nothing :)

49.

What colors are the stars on the American flag?

a)

Red

b)

White

c)

Blue

d)

Gray

50.

How many bones do sharks have?

a)

132

b)

568

c)

83

d)

0