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QuizBowl 9

Total questions: 65

Worksheet time: 33mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A piece of cloth that absorbs all the light failing upon it appears what color

a)

White

b)

Black

2.

54 is the sum of what 3 consecutive even integers.

a)

16, 18, 20

b)

13,15,16

3.

Identify the enlarged anterior part of the vertebrate central nervous system encased within the cranium.

a)

tail bone

b)

brain

4.

These are tracks in an album about what sizable animated fairy tale being?

Merry Men

Welcome to Duloc

Singing Princess

Ride the Dragon

a)

Brave

b)

Shrek

5.

Complete their thought by Johann Sebastian Bach with a reflexive pronoun.

There's nothing remarkable about it.

All one has to do is hit the right keys

at the right time and the instrument plays ________

a)

fast

b)

itself

6.

If a river deepens its channel by one tenth of a centimeter per year, about how many meters would it cut down in a thousand-year period?

a)

1

b)

100

7.

The same 2 baseball teams are scheduled to plan an afternoon game and a night game on Saturday. Name this arrangement:

a)

Triangular

b)

Doubleheader

8.

In the back of your pantry, you find a loaf of bread that has been sitting there for the last 30 days, covered with something fuzzy that is black and blue-green, What kind of fungus has mad e that bread its home?

a)

mold

b)

mushroom

9.

What colony was the home of Martha Washington?

a)

Maine

b)

Virginia

10.

The same letters found in the 3rd-person, singular, masculine pronoun are also used for the abbreviation of what gaseous chemical element?

a)

Helium

b)

Cooper

11.

What is the simple subject and predicate in this sentence?

But, as other historians and novelists have made mush clearer, very little was truly romantic about the Civil War.

a)

little was

b)

historians, Civil

12.

What animal completes these cliches?

like a ______ in a China Shop

Take the ______ by the horns

a)

Billy goat

b)

Bull

13.

What is usually measured in terms of grams of salt per kilogram of water?

a)

salinity

b)

Chloride

14.

Name the prince who wants to be king in the animated feature about a swamp-dwelling ogre?

a)

Sherk

b)

Farquaad

15.

What question is answered by the adverbs in these examples?

The blaze started here.

His shop was built nearby.

a)

How?

b)

Where?

c)

When?

16.

What is r if 2 1/3r equals 70?

a)

30

b)

35

17.

The Great Lakes are drained by what river?

a)

Mississippi

b)

St. Lawrence

18.

What is the conjunction in this 2-sentence quip?

The doctor gave Tony six months to live. He couldn't pay his bill so the doctor gave him another six months.

a)

gave

b)

so

19.

With populations in excess of 800 million, it has more people than any other nation except China. Name this country?

a)

Russia

b)

India

20.

What is the last word in this ditty?

We'll begin with box, the plural is boxes

One fowl is a goose, 2 are called geese

Yet the plural of moose is never...

a)

meese

b)

mooses

21.

What kind of business establishment is indicated by a vertical cylinder with red and white spirals?

a)

Ice cream shop

b)

Barbershop

22.

A stray dog moves in with a family in Texas hill county in the 1860s in what novel by Fred Gipson?

a)

Old Yeller

b)

Where the Red Fern Grows

23.

Express the proper noun "China" as a proper adjective?

a)

China people

b)

Chinese

24.

Thyroiditis and laryngitis affect organs in what part of the body?

a)

Neck, throat

b)

foot

c)

hand

25.

What does the prefix mean in these words?

triennial

tricuspid

trilateral

trilogy

a)

four

b)

five

c)

three

26.

The polar region of the Northern Hemisphere is continuously dark during what season?

a)

Spring

b)

Fall

c)

Summer

d)

Winter

27.

What is the last word in this cliche?

He took it hook, line, and _________

a)

bait

b)

sinker

28.

Where on Earth are day and night of about equal length year around?

a)

equator

b)

prime meridian

29.

In orthodox theology, the doctrine of original sin is the belief that all people are born with the taint of sin resulting from the primal disobedience of what couple?

a)

Sarah and Abraham

b)

Adam and Eve

30.

This cartoon quote by Gary Larson is about what kind of animal?

I am Zornorph, the one who comes by night to the neighbor's yard, ..... stainer of Persian Rugs

a)

Cat

b)

Dog

c)

Lizard

31.

Retrieving the basketball after an unsuccessful shot at the basket is called what?

a)

assist

b)

rebounding

32.

In light years, how long would it take a spacecraft putting along at Mach 5 to reach the Milky Way Galaxy?

a)

100 light years

b)

zero light years

33.

Vesuvius National Park is in what country?

a)

Spain

b)

United States

c)

Italy

34.

Current conservative estimates suggest that 4000 species become extinct each year. To the nearest whole number, this translates into how many species per day?

a)

100

b)

10

35.

What lake is close to these cities?

Ogden

Logan

Tooele

Brigham City

a)

Lake Michigan

b)

Great Salt Lake

36.

What is the general term for performers who execute these kinds of moves?

cartwheel, dismount, front tucks

a)

Circus people

b)

gymnastics

37.

What word completes these cliches?

That old ________

at the drop of a _______

eat my ______

hold onto your _________

a)

coat

b)

hat

38.

The equator passes over what 3 oceans?

a)

Arctic, Southern, Pacific

b)

Pacific, Indian, Atlantic

39.

What bipeds that swim at 25 mph under water are often seen tobogganing on ice?

a)

Polar Bears

b)

Penguins

40.

What word is missing from these cliches?

Put a ____ in his ear

Snug as a _____ in a rug

a)

bug

b)

pug

41.

Convert .2341 into a fraction

a)

2341/1000

b)

2341/100

42.

Considering all the states east of New York which has the greatest geographic area?

a)

New Jersey

b)

Maine

43.

Phil's batting average is .125. So how many hits should be get in 2000 times at bat?

a)

250

b)

125

44.

Aside from special accounts like certificates of deposit .... what are the two main types of accounts that people regularly maintain in a bank?

a)

mortgage and retirement

b)

savings and checking accounts

45.

Name the largest island through which the Arctic Circle passes.

a)

Iceand

b)

Greenland

46.

What adjustable device is used in music training to mark time by regularly reoccurring clicks or flashing lights?

a)

drum

b)

metronome

47.

Regarding the US states bordering the Gulf of Mexico, which has the greatest number of syllables in its name?

a)

Texas

b)

Florida

c)

Louisiana

48.

What is the actual cliche misstated here?

When it rains, it snows.

a)

When it rains, it pours.

b)

When it rains, it lightening

49.

What are the auxiliARY verbs in this?

I've been working on the railroad all the live long day.

a)

have, been

b)

working

50.

The average cost fro each of the 5000 parts in the Ford Model T was 15 cents in 1925. Since the vehicles retailed for $260, the parts were actually worth how much more than a completed car?

a)

$500

b)

$490

51.

Today, billion of years after the big bang, the universe is still expanding, although there are localized areas in which objects are held together by what force?

a)

motion

b)

gravity

52.

This line is from what story?

O, Peter, don't waste the fairy dust on me.

a)

Peter Pan

b)

Sherk

53.

Mavis bought a new suit for 100. this skirt cost $2 more than the jacket. How much did the jacket cost?

a)

$52

b)

$49

54.

The perimeter of a square is 108 feet. Each side of the square is how long?

a)

24 feet

b)

27 feet

55.

What is the answer to this classic riddle?

What always runs but never walks, often murmurs, never talks, has a bed but never sleeps, has a mouth but never eats?

a)

a river

b)

a lake

56.

Name the process of soaking meat in a flavored liquid prior to cooking.

a)

soaking

b)

marinating

57.

What rectangular solid is bounded by six squars?

a)

square

b)

cube

58.

Who is the central character in the cook from which this was taken?

a)

Peter Pan

b)

Pinocchio

59.

Which was the southernmost of the first 13 American colonies?

a)

New York

b)

Georgia

60.

What is the term for seal and walrus limbs adapted for swimming?

a)

flins

b)

Flippers

61.

This is about what legendary character?

His strangest feature when he was a baby was his big, curly beard. It was so big and bushy that ...... to comb it with a pine tree.

a)

Johnny Apple Seed

b)

Paul Bunyan

62.

Name the wooden spear hurled in Olympic competitions.

a)

batons

b)

javelin

63.

What category of sentence always ends with a period?

a)

inquiry

b)

declarative

64.

Name the 2nd smallest continent.

a)

Africa

b)

Asia

c)

North America

d)

Europe

65.

To the nearest minute, how long does it take for light to cross the 150 million kilometers that separate the Earth from the Sun.

a)

10

b)

5

c)

8