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Knowledge Bowl Practice 1 101-120 (first link)

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

This book about the life of Auggie Pullman who has severe facial anomalies and is going to school for the first time as a Middle School student – and how the other students learn to see him as a person they like. The movie based on the book came out in November of 2107.

a)

Harry Potter

b)

Wonder

c)

Maze Runner

d)

Life of Pi

2.

In this novel, the parents' names are not mentioned. They are just referred to as "Ma" and "Pa." The little girl lives with her sister, Mary, with whom she has been living even before Pa decided to sell their house in the woods of Wisconsin.

a)

Little House on the Prairie

b)

Little Home on the Range

c)

Big House on the Butte

d)

Little House in the Forest

3.

This ocean has the seafloor closest to the center of the Earth.

a)

Atlantic

b)

Pacific

c)

Indian

d)

Arctic

4.

Treaty of Ghent ended this war. Two days before it was declared, the British said they'd repealed the laws that were the main reason for fighting the Americans, but what was fought anyway?

a)

Revolutionary War

b)

French & Indian War

c)

War of 1812

d)

Vietnam War

5.

In which European city was President Kennedy when he said the U.S. "never had to put up a wall to keep our people in"?

a)

Berlin

b)

Paris

c)

Rome

d)

Stockholm

6.

Name this hero who led the Argonauts on the quest for the Golden Fleece.

a)

Hercules

b)

Jason

c)

Perseus

d)

Percy Jackson

7.

Sodium has an atomic number of 11, and the mass number is 23. How many neutrons does it have?

a)

12

b)

11

c)

23

d)

34

8.

Here's the Crescent Lake one in the Gobi Desert, an example of what type of area of water in deserts?

a)

mirage

b)

oasis

c)

delta

d)

forest

9.

In what city was the Constitution signed?

a)

Philadelphia

b)

Washington, D.C.

c)

Plymouth

d)

Boston

10.

Almost all of his 800 paintings were done with broad, violent brushstrokes using oil on canvas. Who was he?

a)

Monet

b)

Van Gogh

c)

Degas

d)

Picasso

11.

What country has the second most French speakers?

a)

Germany

b)

Russia

c)

Italy

d)

Canada

12.

Name this English scientist who formulated the Laws of Motion and is said to have discovered gravity.

a)

Plato

b)

Newton

c)

Einstein

d)

Degrasse

13.

(First and Last Name both)

The quotation, "Father, I cannot tell a lie," is associated with him. Here's Grant Woods's depiction of him chopping down the cherry tree, but that was lie that never happened. The person who made up the story used it to teach children to tell the truth. Which person never actually cut down the tree or said that?

a)

Abraham Lincoln

b)

Andrew Jackson

c)

John Adams

d)

George Washington

14.

This element forms more compounds than all the other elements combined, including making up both graphite and diamonds.

a)

Carbon

b)

Salt

c)

calcium

d)

chromium

15.

This Currier and Ives print is a scene of which major U.S. river?

a)

Rio Grande

b)

Mississippi

c)

Brazos

d)

Colorado

16.

No trip to this southern California city would be complete without visiting its world-famous zoo.

a)

Los Angeles

b)

Los Fresnos

c)

Sacramento

d)

San Diego

17.

Name the artist of this masterpiece, American Gothic, who used his sister and his dentist as his models.

a)

Monet

b)

Manet

c)

Wood

d)

Degas

18.

Most holes are empty, but Jackson Hole is filled with wildlife in what western state?

a)

Wyoming

b)

California

c)

Montana

d)

Washington

19.

What's the area of a rhombus with diagonals of 12 and 15?

a)

60

b)

70

c)

80

d)

90

20.

In the code named for him, an O is represented by three dashes. Who was he?

a)

Donaldson

b)

Morse

c)

Horse

d)

Richards