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Knowledge Bowl Practice 1 61-80 (First Link)

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Virgil and Wyatt rode off in opposite directions at speeds of 15 and 25 mph until they were 210 miles apart. How long did each brother ride?


(In decimal form and don't forget the unit of measure)

a)

5.25 hours

b)

5 hours

c)

4.75 hours

d)

5.5 hours

e)

5.15 hours

2.

Many somewhat different meanings in the following sentence can be achieved by simply moving which one word to different locations?

Only the boss told me to complete the job

before dark.

a)

boss

b)

me

c)

only

d)

complete

e)

before

3.

What characteristic of music can be measured by a metronome in beats per minute?

a)

beat

b)

measure

c)

score

d)

note

e)

tempo

4.

Much like grease is rendered from frying bacon, what did 18th and 19th century sailors put into their try pots to obtain oil - another name for the fat of the whale?

a)

oil

b)

scale

c)

blubber

d)

lard

e)

blunt

5.

These are newspapers in what state?

Okeechobee Times

Pompano Ledger

Boca Beacon

Venice Gondolier

a)

Florida

b)

Oklahoma

c)

Colorado

d)

Mississippi

e)

New York

6.

What writing error is illustrated by these phrases?

in actual fact

collaborate together

blend together

final result

a)

hyperbole

b)

run on

c)

redundancy

d)

spelling

e)

bad grammar

7.

An astronaut whose weight is 560 pounds at 4 Gs weighs how much when she steps out of the shower at home?

a)

160 pounds

b)

140 pounds

c)

260 pounds

d)

240 pounds

e)

125 pounds

8.

The context clues in this sentence provide some explanatory information regarding the meaning of what word?

Her second-grade classmates include several

precocious children including one who could

already play classical piano, another who could

already do solid geometry, and a third who was

reading at the 12th-grade level.

a)

classical

b)

solid geometry

c)

precocious

d)

level

e)

children

9.

During what part of a story do things like these happen?

-the long-lost treasure is finally found

-the hero saves the town

-the bad guy is vanquished

-the protagonists survive a horrific storm

-the survivor is rescued from an island

a)

climax

b)

plot

c)

setting

d)

resolution

e)

introduction

10.

These are nicknames of what?

Golden, Centennial, Gopher, Show-me,

Sagebrush, Empire, Lone Star, Hoosier

a)

flowers

b)

states

c)

plants

d)

breeds of dogs

e)

birds

11.

The Puritan Migration of the 1630s brought colonists to New England from what country?

a)

Spain

b)

France

c)

England

d)

Poland

e)

Africa

12.

Find x if x/4 = .28.

a)

11.2

b)

7

c)

.07

d)

.7

e)

1.12

13.

What North American sea contains the greatest number of coral reefs?

a)

Atlantic

b)

Pacific

c)

Caribbean

d)

Dead

e)

Baltic

14.

What river has more than 1100 tributaries including the Madeira, Rio Negro, Yapura, Morona, Tambo, and Branco?

a)

Amazon

b)

Mississippi

c)

Rio Grande

d)

Nile

e)

Danube

15.

Name the device that turns thread or yarn into cloth by weaving strands together at right angles.

a)

weaver

b)

spindle

c)

thread

d)

loom

e)

sewing machine

16.

Four times what number is six more than the number?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

e)

5

17.

In "The Two Towers," what character with a split personality does Samwise Gamgee call either Slinker or Stinker?

a)

Frodo

b)

Gandalf

c)

Aragorn

d)

Gollum

e)

Legolas

18.

What figure of speech is used in all of these examples?

sink or swim

takes two to tango

boom or bust

do or die

the more the merrier

live the life

a)

alliteration

b)

hyperbole

c)

personification

d)

simile

e)

paradox

19.

Name the southernmost of Britain's North American colonies.

a)

Georgia

b)

Barbados

c)

Virginia

d)

New York

e)

Maryland

20.

What stage direction in a play manuscript indicates that a character should go onstage?

a)

enter

b)

stage

c)

exit

d)

front

e)

center stage