Free Printable Prep Bowl Test 1

1.

The island of Sicily lies in which sea?

a)

Adriatic Sea

b)

Mediterranean Sea

c)

Tyrrhenian Sea

d)

Red Sea

2.

Which of the following sentences contains a simile?

a)

The clown was a ball of energy, jumping around the excited children.

b)

The tower stood tall and straight as an arrow.

c)

The elephant's trunk was a snake, writhing to the left and right.

d)

The test was so hard that I had a headache after finishing it.

3.

How many people make up the United States Congress?

a)

535

b)

435

c)

100

d)

9

4.

What is the difference between a flat and a round character?

a)

One is good and one is bad.

b)

One is the protagonist and one is the antagonist.

c)

One stays the same throughout the story, one changes.

d)

One is big and the other is little.

5.

What does the word "contour" mean?

a)

making one object larger to create illusion of distance

b)

placing one object over another to create depth

c)

shading to give shadow

d)

giving shape to curved surfaces to create movement

6.

Which president ended World War II by dropping the Atomic Bomb on two Japanese cities in 1945?

a)

President Eisenhower

b)

President Lincoln

c)

President Truman

d)

President Taft

7.

What sea bird is also known as the gooney bird?

a)

Sea Gull

b)

Albatross

c)

Penguin

d)

Robin

8.

What are the front cutting teeth called?

a)

molars

b)

bicuspids

c)

incisors

d)

baby teeth

9.

What is the date when the sun is directly over the Tropic of Capricorn?

a)

June 21st or 22nd

b)

October 21st or 22nd

c)

December 21st or 22nd

d)

March 21st or 22nd

10.

If I mentioned "anthracite" and "bituminous", what would I be talking about?

a)

diamonds

b)

coal

c)

chemicals

d)

stars

11.

What is the capital of Iraq?

a)

Tehran

b)

Bombay

c)

Baghdad

d)

Rome

12.

Which of the following has a compound subject?

a)

Bob is big and tall.

b)

Bill ran and jumped in the park.

c)

Bill and Bob are brothers.

d)

The boys play ball on the same team.

13.

A question mark follows what type of sentence?

a)

declarative

b)

imperative

c)

exclamatory

d)

interrogative

14.

The planet with the most moons is:

a)

Saturn

b)

Neptune

c)

Venus

d)

Uranus

15.

The total amount of vapor that the air can hold at a given temperature is called

a)

humidity

b)

dew point

c)

isobar

d)

pollution index

16.

How many sides does a hexagon have?

a)

five

b)

six

c)

seven

d)

eight

17.

Which word is spelled incorrectly?

a)

sherbet

b)

centennial

c)

adaptetion

d)

structure

18.

The crown of glowing gasses around the sun that can be seen during a solar eclipse is called the

a)

atmosphere

b)

sun spots

c)

supernova

d)

corona

19.

Which state is farthest North?

a)

Nebraska

b)

Iowa

c)

South Dakota

d)

Michigan

20.

With which system of the body would you associate the nasal cavity, pharynx, larynx, bronchi, and lungs?

a)

respiratory

b)

digestive

c)

nervous

d)

circulatory

21.

Which President is associated with the Watergate Scandal?

a)

Eisenhower

b)

Reagan

c)

Nixon

d)

Kennedy

22.

Choose the simple subject in the following sentence: The wagon-shaped car skidded down the highway.

a)

wagon

b)

highway

c)

car

d)

skidded

23.

Who shot Abraham Lincoln?

a)

John Wilkes Booth

b)

Lee Harvey Oswald

c)

Gavrilo Princip

d)

Jefferson Davis

24.

What is the complete predicate in this sentence: The turtle waddled into the little pond.

a)

waddled

b)

the turtle

c)

turtle waddled

d)

waddled into the little pond

25.

Where in the human body would you find the cerebrum?

a)

brain

b)

liver

c)

spinal cord

d)

heart

26.

What does the Richter Scale register?

a)

location of earthquakes

b)

fault lines of earthquakes

c)

intensity of earthquakes

d)

length of earthquakes

27.

The simple predicate is always

a)

a verb

b)

a noun

c)

an adjective

d)

an adverb

28.

Who invented the cotton gin?

a)

Eli Whitney

b)

Gerald Ford

c)

Thomas Edison

d)

Ben Franklin

29.

Which of the following is not a characteristic of a dictatorship?

a)

The leader comes to power through force.

b)

There are usually a group of people who rule the country.

c)

There are secret police to be sure people are following the laws of the government.

d)

The leader makes all laws, but does not need to follow these laws himself.

30.

How do you make "bosses" possessive?

a)

bosses'

b)

bosses's

c)

boss's

d)

bossess'

31.

What must be exceeded to produce a sonic boom?

a)

speed of mass

b)

speed of travel

c)

speed of light

d)

speed of sound

32.

What two colors mixed together make purple?

a)

yellow and red

b)

blue and red

c)

blue and green

d)

yellow and blue

33.

Which of the following countries is an island country?

a)

Spain

b)

Honduras

c)

Crete

d)

Sudan

34.

The idea of scarcity goes along with which subject?

a)

economics

b)

government

c)

history

d)

English

35.

What does the word "renaissance" mean?

a)

rebirth or revival

b)

repeat or do over

c)

change or revise

d)

describe

36.

How do you find the area of a triangle?

a)

base x height divided by 1/2

b)

base x height x width

c)

base + height divided by 2

d)

base x height divided by 2

37.

Which of the following rivers is the longest in the world?

a)

Amazon

b)

Mississippi

c)

Nile

d)

Po

38.

Which of the following words is misspelled?

a)

inheritance

b)

perportion

c)

subtle

d)

watermelon

39.

Pepperoni is to pizza as Chevrolet it to

a)

driving

b)

automobile

c)

transportation

d)

travel

40.

The climax of a story is the

a)

introduction

b)

ending

c)

turning point

d)

setting

41.

Find the area of a square with a side of 5.

a)

10

b)

25

c)

15

d)

20

42.

The moon is about 240,000 miles from Earth. How long would it take you to fly to the moon at a speed of 40,000 miles per day?

a)

one month

b)

two weeks

c)

12 days

d)

6 days

43.

Choose the closest estimate for 5,985 x 89.

a)

4,000,000

b)

450,000

c)

535,000

d)

540,000

44.

Solve the following equation $3\ +\ 5^{2\ }=$

a)

28

b)

228

c)

25

d)

225

45.

Solve the following equation:

\frac{24}{b}

, b = 6

a)

6

b)

3

c)

4

d)

24

46.

Find the value of x that gives a true equation.

$\frac{x}{8}$ = 8

a)

1

b)

10

c)

64

d)

16

47.

Find the next three numbers in the following pattern:

55, 60, 61, 66, 67, 72

a)

77, 78, 83

b)

78, 79, 84

c)

80, 81, 86

d)

73, 78, 79

48.

What is the mean of the following set of percentages:

85, 76, 100, 96, 85

a)

88.4

b)

85

c)

87.4

d)

88.9

49.

Add the following fractions:

$\frac{4}{3}$ + $\frac{7}{8}$ = ?

a)

$2\ \frac{5}{8}$

b)

$2\ \frac{3}{8}$

c)

$2\ \frac{5}{24}$

d)

$2\ \frac{2}{12}$

50.

How would you write the following fraction as a mixed number:

$\frac{12}{5}$

a)

$\frac{5}{12}$

b)

$2\ \frac{2}{5}$

c)

$2\ \frac{1}{2}$

d)

$2\ \frac{2}{12}$

Prep Bowl Test 1

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 50mins

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