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Quiz Bowl Tryout Test

Total questions: 106

Worksheet time: 1hrs 7mins

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Class
Date
1.

Mark all the nouns in the following sentence:


Mary walked to the store during her break to get a sandwich.

a)

Mary

b)

walked

c)

store

d)

break

e)

sandwich

2.

Who wrote the book, Harry Potter?

(a)  

3.

Which sentences is written correctly?

a)

Me and Antwoine are going to the library.

b)

Antwoine gave a book to Izzy and I.

c)

Antwoine gave a book to me and Izzy.

d)

I and Antwoine are going to the library.

4.

What are the official names of the four types of sentences?

a)

statement, question, exclamation, command

b)

statement, exclamation, interrogative, command

c)

fragment, run-on, complex

d)

declarative, exclamatory, interrogative, imperative

5.

Which of the following is NOT a category of the three types of rock?

a)

sedimentary

b)

sandstone

c)

igneous

d)

metamorphic

6.

What element is found in the inner core of our planet?

(a)  

7.

Reduce this fraction :

12/15

(use the slash button next to shift for the fraction sign)

(a)  

8.

 180÷4180\div4  

(a)  

9.

 929^2  

(a)  

10.

Which of these is a rhombus?

a)
b)
c)
d)
11.

What year was the Declaration of Independence signed?

(a)  

12.

Check all the countries that are in Asia

a)

India

b)

Georgia

c)

Kazakhastan

d)

Russia

e)

Israel

13.

Which is an example of Egyptian hieroglyphics?

a)
b)
c)
d)
14.

What is the acronym for the World Health Organization that is in charge of tracking the coronavirus pandemic?

(a)  

15.

Which of the following is a labradoodle?

a)
b)
c)
d)
16.

Joe Biden is which number president?

(a)  

17.

How many Super Bowls have been played?

a)

48

b)

50

c)

52

d)

58

18.
How many points is a field goal worth?
a)
2
b)
3
c)
6
d)
7
19.
How many players can be on the field at one time?
a)
8
b)
11
c)
16
d)
20
20.

The blacksmith made 51 horseshoes to fit his horses. What is the greatest number of horses that can get a full set of 4 shoes?

a)

10

b)

11

c)

12

d)

13

21.

During the months of July and August, Mark worked part time at his dad’s jewelry store. He worked weekly totals of 35, 40, 37, 20, 30, 37, 31, and 29 hours. What is the median number of hours that Dave worked each week?

a)

34 hours

b)

33 hours

c)

36 hours

d)

32 hours

22.

Farmer Fred has goats and chickens. Fred’s animals have 25 heads and 80 legs. How many goats and how many chickens does he have?

a)

10 goats and 15 chickens

b)

15 goats and 10 chickens

c)

12 goats and 13 chickens

d)

13 goats and 12 chickens

23.

Continue the sequence

0, 1, 8, 27, 64, …

a)

125, 216, 343, 512, 729, ...

b)

127, 225, 364, 515, 735,…

c)

130, 267, 369, 525, 740,…

d)

135, 275, 374, 575, 754, …

24.
Simplify the expression: 2x + 1 + 7x 
a)
10x
b)
10
c)
9x + 1
d)
9 + 1x
25.

Which number is not rational?

a)

5

b)

√37

c)

0.49

d)

(2/3)2

26.
Simplify the following expression:
19 - ( 3 - 5b)
a)
16 + 5b
b)
21 + 5b
c)
16 - 5b
d)
21 - 5b
27.

Who is the historical leader who is said to have been responsible for the deaths of anywhere between 10 and 70 million people?

a)

Napoleon Bonaparte

b)

Chinggis Khan

c)

Richard Nixon

d)

Joseph Stalin

28.

India gained independence in which year?

a)

1949

b)

1947

c)

1964

d)

1902

29.

Which US state was its own country from 1777 to 1791?

a)

New Hampshire

b)

Vermont

c)

Maine

d)

New York

30.

South Africa's system of racial segregation was known as _________.

a)

Jim Crow

b)

Apartheid

c)

Separatism

d)

Discrimination law

31.

In which year was Pearl Harbour Attacked?

a)

1946

b)

1942

c)

1941

d)

1939

32.

In 2005, Hurricane _______ caused major damage and casualties, especially in New Orleans.

a)

Mangkut

b)

Katrina

c)

Andrew

d)

Brian

33.

Listen to the question

(a)  

34.
Identify the bone found in the leg between the knee and the hips.
a)
Mandible
b)
Femur
c)
carpal
d)
cranium
35.
Who was the first African-American Major League baseball player?
a)
Hank Aaron
b)
Jackie Robinson
c)
Michael Jordan
d)
Elston Howard
36.
He discovered the Theory of Relativity
a)
Harold Weinstein
b)
John Nash
c)
Albert Einstein
d)
Christiaan Huygens
37.
Studies dinosaurs and fossils
a)
seismologist
b)
biologist
c)
physicist
d)
paleontologist
38.
What are the three Primary colors?
a)
Blue, Yellow, Green
b)
Yellow, Red, Green
c)
Red, Yellow, Blue
d)
Orange, Red, Blue
39.
The Mayflower Compact was a document that
a)
allowed settlers to trade with Native Americans.
b)
created a framework for governing the new colony.
c)
guaranteed religious freedom to all settlers.
d)
protected the rights of Native Americans.
40.
What was the first college in the United States? CH 4
a)
Yale
b)
Rice
c)
Dartmouth
d)
Harvard
41.
What does CPU stand for?
a)
Common Programming Utility
b)
Critical Picture Unit
c)
Central Processing Units
d)
Central Programming Utility 
42.
What is the largest two digit prime number less than 100?
a)
99
b)
87
c)
97
d)
93
43.
Find the value of 7 cubed, or 7 to the third power
a)
49
b)
35
c)
434
d)
343
44.
Planets composed mostly of gas, most massive
a)
Outer Planets
b)
Inner Planets
c)
Astroid Belt
d)
Comets
45.

River that separates IL from Kentucky

a)

Mississippi River

b)

Wabash River

c)

Quincy River

d)

Ohio River

46.
This artistic technique of painting on wet plaster associated with Italian Renaissance painting.
a)
ice sculpting
b)
Baroque
c)
al fresco
d)
realism
47.
What currency is used in India?
a)
Euro
b)
peso
c)
Rand
d)
Rupee
48.
Where is the Metropolitan Museum of Art located?
a)
Chicago
b)
New York
c)
Paris
d)
St. Petersburg
49.
The first Super Bowl was between what two teams?
a)
Packers vs. Bears
b)
Steelers vs. Vikings
c)
Raiders vs. Chiefs
d)
Packers vs Chiefs
50.
Helena is the capital of which state?
a)
North Dakota
b)
Illinois
c)
Washington
d)
Montana
51.
Which of the Following U.S. Presidents was NOT assissinated?
a)
Lincoln
b)
Garfield
c)
Reagan
d)
McKinley
52.
To poach something means?
a)
Cook on low heat
b)
Cook by simmering in liquid
c)
Cook half-way
d)
Cook till charred
53.
What quadrialateral has only 1 pair of parallel lines? 
a)
parallelogram
b)
rhombus
c)
trapezoid
d)
equalateral 
54.
Who fought in the Peloponnese war?
a)
Sparta vs Athens
b)
Athens vs Irish
c)
Athens vs French
d)
Athens vs perisans 
55.
How many sharps are in the D major scale?
a)
2
b)
4
c)
1
d)
6
56.
According to “Remembering a Leader,” Martin Luther King Jr. gained experience leading people by working in a ___.
a)
church
b)
hospital
c)
movie theater
d)
school
57.

Which event set the Great Depression into motion?

a)

The New Deal

b)

The Stock Market Crash

c)

The Social Security Act

d)

World War II

58.

Who created the New Deal?

a)

President Herbert Hoover

b)

President Theodore Roosevelt

c)

President Franklin D. Roosevelt

d)

none of the above

59.

Which event marks the end of the Great Depression?

a)

the New Deal

b)

the Stock Market Crash

c)

the Social Security Act

d)

World War II

60.

Which planet lies between Venus and Mars?

(a)  

61.

What admiral was in charge of the Nina, Pinta, and Santa Maria?

(a)  

62.

What former actor became governor of California then President?

(a)  

63.

What color is the Great Spot on the planet Jupiter?

(a)  

64.

Morse code is made up of dots and what else?

(a)  

65.

Who was the leader of Iraq in the 1990´s Gulf War?

a)

Saddam Hussein

b)

Osama Bin Laden

c)

George W. Bush

d)

Benito Mussolini

66.
Vitamin D can be obtained from _______________. 
a)
Carrots
b)
Wholegrain food
c)
Cereal
d)
Sunlight
67.
Nucleotides are made up of a sugar, phosphate, and..?
a)
nitrogenous base
b)
nucleic acid
c)
cholesterol
d)
fatty acid
68.
Which shows the correct complementary base pairing for DNA?
a)
C-A, T-G
b)
A-G, C-T
c)
C-G, U-A
d)
T-A, G-C
69.

The following features are found only in the plant cell

a)

Lysosome

b)

Cell wall

c)

Chloroplast

d)

Central vacuole

70.

The nucleus is the

a)

Power house of the cell

b)

Waste collector in the cell

c)

Control center of the cell

d)

protein factory in the cell

71.

The animal that is hunted and killed for food.

a)

Decomposer

b)

Predator

c)

Scavenger

d)

Prey

72.

A symbiotic relationship in which on species benefits without benefiting or harming the other organism.

a)

Commensialism

b)

Competition

c)

Parasitism

d)

Mutualism

73.

HS-ESS2-5 Which of the following explains why Coke is an acid while lye is a base?

a)

Coke has a pH of 3 while Lye has a pH of 14

b)

Coke is sweet and lye is salty

c)

Coke has a pH of 14 while Lye has a pH of 3

d)

Coke is liquid but lye is solid

74.

HS-ESS2-5 Acids can be harmful and so can bases. What pH numbers below would be the most dangerous?

a)

7 and 14

b)

1 and 14

c)

8 and 6

d)

2 and 10

75.

Evaluate 16-3/4

a)

1/16

b)

1/8

c)

16-3/4

d)

1/4√(163)

76.

Simplify (3a3b3)(4ab2)2

a)

48a5b7

b)

144a4b5

c)

144a6b12

d)

48a8b10

77.

When solved, which equation gives 1 as a result?

a)

none

b)

x + 5 = 14 - x/2

c)

2x/(x + 1) = (2x - 1)/x

d)

x2 + 4x + 3 = 0

78.

True or false? √ab = √a√b

a)

True

b)

False

79.

Who painted this painting

a)

Vincent van Gogh

b)

Leonardo da Vinci

c)

Freda

80.

Who painted this painting?

a)

Leonardo da Vinci

b)

Degas

c)

Monet

81.

Who painted this painting

a)

Degas

b)

Monet

c)

Freda khalo

82.
Name this painting
a)
Pain
b)
The Farewells
c)
The Scream
83.
Name this painting
a)
The Persistence of Memory
b)
Relativity
c)
The Elephants
84.
Which artist created this painting? 
a)
Vincent Van Gogh
b)
Pablo Picasso
c)
Michaelangelo
d)
Salvador Dali
85.
What is Theme?
a)
The plot line of a story
b)
The central concept of a story
c)
It happens during the climax  
d)
It is found in the setting
86.

Who wrote Great Expectations?

a)

William Shakespeare

b)

Charles Fredrickson

c)

Charles Dickens

d)

Paige Neil

87.

Which creatures gave Thor the greatest trouble in Norse mythology

a)

Giants

b)

Wart hogs

c)

Magical sprites

d)

Snakes

88.

All time best selling author of mysteries like And Then there were None and The Orient Express?

a)

William Shakespeare

b)

Charles Dickens

c)

Stephen King

d)

Agatha Christies

89.

A native character in Robinson Crusoe

a)

Henry Fielding

b)

William

c)

Timbuktu

d)

Friday

90.

Bronze sculptured Titan who comes alive in Jason and the Argonauts

a)

Talos

b)

Zeus

c)

Cronos

d)

Apollo

91.

Which novel by Mark Twain is about a boy who runs away from his father and is joined by a slave?

a)

Tom Sawyer

b)

Life on the Mississippi

c)

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

d)

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

92.

Who wrote "The Raven," "Annabel Lee," and "The Fall of the House of Usher?"

a)

Edgar Allan Poe

b)

William Shakespeare

c)

Mr. Hutton

d)

Mr. Grow

93.

What is the best definition for MALICE

a)

kind

b)

nervous

c)

mean

d)

grouchy

94.

What is the best definition for ALTRUISTIC

a)

Hater of mankind

b)

Lover of mankind

c)

depressed to a near clinical state

d)

filled with euphoria

95.

What's the extravagant period of art and architecture prevalent in Europe during most of the 17th century?

a)

Baroque

b)

Romanticism

c)

Ottonian

d)

Gothic

96.

What was the main character's name in the book The Hunger Games?

a)

Katniss Everdeen

b)

Tris Prior

c)

Cassia

d)

Rue

97.

Which famous painter was also a sculptor, an architect, and an engineer?

a)

Leonardo da Vinci

b)

Michelangelo

c)

Donatello

d)

Raphael

98.

Who was the very first winner of American Idol?

a)

Kelly Clarkson

b)

Brie Larson

c)

Carrie Underwood

d)

Fantasia Barrino

99.

Which of the following is Not a name of a Ninja Turtle?

a)

Michelangelo

b)

Galileo

c)

Donatello

d)

Raphael

100.

Name that movie

a)

Home Alone

b)

Frozen

c)

Wizard of Oz

d)

Mary Poppins

101.

What popular children's show debuted on PBS in 1969?

a)

Sesame Street

b)

Muppets

c)

Mr. Rodgers

d)

Curious George

102.

Who is the following person?

a)

Hillary Clinton

b)

Sonia Sotomayor

c)

Beyonce

d)

Kamala Harris

103.

Which topic is the person connected to?

a)

Politics

b)

Science

c)

Sports

d)

Entertainment

104.

What is the name of this villian from the Disney movie Descendants?

a)

Audrey

b)

Mal

c)

Evie

d)

Lonnie

105.

Spotify has changed the way millennials listen to music, but which millennial holds the current record for the most streamed song on the platform?

a)

Drake

b)

Ed Sheeran

c)

Taylor Swift

d)

Adele

106.

Millennials were the first generation to grow up with easy access to computers and game consoles, bringing gaming into the mainstream. Which of the following is the highest-grossing video game franchise to date?

a)

Mario

b)

Pokemon

c)

Call of Duty

d)

Fifa