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WorksheetsPrep Bowl 28: More Knowledge
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 33mins
In art, what is used to support the canvas while painting?
(a)
A certain radioactive isotope has a half-life of 24 hours. What fraction of this isotope will remain radioactive after five days?
1/4
1/8
1/16
1/32
1/64
What type of book lists words followed by words with similar meanings?
(a)
What is the name of a book about the author's own life?
(a)
Which professional sports team did George W Bush, along with other investors, purchase in 1989?
(a)
One dollar is 4/1000 of an inch thick. In miles, about how high is a $1 billion stack of dollar bills?
4.4 miles
11.5 miles
13.5 miles
12.5 miles
15.5 miles
How many inches in 1 foot?
(a)
Who is the ruler of China?
(a)
In the Spanish alphabet, what letter can receive a tilde (~) on top?
(a)
A gasoline tank has a capacity of 18 gallons. The tank is 1/4 full. The additional number of gallons needed to completely fill it is ..................?
14.5
11.5
12.5
13.5
15.5
Two numbers differ by 2. Five times the smaller number diminished by twice the greater numbers is 8. The numbers are (a) ?
Identify the negative word in this sentence: Many jazz performers do nothing but improvise.
(a)
What is a closed three-dimensional shape which starts at a circle and narrows to a point?
(a)
Electricity costs 8 cents per kilowatt-hour. Every day, 365 days per year, a 100 -watt light bulb burns for one hour. How much does this cost annually?
(a)
What is the square root of the number of lives that a cat is said to have?
(a)
How many feet in a mile?
(a)
If Ford Motor Company needs to transport 123 cars on trucks which hold 6 cars each, how many trucks are required?
(a)
What is the outer layer of skin called?
(a)
How many quarts in a gallon?
(a)
How many tablespoons in a cup?
(a)
How many pints in a gallon?
(a)
How many feet in a yard?
(a)
How many yards in a mile?
(a)
How many inches in a yard?
(a)
Consider a taxi which charges $1.20 for the first 1/3 mile and $.50 for each additional 1/3 mile. How much would a 5 mile trip cost?
$6.40
$8.20
$7.60
$8.60
$7.20
Nitrogen comprises the greatest percentage of the atmosphere of ..................?
Mars
Pluto
Earth
Venus
Jupiter
Which verb characteristic shows the time of the action or the state of being?
(a)
In the Spanish alphabet, what letter is often rolled when it is pronounced?
(a)
A model rocket was launched to an altitude of 54,925 feet. How many feet above 10 miles did it travel?
1845
1975
2165
2205
2125
What part of the sentence receives the action of the verb?
(a)
What is the air passage called that connects to the lungs?
(a)
A factory want to put a dozen jars of taco sauce in boxes for shipping. They have 420 jars of sauce. How many boxes will they need?
35
70
24
18
62
At a galactic get-together, there were twice as many two-headed creatures as one-headed creatures. If there were 45 heads at the gathering, how many two-headed creature were there?
(a)
What type of animal was Jabberwock in the poem "Jabberwocky?"
(a)
What is the second most commonly spoken language in the United States?
(a)
To the nearest hundredth of a year, express the part of the year remaining after March 31st.
(a)
Twice the sum of 16 and 24 is divided by half their difference. What is the quotient?
(a)
If you pair each of the numbers from 1 through 8 so that the sum of each pair is identical, what would the sum be?
6
7
8
9
10
What does the Spanish word dinero mean in English?
(a)
2 fingles equal 6 rorgs. 12 rorgs equal 1 noggle. How many fingles are there in 5 noogles?
12
14
16
18
20
15 pounds of anchovies are needed for 7 pizzerias for 2 days. How many pounds are needed for 4 pizzerias for 7 days?
(a)
Determine three consecutive even integers whose sum is 78.
(a)
If 1996 was the first year that Dan could vote in a federal election, he must have been born in ________?
1971 or 1972
1974 or 1975
1977 or 1978
1981 or 1982
1984 or 1985
How many cubic yards of concrete are needed to pour a 4-inch pad that is 12 feet by 16 feet?
0.82
1.29
1.67
2.37
2.84
Which amendment begins" "The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution (a) ?
If you begin lunch at 11:45 AM and end lunch at 12:19 PM, how many minutes long was your lunch?
(a)
What is the plural of the following possessive pronouns?
his, her, its
(a)
What name is given to the ceremony where the elected President of the United States swears loyalty to the Constitution?
(a)
Which state has the lowest population density?
Ohio
California
Nevada
West Virginia
Rhode Island
The seed of which plant contains a kind of milk?
banana
squash
artichoke
coconut
garbanzo bean
