WorksheetsPrep Bowl 30: Can you ever do enough trivia?
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 27mins
Katrina wants to buy $20 gift cards for her 104 employees. One store is willing to give her a 10% discount for buying so many cards. How much would it cost Katrina with the discount?
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This character is strong enough to lift a police officer and cows, at different times. Her fathcer Ephraim is a sailor and captain of a ship. She lives with Mr. Nilsson who is her pet monkey. Name this character in a novel by Astrid Lindgren, whose best friends are Tommy and Annika.
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To officially get this position, someone must undergo semikha. Name these Jewish religious leaders who interpret Jewish law.
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An important Jewish religious position is that of hazzan, or cantor, who leads the congregation inthis activity.
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The Elgin Marbles came from this ancient Greek building. Name this historic temple in Athens, which was mostly destroyed by the Ottoman Empire in 1687.
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The Parthenon was dedicated to this Greek goddess of wisdom and justice.
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This natural disaster can be detected by looking for a hook echo. Name these disasters which are rotating columns of dangerous winds.
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Tornadoes that occur over a lake or ocean are given this name.
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A common expression indicating that a person lacks strength or vigor is "weak as a kitten."
clam
fawn
puppy
kitten
piglet
Complete this Poor Richard proverb.
A man is known by the company he ............................
sells
keeps
feeds
develops
organizes
Which word cannot be a conjunction?
in
but
when
except
although
Which state is not bordered by this Atlantic Ocean?
Vermont
Georgia
Virginia
Delaware
New Jersey
In 1996, who earned the distinctions of enduring the longest stay in space by any American and the longest stay in space by any woman?
Janet Reno
Geena Davis
Faye Resnick
Elizabeth Dole
Shannon Lucid
A story by Frank Stockton leaves it to the reader to decide whether through a certain door there came a fair damsel or a ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,?
one-eyed giant
hideously ugly troll
Gorgon with snakes for hair
leprechaun with a pot of gold
predatory flesh-eating mammal
In the song from the musical, "Oklahoma," the corn is as high as the eye of a ______________________.
swine
feline
bovine
ruminant
pachyderm
Which fraction is not correctly expressed as a percentage?
3/5 = 60%
7/10 = 70%
2/200 = 1%
10/40 = 25%
12/36 = 30%
Which line contains a word misspelled due to a dropped vowel?
probaly
grievious
government
conscientous
percipitation
Standard usage is illustrated in which line?
elvis sings goodE
I will set on the bench.
Steffi can play tennis well.
The sun will raise at 5:15 A,M.
Miss Bardot want to learn me French.
Which is the geographically largest country?
Tongo
Sudan
Liberia
Uganda
Somalia
On some early New England flags was a pine tree with a serpent coiled around the trunk. Below the design were the words, "Don't ____________."
sit on me
mess on me
tread on me
stomp on me
lean on me
Which is the largest European sea?
North Sea
Baltic Sea
Caspian Sea
Adriatic Sea
Mediterranean Sea
The angular distance of a celestial object above or below the horizon is the object's _____________?
altitude
latitude
longitude
mplitude
magnitude
Which sentence includes an irregular verb?
Saddle up Old Blue.
You drive me crazy.
Walk over to the wok.
List all of Liszt's best works.
Please paraphrase "Jabberwocky."
What would happen if Earth's atmosphere vanished?
ice caps would expand
oceans would boil away
UV radiation would decrease
continental drift would cease
Earth's surface would liquefy
Ransome is practically always linked with _______________?
perjury
treason
kidnapping
manslaughter
embezzlement
Had it been possible to buy life insurance in ancient Rome, whose premiums would have been highest?
consuls
plebeians
praetor
gladiators
patricians
The ratio of the energy a machine delivers to the energy supplied to it defines .....?
force
power
inertia
momentum
efficiency
Which battle took place first?
Battle of Midway
Battle of Hastings
Battle of Waterloo
Battle of Marathon
Battle of Gettysburg
The torrid zone is in the region of ,,,,,,,?
the Equator
the Arctic Circle
the Prime Meridian
the Tropic of Cancer
the tropic of Capricorn
Which adult bird has a body weight of about 100 grams.
white stork
Canada goose
American robin
rufous hummingbird
This Greek prefix begins with the letter "a" and means "self."
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This word describes a book written by someone about their own life.
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An autotroph is an organism that can do this activity. An example is most plants who use photosynthesis.
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Matt is making 2 cookie recipes that require 1 and 2/5 cups sugar and 2 4/5 cups of sugar. How many total cups of sugar does Matt need to have?
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This US city was created in 1790 from land donated by two states. Name the city.
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Name these things about the color red in science.
Ultraviolet light has a shorter wavelength than visible light. Name the radiation with a slightly longer wavelength that visible ligt.
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Name the capital of Switzerland.
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Name the capital of Haiti.
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Name the chemical symbol for Potassium.
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Name the amendment that gave women the right to vote.
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Identify this Roman numeral MCMXLIV
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What is the Latin word for dog?
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What is the Latin word for horse?
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Who wrote The Very Hungry Caterpillar?
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What is the name of the angle that is between 0 degrees and 90 degrees?
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What parts of speech are about, by and near?
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What is the name of the word or group of words that a pronoun references?
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What do you call an inscription on the tomb or memorial of a dead person?
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Name the author of the following classic:
Black Beauty
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Name the author of the following classic:
Robinson Crusoe
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