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Prep Bowl 30: Can you ever do enough trivia?

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 27mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

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?

(a)  

2.

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.

(a)  

3.

To officially get this position, someone must undergo semikha. Name these Jewish religious leaders who interpret Jewish law.

(a)  

4.

An important Jewish religious position is that of hazzan, or cantor, who leads the congregation inthis activity.

(a)  

5.

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.

(a)  

6.

The Parthenon was dedicated to this Greek goddess of wisdom and justice.

(a)  

7.

This natural disaster can be detected by looking for a hook echo. Name these disasters which are rotating columns of dangerous winds.

(a)  

8.

Tornadoes that occur over a lake or ocean are given this name.

(a)  

9.

A common expression indicating that a person lacks strength or vigor is "weak as a kitten."

a)

clam

b)

fawn

c)

puppy

d)

kitten

e)

piglet

10.

Complete this Poor Richard proverb.

A man is known by the company he ............................

a)

sells

b)

keeps

c)

feeds

d)

develops

e)

organizes

11.

Which word cannot be a conjunction?

a)

in

b)

but

c)

when

d)

except

e)

although

12.

Which state is not bordered by this Atlantic Ocean?

a)

Vermont

b)

Georgia

c)

Virginia

d)

Delaware

e)

New Jersey

13.

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?

a)

Janet Reno

b)

Geena Davis

c)

Faye Resnick

d)

Elizabeth Dole

e)

Shannon Lucid

14.

A story by Frank Stockton leaves it to the reader to decide whether through a certain door there came a fair damsel or a ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,?

a)

one-eyed giant

b)

hideously ugly troll

c)

Gorgon with snakes for hair

d)

leprechaun with a pot of gold

e)

predatory flesh-eating mammal

15.

In the song from the musical, "Oklahoma," the corn is as high as the eye of a ______________________.

a)

swine

b)

feline

c)

bovine

d)

ruminant

e)

pachyderm

16.

Which fraction is not correctly expressed as a percentage?

a)

3/5 = 60%

b)

7/10 = 70%

c)

2/200 = 1%

d)

10/40 = 25%

e)

12/36 = 30%

17.

Which line contains a word misspelled due to a dropped vowel?

a)

probaly

b)

grievious

c)

government

d)

conscientous

e)

percipitation

18.

Standard usage is illustrated in which line?

a)

elvis sings goodE

b)

I will set on the bench.

c)

Steffi can play tennis well.

d)

The sun will raise at 5:15 A,M.

e)

Miss Bardot want to learn me French.

19.

Which is the geographically largest country?

a)

Tongo

b)

Sudan

c)

Liberia

d)

Uganda

e)

Somalia

20.

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 ____________."

a)

sit on me

b)

mess on me

c)

tread on me

d)

stomp on me

e)

lean on me

21.

Which is the largest European sea?

a)

North Sea

b)

Baltic Sea

c)

Caspian Sea

d)

Adriatic Sea

e)

Mediterranean Sea

22.

The angular distance of a celestial object above or below the horizon is the object's _____________?

a)

altitude

b)

latitude

c)

longitude

d)

mplitude

e)

magnitude

23.

Which sentence includes an irregular verb?

a)

Saddle up Old Blue.

b)

You drive me crazy.

c)

Walk over to the wok.

d)

List all of Liszt's best works.

e)

Please paraphrase "Jabberwocky."

24.

What would happen if Earth's atmosphere vanished?

a)

ice caps would expand

b)

oceans would boil away

c)

UV radiation would decrease

d)

continental drift would cease

e)

Earth's surface would liquefy

25.

Ransome is practically always linked with _______________?

a)

perjury

b)

treason

c)

kidnapping

d)

manslaughter

e)

embezzlement

26.

Had it been possible to buy life insurance in ancient Rome, whose premiums would have been highest?

a)

consuls

b)

plebeians

c)

praetor

d)

gladiators

e)

patricians

27.

The ratio of the energy a machine delivers to the energy supplied to it defines .....?

a)

force

b)

power

c)

inertia

d)

momentum

e)

efficiency

28.

Which battle took place first?

a)

Battle of Midway

b)

Battle of Hastings

c)

Battle of Waterloo

d)

Battle of Marathon

e)

Battle of Gettysburg

29.

The torrid zone is in the region of ,,,,,,,?

a)

the Equator

b)

the Arctic Circle

c)

the Prime Meridian

d)

the Tropic of Cancer

e)

the tropic of Capricorn

30.

Which adult bird has a body weight of about 100 grams.

a)

white stork

b)

Canada goose

c)

American robin

d)

rufous hummingbird

31.

This Greek prefix begins with the letter "a" and means "self."

(a)  

32.

This word describes a book written by someone about their own life.

(a)  

33.

An autotroph is an organism that can do this activity. An example is most plants who use photosynthesis.

(a)  

34.

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?

(a)  

35.

This US city was created in 1790 from land donated by two states. Name the city.

(a)  

36.

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.

(a)  

37.

Name the capital of Switzerland.

(a)  

38.

Name the capital of Haiti.

(a)  

39.

Name the chemical symbol for Potassium.

(a)  

40.

Name the amendment that gave women the right to vote.

(a)  

41.

Identify this Roman numeral MCMXLIV

(a)  

42.

What is the Latin word for dog?

(a)  

43.

What is the Latin word for horse?

(a)  

44.

Who wrote The Very Hungry Caterpillar?

(a)  

45.

What is the name of the angle that is between 0 degrees and 90 degrees?

(a)  

46.

What parts of speech are about, by and near?

(a)  

47.

What is the name of the word or group of words that a pronoun references?

(a)  

48.

What do you call an inscription on the tomb or memorial of a dead person?

(a)  

49.

Name the author of the following classic:

Black Beauty

(a)  

50.

Name the author of the following classic:

Robinson Crusoe

(a)