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8th Grade Trivia Challenge

Total questions: 52

Worksheet time: 46mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Use a calculator to solve this problem:

( -7.13 + 43.6) x 4.45

Your answer must be in 3 significant digits.

2.

Use a calculator to solve this problem. (95.3)(28.1) + (65.7)(53.4)10.5 +3.39 (8.58)(0.468)\frac{\left(-95.3\right)\left(-28.1\right)\ +\ \left(-65.7\right)\left(-53.4\right)}{-10.5\ +3.39\ -\left(-8.58\right)\left(0.468\right)}

Your answer must be in 3 significant digits.

3.

Use a calculator to solve this problem.

12.95 + 4.6\frac{1}{2.95\ +\ 4.6} + 1π  18.2\frac{1}{\pi\ -\ 18.2} + 1(5.37)\frac{1}{\left(5.37\right)}

Your answer must be in 3 significant digits.

4.

Use a calculator to solve this problem.

(80.8 x 83.6) - (1890 - 2460)

Your answer must be in 3 significant digits.

5.

Use a calculator to solve this problem.

What is the cube root of the result of 41.9 minus 17.8 ( π\pi )?

Your answer must be in 3 significant digits.

6.

What is the output of the following code segment?

out.print(14 + -3 * 7 / 2) ;

a)

1

b)

49

c)

28

d)

28.0

e)

There is no output due to a syntax error.

7.

What is the output of the following code segment?

out.println ("Pi") ;

out.printf ("%.3f", 3.14159) ;

out.println ("Pie") ;

a)

PI

3.14Pie

b)

Pi

3.141Pie

c)

Pi

3.141

Pie

d)

Pi

3.142

Pie

8.

The woman with all the dogs _____ down my street.

a)

walk

b)

walks

9.

Dan Quayle, the former _____, told a student to add an "e" at the end of the word potato.

a)

vice president

b)

Vice President

10.

"My chest _____ do not show COVID pneumonia," Allen West, Texas gubernatorial candidate, said.

a)

x-rays

b)

X-rays

c)

xrays

d)

Xrays

11.

The Texas football team has _____ schedule set early.

a)

their

b)

its

c)

it's

12.

The cornet and the trumpet are two _____ things.

a)

seprate

b)

separate

c)

seperate

13.

Forcing the nearby airport to close and causing officials to put driving restrictions in place, Etna, the tallest and most active volcano in Europe, erupted. Where is Etna located?

a)

Iceland

b)

Romania

c)

Italy

d)

Greece

14.

While searching the south pole of the moon for possible reserves of water, Russia's pilotless spacecraft Luna-25 spun into an uncontrolled orbit and crashed. Where?

a)

Siberia

b)

Antarctica, near the south pole

c)

the Takla Makan Desert in northern China

d)

the surface of the moon

15.

A small town in Kansas became a battleground over the First Amendment after the local police force and county sheriff's deputies did what?

a)

arrested a Black teenager who was taking out the trash at his own home

b)

removed a dozen books from the library because they didn't reflect "community values"

c)

provided protection to Republican political candidates visiting the state fair but refused to provide protection to visiting Democratic candidates

d)

raided the office of The Marion County Record

16.

Israel's prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, declared that Israel would oversee Gaza "for an indefinite period." However, whom did U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken say should govern Gaza?

a)

the United States

b)

the Palestinian Authority

c)

He agreed. Israel should.

d)

Egypt

17.

In late September, U.S. President Joe Biden became the first president to do what?

a)

to visit a country, Ukraine, at war

b)

to join a picket line in the UAW strike

c)

to adopt a rescue dog, Commander

d)

to ignore Congress and keep spending government funds despite not having any budgetary authority

18.

In Oscar Wilde's trivial comedy for serious people, The Importance of Being Earnest, the character who is recognized as having "been for the last three years Miss Cardew's esteemed governess and valued companion" is

a)

Lady Bracknell

b)

Miss Fairfax

c)

Miss Lane

d)

Miss Prism

19.

Very important to the plotline of Wilde's play is Miss Prism's recognition of her initials on a

a)

hand-bag

b)

handkerchief

c)

receipt for a train ticket

d)

recipe for cucumber sandwiches

e)

title page of a three-volume novel

20.

In a conversation that notes that sensible men would really like to be caught in the snare defined by a woman's good looks, the declaration, "I don't think I would care to catch a sensible man" is offered by

a)

Augusta

b)

Cecily

c)

Gwendolyn

d)

Merriman

21.

A statement that is deliberately ambiguous, one of whose possible meanings is risque or suggestive o some impropriety is a

a)

double entendre

b)

hyperbole

c)

oxymoron

d)

synedoche

e)

understatement

22.

Use a calculator to solve this problem.

Luke, Paige, Ryan, and Elliot went to the Salado Pizza Palace for supper. They ordered two large pizzas which cost $15.95 each and two pitchers of coke which cost $5.95 each. They agreed to share the cost equally. If the tax rate is 8.125% and they added a 25% after tax tip, how much did Luke pay?

a)

$14.68

b)

$14.80

c)

$14.92

d)

$15.04

e)

$15.16

23.

Use a calculator to solve this problem.

A large cylindrical container has a diameter of 4 feet and a height of 8 feet.

Find the total area of the cylinder. (nearest whole number)

a)

117 ft2

b)

120 ft2

c)

123 ft2

d)

126 ft2

e)

129 ft2

24.

Use a calculator to solve this problem.

Wyatt is playing 5 card poker with his friends on the Georgetown High School track team. They are using a standard deck of 52 cards. What is the probability that he will be dealt a hand (5 cards) with at least one queen? (nearest thousandth)

a)

0.329

b)

0.335

c)

0.341

d)

0.347

e)

0.353

25.

Use a calculator to solve this problem.

When 2x3 + 6x2 + 4x + 8 is divided by x + 2, the remainder is _____.

a)

0

b)

2

c)

4

d)

6

e)

8

26.

Use a calculator to answer this question.

The number of fleas in a house is directly related to the number of dogs and inversely related to the square of the number of ferrets. Landon's house has 240 fleas, 6 dogs, and 2 ferrets. If Schafer's house has 4 ferrets and 8 dogs, how many fleas are in his house?

a)

72

b)

74

c)

76

d)

78

e)

80

27.

Do NOT use a calculator to solve this problem.

2023 - 320

28.

Do NOT use a calculator to solve this problem.

2021 + 2223 + 2425

29.

Do NOT use a calculator to solve this problem.

2023 x 6

30.

Do NOT use a calculator to solve this problem.

162

31.

Do NOT use a calculator to solve this problem.

1725\frac{17}{25} = _____%

32.

If purple is dominant over white, what percent of offspring from the following cross would be white?

Pp x pp

a)

0%

b)

25%

c)

50%

d)

75%

e)

100%

33.

The domain of life that includes single-celled organisms, the closest relatives to mitochondria and chloroplasts, and many phyla with organisms responsible for human disease is

a)

Domain Archaea

b)

Domain Bacteria

c)

Domain Eukarya

d)

Domain Prokarya

e)

Domain Archaebacteria

34.

Based on the periodic table, which noble gas is most likely to have an isotope that contains 22 neutrons in its nucleus?

a)

Ne

b)

Ar

c)

Kr

d)

Xe

e)

Rn

35.

Which of these is an endothermic process?

a)

liquid water freezing to ice

b)

charging a cell phone battery

c)

combustion of natural gas

d)

conversion of sugar and oxygen to carbon dioxide and water through respiration

e)

a freshly-baked pie cooling off on a table

36.

According to Feynman, in an experiment in which you direct a beam of light between two blocks, if you push the blocks closer together, what happens to the light?

a)

the light focuses to a single point

b)

the light continues in a narrow beam

c)

the light spreads out

d)

the light does not get through at all

e)

the light beam refracts

37.

The habitable zone around a star is the range of distances at which liquid water could exist on the surface of a planet orbiting the star. For the Sun, a class G star, the habitable zone extends from about 1.0 to 1.5 astronomical units. What would be the approximate range of the habitable zone for a class M star?

a)

0.5 to 0.75 astronomical units

b)

1.0 to 1.5 astronomical units

c)

2.0 to 5.0 astronomical units

d)

8.0 to 12.0 astronomical units

e)

Class M stars cannot sustain a habitable zone

38.

Who were the main candidates in the U.S. election of 1800?

a)

John Adams and Thomas Jefferson

b)

George Washington and John Adams

c)

Thomas Jefferson and James Madison

d)

Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr

39.

What was a significant outcome of the U.S. election of 1800?

a)

The establishment of the Democratic-Republican Party

b)

The first peaceful transfer of power between political parties

c)

The beginning of the Federalist Party's dominance

d)

The end of the Articles of Confederation

40.

Which amendment to the U.S. Constitution was a direct result of the election of 1800?

a)

The 10th Amendment

b)

The 12th Amendment

c)

The 15th Amendment

d)

The 19th Amendment

41.

Whose influence shaped the results of the U. S. election of 1800?

a)

Thomas Jefferson

b)

John Adams

c)

Aaron Burr

d)

Alexander Hamilton

42.

Who won the U.S. election of 1800?

a)

Thomas Jefferson

b)

Aaron Burr

c)

John Adams

d)

James Madison

43.

Choose the word that is spelled incorrectly.

a)

inexorable

b)

servicable

c)

deductibility

d)

answerable

e)

redoubtable

44.

Choose the word that is spelled incorrectly.

a)

ill-conceived

b)

dapple-grey

c)

deep-six

d)

long-suffering

e)

open-ended

45.

This Greek word means "second actor."

a)

deuteragonist

b)

Huguenot

c)

saveloy

d)

Xenophanes

e)

caitiff

46.

My favorite novels are those filled with much _____; I love to figure out mystery and conundrum!

a)

coxcombry

b)

enigma

c)

piccalilli

d)

gracioso

e)

legalese

47.



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52.

Is copying a friend's homework paper wrong? Why or why not?

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