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Worksheets8th Grade Trivia Challenge
Total questions: 52
Worksheet time: 46mins
Use a calculator to solve this problem:
( -7.13 + 43.6) x 4.45
Your answer must be in 3 significant digits.
Use a calculator to solve this problem. −10.5 +3.39 −(−8.58)(0.468)(−95.3)(−28.1) + (−65.7)(−53.4)
Your answer must be in 3 significant digits.
Use a calculator to solve this problem.
2.95 + 4.61 + π − 18.21 + (5.37)1
Your answer must be in 3 significant digits.
Use a calculator to solve this problem.
(80.8 x 83.6) - (1890 - 2460)
Your answer must be in 3 significant digits.
Use a calculator to solve this problem.
What is the cube root of the result of 41.9 minus 17.8 ( π )?
Your answer must be in 3 significant digits.
What is the output of the following code segment?
out.print(14 + -3 * 7 / 2) ;
1
49
28
28.0
There is no output due to a syntax error.
What is the output of the following code segment?
out.println ("Pi") ;
out.printf ("%.3f", 3.14159) ;
out.println ("Pie") ;
PI
3.14Pie
Pi
3.141Pie
Pi
3.141
Pie
Pi
3.142
Pie
The woman with all the dogs _____ down my street.
walk
walks
Dan Quayle, the former _____, told a student to add an "e" at the end of the word potato.
vice president
Vice President
"My chest _____ do not show COVID pneumonia," Allen West, Texas gubernatorial candidate, said.
x-rays
X-rays
xrays
Xrays
The Texas football team has _____ schedule set early.
their
its
it's
The cornet and the trumpet are two _____ things.
seprate
separate
seperate
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?
Iceland
Romania
Italy
Greece
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?
Siberia
Antarctica, near the south pole
the Takla Makan Desert in northern China
the surface of the moon
A small town in Kansas became a battleground over the First Amendment after the local police force and county sheriff's deputies did what?
arrested a Black teenager who was taking out the trash at his own home
removed a dozen books from the library because they didn't reflect "community values"
provided protection to Republican political candidates visiting the state fair but refused to provide protection to visiting Democratic candidates
raided the office of The Marion County Record
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?
the United States
the Palestinian Authority
He agreed. Israel should.
Egypt
In late September, U.S. President Joe Biden became the first president to do what?
to visit a country, Ukraine, at war
to join a picket line in the UAW strike
to adopt a rescue dog, Commander
to ignore Congress and keep spending government funds despite not having any budgetary authority
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
Lady Bracknell
Miss Fairfax
Miss Lane
Miss Prism
Very important to the plotline of Wilde's play is Miss Prism's recognition of her initials on a
hand-bag
handkerchief
receipt for a train ticket
recipe for cucumber sandwiches
title page of a three-volume novel
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
Augusta
Cecily
Gwendolyn
Merriman
A statement that is deliberately ambiguous, one of whose possible meanings is risque or suggestive o some impropriety is a
double entendre
hyperbole
oxymoron
synedoche
understatement
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?
$14.68
$14.80
$14.92
$15.04
$15.16
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)
117 ft2
120 ft2
123 ft2
126 ft2
129 ft2
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)
0.329
0.335
0.341
0.347
0.353
Use a calculator to solve this problem.
When 2x3 + 6x2 + 4x + 8 is divided by x + 2, the remainder is _____.
0
2
4
6
8
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?
72
74
76
78
80
Do NOT use a calculator to solve this problem.
2023 - 320
Do NOT use a calculator to solve this problem.
2021 + 2223 + 2425
Do NOT use a calculator to solve this problem.
2023 x 6
Do NOT use a calculator to solve this problem.
162
Do NOT use a calculator to solve this problem.
2517 = _____%
If purple is dominant over white, what percent of offspring from the following cross would be white?
Pp x pp
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
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
Domain Archaea
Domain Bacteria
Domain Eukarya
Domain Prokarya
Domain Archaebacteria
Based on the periodic table, which noble gas is most likely to have an isotope that contains 22 neutrons in its nucleus?
Ne
Ar
Kr
Xe
Rn
Which of these is an endothermic process?
liquid water freezing to ice
charging a cell phone battery
combustion of natural gas
conversion of sugar and oxygen to carbon dioxide and water through respiration
a freshly-baked pie cooling off on a table
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?
the light focuses to a single point
the light continues in a narrow beam
the light spreads out
the light does not get through at all
the light beam refracts
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?
0.5 to 0.75 astronomical units
1.0 to 1.5 astronomical units
2.0 to 5.0 astronomical units
8.0 to 12.0 astronomical units
Class M stars cannot sustain a habitable zone
Who were the main candidates in the U.S. election of 1800?
John Adams and Thomas Jefferson
George Washington and John Adams
Thomas Jefferson and James Madison
Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr
What was a significant outcome of the U.S. election of 1800?
The establishment of the Democratic-Republican Party
The first peaceful transfer of power between political parties
The beginning of the Federalist Party's dominance
The end of the Articles of Confederation
Which amendment to the U.S. Constitution was a direct result of the election of 1800?
The 10th Amendment
The 12th Amendment
The 15th Amendment
The 19th Amendment
Whose influence shaped the results of the U. S. election of 1800?
Thomas Jefferson
John Adams
Aaron Burr
Alexander Hamilton
Who won the U.S. election of 1800?
Thomas Jefferson
Aaron Burr
John Adams
James Madison
Choose the word that is spelled incorrectly.
inexorable
servicable
deductibility
answerable
redoubtable
Choose the word that is spelled incorrectly.
ill-conceived
dapple-grey
deep-six
long-suffering
open-ended
This Greek word means "second actor."
deuteragonist
Huguenot
saveloy
Xenophanes
caitiff
My favorite novels are those filled with much _____; I love to figure out mystery and conundrum!
coxcombry
enigma
piccalilli
gracioso
legalese
(a)
(a)
(a)
(a)
(a)
Is copying a friend's homework paper wrong? Why or why not?
