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Elementary Practice Questions - Round 5

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

In the 1970s and '80s, fusion musicians combined this genre with rock and Latin music. Swing, big band, and Dixieland were styles in this genre, which grew from spirituals, blues, and ragtime. Name this genre of Miles Davis and Louis Armstrong.

a)

Jazz

b)

Rock

c)

Blues

d)

Classical

2.

Name the science fiction and fantasy author of 'A Wrinkle in Time'.

a)

J.K. Rowling

b)

Madeleine L'Engle

c)

Suzanne Collins

d)

C.S. Lewis

3.

Old McDonald's farm is divided into 15 fields. He plants corn in two-thirds of the fields. How many fields are planted in corn?

a)

5

b)

10

c)

12

d)

15

4.

What is the name of the high-pitched, German-named instrument with metal bars used in marching bands?

a)

Xylophone

b)

Glockenspiel

c)

Marimba

d)

Vibraphone

5.

Who set dance moves to Billy Joel's music in Movin' Out?

a)

Martha Graham

b)

Twyla Tharp

c)

Mikhail Baryshnikov

d)

Bob Fosse

6.

What is the class of macromolecules that includes fats, oils, and waxes?

a)

Proteins

b)

Carbohydrates

c)

Lipids

d)

Nucleic acids

7.

Fill in the blank: The Greek root 'therm' means ______ in English.

a)

Cold

b)

Heat

c)

Light

d)

Sound

8.

Kentucky's legislature is this type. So is the national legislature. What is a legislature with two chambers called?

a)

Bicameral

b)

Unicameral

c)

Tricameral

d)

Multicameral

9.

They belong to a larger group of animals known as arthropods; animals with exoskeletons and jointed legs. They have 2 pairs of appendages in front of the mouth and paired appendages near the mouth that function as jaws. Name this group of animals whose best-known members are shellfish lobsters and crabs.

a)

Crustaceans

b)

Insects

c)

Arachnids

d)

Myriapods

10.

This African American was an agricultural scientist and inventor. What man became known as 'The Peanut Man' for his work with peanuts?

a)

George Washington Carver

b)

Booker T. Washington

c)

Frederick Douglass

d)

W.E.B. Du Bois

11.

In a flower, once this part is fertilized, a seed will be produced. What is the name of this female flower part that shares its name with a term for a human egg?

a)

A) Ovule

b)

B) Stamen

c)

C) Pistil

d)

D) Sepal

12.

Mr. Jones needs to fence his rectangular garden to keep the deer away from the vegetables. One side of the garden is 40 feet and the second side is 16 feet. What is the perimeter of the garden in feet?

a)

A) 112

b)

B) 104

c)

C) 96

d)

D) 128

13.

What proclamation declared 'all persons held as slaves ... shall be free'?

a)

Emancipation Proclamation

b)

Gettysburg Address

c)

Bill of Rights

d)

Declaration of Independence

14.

What rise in prices means a decline in purchasing power over time?

a)

A) Inflation

b)

B) Deflation

c)

C) Stagnation

d)

D) Recession

15.

What is the name of the actor who earned a Young Artist Award for playing the title role in the prequel to The Big Bang Theory?

a)

Iain Armitage

b)

Tom Holland

c)

Jacob Tremblay

d)

Finn Wolfhard