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Quiz Bowl Study Guide # 5

Total questions: 70

Worksheet time: 35mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Under the spreading chestnut tree / The village smithy stands, are the first lines to what poem written by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow?

a)

The Song of Hiawatha

b)

The Village Blacksmith

c)

Paul Revere's Ride

d)

Evangeline

2.

What was the ironclad ship used by the Union Army during the Civil War?

a)

Merrimack

b)

Monitor

c)

Virginia

d)

Constitution

3.

What is 54 times 192?

a)

10,368

b)

9,000

c)

12,000

d)

15,000

4.

What kind of scientist specializes in the study of plants?

a)

botanist

b)

zoologist

c)

geologist

d)

astronomer

5.

What is the force called that holds atoms, molecules, and ions together and can be covalent, chemical, and ionic?

a)

gravity

b)

bond

c)

friction

d)

magnetism

6.

Identify where a hyphen is needed in the following sentence: The novel is set in present day London.

a)

present day

b)

present-day

c)

presentday

d)

present day-

7.

How many bones make up the skull?

a)

23

b)

22

c)

24

d)

25

8.

What type of punctuation should be used to separate a list of items in a series?

a)

Comma

b)

Semicolon

c)

Period

d)

Colon

9.

At what cathedral did Quasimodo, the hunchback, work as a bell ringer?

a)

Notre Dame

b)

St. Paul's Cathedral

c)

Westminster Abbey

d)

Sagrada Familia

10.

Which woman won the New York Senate election in 2000?

a)

Hillary Clinton

b)

Sarah Palin

c)

Nancy Pelosi

d)

Condoleezza Rice

11.

Who was the President of the Constitutional Convention in 1787?

a)

George Washington

b)

Thomas Jefferson

c)

Benjamin Franklin

d)

John Adams

12.

Identify the adverb in the following sentence: Jason landed hard.

a)

softly

b)

hard

c)

quickly

d)

slowly

13.

How many feet are in one mile?

a)

5000

b)

5280

c)

6000

d)

5500

14.

In the American Revolution, who won the Battle of Bunker Hill?

a)

American

b)

British

c)

French

d)

Spanish

15.

What are the first names of President George W. Bush's two daughters?

a)

Mary and Laura

b)

Barbara and Jenna

c)

Anna and Emily

d)

Sarah and Jessica

16.

Who reached the mouth of the Mississippi in 1682 claiming the Mississippi River valley belonged to France?

a)

Robert La Salle

b)

Christopher Columbus

c)

Ferdinand Magellan

d)

Hernando de Soto

17.

What is a section of a play, movie, or television program that happens in a single pace at a single time called?

a)

Act

b)

Scene

c)

Episode

d)

Sequence

18.

What is a substance in Chemistry that speeds up a chemical reaction and is not changed itself in the process?

a)

A catalyst.

b)

An enzyme.

c)

A reactant.

d)

A product.

19.

On a fair six sided dice, what is the probability of rolling a number greater than 4?

a)

The probability of rolling a number greater than 4 on a fair six-sided dice is 1/6, as there is only one favorable outcome (5) out of six possible outcomes.

b)

The probability of rolling a number greater than 4 on a fair six-sided dice is 1/3, as there are two favorable outcomes (5 and 6) out of six possible outcomes.

c)

The probability of rolling a number greater than 4 on a fair six-sided dice is 1/2, as there are three favorable outcomes (4, 5, and 6) out of six possible outcomes.

d)

The probability of rolling a number greater than 4 on a fair six-sided dice is 1/4, as there is only one favorable outcome (6) out of four possible outcomes.

20.

What instrument did Louis Armstrong play?

a)

Trumpet

b)

Piano

c)

Violin

d)

Drums

21.

What is the sun's atmosphere called?

a)

The sun's atmosphere is called the corona.

b)

The sun's atmosphere is called the photosphere.

c)

The sun's atmosphere is called the chromosphere.

d)

The sun's atmosphere is called the thermosphere.

22.

In music, what are the two clef symbols?

a)

The two clef symbols in music are the alto clef and the tenor clef.

b)

The two clef symbols in music are the treble clef and the bass clef.

c)

The two clef symbols in music are the soprano clef and the mezzo-soprano clef.

d)

The two clef symbols in music are the baritone clef and the sub-bass clef.

23.

Consider drawing one card from a standard deck of 52 cards, what is the probability of drawing an Ace?

a)

The probability of drawing an Ace from a standard deck of 52 cards is 1/52.

b)

The probability of drawing an Ace from a standard deck of 52 cards is 4/52 or 1/13.

c)

The probability of drawing an Ace from a standard deck of 52 cards is 1/4.

d)

The probability of drawing an Ace from a standard deck of 52 cards is 1/26.

24.

What did Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill create that promised to end Nazi rule?

a)

The Yalta Agreement

b)

The Atlantic Charter

c)

The Treaty of Versailles

d)

The Potsdam Declaration

25.

What German religious leader of the 1500's founded Protestantism?

a)

Martin Luther

b)

John Calvin

c)

Ulrich Zwingli

d)

John Knox

26.

What is the capital of Indiana?

a)

Indianapolis

b)

Fort Wayne

c)

Evansville

d)

South Bend

27.

What type of cloud is 0-1 miles high and is a gray blanket of fog?

a)

Stratus

b)

Cumulus

c)

Cirrus

d)

Nimbus

28.

Where was the capital of the Confederacy during the Civil War?

a)

Montgomery, Alabama

b)

Richmond, Virginia

c)

Charleston, South Carolina

d)

Atlanta, Georgia

29.

What planet has the Great Red Spot which was a circular storm lasting for centuries?

a)

Jupiter

b)

Mars

c)

Venus

d)

Saturn

30.

If 15 divided by n is 1 remainder 6, what is n?

a)

n = 9

b)

n = 8

c)

n = 7

d)

n = 6

31.

Who became an American ally after the victory at Saratoga?

a)

France

b)

Spain

c)

Netherlands

d)

Portugal

32.

Identify the helping verb in the following sentence: A law must not conflict with the Constitution.

a)

must

b)

can

c)

should

d)

will

33.

In a measure of written music, what is the term for a period of silence?

a)

rest

b)

note

c)

beat

d)

measure

34.

The waves of energy that are sent out from an earthquake's focus are called:

a)

Seismic waves

b)

Tsunami waves

c)

Sound waves

d)

Light waves

35.

What was Lyndon B. Johnson's wife's nickname?

a)

Lady Bird

b)

Daisy

c)

Rose

d)

Butterfly

36.

What is the circumference of a circle with radius 4?

a)

8 pi

b)

16 pi

c)

12 pi

d)

10 pi

37.

Sinbad the Sailor is a merchant in one of the stories from what collection of old stories?

a)

Grimm's Fairy Tales

b)

Arabian Nights or The Thousand and One Nights

c)

Aesop's Fables

d)

The Canterbury Tales

38.

Using whole numbers and fractions, how many hours elapsed between 8:30am and 10:45am?

a)

2 and 1/4 hours

b)

2 hours

c)

2 and 1/2 hours

d)

1 and 3/4 hours

39.

What does the French word "excusez-moi" mean in English?

a)

Thank you

b)

Excuse me

c)

Please

d)

Goodbye

40.

What is the median of {1/10, 1/4, 1/5, 1/2, 1/8}?

a)

1/5

b)

1/10

c)

1/4

d)

1/2

41.

What are the prime factors of 100?

a)

2, 2, 5, 5

b)

2, 5, 10

c)

4, 5, 5

d)

2, 2, 25

42.

What is the mixed number representation of 76/9?

a)

8 and 4/9

b)

7 and 5/9

c)

9 and 1/9

d)

8 and 5/9

43.

If n times 1 equals 17, what is n?

a)

17

b)

16

c)

18

d)

19

44.

What is the smallest prime number greater than 20?

a)

29

b)

25

c)

27

d)

23

45.

What type of noun names more than one person, place, thing or idea?

a)

Plural

b)

Singular

c)

Collective

d)

Abstract

46.

Who was the leader of the army of Texans that fought against the Mexicans at the Battle at the Alamo?

a)

William Travis

b)

Sam Houston

c)

James Bowie

d)

Davy Crockett

47.

What is the name of the Jewish festival that celebrates the exodus of the children of Israel from slavery in Egypt?

a)

Passover

b)

Hanukkah

c)

Yom Kippur

d)

Rosh Hashanah

48.

What coats the end of the body's bones and makes up the ear and nose?

a)

cartilage

b)

muscle

c)

tendon

d)

ligament

49.

During what war was the National Anthem of the United States written?

a)

War of 1812

b)

American Civil War

c)

World War I

d)

Revolutionary War

50.

Which property says that A times B equals B times A?

a)

Commutative

b)

Associative

c)

Distributive

d)

Identity

51.

What is the capital of the United States?

a)

Washington, D.C.

b)

New York City

c)

Los Angeles

d)

Chicago

52.

Which country is known as the Land of the Rising Sun?

a)

Japan

b)

China

c)

South Korea

d)

Thailand

53.

What is the largest planet in our solar system?

a)

Jupiter

b)

Mars

c)

Earth

d)

Venus

54.

Who wrote the play 'Romeo and Juliet'?

a)

William Shakespeare

b)

Christopher Marlowe

c)

Ben Jonson

d)

Thomas Kyd

55.

What is the chemical symbol for water?

a)

H2O

b)

H2

c)

O2

d)

HO

56.

Which element has the atomic number 1?

a)

Hydrogen

b)

Helium

c)

Lithium

d)

Beryllium

57.

What is the process by which plants make their food using sunlight?

a)

photosynthesis

b)

respiration

c)

transpiration

d)

digestion

58.

Who was the first President of the United States?

a)

George Washington

b)

Thomas Jefferson

c)

John Adams

d)

Benjamin Franklin

59.

What is the smallest prime number?

a)

2

b)

3

c)

5

d)

7

60.

Which ocean is the largest in the world?

a)

Pacific Ocean

b)

Atlantic Ocean

c)

Indian Ocean

d)

Arctic Ocean

61.

What is the hardest natural substance on Earth?

a)

Diamond

b)

Graphite

c)

Quartz

d)

Corundum

62.

Who painted the Mona Lisa?

a)

Leonardo da Vinci

b)

Vincent van Gogh

c)

Pablo Picasso

d)

Claude Monet

63.

What is the boiling point of water in Celsius?

a)

100 degrees Celsius

b)

0 degrees Celsius

c)

50 degrees Celsius

d)

150 degrees Celsius

64.

Which planet is known as the Red Planet?

a)

Mars

b)

Venus

c)

Jupiter

d)

Saturn

65.

What is the main language spoken in Brazil?

a)

Portuguese

b)

Spanish

c)

French

d)

Italian

66.

Who discovered penicillin?

a)

Alexander Fleming

b)

Louis Pasteur

c)

Marie Curie

d)

Isaac Newton

67.

What is the largest mammal in the world?

a)

Blue Whale

b)

Elephant

c)

Giraffe

d)

Hippopotamus

68.

Which continent is the Sahara Desert located on?

a)

Africa

b)

Asia

c)

South America

d)

Australia

69.

What is the currency of Japan?

a)

Yen

b)

Dollar

c)

Euro

d)

Pound

70.

Who is known as the Father of Computers?

a)

Charles Babbage

b)

Alan Turing

c)

John von Neumann

d)

Ada Lovelace

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