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Round 9 - First Half | 2023-24 Elementary Practice Questions

Total questions: 65

Worksheet time: 33mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

You are told to begin at four and count out loud by increments of one-half, as in “four, four and one-half,” and so on. Using this pattern, what would be the fourth number you state?

a)

four and one-half

b)

five

c)

five and one-half

d)

six

2.

The Kentucky component to the Hatfield–McCoy feud occurred in this county. What is Kentucky’s easternmost county, and the largest in land area?

a)

Harlan County

b)

Pike County

c)

Letcher County

d)

Floyd County

3.

This Newbery Medal–winning author began his career as a syndicated cartoonist. After winning the Newbery, he wrote and illustrated the two sequels Class Act and School Trip. Who is this creator of New Kid?

a)

Jerry Craft

b)

Dav Pilkey

c)

Jeff Kinney

d)

Raina Telgemeier

4.

For two notes in this musical interval, the top note vibrates twice as fast as the bottom one. Using Solfege, both notes have the same syllable, such as “do” or “re.” What is this distance between two musical notes with the same letter name?

a)

Octave

b)

Perfect fifth

c)

Unison

d)

Chord

5.

This process occurs when dry ice changes directly into carbon dioxide gas. Identify this direct transformation of a solid into a gas, without becoming a liquid in between.

a)

Melting

b)

Condensation

c)

Sublimation

d)

Deposition

6.

Gravity provides this type of force on planets orbiting around the sun. It only works on objects moving along curved paths. Identify the real force that directs a body’s rotation inward toward an axis.

a)

Centripetal force

b)

Centrifugal force

c)

Inertia

d)

Friction

7.

This author and illustrator’s father earned Caldecott Honors for The Story of Jumping Mouse and Mufaro’s Beautiful Daughters. The son won a Coretta Scott King Award for In Daddy’s Arms I Am Tall. Name the creator of Radiant Child: The Story of Young Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat.

a)

Javaka Steptoe

b)

Jacob Lawrence

c)

Kadir Nelson

d)

Bryan Collier

8.

The only work Beethoven composed in this genre was Fidelio. It tells a story by combining vocal and instrumental music with dramatic elements like sets and costumes. Identify this genre of Mozart’s The Magic Flute.

a)

Symphony

b)

Concerto

c)

Opera

d)

Oratorio

9.

This famous Kentucky artist was born Jean Rabin Fougere in Santo Domingo. He has a state park named after him near Henderson, Kentucky. Who is this artist and naturalist known for The Birds of America?

a)

John James Audubon

b)

Paul Gauguin

c)

Winslow Homer

d)

John Singer Sargent

10.

Find the greatest common factor of 9090 and 120120 .

a)

1010

b)

1515

c)

3030

d)

4545

11.

One expression of this physics law is V=I×RV = I \times R , where I is current, V is voltage, and R is resistance. Another way to state it is that current is proportional to voltage divided by resistance. What is this law that shares its name with the SI unit of electrical resistance?

a)

Newton’s Law

b)

Ohm’s Law

c)

Coulomb’s Law

d)

Faraday’s Law

12.

Jazz musicians who played this instrument included Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie, and Louis Armstrong. The oldest brass instrument, it began having piston valves around 1820. Name this smallest and highest-pitched orchestral brass instrument.

a)

Trombone

b)

Trumpet

c)

French horn

d)

Tuba

13.

It’s not a limerick, but this poetic form also consists of five lines. Adelaide Crapsey created it around 1913. What is this 22-syllable poem divided into lines of 2, 4, 6, 8, and 2 syllables?

a)

Haiku

b)

Cinquain

c)

Sonnet

d)

Tanka

14.

This marshy area is up to 50 miles wide, but less than a foot deep in many places. Alligators and invasive snakes like pythons roam its vast sawgrass fields. What is this region in southern Florida?

a)

The Everglades

b)

Okefenokee Swamp

c)

Atchafalaya Basin

d)

Biscayne Bay

15.

Add the following fractions: one-fifth plus two-thirds.

a)

11/15

b)

13/15

c)

7/15

d)

13/30

16.

Add the following fractions: one-half plus two-fifths.

a)

7/10

b)

9/10

c)

4/5

d)

1

17.

For the U.S. Army and Navy, this man prepared the official arrangement of "The Star-Spangled Banner." He also wrote the operetta El Capitan and works like Semper Fidelis and The Stars and Stripes Forever. Give the name of this so-called "march king."

a)

John Philip Sousa

b)

Irving Berlin

c)

George M. Cohan

d)

Aaron Copland

18.

This three-word agricultural method is particularly common in South America and Asia. What is this method, in which forests are cut then set on fire?

a)

Crop rotation

b)

Terrace farming

c)

Slash-and-burn

d)

Selective logging

19.

This writer advised his son on how to persevere through trials in the poem "If--." He also penned a story collection that includes the tale of the mongoose Rikki-Tikki-Tavi. Identify this creator of Mowgli in The Jungle Book.

a)

Rudyard Kipling

b)

Roald Dahl

c)

Jack London

d)

Mark Twain

20.

This type of dripstone is generally thicker than its counterpart, but both can grow together to form a column. It forms in limestone caves when calcite builds up in a cone-shaped deposit on the ground. Give the name of this opposite of a stalactite [stuh-LACK-tite].

a)

Stalagmite

b)

Hoodoo

c)

Column

d)

Stalactite

21.

Movements in this category can be even or uneven. They transport a body from one point in space to another. Identify this category that includes walking and running.

a)

Nonlocomotor

b)

Manipulative

c)

Locomotor

d)

Reflexive

22.

Your library's copy of the book Bridge to Terabithia has 220 pages. If your goal is to read the book in four days, how many pages must you read each day to stay on target?

a)

50

b)

55

c)

60

d)

45

23.

This weather phenomenon occurs at Intertropical Convergence Zones. Its wind patterns reverse direction in the winter and summer because of temperature differences between air over land and sea. Name this wind that causes drenching seasonal rains over South Asia and West Africa.

a)

Monsoon

b)

Trade wind

c)

Chinook

d)

Sirocco

24.

In the late 1700s and early 1800s, this crop was so important in the American South that is was known as "king." Slaves on vast plantations supplied the North, and England, with what textile used for clothing?

a)

Cotton

b)

Tobacco

c)

Rice

d)

Indigo

25.

Although C. S. Lewis's The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe is a fantasy novel, it also falls into this literary category. Fables and parables are also types. Identify this kind of story that has both a literal and a deeper symbolic meaning.

a)

Allegory

b)

Myth

c)

Satire

d)

Biography

26.

Kentuckian Henry Clay was instrumental in the passage of this series of laws. What was the collective name for the Congressional acts which, among other things, admitted California to the Union as a free state and enacted the Fugitive Slave Law?

a)

Compromise of 1820

b)

Kansas-Nebraska Act

c)

Compromise of 1850

d)

Emancipation Proclamation

27.

This dance combined African and Portuguese elements because its creators were former or current slaves brought to work on sugar plantations. It became associated with Rio de Janeiro's Carnival celebration. Give the name of Brazil's national dance.

a)

Tango

b)

Salsa

c)

Samba

d)

Bossa nova

28.

This solar layer lies between the convection zone and the chromosphere. It is a shallow layer of ionized gas that periodically develops sunspots. What is this visible surface of the sun?

a)

Photosphere

b)

Corona

c)

Radiative zone

d)

Mesosphere

29.

How many minutes are in five hours and 11 minutes?

a)

301

b)

311

c)

321

d)

330

30.

In one myth, this god tied each of his eight legs to different pots of food that his friends were cooking. Everyone tugged on the web strings at the same time, painfully lengthening his legs. Who was this spider god of tricks and stories in West African and Caribbean folklore?

a)

Anansi

b)

Coyote

c)

Loki

d)

Maui

31.

In a June 1963 speech, this U.S. president assured a crowd in the East German capital, "I am a Berliner." The year before, he addressed Rice University about the space race—namely, NASA's goal to reach the moon. Which president, in his inaugural address, said, "Ask not what your country can do for you—ask what you can do for your country"?

a)

John F. Kennedy

b)

Lyndon B. Johnson

c)

Dwight D. Eisenhower

d)

Richard Nixon

32.

In this U.S. city, you'll find the National Mall and the Holocaust Museum. Found on the banks of the Potomac River, what is our nation's capital?

a)

Washington, D.C.

b)

New York City

c)

Philadelphia

d)

Boston

33.

In the 1970s and '80s, this man was the world's best-known male classical ballet dancer. He spent a year with the New York City Ballet and later founded the White Oak Dance Project. Name this man who, soon after defecting, joined the American Ballet Theatre.

a)

Mikhail Baryshnikov

b)

Rudolf Nureyev

c)

Vaslav Nijinsky

d)

George Balanchine

34.

In 2005, scientists placed this free-living protist into the category Excavata. It is unicellular, moves using a flagellum, and can photosynthesize or consume food from its environment. Name this organism that has a bright red eyespot.

a)

Euglena

b)

Paramecium

c)

Amoeba

d)

Diatom

35.

What geometry term beginning with "I" refers to the place where two lines meet?

a)

Intersection

b)

Interval

c)

Interior

d)

Inequality

36.

In ancient Greece, this word named the circular space where the chorus sang and danced. In modern theaters, it can refer to the whole main-floor space where the audience sits. What is this word that, in music, names a group of instrumentalists who play works like symphonies?

a)

Orchestra

b)

Auditorium

c)

Amphitheater

d)

Ensemble

37.

When describing someone's personality, this adjective can mean "formal or stiff in behavior," or "lacking in affection or warmth." Identify this word that also means an object or place has a very cold temperature.

a)

Frigid

b)

Chilly

c)

Aloof

d)

Icy

38.

Military action here was needed, U.S. officials said, because this country had weapons of mass destruction and supported terrorism. In the early 2000s, what Middle Eastern country was led by dictator Saddam Hussein?

a)

Iraq

b)

Iran

c)

Syria

d)

Afghanistan

39.

A rectangle has a length of 77 units and a width of 2.52.5 units. What is the area, in square units, of the rectangle?

a)

17.517.5

b)

14.514.5

c)

9.59.5

d)

1010

40.

To belong to this category, a plant must have a vascular system and enclose its seeds in an ovary. The category includes the largest and most diverse number of plants on Earth. Give the scientific name for these flowering plants.

a)

Angiosperms

b)

Gymnosperms

c)

Bryophytes

d)

Conifers

41.

An isosceles triangle has legs with lengths of 1414 units and a base of 2323 units. In units, what is the perimeter of the triangle?

a)

5151

b)

3737

c)

2828

d)

2323

42.

This largest class of mollusks contains more than 65,000 species. Many of them have a single, spirally coiled shell. Name this invertebrate class that includes snails and slugs.

a)

Gastropods

b)

Cephalopods

c)

Bivalves

d)

Echinoderms

43.

The first part of this compound word is a synonym of "doodle." The second part is a structure that spans a river, road, or other expanse. What is this part of a castle that can lie across a moat or be pulled up to cover a gateway?

a)

Drawbridge

b)

Causeway

c)

Portcullis

d)

Battlement

44.

Also known as the President’s Annual Message to Congress and typically held in January or February, what is the speech the president gives to both houses of Congress?

a)

State of the Union Address

b)

Inaugural Address

c)

Farewell Address

d)

Gettysburg Address

45.

This term describes colors that lie opposite each other on the color wheel, such as red with green, blue with orange, and yellow with violet. Name this color relationship.

a)

Complementary colors

b)

Analogous colors

c)

Primary colors

d)

Monochromatic scheme

46.

What does the First Amendment call the right citizens have to gather together peaceably?

a)

Freedom of assembly

b)

Freedom of speech

c)

Right to petition

d)

Freedom of the press

47.

This type of artwork is the opposite of a stabile. Alexander Calder created this kind of sculpture that has moving parts driven by motors or winds and also names a soft, floating object hung above a baby’s crib. What is it called?

a)

Mobile

b)

Fresco

c)

Relief

d)

Mosaic

48.

This mammal is related to the horse and the rhinoceros. It lives in forests of Southeast Asia and Central and South America and escapes enemies by swimming. Identify the hoofed, short-legged animal with a flexible snout like a short elephant trunk.

a)

Tapir

b)

Peccary

c)

Okapi

d)

Capybara

49.

Bryce Harper grounds out to second base once every 12 at-bats. How many times would you predict him to ground out to second base in 120 at-bats?

a)

8

b)

10

c)

12

d)

15

50.

In different contexts, this punctuation mark can replace a colon, parentheses, or commas. It can indicate a connection between two words, a range of numbers, or a span of time. Name this punctuation that resembles a long hyphen.

a)

Dash

b)

Colon

c)

Semicolon

d)

Hyphen

51.

Solve for X: 22X−10=10022X - 10 = 100 .

a)

4

b)

5

c)

10

d)

15

52.

What is the antecedent of the pronoun in this sentence? When babies are happy, they sometimes laugh.

a)

babies

b)

happy

c)

they

d)

laugh

53.

Although it is related to a certain illegal plant, this crop gaining popularity in Kentucky isn’t harmful. Its fibers can be used to make clothing, rope, and paper. Name the plant.

a)

Hemp

b)

Flax

c)

Cotton

d)

Bamboo

54.

This subsystem of the immune system contains vessels like the thoracic duct, helps defend against disease, and balances body fluid levels by draining from tissues. Name the system that contains nodes and a clear fluid of the same name.

a)

Lymphatic system

b)

Circulatory system

c)

Respiratory system

d)

Endocrine system

55.

Beginning in 1489, this Renaissance artist created the portrait Lady with an Ermine and painted The Last Supper. Name the artist.

a)

Leonardo da Vinci

b)

Michelangelo

c)

Raphael

d)

Botticelli

56.

What is the product when 4Y4Y is multiplied by 4Y4Y ?

a)

8Y8Y

b)

16Y16Y

c)

16Y216Y^2

d)

8Y28Y^2

57.

This data is discrete when it can be counted and continuous when it can be measured. State the term for this numerical data.

a)

Qualitative data

b)

Quantitative data

c)

Categorical data

d)

Ordinal data

58.

State the participial phrase in the sentence: Arriving at the bus stop, I realized that the bus was late.

a)

Arriving at the bus stop

b)

I realized

c)

that the bus was late

d)

at the bus stop

59.

This suspension bridge spans the strait that connects San Francisco Bay to the Pacific Ocean. Which landmark featuring tall towers and suspension cables is being described?

a)

Golden Gate Bridge

b)

Brooklyn Bridge

c)

Chesapeake Bay Bridge

d)

London Bridge

60.

African artists use wood, leather, metal, or fabric to make cultural artifacts and decorate them with horns, fiber, glass, shells, and other items. What are these art and ceremonial objects that can cover the face or the entire head called?

a)

Masks

b)

Murals

c)

Totems

d)

Baskets

61.

In 2023, this singer-songwriter released re-recorded versions of her albums Speak Now and 1989 and embarked on her record-breaking Eras Tour. Identify the singer of "Anti-Hero" and "Cruel Summer."

a)

Taylor Swift

b)

Billie Eilish

c)

Ariana Grande

d)

Katy Perry

62.

The winner appeared nonchalant about his victory. Which spelling correctly matches the word in the sentence that means "unemotional"?

a)

Nonchalant

b)

Nonchalent

c)

Nonchallant

d)

Noncholant

63.

A science experiment directs you to pour 1000 milliliters of water into a flask. In liters, how much water is this?

a)

0.1 liter

b)

1 liter

c)

10 liters

d)

100 liters

64.

Before dying in a car accident, this surgeon taught at Freedmen's Hospital and Howard University and pioneered blood banks for organizations like Blood for Britain and the American Red Cross. Who was this medical pioneer?

a)

Charles Drew

b)

Jonas Salk

c)

Alexander Fleming

d)

Louis Pasteur

65.

In August 2022, President Biden announced a plan to cancel part of a particular type of debt typically held by younger people. What type of debt did he propose to cancel?

a)

Student loans

b)

Mortgage debt

c)

Credit card debt

d)

Auto loans