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':ntertai nment:

1. What was the first name of the character portrayed by Jerry Van Dyke on the television show
"Coach?"

X Answer: Luther

Government and Law:

2. Which amendment to the U.S. Constitution says the following? "A well-regulated militia,
being necessary to the security of the State, the right of the people to keep and bear arms
shall not be infringed."

Answer: Second Amendment

Grammar:

3. What type of grammatical error is present in the following sentence?

John had to quickly think of an excuse when his mom asked about the dent in the car.

Answer: Split infinitive

World Geog raphy:

4. Name the island state of Australia. Its name begins with the letter "T."

Answer: Tasmania

Spelling:

5. Spell the word, beginning with the letter "a," that refers to a collection of selected pieces of

literature.

Answer: a-n-t-h-o-I-o-g-y
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A.merican History:

6. In 1860, this future U.S. state was classified as "Indian Territory." Identify this state which
is home to Black Mesa, the Great Salt Plains, and the Cowboy Hall of Fame.

Answer: Oklahoma

Biology:

7. If a single arm from a starfish is cut off, an entire new organism will be produced from the
() arm. This is an example of which biological process beginning with the letter "r"?

Answer: Regeneration

Sports:

8. What is the name for the opening play in a hockey game? It begins when the referee drops
the puck between two opposing players.

Answer: Face-off

Vocabulary:

9. What word has the following three meanings?

A verb meaning to maneuver or manipulate by devious means

A brand of popular underwear

A person who rides a horse in competitive races

Answer: Jockey

The Arts:

10. Sir John Tenniel became famous for his illustrations in Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures
in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass. One of his most famous drawings was of
two especially stupid brothers named Tweedledee and ....... (what?)

Answer: Tweedledum
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U.S. Geography:

11. Name the natural accumulation of tar thatfcHfhedover the site of an ancient oil seep in

what is now Los Angeles' Hancock Park. It is known for its fantastic assemblage of

fossils.

Answer: La Brea Tar Pits

Mathematics· Computation:

12. Oliver Overpaid is the CEO of a major corporation. His end of the year bonus was twenty­
seven percent of his salary of six million, two-hundred thousand dollars. How much was his
bonus worth?

Answer: $ 1,674,000

American Literature:

13. Which children's book, written by E.B. White, features a spider and a pig as two of its main
characters?

Answer: Charlotte's Web

World Geography:

14. The Brandenburg Gate is a famous structure found in which European capital city? .

Answer: Berlin

Earth Science:

15. Recent DNA evidence has shown that modern humans did not evolve from which subspecies
of human beings that inhabited Europe immediately prior to the appearance of modern man.
The correct answer begins with the letter "N."

Answer: Neaderthals
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lVIathematics - Computation:

16. CL1be.~trre fraction three-fourths.

Answer: Twenty-seven over sixty-four (27/64)

Health and Medicine:

17. Which one of the following five medical procedures would be done by a urologist?
Removal of a kidney stone, removal of cartilage from a knee, a face-lift, removal of a brain
,><' tumor, or the removal of a gall stone

Answer: Removal of a kidney stone

The Arts:

18. Name the abbey in England in which George Frideric Handel was buried. Its name begins

o with the letter "W."

Answer: Westminster Abbey

Current Events:

19. In the past decade, the number of ATM's in the United States has tripled. What do the
letters in this acronym represent?

Answer: Automated Teller Machine

Mathematics - Computation:

20. How many elevenths are equal to the repeating decimal .63636363?

Answer: Seven
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Subject Category: Percentages

Directions: Solve the following problem~ jny(}lving percentages.

1. 42 percent of 300
1. 126

2. 25 percent of 68
2. 17

3. 34 percent of 85
3. 28.9

4. 29 percent of 72
4. 20.88

5. 0.56 percent of 100

5. 0.56

6. 215 percent of 66
6. 141.9

7. 75 percent of 152
7. 114

8. 65 percent of 220
8. 143

9. 1.5 percent of 600

9. 9

,0. 99 percent of 500

10. 495

E1. 7.75 percent of 130 E1. 10.075

E2. 0.54 percent of 7,000 E2. 37.8

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Subject Category: U.S. Government Acronyms

Directions:" I will state ten acronyms associated with the U.S. governm~n}:'· Your task is to identify
what the letters in each acronym represent.

1. FEMA 1. Federal Emergency Management Agency - ­

2. FDA 2. Food and Drug Administration ­

3. GAO 3. General Accounting Office ­

4. FBI 4. Federal Bureau of Investigation /

5. SSS 5. Selective Service System ___

6. FAA 6. Federal Aviation Agency _

7. SEC 7. Securities and Exchange Commission __

B. CIA 8. Central Intelligence Age~

9. FTC 9. Federal Trade Commission

10. DEA 10. Drug Enforcement Administration

E1. FDIC E1. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

E2. ICC E2. Interstate Commerce Commission

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Subject Category: Colorful Movie Titles

Directions: Fill in the missing wo.rctfromeach one of the following movie titles. In each case, the --'"
missing word is a "color."

1. "The Blank Panther" 1. Pink'/

2. "The Blank Mile" 2. Green /'"

3. "A Clockwork Blank" 3. Orange­

4. "Blank Submarine" 4.. Yellow /

5. "Blank Velvet" 5. Blue ­

6. "Blank Water Summer" 6. White­

7. "Blank Lagoon" 7. Blue-

B. liThe Color Blank" 8. Purple - ­

9. "The Thin Blank Line" 9. Red --=­

10. "Men in Blank" 10. Black

E1. "Fried Blank Tomatoes" E1. Green

E2. "The Hunt for Blank October" E2. Red

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General Knowledge:

'21;c These brightly colored male fish can be found in almost any pet shop in small tanks of

o water by themselves. If two males are placed in the same bowl, they will attack each
other. Name this kind of tropical fish.

Answer: Siamese fighting fish or Bettas

Physical Science:

22. What is the name for the process that separates a substance or a mixture of substances
from a solution by boiling them first and then condensing the vapors that formed? The

x correct answer begins with the letter "d."

Answer: Distillation

Potpourri:

23. According to the Gospel of Matthew, what did Judas Iscariot receive for betraying Jesus?

x~ Answer: Thirty pieces of silver

World History:

24. The following passage refers to which Nobel Peace Prize winner?
"She was totally irnmersed in the experience of seeing Jesus Christ in the poorest of
the poor and worshipping God through her love of them."
This nun dedicated her life to the poor and needy in Calcutta, India.

Answer: Mother Teresa

General Knowledge:

25. Under the leadership of Pericles from 445 to 430 B.C., this city-state became the center
of intellectual life and the dominant imperial power of Greece. Name it.

Answer: Athens
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Mathematics - Com putation:

26. What fraction lies halfway between five-sevenths and six-sevenths?

('} Answer: Eleven-fourteenths (11/14)
V

Hea.lth and Medicine:

27. What is the name for the medical process in which skin from one part of a person's body
is removed and then applied to an area of the patient's body which was burned?

Answer: (Skin) Graft

U.S. Geography:

28. Three of the largest brewers in the United States are headquartered in this city located in
Wisconsin. Name this city whose Major League Baseball team is nicknamed the Brewers.

Y Answer: Milwaukee

Mythology:

29: n Identify the father of the Norse god named Thor.

\:() Answer: Odin

Grammar:

30. What is the comparative form of the word "pleasant?"

Q] Answer: More pleasant

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t;eneral Knowledge:

.. 31. What type of tree, beginning with the letters "m-u-I;"'is"the favorite food source of the
silkworm?

Answer: Mulberry

Mathematics - Computation:

32. Reduce the following fraction to lowest terms. 84 over 210

Answer: Two-fifths (2/5)

Physical Science:

33. The pitch of a train whistle seems higher when it approaches and lower after it passes and
r-.. begins to move away. This is an example of which effect?

~ Answer: Doppler Effect

Potpourri:

34. Name the twelfth sign of the zodiac. It is represented by two fish.

~ Answer: Pisces

World Geography:

35. The following geographic features are located in which Canadian province?
Lake Athabasca, the town of Moose Jaw, Reindeer Lake, and the city of Regina

Answer: Saskatchewan
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\merican History:

36. Sputnik I was.launcheu by Russia on October 4, 1957. Who was the U.S. Presid.enbat

the time of this launch?

x Answer: Dwight D. Eisenhower

Entertainment:

37. LeVar Burton portrayed Lieutenant Geordi La Forge on the television show "Star Trek: The

Next Generation." What special piece of equipment did he wear?

X Answer: A visor that allowed him to see.

General Knowledge:

38. Which weapon of war is pineapple-shaped, is used frequently in trench warfare, and requires
a ring or pin to be pulled in order to work?
(J-)

\/ Answer: (Hand) Grenade

Spelling:

39. Spell the name of any isolated hill that has a smaller summit than a mesa.

Answer: b-u-t-t-e

Sports:

40. Within five years, when was the first Super Bowl held?

Answer: 1969 (Accept 1964 through 1974.)

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Subject Category: Missing Words from Famous Lines of Poetry

Directions: Provide the missing word or wordsfF(i)n'1':t~following lines of poetry.

1. "Listen, my children, and you shall hear of the blank blank

of Paul Revere" 1. Midnight ride

2. "Blessings on thee, blank blank, barefoot boy with

cheek of tan" 2. Little man ­

3. "How do I love thee? Let me count the blanks.1I 3. ways/

4. "But there is no joy in blank - mighty Casey has struck out." 4. Mudville/

5. "To be or not to be, that is the blank." 5. Question'/

6. "Once upon a midnight dreary, while I blanked weak and weary." 6. Pondered /

7. "Wynken, Blynken, and Nod one night sailed off in a blank blank." 7. Wooden shoe --­

8. "Mary, Mary, quite blank, how does your garden grow?" 8. Contrary / '

9. "Under the spreading blank blank, the village smithy stands." 9. Chestnut tree ­

10. "I think that I shall never see a poem lovely as a blank." 10. Tree

E1. "But we loved with a love that was more than love­
I and my Annabel Blank" E1. Lee

E2. "But I have promises to keep

And miles to go before I blank." E2. Sleep
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Subject Category: Science - Force and Motion

Directions: 'Answer the following questions associated with force and motion.

1. Term for any device that requires the application of a

single force to make it work; levers and pulleys are
examples 1. Simple machine /

2. Scientist who formulated three laws of motion 2. (Sir Isaac) Newton ~

3. The 81 unit of force 3. Newton/

4. The force of attraction between all masses in the universe 4. Gravity'/

5. The product of a body's mass times its velocity 5. Momentum-­

6. The tendency of a body at rest to stay at rest 6. Inertia­

7. Astronomer who formulated the three Laws of

Planetary Motion 7. (Johannes) Kepler / "

8. The SI unit of mass 8. Kilogram~

9. The increase in the speed of an object over a

period of time 9. Acceleration /

10. The point in any solid where the mass of the

object is balanced equally 10. Center of gravity

E1. Newton's Third Law states that for every action,

there is an equal and opposite ....... (what?) E1. Reaction

E2. Term for a force that occurs in uniform circular motion E2. Centripetal
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Subject Category: Division

Directions: Divide the following numbers. ;.,

1. 576 divided by 32
1. 18

2. 984 divided by 24
2. 41

3. 1,071 divided by 17
3. 63

4. 900 divided by 75
4. 12

5. 891 divided by 33
5. 27

6. 4,628 divided by 89
6. 52

7. 1,828.8 divided by 72
7. 25.4

8. 60 divided by 48
8. 1.25
9. 4,688 divided by 293
9. 16

10. 4,371 divided by 93

10. 47

E1. 1,508 divided by 58 E1. 26

E2. 4,371 divided by 47 E2. 93

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Vocabulary:

E1. What word can have the following three meanings?

An individual who can communicate between the earthly world and the spirit world

A nutrient solution used to grow bacteria

A piece of clothing of average size

Answer: Medium

American Literature:

E2. Which author used the letters "0 dash Z" from off a file cabinet as the name for the

fantastic land he created in his famous novel? This imaginary land was inhabited by

munchkins, witches, a scarecrow, a lion, and a tin man.

Answer: L. Frank Baum

Biology:

':::3. What kind of vertebrate is a quetzal (pronounced "ket-SAHL")?

Answer: Bird

Mythology:

E4. Identify the mythological Greek container from which the world's evils escaped.

Answer: Pandora's Box

Mathematics - Computation:

E5. Divide ten to the third power by ten to the eighth power and express your answer as a decimal.

Answer: 0.00001
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~arth Science:

E6. Name the common sedimentary rock that forms when clay and mud are lithified by
compaction. It is usually black in color.

Answer: Shale

Entertainment:

E7. Identify the rock and roll band whose members are Amy Lee, Terry Balsamo, Rocky
Gray, and John LeCompt. In 2006, this band recorded the hit song 'The Open Door."

Answer: Evanescence

Government and Law:

E8. He was once described as the second most powerful man in America because of
his key role in managing the supply of money and credit in the U.S. banking system.
Name this man who was appointed to the position of Federal Reserve Board Chairman
in 1987 by President Reagan.

Answer: Alan Greenspan

World History:

E9. The Queen Anne's Revenge was a stolen slave ship that could store 300 tons of stolen
merchandise. It was the most treasured possession of which pirate who was captured
in 1718? His severed head was mounted on the front of the British ship which
captured him. His name began with the letter "B."

Answer: Blackbeard

U.S. Geography:

50. Identify the state capital that lies on the southern inlets of Puget Sound, along the Pacific
Coast in the state of Washington.

Answer: Olympia