Elementary – Round 12
2013-14 Governor’s Cup Practice Questions
1.
The person in this position is the commander-in-chief and can veto laws passed by Congress.
Holders include Millard Fillmore, Woodrow Wilson, and Franklin D. Roosevelt. Identify the head of
the executive branch of the United States.
PRESIDENT (OF THE UNITED STATES)
2.
This art technique's formal name is frottage [fraw-TAHZH]. It conveys a subject's texture by laying
paper on a sculpted or engraved surface. Name this technique, which may be completed in crayon,
charcoal, or pencil.
RUBBING
3.
This compound word beginning with the letter “U” is a synonym of devious. Name this word, whose
first half is an antonym of over.
UNDERHANDED
4.
This property of minerals is higher for topaz than for quartz, and higher for iron than for gold. What
term for the resistance of a mineral to scratching is measured on the Mohs scale?
HARDNESS
5.
Two regular pentagons are similar with side lengths in the ratio of three to one. If each side of the
larger pentagon measures 18 units, what is the side length, in units, of the smaller figure?
6 (UNITS)
6.
People often use this punctuation mark when something goes by more than one name. It can also
be used in computers to type a web address. Name the mark which can be either "forward" or
"back."
SLASH
7.
The probability of your teacher giving a quiz on Friday is two-fifths. As a fraction, what is the
probability that your teacher does not give a quiz on Friday?
THREE-FIFTHS
8.
This fresco includes the Greek philosophers Socrates [SOK-ruh-teez], Plato, and Aristotle. It also
includes mathematicians and scientists such as Euclid, Pythagoras [pith-AG-or-us], and Ptolemy
[TALL-uh-mee]. What is this Renaissance masterpiece by Raphael?
(THE) SCHOOL OF ATHENS
9.
This process is the primary concern of Amendments Fifteen, Nineteen, and Twenty-six. Coming in
forms such as plurality, winner-take-all, and alternative, it is the foundation of democracy. What is
this right of the people to elect their own leaders?
VOTE (Accept other forms of the word)
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10.
This single-celled protozoan [pro-tuh-ZO-uhn] has an oval body and a deep oral groove. It is
covered in cilia [SILL-ee-uh], hair-like organelles that direct food to its mouth. Name this organism.
PARAMECIUM [pair-uh-MEE-see-um]
11.
Identify the subject in the following sentence: Finish your homework.
YOU (UNDERSTOOD)
12.
The first term of a number pattern is 10. If the rule for this pattern is 'add 3', what would be the
ninth term in the pattern?
34
13.
The inability of Congress to agree on this financial instrument led to the government shutdown of
2013. It details how money will be raised and spent. Identify a financial plan for a fiscal year.
BUDGET
14.
This ritual dance developed among Western Native Americans in the late 1800s. Practitioners tried
to reunite the living with the spirits of the dead, who would bring peace and prosperity. Identify this
Native American dance.
GHOST (DANCE)
15.
This speed occurs when the downward force of gravity is equal to the upward forces of drag and
buoyancy. For a skydiver, it is around 120 miles per hour, but for a raindrop it is about 20 miles per
hour. What is the fastest speed at which an object can fall?
TERMINAL (VELOCITY) (Accept: TERMINAL SPEED)
16.
Identify the verb phrase in the following sentence: I swam three laps today.
SWAM THREE LAPS TODAY
17.
She was born on July 5, 1996 at Edinburgh's Roslin Institute. She was the first mammal to be
cloned from an adult somatic cell. Give the name of this historic sheep.
DOLLY
18.
This landmark was carved by Gutzon Borglum [GUT-sun BORE-glum] until he died, after which his
son took over. It features George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Teddy Roosevelt, and Abraham
Lincoln. Give this sculpture in the Black Hills of South Dakota.
(MOUNT) RUSHMORE
19.
This type of precipitation results from updrafts repeated moving raindrops between layers of warm
and freezing air. The result is that pellets of ice, at least one-half of a centimeter in diameter, fall
from the sky. What is the term for ice pellets that fall from a cumulonimbus cloud?
HAIL (STONES)
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20.
Val is holding up some fingers. Five more than the number of fingers Val is holding up is three less
than twice that same number of fingers. How many fingers is Val holding up?
EIGHT (FINGERS)
21.
Spelling required. Paulina had to choose the appropriate attire for her party. Spell the word in the
preceding sentence that means clothing.
A-T-T-I-R-E
22.
This director's most recent projects include the award-winning films Lincoln and War Horse. Three of
his films, including Jaws and Jurassic Park, became the highest-grossing films at the time of their
release. Name this man, the director of E. T. and the Indiana Jones franchise.
(STEVEN) SPIELBERG
23.
This innovator began in a garage with Ronald Wayne and Steve Wozniak [WOZ-nee-ack] in 1974
assembling computers. Later, he led his corporation to the top, founded Pixar, and died of
pancreatic cancer. Give this founder of Apple Inc.
(STEVE) JOBS
24.
Twelve percent of the students in an auditorium are left-handed. There are three hundred students
in the auditorium. How many students in the auditorium are left-handed?
THIRTY-SIX (STUDENTS)
25.
Two-word answer. This event occurs concurrently with a full moon, but only when the Earth, sun,
and moon are nearly in a straight line. What astronomical event occurs when the moon passes
through the shadow cast by the Earth, causing its color becomes a dull, dark red?
LUNAR ECLIPSE
26.
She once worked as an assistant to anthropologist Louis Leakey. She has spent most of her career
in Tanzania's Gombe [GAHM-bay] Stream National Park. Which British scientist is noted for her
study of chimpanzees?
(JANE) GOODALL
27.
This country is the setting of the Newbery-winning books Crispin: The Cross of Lead and The
Midwife's Apprentice. Which European nation is also the setting of Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!:
Voices from a Medieval Village?
ENGLAND
28.
This musical symbol resembles a "less than" sign in math. Which symbol tells a musician to steadily
increase the force or loudness of a passage?
CRESCENDO
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29.
This region covers roughly the same area as the Cumberland Plateau. It is largely Appalachian in
nature, and includes the Red River Gorge. What is this region characterized by large fossil fuel
deposits?
EASTERN (MOUNTAIN) COAL FIELDS
30.
When two whole numbers are added, the sum is always another whole number. What is the name
of this property of whole numbers with regard to addition?
CLOSURE (PROPERTY OF ADDITION OF WHOLE NUMBERS)
End of half – begin three-minute inquiry period
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Round 12 - Second Half
2013-14 Governor’s Cup Practice Questions
1.
The local Arby's served 90 customers on Monday, 125 customers on Tuesday, and 155 customers
on Wednesday. How many customers did the local Arby's serve on Monday through Wednesday?
370 (CUSTOMERS)
2.
This book follows a group of frogs on flying lily pads. They change a grandma's TV channel and
scare passing birds. Give the title of this David Wiesner [WEEZ-ner] Caldecott-winning book.
TUESDAY
3.
This is the name for a flowering plant's mature ovule. It contains a coat, an embryo, and the
endosperm, or food for the embryo. Identify this plant part, which sprouts and grows into a new
plant.
SEED
4.
This politician was lieutenant governor of Kentucky when Martha Layne Collins was governor. He
has supported casino gambling, extending Medicaid, and raising the dropout age. Identify the
current governor of Kentucky.
(STEVE) BESHEAR
5.
This style of 1970s dance music featured a rhythmic beat, electronic instrumentation, and repetitive
lyrics. Its biggest artists included the Jackson 5, the Bee Gees, and Donna Summer. Identify this
music, associated with the movie Saturday Night Fever and a mirrored ball.
DISCO
6.
There were 9 cans of ketchup in the cafeteria storeroom at the start of the day. If five and threefourths cans of ketchup were used during lunch, how many cans of ketchup remain?
THREE AND ONE-FOURTH (CANS) (Accept: THREE AND ONE-QUARTER (CANS))
7.
This book includes groups of poems the author called "Leaves from a Plum Grove Oak" and "Blades
from a Field of Corn." Its title refers to a man with a piece of unusually-shaped farm equipment.
Give the title of this book of sonnets by Kentucky poet Jesse Stuart.
MAN WITH A BULL-TONGUE PLOW
8.
This is the second stage of complete metamorphosis. Animals in this stage include tadpoles and
caterpillars. Identify this phase between egg and pupa.
LARVA
9.
This plucked string instrument has a circular body covered with tightly stretched parchment. Identify
this staple of bluegrass music.
BANJO
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10.
This region is home to alligators, cypress and mangrove trees, and flamingos. Nearby landmarks
include Lake Okeechobee and Miami. Name these wetlands on the southern tip of Florida.
EVERGLADES
11.
The title character of this novel is compared to an Watusi [wah-TOO-zee] queen. It tells the story of
a summer spent at Uncle Ross's farm and includes the characters Geeder and Toeboy. Name this
book, the first novel by Virginia Hamilton.
ZEELY
12.
This composer, a member of the "three B's," created A German Requiem. He gained fame for
Academic Festival Overture and Hungarian Dances. Who was best known for his namesake Lullaby?
(JOHANNES) BRAHMS
13.
This main organ in the integumentary [in-teg-yuh-MEN-tuh-ree] system consists of the epidermis,
dermis, and subcutis [sub-KYOO-tis]. It is the largest organ in mammals. Name this organ
responsible for protecting the body and receiving external sensory stimuli.
SKIN
14.
This process is used to take advantage of diamonds, gold, coal, and many other minerals and
elements. In comes in forms such as open pit, surface, and underground. Identify the process of
extracting geological materials from the earth.
MINING (Accept other forms of the word)
15.
Tom left home with eighty four dollars in his wallet to go shopping for a gift. Tom stopped and got
seventeen dollars and forty nine cents worth of gasoline. If the gift Tom purchased cost thirty four
dollars and twelve cents, how much money does Tom have now?
THIRTY TWO (DOLLARS) (AND) THIRTY NINE (CENTS) (Accept: 32.39)
16.
Thirty five percent of the student body went to the football game last week. This is equivalent to the
decimal number zero point three five. What is the fraction equivalent of zero point three five?
SEVEN (OVER) TWENTY (Accept: SEVEN TWENTIETHS)
17.
This element of dance is also known as energy. It can be sharp, strong, light, or bound, for
example. Which element of dance includes weight, attack, and strength?
FORCE
18.
This element of fiction can be described in terms of culture, historical period, and social context.
What term refers to the time and place of a story?
SETTING
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19.
This material consists of very small particles of silicates of aluminum. Two thousand individual
particles would form a row less than one centimeter in length. What is this sticky sedimentary
material that is used to make bricks, pottery, and tiles?
CLAY
20.
This navigator explored what would become New Netherland for the Dutch. However, while he was
seeking a Northwest Passage for England, his crew mutinied and set him adrift. Name this explorer
for whom a bay in Canada and a river in New York are named.
(HENRY) HUDSON
21.
These two title characters engage in a race with an unlikely outcome. One of the characters lies
down for a nap because he is convinced that he will win. From what Aesop characters do we learn
that "slow and steady wins the race"?
(THE) TORTOISE (AND THE) HARE
22.
This dancer choreographed only one work, Autumn Leaves. She became the Russian Imperial
Ballet's prima ballerina in 1906. Who was best known for dancing the "Dying Swan"?
(ANNA) PAVLOVA
23.
This innovator held over 1000 patents at the time of his death. His innovations included the refining
of the telegraph system, the electric light bulb, and electrical transmission systems. Name the
inventor known as the "Wizard of Menlo Park."
(THOMAS) EDISON
24.
This term is often applied to the explorers of South and Central America. What word, used to
describe Spanish explorers like Hernan Cortes and Francisco Pizarro, means conqueror in Spanish?
CONQUISTADORS [kon-KWIS-tuh-doors or cone-kees-tah-DORES]
25.
Tuesday's high temperature was sixteen degrees Celsius. Wednesday's high temperature was
twenty-one degrees Celsius. In degrees Celsius, how much warmer was Wednesday's high
temperature than Tuesday's high temperature?
FIVE (DEGREES (CELSIUS))
26.
This nursery rhyme mentions one instrument, three animals, and two pieces of dinnerware. At one
point, "The Little Dog laughed / To see such sport, / And the Dish ran away with the Spoon." In
which nursery rhyme did the cow jump over the moon?
"HEY DIDDLE DIDDLE"
27.
This part of a scientific experiment can be independent, dependent, or controlled. Give the term for
something a scientist changes to see how other parts of an experiment change.
VARIABLE
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28.
This theatrical term refers to the part of a stage closest to the audience. Which part of the stage
originally got its name because stages were sloped toward the audience?
DOWNSTAGE
29.
This Union general commanded Union forces in the Western Theater before eventually receiving
command of Union Armies during the American Civil War. Following the war, he served as the 18th
President of the United States. Name the man who distinguished himself by defeating Robert E. Lee
and accepting the Confederate surrender at Appomattox.
(GENERAL ULYSSES S.) GRANT
30.
Todd is building a fence around his garden which is shaped like a rectangle. His garden measures 14
units by 6 units. What is the total length of fencing, in units, that he would need to enclose his
garden?
40 (UNITS)
End of half – begin three-minute inquiry period
Extra Questions
H-1
This kind of paint can be mixed with gouache [GWASH] to make it opaque [oh-PAYK]. The pigment
is mixed with gum arabic before the artist applies it with a brush. Identify the counterpart of acrylic
and oil paints.
WATERCOLOR
LA-1
This prefix can precede occupy, caution, and school. Give the prefix meaning "before" or "in
advance."
PRE- (Accept stated or spelled)
SC-3
This property of light causes the reddish tint in the sky just before sunrise or just after sunset. What
property of light causes it to bend when it encounters a change of medium at an angle?
REFRACTION
M-4
Two angles are complementary if the sum of their measures is 90 degrees. Angle A has a measure
of 63 degrees. Find the measure of angle B if angles A and B are complementary.
27 DEGREES)
SS-5
This North American mammal has a thick hump, small horns, and a large beard. It once occupied
the Great Plains, but hunters reduced its population. Identify this ox-like grazing creature.
BISON (Accept: BUFFALO)
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