PACE Bowl Competition
(1) MATH
Toss-Up
“Improper fractions can be divided into two groups. One group is whole numbers. Name the other.”
MIXED NUMBERS
*12-point Bonus (4 answers, 3 points each, 15 seconds total)
“From the following, name the two whole numbers and the two mixed numbers.”
→
(SHOW CARD)
9
5
21
a) 11 b) 3 c) 7
27
5
d) 3 e) 4
6
f) 9
WHOLE NUMBERS: c, d
MIXED NUMBERS: b, e
(2) ENGLISH
Toss-Up
“The function of a linking verb is to show what? “
STATE OF BEING
*12-point Bonus (4 answers, 3 points each, 15 seconds total)
“List the four main types of sentences.”
DECLARATIVE
INTERROGATIVE
EXCLAMATORY
IMPERATIVE (in any order)
RSC 2010
-1-
PACE Bowl Competition
(3) SOCIAL STUDIES
Toss-Up
“Vocation, ministry, and occupation all describe work in which a person uses his God-given
__________ or abilities.
GIFT(S)
*10-point Bonus (2 answers, 5 points each, 15 seconds total)
“What are the two basic types of workers?”
THOSE WHO WORK FOR THEMSELVES or ARE SELF-EMPLOYED
THOSE WHO WORK FOR SOMEONE ELSE or ARE AN EMPLOYEE (in any order)
(4) SCIENCE
Toss-Up
“A living thing moves by its own energy in response to a ___________.”
STIMULUS
*15-point Bonus (3 answers, 5 points each, 15 seconds total)
“What are the three categories of living things God created?”
PLANTS
ANIMALS
PEOPLE or MAN or HUMANS
(in any order)
RSC 2010
-2-
PACE Bowl Competition
(5) ELECTIVES
Toss up
“Which of Jesus' miracles is the only one recorded in all four Gospels?”
FEEDING OF THE FIVE THOUSAND
*10-point Bonus (2 answers, 5 points each, 15 seconds total)
“Each of the four Gospel writers uses a different symbol to illustrate Jesus' role on the earth.
Matthew used the lion and Mark the ox. What are the other two symbols used?”
MAN
EAGLE
(6) MATH
Toss up
“What is the name of the next larger place value following the hundred millions place value? “
ONE BILLIONS
*10-point Bonus (1 answer, 10 points, 15 seconds total)
“In the following number, which figure identifies the one billions place value?”
→
(SHOW CARD)
809,604,073,102,500
4
RSC 2010
-3-
PACE Bowl Competition
(7) ENGLISH
Toss-Up
“An action verb has voice. In which voice does the subject of the sentence receive the action?”
PASSIVE
*12-point Bonus (3 answers, 4 points each, 15 seconds total)
“Identify the verb voice in these sentences.”
→
(SHOW CARD)
J. Hudson Taylor was identified as Chinese.
Mr. Taylor prayed fervently.
Biblical principles were practiced in the Taylor household.
PASSIVE
ACTIVE
PASSIVE (in that order)
(8) SOCIAL STUDIES
Toss-Up
“With every position there are equal levels of privilege and ___________.”
RESPONSIBILITY
*10-point Bonus (1 answer, 10 points, 15 seconds total)
“Such things as vacation time, paid medical leave, and sick pay are called what?
BENEFITS
RSC 2010
-4-
PACE Bowl Competition
(9) SCIENCE
Toss-Up
“The tiny individual blocks that make up every living thing are called __________.”
CELLS
*10-point Bonus (1 answer, 10 points, 15 seconds total)
“Plants, which contain cellulose, also contain __________, which helps the plants make their food.”
CHLOROPHYLL
(10) ELECTIVES
Toss-Up
“With heroic efforts, John and Elaine Beekman helped to produce a translation of the New
____________ for the Choi people.”
TESTAMENT
*16-point Bonus (2 answers, 8 points each, 15 seconds total)
“The Beekman’s Indian Bible translations were printed in bilingual form using text from which two
languages?”
SPANISH
INDIAN (in any order)
RSC 2010
-5-
PACE Bowl Competition
(11) MATH
Toss-Up
“To divide two fractions, you must invert the __________ before multiplying.”
DIVISOR
*15-point Bonus (1 answer, 15 points, 20 seconds total)
“Find the following quotient. “
→
SHOW CARD
9 12


15 20
1
(12) ENGLISH
Toss-up
“Two of the simple tenses are present and past. What is the third?”
FUTURE
*12-point Bonus (4 answers, 3 points each, 15 seconds total)
“Name the four principal parts of the verb ‘to look.’"
LOOK
LOOKING
LOOKED
LOOKED (in any order)
RSC 2010
-6-
PACE Bowl Competition
(13) SOCIAL STUDIES
Toss-Up
“The special duties of some vocations are learned through OJT. What does OJT stand for?”
ON-THE-JOB TRAINING
*10-point Bonus (1 answer, 10 points, 15 seconds total)
“Before qualifying for their professions, librarians, nutritionists, optometrists, some nurses, and
many others must study to obtain advanced __________.’
DEGREES
(14) SCIENCE
Toss-Up
“Bacteria provide the soil with ________, which plants need in order to grow.”
NITROGEN
*15-point Bonus (1 answer, 15 points, 15 seconds total)
“Mosses are important because they perform two useful functions. Name one of those.”
PREPARE THE WAY FOR OTHER PLANTS TO LIVE AND GROW or
KEEP MOISTURE IN THE GROUND
RSC 2010
-7-
PACE Bowl Competition
(15) ELECTIVES
Toss-Up
“Sound and pitch are two properties of tone. Name one of the remaining two.”
DURATION or INTENSITY
*15 point Bonus (3 answers, 5 points each, 20 seconds total)
“Each of these instruments belongs to a different group: double bass, sousaphone,
glockenspiel. Identify the group of each.”
→
(SHOW CARD)
Double Bass
Sousaphone
Glockenspiel
Double Bass- STRING
Sousaphone- BRASS
Glockenspiel- PERCUSSION
(16) MATH
Toss-Up
“To change a fraction into a decimal, divide the numerator by what? “
THE DENOMINATOR
*10-Point Bonus (1 answer, 10 points, 20 seconds total)
“Using that method, change the fraction
9
into a decimal.”
15
.6 or .60
RSC 2010
-8-
PACE Bowl Competition
(17) ENGLISH
Toss-Up
“The perfect tenses are always forms of which principal part?”
PAST PARTICIPLE
*12-point Bonus (3 answers, 4 points each, 15 seconds total)
“Label each sentence according to the correct perfect tense it illustrates.”
→
(SHOW CARD)
1. This man will have driven the giants from his land.
2. The Lord has helped him to conquer his inheritance.
3. Caleb had viewed every assignment as coming from God.
1. FUTURE PERFECT
2. PRESENT PERFECT
3. PAST PERFECT
(18) SOCIAL STUDIES
Toss-Up
“There are two major economic systems. Socialism is one. Name the other.’
CAPITALISM
*10-point Bonus (1 answer, 10 points, 15 seconds total)
“Socialism best illustrates a controlled market economy, while capitalism illustrates a
__________ market economy. “
FREE
RSC 2010
-9-
PACE Bowl Competition
(19) SCIENCE
Toss-Up
“Complex plants need four things. Three of them are water, minerals, and light. What is the
fourth?”
WARMTH or HEAT
*18-point Bonus (2 answers, 9 points each, 20 seconds total)
“As a result of photosynthesis, plants produce sugars when what two things combine in the
presence of sunlight and chlorophyll?”
CARBON DIOXIDE
WATER (in any order)
(20) ELECTIVES
Toss-Up
“God made two types of covenants with man, one being an unconditional covenant. What is the
other?”
CONDITIONAL
*20-point Bonus (2 answers, 10 points each, 20 seconds total)
“Three of the five dispensational time periods of the Old Testament include Innocence,
Conscience, and Human Government. What are the other two?”
PROMISE
LAW (in any order)
RSC 2010
- 10 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(21) MATH
Toss-Up
“Any percent can be written as a fraction with what denominator?”
100
*10-point Bonus (1 answer, 10 points, 20 seconds total)
“Change 40% into a fraction and reduce it to lowest terms.”
2
5
(22) ENGLISH
Toss up
“A regular plural noun ends in "s." To make it possessive, what do we add? “
APOSTROPHE AFTER THE “S”
*15-point Bonus (3 answers, 5 points each, 15 seconds total)
“Identify the three plural possessives in this sentence.”
→
(SHOW CARD)
The Pharisees' scorn for Jesus and His parables' truths revealed them as unworthy of His
many kingdoms' glories.
PHARISEES’
PARABLES’
KINGDOMS’ (in any order)
RSC 2010
- 11 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(23) SOCIAL STUDIES
Toss-Up
“An important economic principle in capitalism which creates competition is called the law of
__________.”
SUPPLY AND DEMAND
*10-point Bonus (2 answers, 5 points each, 15 seconds total)
“What two things build initiative and motivate workers to become productive?”
PROFIT MOTIVE
COMPETITION (in any order)
(24) SCIENCE
Toss-Up
“To hold plants in the soil is one of the main functions of ___________.”
ROOTS
*10-point Bonus (1 answer, 10 points, 15 seconds total)
“Tree ferns and cone-bearing plants are two types of complex plants which can be traced to
the time of ___________.”
NOAH
RSC 2010
- 12 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(25) ELECTIVES
Toss-Up
“Childhood diseases and the common cold are carried by what?”
VIRUSES
*12-point Bonus (3 answers, 4 points each, 15 seconds total)
“There are six basic rules for good health; among them are rest and a balanced diet. Name
three of the other four.”
EXERCISE
CLEANLINESS
SUFFICIENT WATER
FRESH AIR (any three in any order)
(26) MATH
Toss-Up
“To change a decimal to a percent, how many places to the right is the decimal point moved before
adding the percent sign?”
TWO
*10-point Bonus (2 answers, 5 points each, 15 seconds total)
“Change these percents back to decimals.”
→
(SHOW CARD)
25%
1
12 %
2
.25
.125
RSC 2010
- 13 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(27) ENGLISH
Toss-Up
“What kind of verb never has a direct object?”
INTRANSITIVE (VERB) or LINKING (VERB) or STATE OF BEING (VERB)
*10-point Bonus (1 answer, 10 points, 15 seconds total)
“Which one of these sentences, the first or second, contains an intransitive verb?”
On the day of Pentecost, the Holy Spirit came in power.
Jews from every nation celebrated Pentecost in Jerusalem.
FIRST
(28) SOCIAL STUDIES
Toss-Up
“The ancestors of Native Americans probably traveled to North America from Asia by crossing
what body of water?”
BERING STRAIT
*16-point Bonus (4 answer, 4 points each, 20 seconds total)
“Name at least four plant foods which were introduced to the white settlers by the Native
Americans.”
MAIZE or (CORN), SQUASH, BEANS, PEANUTS, CACAO, PINEAPPLES, TOMATOES,
AVOCADOS, POTATOES, MANIOC, PEPPERS (any four in any order)
RSC 2010
- 14 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(29) SCIENCE
Toss-Up
“The category of animals without backbones is called __________.”
INVERTEBRATES
*12-point Bonus (2 answers, 6 points each, 15 seconds total) (PACE Test, #13,15)
“A butterfly exhibits ____________ symmetry while a starfish exhibits ____________
symmetry.”
BILATERAL
RADIAL (in that order)
30) ELECTIVES
Toss-Up
“The author of Spirit-Controlled Temperament is __________.”
TIM LAHAYE
*10-point Bonus (1 answer, 10 points, 15 seconds total)
“The combination of inborn traits that subconsciously affects behavior is called _________.”
TEMPERAMENT
RSC 2010
- 15 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(31) MATH
Toss-Up
“In a list of data, is the mode a.) the average of all numbers b.) the number occurring most
often or c.)the number in the middle of numerical order?”
b. THE NUMBER OCCURRING MOST OFTEN
*15-point Bonus (3 answers, 5 points each, 15 seconds total)
“Name the type of graph in the order shown.”
→
(SHOW CARD)
BAR GRAPH
LINE GRAPH
CIRCLE GRAPH or PIE GRAPH
(32) ENGLISH
Toss-Up
“Name the three cases of personal pronouns.”
NOMINATIVE
OBJECTIVE
POSSESSIVE
*12-point Bonus (3 answers, 4 points each, 15 seconds total)
“Identify the case of the personal pronoun in each sentence.”
→
(SHOW CARD)
1. I was a sinner, needing salvation.
2. A French sculptor designed it.
3. Many people of Labrador catch cod for their livelihood.
1. NOMINATIVE
2. OBJECTIVE
3. POSSESSIVE
RSC 2010
- 16 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(33) SOCIAL STUDIES
Toss-Up
“Leif Eriksson Day, which commemorates the first recorded Norse colonization in the Americas
in 1003, is celebrated on October _________.”
9
*18-point Bonus (2 answers, 9 points each, 20 seconds total)
“The Norse landing site at "Vinland the Good" is called Cape Cod today. What are the landing
sites of "Helluland" and "Markland" called today?”
NEWFOUNDLAND
NOVA SCOTIA
(34) SCIENCE
Toss up
“All arthropods share the common characteristics of having ____________ in their legs.”
JOINTS
*12-point Bonus (3 answers, 4 points each, 15 seconds total)
“Name the three body parts all insects have. “
HEAD
THORAX
ABDOMEN
RSC 2010
- 17 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(35) ELECTIVES
Toss-Up
“In Scripture, what number stands for representative completeness?”
TEN
*15-point Bonus (1 answer, 15 points, 15 seconds total)
“The New Testament books were written over which time span? A.D. 1-45, A.D. 45-100, A.D.
100-200?”
AD. 45 to 100
(36) MATH
Toss up
“You can find the rate of commission by dividing the selling price into the commission. State this
in a formula.”
R=
C
SP
*12-point Bonus (1 answer, 12 points, 25 seconds total)
“Find the rate of commission if the selling price was $125.00 and the amount of commission
earned was $12.50.”
Rate  10%
RSC 2010
- 18 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(37) ENGLISH
Toss-Up
“What kind of adjective follows a linking verb?”
PREDICATE ADJECTIVE
*12-point Bonus (3 answers, 4 points each, 15 seconds total)
“In the following sentences, identify the prepositional phrase as either adjective or adverb.”
→
(SHOW CARD)
a. Angels announced the birth of the Saviour.
b. He would reign over Israel forever.
c. Joseph and Mary went unto the city of Bethlehem.
a. ADJECTIVE
b. ADVERB
c. ADVERB
(38) SOCIAL STUDIES
Toss-Up
“Although Columbus landed in the New World, his destination had been ____________.”
THE INDIES
*15-point Bonus (3 answers, 5 points each, 15 seconds total)
“Christopher Columbus explored two islands on his first voyage of discovery to America. Name
the islands and the body of water where they are located.”
HISPANIOLA and CUBA
CARIBBEAN SEA
RSC 2010
- 19 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(39) SCIENCE
Toss-Up
“The skeleton of a vertebrate is supported by a long column called the __________.”
BACKBONE or SPINAL COLUMN
*16-point Bonus (2 answers, 8 points, 20 seconds total)
“What are the two unconditioned responses of vertebrates?”
REFLEX
INSTINCT
(40) ELECTIVES
Toss-up
“_______________ was an ancient Semitic language related to Hebrew and was commonly
spoken by Jesus?”
ARAMAIC
*20-point Bonus (2 answers, 10 points each, 15 seconds total)
“The Jews greatly influenced their world through their religious teachings of the concept of
monotheism, the ethic of __________Law, and the hope and promise of a __________.”
MOSAIC
MESSIAH
RSC 2010
- 20 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(41) MATH
Toss-Up
“A plan to show the balance between income and expenses, a proper division of income, and
a way for regular saving is called a what?”
BUDGET
*10-point Bonus (1 answer, 10 points, 20 seconds total)
“Calculate the interest owed on $2000.00 borrowed for one year at an 18% interest rate.”
$360.00
(42) ENGLISH
Toss-Up
“One of the two linking verb sentence patterns is N-LV-N. What is the other?
N-LV-A or NOUN-LINKING VERB-ADJECTIVE
*12-point Bonus (2 answers, 6 points each, 15 seconds total)
“Identify these sentence patterns.”
→
(SHOW CARD)
God gave Abraham a precious promise.
Her parents were agreeable to her marriage.
N-AV-n-N
N-LV-A
RSC 2010
- 21 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(43) SOCIAL STUDIES
Toss-Up
“The Renaissance came at a time of questioning the traditions of what religious institution?”
ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH
*10-point Bonus (2 answers, 5 points each, 15 seconds total)
“Two developments at that time changed world history. Supply the missing words in these
statements.
Ancient ____________ had been recaptured from the Moslems.
Johann Gutenberg invented the ____________ and made reading, especially the Bible,
available to all.”
MANUSCRIPTS
PRINTING PRESS
(44) SCIENCE
Toss-Up
“What are the skeletons of both the lamprey and the skate made of?”
CARTILAGE
*10-point Bonus (1 answer, 10 points, 10 seconds total)
“What is the only type of cold-blooded vertebrate which does not undergo metamorphosis?”
REPTILE
RSC 2010
- 22 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(45) ELECTIVES
Toss-up
“Whose name meant ‘heel catcher’ or ‘supplanter’?”
JACOB
10-point Bonus (1 answer, 10 points, 15 seconds total)
“What was the name of the brook where Jacob met God?”
JABBOK
(46) MATH
Toss-up
9
“The formula for changing Celsius degrees to Fahrenheit degrees is TF  (TC )  _____ .”
5
(Read: “Temperature Fahrenheit equals nine-fifths times temperature Celsius plus blank
degrees.”)
32
15-point Bonus (1 answer, 15 points, 25 seconds total)
“Change 10 Celsius to degrees Fahrenheit.”
50
RSC 2010
- 23 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(47) ENGLISH
Toss-Up
“A verb form ending in ‘ing’ may be used as part of a verb phrase, as an adjective, and in one
other way. What is the third way?”
GERUND
*12-point Bonus (3 answers, 4 points, 20 seconds total)
“Identify the noun function of the gerund in these sentences.”
→
(SHOW CARD)
1. Have you every tried spinning a top?
2. Some tops are spun by twirling the center stem.
3. Playing with tops became popular in Europe.
1. DIRECT OBJECT
2. OBJECT OF PREPOSITION
3. SUBJECT
(48) SOCIAL STUDIES
Toss-Up
“The two great religious figures of the Reformation were John Calvin and __________.”
MARTIN LUTHER
*10-point Bonus (2 answers, 5 points each, 15 seconds total)
“Name the most well-known writing of John Calvin and Martin Luther.”
John Calvin - INSTITUTES OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION
Martin Luther - NINETY-FIVE THESES
RSC 2010
- 24 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(49) SCIENCE
Toss-Up
“Being warm-blooded and having light bones are two of the six characteristics belonging to what
group of vertebrates?”
BIRDS
*20-point Bonus (1 answer, 20 points, 15 seconds total)
“Carnivores are good hunters because their brains are large, enabling them to both think fast
and to ______________.”
MAKE QUICK COORDINATED MOVEMENTS
(50) ELECTIVES
Toss-Up
“A shortcut in addition is to find number combinations that add up to what number?”
TEN
*10-point Bonus (1 answer, 10 points, 15 seconds total)
“In checking addition, finding the sum twice, first in one direction and then in the other
direction, is called the ____________ Method.”
REVERSE-ORDER
RSC 2010
- 25 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(51) MATH
Toss-Up
“What is the common endpoint of two rays called?”
VERTEX
*10-point Bonus (1 answer, 10 points, 15 seconds total)
“Two angles are placed together and form a 90° angle. Are they obtuse, supplementary, or
complementary angles?”
COMPLEMENTARY
(52) ENGLISH
Toss-Up
“An infinitive phrase begins with the word “to” followed by a __________form.”
VERB
*16-point Bonus (2 answers, 8 points each, 15 seconds total
“In the diagram of the following sentence, which words belong at ‘a’ and ‘b’?”
→
(SHOW CARD)
The Lord kindly blessed each of them.
a. KINDLY
b. EACH
RSC 2010
- 26 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(53) SOCIAL STUDIES
Toss-Up
“Which group of Christians, earlier called Pietists, was known in the 1700s for their love of
music and zeal for missionary work?”
MORAVIAN BRETHREN
*20-point Bonus (5 answers, 4 points, 25 seconds total)
“Put these eighteenth century wars in the order in which they occurred.”
→
(SHOW CARD)
a. French and Indian War
b. King William’s War
c. Queen Anne’s War
d. King George’s War
e. American War for Independence
B, C, D, A, E (in that order)
(54) SCIENCE
Toss up
“Of all God's creatures, only man has not only bodily needs but also __________ needs.”
SPIRITUAL
* 10-point Bonus (2 answers, 5 points each, 15 seconds total)
“In addition to being warm-blooded, having light bones, feathers, and wings, birds have two
other distinguishing characteristics. Name them.”
BILLS or BEAKS
LAY EGGS
RSC 2010
- 27 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(55) ELECTIVES
Toss-up
“What teaching method was used by Jesus?”
PARABLES
10-point Bonus (1 answer, 10 points, 15 seconds total)
“What was Luke’s occupation?”
PHYSICIAN or MEDICAL DOCTOR
(56) MATH
Toss-Up
“Is the triangle in which all sides are equal called scalene, equilateral, or isosceles?”
EQUILATERAL
*10-point Bonus (1 answer, 10 points, 15 seconds total)
“The sizes of two angles of a triangle are given as 45° and 90°. Figure the size of the third angle.”
45°
RSC 2010
- 28 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(57) ENGLISH
Toss-Up
“Which kind of punctuation —quotation marks or an underline—would be used when writing
about books, plays, newspapers, or ships?”
UNDERLINE
*12-point Bonus 12 points (3 answers, 4 points each, 15 seconds total)
“Either quotation marks or an underline are the proper punctuation for the following. State
which: a.) an article entitled “The Salmon”, b.) a magazine entitled Faith for the Family, and
c.) a song entitled “Near the Cross”. “
a.) QUOTATION MARKS
b.) UNDERLINE
c.) QUOTATION MARKS
(58) SOCIAL STUDIES
Toss-Up
“During the years of the War for Independence, the states were united under the provisions of
a document called the ____________.”
ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION
*12-point Bonus (3 answers, 4 points each, 20 seconds total)
“Our Constitution provides for a system of checks-and-balances. Tell the function of each of
the three branches of government by filling in the blanks in the following.
The legislative branch ____________ the law.
The executive branch ____________ the law.
The judicial branch ____________ the law.”
ENACTS (or MAKES)
ENFORCES
INTERPRETS
RSC 2010
- 29 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(59) SCIENCE
Toss up
“An embryo begins growth as a single fertilized __________.”
CELL
*12-point Bonus (4 answers, 3 points each, 15 seconds total)
“Name the four human blood types.”
A
B
AB
O (in any order)
(60) ELECTIVES
Toss-Up
“Who originated the slogan, ‘from each according to his abilities; to each according to his
needs’"?
LOUIS BLANC
*14-point Bonus (2 answers, 7 points each, 15 seconds total)
“Name the nineteenth century Americans associated with the following statements:
He ran for President of the United States six times on the Socialist ticket.
He defended the Bible at the Scopes trial in Dayton, Tennessee.”
NORMAN THOMAS
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN (in that order)
RSC 2010
- 30 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(61) MATH
Toss-Up
“What is the formula for calculating the area of a triangle?”
A
1
1
bh or A  ba
2
2
*15-point Bonus (1 answer, 15 points, 25 seconds total)
“Calculate the area of the given triangle.”
→
(SHOW CARD)
8.736
(62) ENGLISH
Toss-Up
“List the three main types of sentences.”
SIMPLE
COMPOUND
COMPLEX
*15-point Bonus (3 answers, 5 points each, 15 seconds total)
“Identify each of the following sentences as simple, compound, or complex.”
→
(SHOW CARD)
Jacob could marry Rachel, but he must work another seven years.
The two agreed on wages of flocks and herds, also.
Six years later, God, Whom Jacob served, told him to return home.
COMPOUND
SIMPLE
COMPLEX (in that order)
RSC 2010
- 31 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(63) SOCIAL STUDIES
Toss-Up
“Name the city and state where the Constitutional Convention was held.”
PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA
*10-point Bonus (1 answer, 10 points, 15 seconds total)
“The Virginia Plan stated that each of the three branches of government would
__________the power of the other two.”
LIMIT
(64) SCIENCE
Toss-Up
“Red __________ manufactures red blood cells.”
MARROW or BONE MARROW
*12-point Bonus (3 answers, 4 points each, 15 seconds total)
“The skull protects which three organs of the head?”
BRAIN
EYES
INNER EARS (in any order)
RSC 2010
- 32 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(65) ELECTIVES
Toss-Up
“In church history, three organizational systems emerged which correspond to the three
basic types of government. The episcopalian corresponds to the autocratic, the presbyterian
to the republican, and the congregational to the __________.”
DEMOCRATIC
*12-point Bonus (1 answer, 12 points, 15 seconds total)
“To resolve disagreement at the Constitutional Convention, three compromises were made.
Two were the Great Compromise and the Commerce Compromise. What was the third?”
THE THREE-FIFTHS COMPROMISE
(66) MATH
Toss-Up
“To find the value of a variable when it is multiplied by a number, both sides of the equation
must be __________ by that same number.”
DIVIDED
*10-point Bonus (1 answer, 10 points, 20 seconds total)
“Using that rule, solve the following for the variable.”
→
(SHOW CARD)
27w  540
20
RSC 2010
- 33 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(67) ENGLISH
Toss-Up
“A paragraph covers only one idea or topic, usually stated in the first sentence, which is
called the __________ sentence.”
TOPIC
*10-point Bonus (2 answers, 5 points each, 15 seconds total)
“Among other information, the dictionary gives the correct spelling of a word, its
pronunciation, its __________divisions, and its part of __________.”
SYLLABLE
SPEECH
(68) SOCIAL STUDIES
Toss-Up
“The Constitutional delegates believed in certain God-given privileges. The first was life.
What were the other two?”
LIBERTY
PROPERTY (in any order)
*15-point Bonus (3 answers, 5 points each, 20 seconds total)
“Complete these statements explaining the three principles of the Constitution:
The United States was declared to be a ____________.
The Constitution was established as the supreme ____________ of the land.
Authority was given to the ____________ over local matters and to the national
government over matters regarding the nation.”
REPUBLIC
LAW
STATES (in that order)
RSC 2010
- 34 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(69) SCIENCE
Toss-Up
“There are three places in the body where bones fuse together as the body matures. Two of
those are in the skull and in the base of the backbone. Where is the
third?”
STERNUM or BREASTBONE
*14-point Bonus (2 answers, 7 points each, 15 seconds total)
“Give an example of a pivot joint and one of a ball-and-socket joint.”
Pivot - HEAD-NECK
Ball-and-socket - HIP or SHOULDER
(70) ELECTIVES
Toss-Up
“The Richardsons were missionaries to the Sawi people in what Indonesian province?”
IRIAN JAYA (ir′-ē-än-jī′-ä)
*10-point Bonus (1 answer, 10 points, 15 seconds total)
“The Sawi diet consists of __________, a yellowish starch processed into flour.”
SAGO
RSC 2010
- 35 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(71) MATH
Toss-Up
“Within the groups of objects called sets, the individual objects are called ____________.”
ELEMENTS
*20-point Bonus (1 answers, 20 points, 15 seconds total)
“If every element of Set A is also an element of Set B, then Set A is a ____________ of Set
B.”
SUBSET
(72) ENGLISH
Toss-Up
“Every sentence must have a simple subject, a simple __________, and express a complete
thought.”
VERB or PREDICATE
*18-point Bonus (6 answers, 3 points each, 20 seconds total)
“Diagram this sentence.”
→
(SHOW CARD)
Joshua and Caleb are faithful spies.
a.)
b.)
c.)
d.)
e.)
f.)
RSC 2010
JOSHUA
AND
CALEB
ARE
SPIES
FAITHFUL
- 36 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(73) SOCIAL STUDIES
Toss-Up
“In 1803, President Jefferson agreed to buy the ____________, which stretched north from
the mouth of the Mississippi and west to the Rockies.”
LOUISIANA TERRITORY or LOUISIANA PURCHASE
*15-point Bonus (1 answer, 15 points, 15 seconds total)
“Congress passed the Alien and Sedition Acts because of the hostility faced by the United
States from France and England. State one of the provisions from those acts. “
Either of the following:
ALIENS COULD BE DEPORTED OR IMPRISONED, or
CITIZENS COULD BE FINED OR IMPRISONED FOR SEDITIOUS OR REBELLIOUS
STATEMENTS.
(74) SCIENCE
Toss-Up
“The rounded ends of bones move against other bones and are covered with what?”
CARTILAGE
*10-point Bonus (2 answers, 5 points each, 15 seconds total)
“There are three kinds of muscle tissue in the body. One is striated muscle. What are the
other two?
SMOOTH
HEART or CARDIAC
RSC 2010
- 37 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(75) ELECTIVES
Toss Up
“Enthusiasm and fine control of breathing are two of the three necessary ingredients in
developing quality projection when speaking. Name the third.”
DISTINCT ARTICULATION or ARTICULATION
*10-point Bonus (1 answer, 10 points, 15 seconds total)
“The process of relaxing and tensing the vocal cords brings variation in ____________,
considered to be the ‘melody’ of speaking.”
PITCH
(76) MATH
Toss-up
“What geometric figure is defined as a quadrilateral with both pairs of opposite sides
parallel?”
PARALLELOGRAM
* 10-point Bonus (1 answer, 10 points, 15 seconds total)
“What parallelogram is both a rhombus with four right angles and a rectangle with four
congruent sides.”
SQUARE
RSC 2010
- 38 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(77) ENGLISH
Toss-Up
“Is the verb in the following sentence action or linking:
‘The men loved their wise commander.’?”
ACTION
*10-point Bonus (1 answer, 10 points, 15 seconds total)
“Which of the following has a transitive verb:
A. Action verb with a direct object.
B. Linking verb with a predicate nominative?”
A. ACTION VERB WITH A DIRECT OBJECT
(78) SOCIAL STUDIES
Toss-up
“The War of 1812 was also called what?”
THE SECOND WAR FOR INDEPENDENCE
or AMERICA’S SECOND WAR FOR INDEPENDENCE
*16-point Bonus (2 answers, 8 points each, 20 seconds total)
“Give at least two of the five reasons for the declaration of war against England. “
1. HER CONTINUED IMPRESSMENT OF AMERICAN SAILORS
2. HER CONTINUED VIOLATION OF AMERICAN TERRITORIAL WATERS
3. HER CONTINUED STEALING OF AMERICAN GOODS
4. HER REFUSAL TO REPEAL THE ORDERS IN COUNCIL LIMITING TRADE WITH
FRANCE
5. HER ARMING AND STIRRING UP THE INDIANS (any two in any order)
RSC 2010
- 39 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(79) SCIENCE
Toss-Up
“Plasma is a yellowish, sticky liquid because it contains what?”
PROTEIN
*10-point Bonus (1 answer, 10 points, 15 seconds total)
“The function of red blood cells is to carry oxygen to the cells and carbon dioxide away. What
is the function of white blood cells?”
TO FIGHT INFECTION or TO FIGHT BACTERIAL INFECTION
(80) ELECTIVES
Toss-Up
“The duration given to a tone usually depends on the ____________ of the music.”
TEMPO
*15-point Bonus (3 answers, 5 points each, 20 seconds total)
“There are seven main parts of a piano. Three of them are case, action, and frame. Please
name three of the remaining four.”
KEYBOARD
STRINGS
SOUNDBOARD
PEDALS (any three in any order)
RSC 2010
- 40 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(81) MATH
Toss-Up
“Equations may require more than one operation so that the numbers are on one side of the
equation and the ____________ terms are on the other.”
UNKNOWN or VARIABLE
*15-point Bonus (1 answer, 15 points, 25 seconds total)
“Solve this equation.”
→
(SHOW CARD)
3x  14  38  5x
x3
(82) ENGLISH
Toss-Up
“State the three perfect tenses of a verb.”
PRESENT PERFECT
PAST PERFECT
FUTURE PERFECT
*12-point Bonus (4 answers, 3 points each, 20 seconds total)
“The parts of irregular verbs must be memorized. For the verb ‘say,’ give the present, present
participle, past, past participle.”
Present: SAY
Present participle: SAYING
Past: SAID
Past Participle: SAID
RSC 2010
- 41 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(83) SOCIAL STUDIES
Toss-Up
“Which act established a justice system of a six-member Supreme Court, sixteen lower
federal courts, and an Attorney General?”
FEDERAL JUDICIARY ACT
*10-point Bonus (1 answer, 10 points, 15 seconds total)
“Name the document which has the provision, ‘No more European colonization of America’."
MONROE DOCTRINE
(84) SCIENCE
Toss-Up
“From the aorta, blood moves into arteries, then into capillaries and, finally, into
____________.”
VEINS
*10-point Bonus (2 answers, 5 points each, 15 seconds total)
“Each half of the heart has two chambers working to carry blood. Name the chambers.”
ATRIUM (or ATRIA)
VENTRICLE(S)
RSC 2010
- 42 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(85) ELECTIVES
Toss-Up
“The two basic aspects of physical fitness are medical fitness and __________ fitness.”
MOTOR
*12-point Bonus (3 answers, 4 points each, 15 seconds total)
“The body requires six nutrients. Three of them are carbohydrates, proteins, and
fats. What are the other three?
MINERALS
WATER
VITAMINS (in any order)
(86) MATH
Toss-Up
“In calculating the prime factors of a number, you should try the lowest prime number first.
What is the lowest prime number?”
2
*10-point Bonus (1 answer, 10 points, 15 seconds total)
“The process of determining which prime numbers can be divided into a given
number is called what?”
PRIME FACTORIZATION
RSC 2010
- 43 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(87) ENGLISH
Toss-Up
“To use a verb in the passive voice, we use the helping verb ‘be’ with what principal part of
the verb?”
PAST PARTICIPLE
*10-point Bonus (2 answers, 5 points each, 15 seconds total)
“In the following two sentences, if the verb is correct, state ‘Correct’ If it is not, state the
correct verb:
1.) Christi lets the Holy Spirit speak to her.
2.) Ace is learning the twins a Scripture verse.”
1.) CORRECT
2.) IS TEACHING
(88) SOCIAL STUDIES
Toss-Up
“An invention that demonstrated industrial and agricultural progress in the 1800s was the
cotton gin. Name its inventor.”
ELI WHITNEY
*10-point Bonus (1 answer, 10 points, 15 seconds total)
“Which document stated that, on January 1, 1863, slaves in any Confederate state would be
free?”
EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION
RSC 2010
- 44 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(89) SCIENCE
Toss-Up
“A community distinguished by climate, a desert for example, is called a ____________.”
BIOME
*12-point Bonus (2 answers, 6 points each, 15 seconds total)
“The water cycle involves two basic steps. Name them.”
CONDENSATION
EVAPORATION
(90) ELECTIVES
Toss-up
“The two chief groups of opponents to Christ were the Sadducees and the __________.”
PHARISEES
14-point Bonus (2 answers, 7 points each, 15 seconds total)
“Name the two major Jewish writings of Jesus’ day.”
SEPTUAGINT
TALMUD
RSC 2010
- 45 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(91) MATH
Toss-Up
“What is the formula for finding the interest to be paid on a loan?”
I = Prt
*10-point Bonus (1 answer, 10 points, 20 seconds total)
“Find the interest on $25.00 at 12% for one year.”
$3.00
(92) ENGLISH
Toss-Up
“What is the name of a noun, closely related to or explaining the one immediately preceding it
and usually enclosed in commas ?”
APPOSITIVE
*10-point Bonus (1 answer, 10 points, 15 seconds total)
“In which of the following sentences is there an appositive?”
A. Florence Nightingale was a wise woman who revolutionized nursing.
B. Florence Nightingale, a wise woman, revolutionized nursing.
B. FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE, A WISE WOMAN, REVOLUTIONIZED NURSING.
RSC 2010
- 46 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(93) SOCIAL STUDIES
Toss-up
“In the War Between the States, the Battle of Gettysburg was a major turning point in the
east. What battle was the major turning point in the west?”
THE BATTLE OF VICKSBURG or VICKSBURG
*12-point Bonus (2 answers, 6 points each, 15 seconds total)
“Give the correct names of the generals whose nicknames are "Rough and Ready" and
"Stonewall."
ZACHARY TAYLOR
THOMAS JACKSON
(94) SCIENCE
Toss-Up
“The groups of the food chain have specific members. Name the large group of organisms
that is an example of reducers?”
BACTERIA or FUNGI
*10-point Bonus (1 answer, 10 points, 15 seconds total)
“A host is harmed and sometimes killed by a ____________.”
PARASITE
RSC 2010
- 47 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(95) ELECTIVES
Toss-Up
“If Paul also wrote the Book of Hebrews, there are how many authors of the New
Testament?”
EIGHT
*12-point Bonus (2 answers, 6 points each, 15 seconds total)
“The New Testament, when classified by literary character, falls into four groups. Two of
them are historical and personal. Name the other two.”
DOCTRINAL
PROPHETIC or APOCALYPTIC
(96) MATH
Toss-up
“One of the first investments many families make is the purchase of a home, borrowing the
money and giving the lender a ____________ on the property.”
MORTGAGE
*15-point Bonus (1 answer, 15 points, 25 seconds total)
“Suppose a borrower has a mortgage of $97,000.00 at 9% for 30 years. How much interest is
owed in the first year?”
$8,730.00
RSC 2010
- 48 -
PACE Bowl Competition
97) ENGLISH
Toss-Up
“Nouns ending in ‘s’, ‘x’, ‘sh’, or ‘ch’ are made plural by ____________.”
ADDING "ES"
*15-point Bonus (3 answers, 5 points each, 15 seconds total)
”Give the plural of these nouns, spelling each: ‘woman’, ‘life’, ‘gully’.”
WOMEN
LIVES
GULLIES
(98) SOCIAL STUDIES
Toss-Up
“President Lincoln gave the Gettysburg Address on the battlefield at a spot where both Union
and Confederate soldiers were buried. What is the name of that piece of ground?”
CEMETERY HILL
*20-point Bonus (1 answer, 20 points, 25 seconds total)
“Say the first sentence of the Gettysburg Address.”
“FOURSCORE AND SEVEN YEARS AGO, OUR FATHERS BROUGHT FORTH ON
THIS CONTINENT A NEW NATION, CONCEIVED IN LIBERTY, AND DEDICATED TO THE
PROPOSITION THAT ALL MEN ARE CREATED EQUAL.”
RSC 2010
- 49 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(99) SCIENCE
Toss-Up
“The northernmost biome, called the Arctic __________, includes Lapland.”
TUNDRA
*10-point Bonus (2 answers, 5 points each, 15 seconds total)
“Fill in the blanks with either ‘coniferous’ (kō-'ni′-f(ə)rəs) or ‘deciduous’ (di-si′-jə-wəs) in the
following sentence:
The taiga (tī′-gə), with evergreen trees, is the ____________ forest biome; and the
temperate zone, with trees which lose their leaves in the fall, is the ____________ forest
biome. ”
CONIFEROUS
DECIDUOUS (in that order)
(100) ELECTIVES
Toss-Up
“What is the technical term which means ‘the first good news’?"
PROTOEVANGELIUM (prō-tē-van-jĕl′ē-um)
*20-point Bonus (4 answers, 5 points each, 15 seconds total)
“Name the three sons of Noah and identify from which one Christ is descended.”
SHEM
HAM
JAPHETH
CHRIST IS DESCENDED FROM SHEM
RSC 2010
- 50 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(101) MATH
Toss-Up
“Druggists use Apothecary weight and jewelers use _____________ weight.”
TROY
*15-point Bonus (1 answer, 15 points, 25 seconds total)
“If one liter equals 1.057 quarts, how many quarts are in 7.5 liters? Round your answer to the
nearest tenth.”
7.9 QUARTS
(102) ENGLISH
Toss-Up
“We use forms of ‘be’ with the past participle to indicate the ____________ voice of the verb.”
PASSIVE
*10-point Bonus (1 answer, 10 points, 15 seconds total)
“In a sentence the subject and its verb must both be singular or both be plural. They are
then said to agree in ___________.”
NUMBER
RSC 2010
- 51 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(103) SOCIAL STUDIES
Toss-Up
”President Lincoln believed the Confederate states had never really left the Union because
the Constitution does not provide for ____________of any state.”
SECESSION
* 16-point Bonus (2 answers, 8 points each, 15 seconds total)
“____________ was the second President of the United States assassinated and he died in
the year ____________.”
JAMES A. GARFIELD
1881
(104) SCIENCE
Toss-Up
“If you were lost in the desert, you could get moisture from the pulp of what common plant?”
CACTUS
*15-point Bonus (3 answers, 5 points each, 20 seconds total)
“There are three distinguishing characteristics of the desert biome. Name them. ”
VERY LITTLE RAINFALL
HIGH DAYTIME TEMPERATURES
LOW NIGHTTIME TEMPERATURES
RSC 2010
- 52 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(105) ELECTIVES
Toss-Up
“That the bread and wine of the Eucharist really turn into the body and blood of Christ is the
false doctrine of __________.”
TRANSUBSTANTIATION
*12-point Bonus (1 answer, 12 points, 15 seconds total)
“Who wrote the Imitation of Christ?”
THOMAS À KEMPIS
(106) MATH
Toss-Up
“One way to write the formula for finding the circumference of a circle is C   d . (Read as C
equals pī times d) What is the other way?”
C  2 r
*18-point Bonus (1 answer, 18 points, 25 seconds total)
“Using 3
1
as  , calculate the circumference of a circle with a radius of 28 units.”
7
C  176
RSC 2010
- 53 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(107) ENGLISH
Toss-Up
”Personal pronouns in the objective case may be used as direct objects, indirect objects, and
in a third way. Name the third one.”
OBJECT OF PREPOSITION
*10-point Bonus (2 answers, 5 points each, 15 seconds total)
”A personal pronoun refers back to and is in agreement with a noun called an antecedent. In
these sentences, name the antecedent:
Grandfather told a story about his childhood.
Dad thought a tractor would help him with his work.”
GRANDFATHER
DAD
(108) SOCIAL STUDIES
Toss-Up
“A major invention from the post-Civil War period was the incandescent light bulb
invented by __________.”
THOMAS ALVA EDISON
*12-point Bonus (2 answers, 6 points each, 15 seconds total)
“In a time of great progress, two major events that demonstrated the expansion of
America's frontiers were the purchase of __________ in 1867 and the completion of the first
__________ in 1869.”
ALASKA
TRANSCONTINENTAL RAILROAD (in that order)
RSC 2010
- 54 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(109) SCIENCE
Toss-Up
“The most serious air pollution problem involves the dumping of __________ into the air.
PARTICLES
*10-point Bonus (2 answers, 5 points each, 15 seconds total)
“Particles dumped into the air come from four main sources. Exhaust from cars and factories
and smog are two. What are the other two?”
BURNING OF GARBAGE AND TRASH
BURNING OF FOSSIL FUELS (in any order)
(110) ELECTIVES
Toss-Up
“What was Satan's real ambition in his third temptation of Jesus in the wilderness?”
WORSHIP or TO WORSHIP HIM
*12-point Bonus (2 answers, 6 points, 15 seconds total)
“Jesus pointed out to Nicodemus that there are two births. What are they?”
PHYSICAL or WATER or FLESH
SPIRITUAL or OF THE SPIRIT
RSC 2010
- 55 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(111) MATH
Toss-Up
“Change this percent into a decimal: 67%.”
.67
*10-point Bonus (1 answer, 10 points, 20 seconds total)
“Using the formula V  lwh , find the height if the volume of a rectangular solid is 400 units,
the length is 10, and the width is 8.”
5
(112) ENGLISH
Toss-Up
“There are two other kinds of pronouns in addition to personal, relative, interrogative, and
demonstrative pronouns. Name them.”
INDEFINITE
REFLEXIVE
*12-point Bonus (3 answers, 4 points each, 20 seconds total)
“As what part of speech does the word ‘back’ function in the following sentences?
The journey back to Virginia was not easy.
Their Indian guide did back the French.
The rest of the trip to the back country was difficult.
ADVERB
VERB
ADJECTIVE
RSC 2010
- 56 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(113) SOCIAL STUDIES
Toss-Up
“The first President to ever face impeachment was __________.”
ANDREW JOHNSON
*16-point Bonus (2 answers, 8 points each, 15 seconds total)
“Name the amendments to the Constitution which enacted the following laws:
A. Abolished slavery.
B.. Entitled all males to vote.”
A. THIRTEENTH AMENDMENT
B. FIFTEENTH AMENDMENT
(114) SCIENCE
Toss-Up
“The sun helps keep planets in their orbits by the strength of its __________.”
GRAVITY
*18-point Bonus (2 answers, 9 points each, 20 seconds total)
“The diameter of the earth is 8,000 miles. Give the diameter of the sun and of the moon.”
Sun: 864,000 MILES (1,390,000 km)
Moon: 2,160 MILES (3,480 km)
RSC 2010
- 57 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(115) ELECTIVES
Toss-Up
“The amount of money a consumer has to spend on needs and wants after his taxes are paid
is called his __________. “
DISPOSABLE INCOME
*10-point Bonus (1 answer, 10 points, 15 seconds total)
“If you make a purchase based on the product's dependability, is the motive for your buying
emotional, rational, or patronage?”
RATIONAL
(116) MATH
Toss-Up
“What is the name of the side of a triangle opposite the right angle?”
HYPOTENUSE
*12-point Bonus (1 answer, 12 points, 20 seconds total)
“Using the Pythagorean Theorem, find c2 if a=3 and b=6.”
45
RSC 2010
- 58 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(117) ENGLISH
Toss-Up
“Of the four main types of paragraphs, two are expository and descriptive. Name the other
two.”
NARRATIVE
PERSUASIVE
*15-point Bonus (1 answer, 15 points, 20 seconds total)
“These are the first three sentences in a paragraph. Tell which one is the topic sentence.”
1. Johnny looked forward to each Sunday morning worship service.
2. The choir in their black flowing robes sang in such sweet harmony that Johnny's heart
wanted to leap and run.
3. Even the smell of the lilies seemed holy.
1. JOHNNY LOOKED FORWARD TO EACH SUNDAY MORNING WORSHIP SERVICE.
(118) SOCIAL STUDIES
Toss-Up
“Name the famous evangelist who founded a church and Bible institute in Chicago and led
thousands of Americans and British to God. “
DWIGHT L. MOODY
*12-point Bonus (3 answers, 4 points each, 15 seconds total)
“Name three famous lawmen from the American Western Frontier.”
WYATT EARP
"BAT" MASTERSON
"WILD BILL" HICKOK (in any order)
RSC 2010
- 59 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(119) SCIENCE
Toss-Up
“When the moon moves between Earth and the sun and blocks the sun's light, does a solar
or lunar eclipse occur?”.
SOLAR
*20-point Bonus (4 answers, 5 points each, 20 seconds total)
“Not including Earth, name at least four of the other eight planets of our solar system. “
VENUS
JUPITER
MARS
PLUTO
URANUS
MERCURY
NEPTUNE SATURN
(Any four in any order)
(120) ELECTIVES
Toss-Up
“What is the basic formula for finding percentage?”
P = BxR or PERCENTAGE = BASE x RATE
*10-point Bonus (1 answer, 10 points, 20 seconds total)
“To pass a test, you have to get 80% of the questions correct. If the test has 50 questions,
how many would you need to answer correctly to get a passing grade?”
P = 40
RSC 2010
- 60 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(121) MATH
Toss-Up
“Which type of life insurance provides pure protection for a young couple when the husband
is just gaining skills or experience?”
TERM INSURANCE
*12-point Bonus (2 answers, 6 points, 15 seconds total)
“The four basic types of car insurance are 1.) Property-Damage Liability, 2.) Bodily-Injury
Liability, 3.) Comprehensive , and 4.) Collision. Which two are required by law in many states?”
PROPERTY-DAMAGE LIABILITY
BODILY-INJURY LIABILITY
(122) ENGLISH
Toss-Up
“An outline is a step-by-step plan to organize ideas from which we can write the __________
of a composition.”
PARAGRAPHS or BODY or ROUGH DRAFT
*10-point Bonus (1 answer, 10 points, 15 seconds total)
“Identify the basic sentence pattern of the following sentence:
In Psalm 101:2, the Psalmist gives me rules for wise conduct.”
N-AV-n-N
RSC 2010
- 61 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(123) SOCIAL STUDIES
Toss-Up
“The Statue of Liberty was placed on Bedloe's Island, now called ___________ Island. “
LIBERTY
*12-point Bonus (2 answers, 6 points each, 15 seconds total)
“The well-known poem The New Colossus by Emma Lazarus contains a famous phrase.
Insert the missing two words from this line of the poem.
"Give me your tired, your poor, your __________ __________ yearning to breathe free."
HUDDLED
MASSES
(124) SCIENCE
Toss-Up
“The crust, or __________ ,that covers our Earth includes the continents and the ocean floor.
LITHOSPHERE
*10-point Bonus (2 answers, 5 points each, 15 seconds total)
“After the lithosphere what are the next two layers of Earth going toward the center, in order?’
MANTLE
CORE (in that order)
RSC 2010
- 62 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(125) ELECTIVES
Toss-up
“Paul left Titus on the island of _________ to further organize the work there.”
CRETE
*10-point Bonus (1 answer, 10 points, 15 seconds total)
“The book of Galatians has never been popular because of its intensely ___________
nature.”
DOCTRINAL
(126) MATH
Toss-Up
“To find the number of meters from yards, multiply by ___________?”
.91
*10-point Bonus (1 answer, 10 points, 15 seconds total)
“A football field is 100 yards long. What is its length in meters?”
91 METERS
RSC 2010
- 63 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(127) ENGLISH
Toss-Up
‘What event in 1475 heralded the beginning of the Modem English period?”
INTRODUCTION OF MOVABLE TYPE
*10-point Bonus (2 answers, 5 points each, 15 seconds total)
“Before Modern English, what two periods preceded it in the history of the English language?”
OLD ENGLISH
MIDDLE ENGLISH (in any order)
(128) SOCIAL STUDIES
Toss-Up
“The Second Great Awakening reached its greatest point during the ministry of
____________.”
WILLIAM or “BILLY” SUNDAY
*12-point Bonus (1 answer, 12 points, 15 seconds total)
“An important result of the Second Great Awakening was the growth of __________.”
WORLD-WIDE MISSIONS
RSC 2010
- 64 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(129) SCIENCE
Toss-Up
“The types of rock in the crust of the earth are one of these three types: igneous,
sedimentary, or __________.”
METAMORPHIC
*10-point Bonus (2 answers, 5 points each, 15 seconds total)
“After metamorphosis, what do limestone and shale become?”
MARBLE
SLATE (in that order)
(130) ELECTIVES
Toss-Up
“The Chartist Movement demanding legislative reform for workers included six points. One of
those was for vote by __________.
BALLOT
*14-point Bonus (1 answer, 14 points, 15 seconds total)
“In 1896 William Jennings Bryan ran for President as the nominee for which parties:
a.) Democrat and Republican, b.) Democrat and Populist, or c.) Populist and Greenback?”
c.) DEMOCRAT AND POPULIST
RSC 2010
- 65 -
PACE Bowl Competition
131) MATH
Toss-Up
“To change gallons to liters, multiply by ___________.”
3.79
*10-point Bonus (1 answer, 10 points, 15 seconds total)
“Pastor Alltruth bought 18 gallons of gasoline for his car. How many liters of gasoline did he
buy?”
68.22
(132) ENGLISH
Toss-Up
“Of the following sentences, one has an intransitive verb. Which one is that?
A. Pilots fly planes.
B. Mr. Sunday preached boldly.
B. MR. SUNDAY PREACHED BOLDLY.
*12-point Bonus (3 answers, 4 points each, 20 seconds total)
“Give the function of each of the numbered nouns in the following sentence.”
→
(SHOW CARD
1
2
3
To walk with God, a Believer must give Him control of his life.
1. OBJECT OF PREPOSITION
2. SUBJECT
3. DIRECT OBJECT
RSC 2010
- 66 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(133) SOCIAL STUDIES
Toss-Up
“Did the McKinley Tariff bill propose raising or lowering protective tariffs on certain goods.”
RAISING
*10-point Bonus (1 answer, 10 points, 15 seconds total)
“The Interstate Commerce Act established the Interstate Commerce Commission and gave
the government power to do what?
REGULATE RAILROAD PRICES
(134) SCIENCE
Toss-Up
“The areas of the hydrosphere are the seas, lakes, rivers, and ___________.”
OCEANS
*12-point Bonus (3 answers, 4 points, 15 seconds total)
“Fill in the blanks with the three missing names: Earth's oceans, from the smallest to the
Largest are the Antarctic, __________, __________, ___________, and Pacific.”
ARCTIC
INDIAN
ATLANTIC (in that order)
RSC 2010
- 67 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(135) ELECTIVES
Toss-Up
“What name is given to John Calvin's ideas, including the belief that each man's job is a
special calling from God for him?”
THE PROTESTANT ETHIC
*12-point Bonus (2 answers, 6 points each, 15 seconds total)
“Adam Smith believed that government had only four legitimate functions. Two of those are
to provide for those few social needs that could not be met in the free market and to preserve
law and order. State the other two.”
ENFORCE JUSTICE
DEFEND THE NATION
(136) MATH
Toss-Up
“If terms have the same variables and the same exponents for corresponding variables, they
are called ___________ terms.”
LIKE or SIMILAR
*10-point Bonus (1 answer, 10 points, 20 seconds total)
“Combine the terms that can be combined. Indicate all terms in descending powers of x.”
→
(SHOW CARD)
3x2 - 2xy + 4x2 -3xy + y2
7x2 - 5xy + y2
RSC 2010
- 68 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(137) ENGLISH
Toss-Up
“Is hyperbole a.) a comparison using ‘like’ or ‘as’, b.) an exaggeration of fact, or c.) describing
a lifeless object as if it were alive?”
b.) EXAGGERATION OF FACT
*14-point Bonus (2 answers, 7 points each, 15 seconds total)
“Identify the figure of speech in these sentences as a metaphor, simile, personification, or
hyperbole.
A. Shark Island guarded the entrance to the bay.
B. The name of the Lord is a strong tower.
A. PERSONIFICATION
B. METAPHOR
(138) SOCIAL STUDIES
Toss-Up
“In 1893 the Supreme Court declared a certain tax unconstitutional. What tax was it?”
INCOME TAX
*16-point Bonus (2 answers, 8 points each, 15 seconds total)
“To stop the drain on gold reserves and the Panic of 1893, Congress repealed the
____________ and lowered the ____________. “
SILVER PURCHASE ACT
McKINLEY TARIFF (in that order)
RSC 2010
- 69 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(139) SCIENCE
Toss-Up
“The ___________ in the western Pacific Ocean is possibly the ocean's deepest spot.”
MARIANA(S) TRENCH
*10-point Bonus (1 answer, 10 points, 15 seconds total)
“Give the reference of the Scripture verse that U.S. Navy Commander Matthew Maury used to
tell him that specific patterns of wind and water movement create paths in the ocean?”
PSALM 8:8
(140) ELECTIVES
Toss-Up
“Rochunga Pudaite's people, the Hmars, had no recorded history because they had no written
__________.”
LANGUAGE
*15-point Bonus (1 answer, 15 points, 15 seconds total)
“The manuscript of the Hmar Bible was finished after _________ years and 7,000 hours of labor.”
THREE
RSC 2010
- 70 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(141) MATH
Toss-up
“The quantity under a radical sign is the ____________.”
RADICAND
10-point Bonus (1 answer, 10 points, 20 seconds total)
“What is the
4
81 (fourth root of 81)?”
3
(142) ENGLISH
Toss-Up
“A verbal can function in which two of the following ways: as a noun, a verb, a conjunction, an
adjective, or a preposition.
NOUN
ADJECTIVE
*10-point Bonus (1 answer, 10 points, 15 seconds total)
“Is the following sentence simple, compound, or complex?”
Betty Elliot, the wife of a martyred missionary and a missionary in her own right, lived with her
little daughter, Valerie, in the jungle with the Aucas to share the gospel.”
SIMPLE
RSC 2010
- 71 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(143) SOCIAL STUDIES
Toss-Up
“Who was the hero of San Juan Hill? “
THEODORE ROOSEVELT or LT. COLONEL THEODORE ROOSEVELT
*12-point Bonus (2 answers, 6 points each, 15 seconds total)
“Name the persons responsible for these major transportation events in 1903”
A. Flew the first airplane.
B. Founded Ford Motor Company”
A. WILBUR AND ORVILLE WRIGHT or WILBUR WRIGHT ACTUALLY “FLEW” THE
FIRST AIRPLANE
B. HENRY FORD (must give full name to be correct)
(144) SCIENCE
Toss-Up
“About 21 percent of the atmosphere is oxygen, and about 78 percent is __________.”
NITROGEN
*18-point Bonus (3 answers, 6 points each, 20 seconds total)
“Given these descriptions, name the following types of clouds according to the Luke system.”
A. thin, hairlike
B. dark, towering, with anvil-shaped tops
C. wide, layered, like flat "sheets"
A. CIRRUS
B. NIMBUS
C. STRATUS
RSC 2010
- 72 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(145) ELECTIVES
Toss-Up
“Today, a psalm is any song that ____________ part of the Bible.”
QUOTES
*10-point Bonus (2 answers, 5 points each, 15 seconds total)
“In written music, the purpose of key signatures is to indicate the ____________ or
____________ that apply to specific notes wherever they appear in the composition.”
SHARPS
FLATS
(146) MATH
Toss-Up
“Of the six steps in solving an equation, the first step is removing the parentheses. What is
the last step?”
VERIFY THE SOLUTION or CHECKING
*10-point Bonus (1 answer, 10 points, 25 seconds total)
“If three times a certain number is 46 more than the number itself, what is the number?”
23
RSC 2010
- 73 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(147) ENGLISH
Toss-Up
“The three kinds of phrases include verb phrases and prepositional phrases. What is the third
kind?”
VERBAL PHRASES
*15-point Bonus (3 answers, 5 points each, 20 seconds total)
“Identify the phrases in each of the following sentences as a verb phrase, prepositional
phrase, or verbal phrase:
A. Soon he did begin to notice how cruelly slaves were treated.
B. He decided he would treat his slaves kindly.
C. He soon discovered that cruel force was necessary in the slave trade.”
A. VERBAL
B. VERB
C. PREPOSITIONAL
(148) SOCIAL STUDIES
Toss-Up
“At the end of World War I, President Wilson sent to Congress two proposals which he
supported but which Congress did not ratify or support. One was the Treaty of Versailles
(Vər-sī΄). What was the other?”
LEAGUE OF NATIONS
*12-point Bonus (2 answers, 6 points each, 15 seconds total)
“Identify the events which took place on these dates:
A. April 6, 1917
B. November 11, 1918.”
A. UNITED STATES ENTERED WORLD WAR I
B. ARMISTICE DAY or FIGHTING IN WORLD WAR I ENDED
RSC 2010
- 74 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(149) SCIENCE
Toss-Up
“The stratosphere contains a blanket or protective shield of __________ surrounding Earth. “
OZONE
*12-point Bonus (2 answers, 6 points each, 15 seconds total)
“Name any two of the four distinct layers of the earth’s atmosphere.”
TROPOSPHERE
STRATOSPHERE
MESOSPHERE
THERMOSPHERE (any two in any order)
(150) ELECTIVES
Toss-Up
"’To utter sounds clearly and distinctly’ is the definition of what word”?
ARTICULATION
*10-point Bonus (2 answers, 5 points each, 15 seconds total)
“There are three factors in vocal expression of phrasing. One is pause. What are the other two?”
STRESS
PITCH
RSC 2010
- 75 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(151) MATH
Toss-Up
“Give the formula for calculating the volume of a triangular prism.”
1
V  bhl
2
*12-point Bonus (1 answer, 12 points, 20 seconds total)
“Calculate the volume of a tent shaped like a triangular prism if the base is 10 units, the
height is 8 units, and the length is 15 units.”
600 UNITS
(152) ENGLISH
Toss-Up
“In an outline, for every heading which is to be subdivided, how many parts must the
subdivision have?”
AT LEAST TWO or TWO
*10-point Bonus (2 answers, 5 points each, 15 seconds total)
“You have available these references—dictionary, thesaurus, concordance, and encyclopedia.
Which one would you consult to find a Bible verse, and which one would you consult to find
general information?
CONCORDANCE (Bible Verse)
ENCYCLOPEDIA (General Information)
RSC 2010
- 76 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(153) SOCIAL STUDIES
Toss-Up
“What was the name of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's economic recovery program?”
NEW DEAL
*10-point Bonus (1 answer, 10 points, 15 seconds total)
“President Roosevelt's programs were based on a (conservative, socialistic, European)
philosophy.”
SOCIALISTIC
(154) SCIENCE
Toss-Up
“’The percent of water vapor actually in the air compared with the greatest amount the air
could hold at that temperature’ is the definition of specific humidity or relative humidity?”
RELATIVE
*10-point Bonus (1 answer, 10 points, 15 seconds total)
“Name the instrument which measures the amount of moisture in the air by using hair that
increases in length as it absorbs water and decreases as it dries?”
HYGROMETER
RSC 2010
- 77 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(155) ELECTIVES
Toss-Up
“After water and fat, is the most plentiful substance in the body a.)carbohydrates, b.)starches,
c.)proteins?”
c.) PROTEINS
*12-point Bonus (3 answers, 4 points each, 15 seconds total)
“Match the pairs:
→
(SHOW CARD)
1. _____ thiamin
2. _____ riboflavin
3. _____ sunshine vitamin
A. Vitamin D
B. Vitamin B2
C. Vitamin B1”
1. C. VITAMIN B1
2. B. VITAMIN B2
3. A. VITAMIN D
(156) MATH
Toss-Up
“To subtract polynomials, you must change each sign in the __________and combine like
terms.”
SUBTRAHEND
*15-bonus Bonus (1 answer, 15 points, 20 seconds total)
Solve the following subtraction problem.
→
(SHOW CARD)
(8a - 4b - 2c) - (2a - 3b - 3c)
6a - b + c
RSC 2010
- 78 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(157) ENGLISH
Toss-Up
“The melody of poetry is through rhyme, which has a pattern called a __________.”
RHYME SCHEME
*15-point Bonus (1 answer, 15 points, 20 seconds total)
“Here are six lines from a famous poem. Is the rhyme scheme: ab/ab/cc, aa/bb/cc, or
abc/abc?”
→
(SHOW CARD
Blessings on thee, little man,
Barefoot boy, with cheek of tan!
With thy turned-up pantaloons,
And thy merry whistled tunes;
With thy red lips, redder still
Kissed by strawberries on the hill;
aa/bb/cc
(158) SOCIAL STUDIES
Toss-Up
“For the U.S., World War II began on what President Roosevelt called a day of ‘infamy.’
What day of the week and what was the date of the ‘Day of Infamy’?”
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 7,1941
*10-point Bonus (1 answer, 10 points, 15 seconds total)
“World War II was officially over with the unconditional surrender of Japan on what date? “
AUGUST 14,1945
RSC 2010
- 79 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(159) SCIENCE
Toss-Up
“A narrow belt of calms on each side of the equator is called what?”
DOLDRUMS
*10-point Bonus (1 answer, 10 points, 15 seconds total)
“There are two basic air movement systems which affect weather. One is the worldwide
system. What is the other?”
LOCAL WIND SYSTEM
(160) ELECTIVES
Toss-Up
“What is a ’franking privilege’?”
FREE MAIL SERVICE (granted to members of Congress)
*12-point Bonus (2 answers, 6 points each, 15 seconds total)
‘What are the two most important powers granted to Congress by the Constitution?”
POWER TO LEVY TAXES
POWER TO REGULATE COMMERCE
RSC 2010
- 80 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(161) MATH
Toss-Up
“When subtracting signed numbers, change the sign of the subtrahend and add it to the
__________. “
MINUEND
*12-point Bonus (1 answer, 12 points, 20 seconds total)
“Solve the following problem.
→
(SHOW CARD)
 286
  114
-172
(162) ENGLISH
Toss-up
“Worship of the goddess Artemis, also called Diana, provided wealth in the city of __________.”
EPHESUS
*12-point Bonus (2 answers, 6 points each, 15 seconds total)
“Fill in the blanks with the words ‘fiction’ or nonfiction’: __________ books are arranged by the
Dewey Decimal System while __________ books are arranged alphabetically by the author’s
last name.”
NONFICTION
FICTION (in that order)
RSC 2010
- 81 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(163) SOCIAL STUDIES
Toss-Up
“The first President to visit communist China was _____________.”
PRESIDENT RICHARD NIXON or PRESIDENT NIXON
*10-point Bonus (I answer, 10 points, 15 seconds total)
”The illegal break-in of Democratic headquarters at Watergate and President Nixon's refusal
to give up tapes of his conversations led to his resignation to avoid possible _________. “
IMPEACHMENT
(164) SCIENCE
Toss-Up
“When a moving cold air mass meets a weaker warm air mass, what is formed?”
A COLD FRONT
*10-point Bonus (1 answer, 10 points, 15 seconds total)
“Name the instrument which measures wind velocity.”
ANEMOMETER
RSC 2010
- 82 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(165) ELECTIVES
Toss-Up
“We know Luke addresses his gospel to a man of the upper class because he calls him by
what title?”
MOST EXCELLENT
*10-point Bonus (2 answers, 5 points each, 15 seconds total)
“In his gospel, Mark presents Christ as which two of the following: profound thinker, mighty
worker, Servant of Jehovah?”
MIGHTY WORKER
SERVANT OF JEHOVAH
(166) MATH
Toss-Up
“The symbols of inclusion are brackets, braces, and parentheses. In what order do we use the
symbols of inclusion?”
PARENTHESES then BRACKETS then BRACES
*10-point Bonus (1 answer, 10 points, 15 seconds total)
”Write the following expression in algebraic language.”
→
(SHOW CARD)
The difference of x and y added to twice the sum of a and b.
2(a  b)  ( x  y ) or ( x  y )  2(a  b)
RSC 2010
- 83 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(167) ENGLISH
Toss-up
“A poetic device that repeats a vowel sound is _____________.”
ASSONANCE
*15-point Bonus (3 answers, 5 points each, 15 seconds total)
“What are the three characteristics of poetry?”
RHYTHM
MELODY
FORM (in any order)
(168) SOCIAL STUDIES
Toss-Up
“Who assassinated Sen. Robert Kennedy on June 5, 1968?”
Sirhan Sirhan (must give full name to be correct)
*15-point Bonus (3 answers, 5 points each, 15 seconds total)
“Match the action to the President.”
→
(SHOW CARD)
1. _____ Jimmy Carter
2. ______ Gerald Ford
3. ______ George H. W. Bush
A. pardoned President Nixon
B. Persian Gulf War
C. failed attempt to rescue hostages in Iran
1. C. FAILED ATTEMPT TO RESCUE HOSTAGES IN IRAN
2. A. PARDONED PRESIDENT NIXON
3. B. PERSIAN GULF WAR
RSC 2010
- 84 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(169) SCIENCE
Toss-Up
“Some scientists believe that, before the Flood, a ____________ gave the entire world a
warm, moist climate year round. “
WATER CANOPY
*14-point Bonus (2 answers, 7 points each, 15 seconds total)
“There are four factors that have a great effect on determining temperature, humidity, and
precipitation. The greatest factor is latitude. Name any two of the other three.”
WIND SYSTEM
ALTITUDE
NEARNESS TO OCEAN AND OCEAN CURRENTS (any two in any order)
(170) ELECTIVES
Toss-Up
“Moses was of the tribe of ____________.”
LEVI
*10-point Bonus (2 answers, 5 points each, 15 seconds total)
“Name the first and last of the ten plagues on Egypt.”
First: TURNING THE RIVERS TO BLOOD
Last: DEATH OF ALL FIRSTBORN
RSC 2010
- 85 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(171) MATH
Toss-Up
“When the interest charge is discounted, is the interest charge added to or subtracted
from the principal?”
SUBTRACTED FROM
*12-point Bonus (1 answer, 12 points, 25 seconds total)
“A discounted loan of $850.00 is made at 8% for one year. What is the net amount?”
$782.00
(172) ENGLISH
Toss-Up
“The book Twice Freed is written as fiction but is based on what book of Scripture?”
PHILEMON
*12-point Bonus (2 answers, 6 points each, 15 seconds total)
“A narrative has four parts. The first two are the exposition and the complication. What are the
remaining two parts, in order?”
CLIMAX
RESOLUTION (in that order)
RSC 2010
- 86 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(173) SOCIAL STUDIES
Toss-Up
“Only one President has come to that office without having been elected to either the
Presidency or the Vice-Presidency. Who was that President?
GERALD FORD
*15-point Bonus (1 answer, 15 points, 15 seconds total)
“Name the treaty stating the United States would keep its commitments to Asian nations but
would not furnish soldiers and weapons for their defense.”
NIXON DOCTRINE
(174) SCIENCE
Toss-Up
“The vast circle of faulting around the Pacific Ocean is called the ___________.”
CIRCLE OF FIRE or RING OF FIRE
*12-point Bonus (2 answers, 6 points each, 15 seconds total)
“Fill in the blanks with ‘normal’ or ‘reverse’.”
A. In ____________ faulting, land is lifted above its original level by volcanic forces.
B. In ____________ faulting, a section of rock breaks along the fault line and sinks to
a lower level.
A. REVERSE
B. NORMAL
RSC 2010
- 87 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(175) ELECTIVES
Toss-Up
“Who is considered to have been the first real Pope?“
GREGORY or GREGORY THE GREAT
*10-point Bonus (1 answer, 10 points, 15 seconds total)
”In church history, the Thyatira period covered 927 years beginning in 590 when Gregory I
became Pope and ending in 1517 when what event occurred?”
MARTIN LUTHER POSTED THE 95 THESES
(176) MATH
Toss-up
“A simple fraction is an expression of which mathematical operation?”
DIVISION
*10-point Bonus (1 answer, 10 points, 15 seconds total)
“To reduce fractions containing polynomials, first __________ the polynomials, if possible.”
FACTOR
RSC 2010
- 88 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(177) ENGLISH
Toss-Up
“Name at least one type of dependent clause.”
NOUN CLAUSE
ABJECTIVE CLAUSE
ADVERB CLAUSE (any one of these three)
*10-point Bonus (1 answer, 10 points, 15 seconds total)
“Which sentence has a dependent clause which functions as an adjective clause?”
→
(SHOW CARD)
A. He recognized that slavery was wrong.
B. He wanted to help the people who were so mistreated.
B. HE WANTED TO HELP THE PEOPLE WHO WERE SO MISTREATED.
(178) SOCIAL STUDIES
Toss-Up
“A number of momentous events took place in the same year; tearing down of the Berlin Wall,
the invasion of Panama, a huge earthquake in San Francisco, and the fall of communism in
Eastern Europe. What was the year?”
1989
*14-point Bonus (2 answers, 7 points each, 15 seconds total)
“The Supreme Court went far beyond the authority granted it by the Constitution in two
famous cases. Name those cases.”
ROE vs. WADE
DRED SCOTT DECISION (in any order)
RSC 2010
- 89 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(179) SCIENCE
Toss-Up
“Two scales to measure earthquake magnitude are the Mercalli Scale and the ___________
Scale. “
RICHTER
*10-point Bonus (1 answer, 10 points, 15 seconds total)
“Seismographs record three kinds of waves for earthquakes: primary, secondary, and long.
Primary and secondary waves are also called body waves. Long waves are also called
______________waves.”
SURFACE
(180) ELECTIVES
Toss-Up
“Jesus taught not by quoting men but by speaking with authority because He was the Son of
____________.”
GOD
*12-point Bonus (1 answer, 12 points, 15 seconds total)
“Jesus gave us two sets of guidelines in the Sermon on the Mount. One set was the Model
Prayer. What was the other?”
BEATITUDES
RSC 2010
- 90 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(181) MATH
Toss-Up
“To reduce a fraction to lowest terms, divide both the numerator and denominator by what?”
GREATEST COMMON FACTOR
*10-point Bonus (1 answer, 10 points, 20 seconds total)
Simplify the following fraction:
→
(SHOW CARD)
8 x 2 yz 4
16 xy 2 z
xz 3
2y
(182) ENGLISH
Toss-Up
“How are letters, symbols, and figures that are regarded as words made plural?”
ADD AN APOSTROPHE AND “S”
*18-point Bonus (6 answers, 3 points each, 20 seconds total)
Of the eight ways a noun can function, two are as a subject and as a predicate nominative.
Name the remaining six.”
APPOSITIVE
OBJECTIVE COMPLEMENT
NOUN OF DIRECT ADDRESS
OBJECT OF PREPOSITION
INDIRECT OBJECT
DIRECT OBJECT
RSC 2010
- 91 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(183) SOCIAL STUDIES
Toss-Up
“In feet, give the dimensions of the Ark.”
450’ LONG, 75' WIDE, AND 45’ HIGH
*10-point Bonus (1 answer, 10 points, 15 seconds total)
“__________ waves surged across the earth during the Flood.”
TIDAL
(184) SCIENCE
Toss-Up
“The world has two major mountain systems. One is the American-Pacific Ridge. Name the
other. “
CENTRAL-ASIAN RIDGE
*10-point Bonus (1 answer, 10 points, 15 seconds total)
“Those who draw maps are called ___________.”
CARTOGRAPHERS
RSC 2010
- 92 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(185)ELECTIVES
Toss-Up
“The process of combining the resources of a business firm to achieve a desired goal is called
directing, planning, or managing?”
MANAGING
*12-point Bonus (2 answers, 6 points, 15 seconds total)
“Of the three most common forms of business ownership, one is sole proprietorship. What are
the other two?”
PARTNERSHIP
STOCKHOLDER IN A CORPORATION (in any order)
(186) MATH
Toss-Up
“When two ratios are equal, the equation can be solved by doing what?”
CROSS-MULTIPLYING
*10-point Bonus (1 answer, 10 points, 20 seconds total)
“Given the equation
x 9
(Read x over eight equals nine over twelve), solve for x.”

8 12
x=6
RSC 2010
- 93 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(187) ENGLISH
Toss-Up
“The life story of Rochunga Pudaite, Beyond the Next Mountain, is an autobiography, fiction, a
biography, or an historical novel?”
BIOGRAPHY
*10-point Bonus (2 answers, 5 points each, 15 seconds total)
“Following are two statements about the use of quotation marks. Tell whether each is true or
false.”
A. Use quotation marks for the exact words of a speaker.
B. Place quotation marks inside all other marks of punctuation.
A. TRUE
B. FALSE
(188) SOCIAL STUDIES
Toss-Up
“The sections of Earth's crust are called plates. The name for their activity is
____________. “
PLATE TECTONICS
*11-point Bonus (1 answer, 11 points, 15 seconds total)
“When one plate is sliding under another, is that called a subduction or a spreading
zone?”
SUBDUCTION
RSC 2010
- 94 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(189) SCIENCE
Toss-Up
“Minerals have never been living and do not contain anything that once was living. Are they
organic or inorganic?”
INORGANIC
*15-point Bonus (3 answers,5 points each, 20 seconds total)
The first mineral family consists of minerals composed of a single element. Give three
examples.”
DIAMONDS
GOLD
SULFUR
SILVER
COPPER
LEAD
ARSENIC
BISMUTH
PLATINUM
ANTIMONY
GRAPHITE
(any three in any order)
(190) ELECTIVES
Toss-Up
“The schedule which shows how much of the monthly payment is applied to the principal and
how much goes for interest is called the ____________ schedule.
AMORTIZATION
*10-point Bonus (1 answer, 10 points, 25 seconds total)
Bill's bank has a service charge of 50 cents for each check written and 1.00 for each deposit
made. Last month Bill wrote 21 checks and made 6 deposits. What was his service charge?
$16.50
RSC 2010
- 95 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(191) MATH
Toss-Up
“To be able to add or subtract algebraic fractions, they must have like_________. “
DENOMINATORS
*15-point Bonus (1 answer, 15 points, 25 seconds total)
“Combine the following, reducing to lowest terms.”
→
(SHOW CARD)
8a  4 y 2a  2 y


3
3
2a  2 y
(192) ENGLISH
Toss-Up
“For which of the following would you use quotation marks rather than an underline?”
A. Play and a book
B. Short story and chapter of a book
B. SHORT STORY AND CHAPTER OF A BOOK
*15-point Bonus (3 answers, 5 points each, 15 seconds total)
“Give the plural of the following words: brother-in-law, tablespoonful, and stimulus”.
BROTHERS-IN-LAW
TABLESPOONFULS
STIMULI
RSC 2010
- 96 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(193) SOCIAL STUDIES
Toss-Up
“Which river carries more water than any other river on Earth and is surrounded by the
largest tropical rain forest on Earth?”
AMAZON
*12-point Bonus (4 answers, 3 points each, 15 seconds total)
“Put these oceans in order according to size, largest to smallest.”
Atlantic, Indian, Arctic, Pacific
PACIFIC
ATLANTIC
INDIAN
ARCTIC (in that order)
(194) SCIENCE
Toss-Up
“One of the cycles of creation is our biological clocks, which is called our __________
rhythm.”
CIRCADIAN
*12-point Bonus (3 answers, 4 points each, 20 seconds total)
“Name three other cycles of creation in nature.”
TIDES
SEASONS
CLIMATES
CONSTELLATIONS’ CHANGING
TIME (any three in any order)
RSC 2010
- 97 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(195) ELECTIVES
Toss-up
“Through which of the twelve tribes of Israel would the royal line of the Messiah come?”
JUDAH
*10-point Bonus (1 answer, 10 points, 15 seconds total)
“What did Psalm 22 predict would happen to the Messiah’s clothes?”
THEY WOULD BE GAMBLED FOR or THEY WOULD LOTS CAST FOR THEM
(196) MATH
Toss-Up
“Solving simultaneous equations algebraically may be done by either of two methods. One
method is by substitution. What is the other?”
ADDITION
*16-point Bonus (2 answers, 8 points each, 25 seconds total)
“Solve the following system of simultaneous equations.”
→
(SHOW CARD)
x  2 y  15
x  2 y  9
x 3
y 6
RSC 2010
- 98 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(197) ENGLISH
Toss-Up
“The word we use to show the time of action of a verb is _______.”
TENSE
*12-point Bonus (4 answers, 3 points each, 15 seconds total)
“Complete the blanks identifying the usage of verbs:
A. The two kinds of verbs are __________ and ____________.
B. The voice of a transitive verb may be __________or ___________.”
A. ACTION and LINKING
B. ACTIVE or PASSIVE
(198) SOCIAL STUDIES
Toss-Up
“What percent of water on Earth is fresh water? Is it 3%, 27%, or 67%?”
3%
*12-point Bonus (1 answer, 12 points, 15 seconds total)
“The term, ‘soil profile’ refers to which one of the following:
→
(SHOW CARD)
A. The amount of decay of organic material
B. The horizontal layers of soil
C. The amount of alkaline nutrients.
B. THE HORIZONTAL LAYERS OF SOIL
RSC 2010
- 99 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(199) SCIENCE
Toss-Up
”Plant growths such as mosses and lichens are examples of physical weathering or chemical
weathering?”
PHYSICAL WEATHERING
*10-point Bonus(2 answers, 5 points each, 15 seconds total)
“Two practices farmers use for soil conservation are ___________ of crops and
___________ plowing?”
ROTATION
CONTOUR (in that order)
(200) ELECTIVES
Toss-Up
”What is the underlying heresy in all forms of collectivism?”
HUMANISM
*10-point Bonus (1 answer, 10 points, 15 seconds total)
”The philosophy of communism really began with two events. One of those was Lucifer's
revolt in Heaven. What was the other?”
FALL OF MANKIND IN THE GARDEN OF EDEN or THE FALL or ADAM’S FALL
RSC 2010
- 100 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(201) MATH
Toss-Up
“Calculate 41% of 326.”
133.66
*10-point Bonus (1 answer, 10 points, 25 seconds total)
“Write an equation for and solve this word problem:
‘One fifth of a number equals seventeen. What is the number?’”
85
(202) ENGLISH
Toss-Up
“In writing a paragraph, should examples and facts be placed in chronological order or in
order of importance?”
IN ORDER OF IMPORTANCE
*10-point Bonus (2 answers, 5 points each, 15 seconds total)
“In an expository paragraph, the topic sentence may be supported in three ways. Using
facts is one way. What are the other two?”
USING EXAMPLES
LISTING STEPS (in any order)
RSC 2010
- 101 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(203) SOCIAL STUDIES
Toss-Up
“There are how many independent nations in Africa.”
54
*12-point Bonus (2 answers, 6 points, 15 seconds total)
“There are two man-made structures associated with Egypt, one is a monument and the other
is a waterway from one sea to another. Name them.”
GREAT PYRAMID
SUEZ CANAL (in any order)
(204) SCIENCE
Toss-Up
“What scientist was the first to discover the rings of Saturn and the four largest moons of
Jupiter?”
GALILEO or GALILEO GALILEI
*12-point Bonus (1 answer, 12 points, 20 seconds total)
“What is the order of increasing star temperature, from the least hot to the hottest? Is it:
a.) Red, yellow, blue-white; b.) Blue-white, yellow, red; or c.) Yellow, red, blue-white?”
a.) RED, YELLOW, BLUE-WHITE
RSC 2010
- 102 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(205) ELECTIVES
Toss-Up
“Who was the first American President under the Articles of Confederation?”
THERE WAS NO PRESIDENT
*18-point Bonus (3 answers, 6 points each, 20 seconds total)
“The Preamble of the Constitution lists six goals. Name at least three of them.”
A. FORM A MORE PERFECT UNION
B. ESTABLISH JUSTICE
C. INSURE DOMESTIC TRANQUILLITY
D. PROVIDE FOR THE COMMON DEFENSE
E. PROMOTE THE GENERAL WELFARE
F. SECURE THE BLESSINGS OF LIBERTY TO OURSELVES AND OUR POSTERITY
(any three in any order)
(206) MATH
Toss-Up
“Is the x axis the horizontal or vertical axis?”
HORIZONTAL
*16-point Bonus (2 answers, 8 points each, 30 seconds total)
“Tell the students they may want to write as you read. ‘One number is 7 more than another
number. The sum of these two numbers is 101. What are the numbers?’”
x  54
y  47
RSC 2010
- 103 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(207) ENGLISH
Toss-Up
“Spell the past tense of the verb ‘to occupy’.”
OCCUPIED
*12-point Bonus (3 answers, 4 points each, 15 seconds total)
“Give the four principal parts of the irregular verb ‘get’.”
GET, GETTING, GOT, GOT ( or GOTTEN)
(208) SOCIAL STUDIES
Toss-Up
”The Sahara increases or decreases in size every year?”
INCREASES
*12-point Bonus (3 answers, 4 points each, 15 seconds total)
“Match the term to the correct country.”
→
(SHOW CARD)
1. _____ Zambia
A. Largest population in Africa
2. _____ Tanzania
B. David Livingston
3. _____ Nigeria
C. Mount Kilimanjaro
1. B. DAVID LIVINGSTON
2. C. MOUNT KILIMANJARO
3. A. LARGEST POPULATION IN AFRICA
RSC 2010
- 104 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(209) SCIENCE
Toss-Up
“Our solar system is in the __________ arm of the Milky Way.”
ORION
* 16-point Bonus (2 answers, 8 points each, 20 seconds total)
“The three stars which make up the Alpha Centauri system are Alpha Centauri A and two
others. Name them.”
ALPHA CENTAURI B
PROXIMA CENTAURI
(210) ELECTIVES
Toss-Up
“In None of These Diseases, S.I. McMillen says when Moses led Israel out of Egypt, God
promised him that He would put none of the diseases of Egypt on Israel if they would keep
His __________.”
COMMANDMENTS
*10-point Bonus (1 answer, 10 points, 15 seconds total)
“It has been shown that stress is another important factor in causing the blood to
__________.”
CLOT
RSC 2010
- 105 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(211) MATH
Toss-up
“A set containing some or all the elements of another set is a __________.”
SUBSET
*12-point Bonus (4 answers, 3 points each, 15 seconds total)
“Match the term with the symbol.”
→
(SHOW CARD)
1. ____"is a member of"
A. 
2. ____ "is not a member of"
B. 
3. ____ "is a subset of"
C. 
4. ____ "is not a subset of"
D. 
1. C. “IS A MEMBER OF”
2. D. “IS NOT A MEMBER OF”
3. A, “IS A SUBSET OF “
4. B. “IS NOT A SUBSET OF”
(212) ENGLISH
Toss-Up
“Does a compound subject made up of two or more singular words joined by "or" or "nor" take
a singular or a plural verb?”
SINGULAR
*10-point Bonus (1 answer, 10 points, 15.seconds total)
“Which group is composed of all possessive pronouns?”
→
(SHOW CARD)
A. It's, ours, yours, their's
B. Hers, his, ours, who's
C. Your, yours, theirs, its
C. YOUR, YOURS, THEIRS, ITS
RSC 2010
- 106 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(213) SOCIAL STUDIES
Toss-Up
“The Laurentian Highlands area, which covers almost half of Canada, is also known as the
___________.”
CANADIAN SHIELD
*12-point Bonus (3 answers, 4 points each, 15 seconds total)
“Name the capitals of Newfoundland, Ontario, and British Columbia, in that order.”
ST. JOHN’S
TORONTO
VICTORIA (in that order)
(214) SCIENCE
Toss-Up
“A classified system to help group animals of similar characteristics was devised by
____________. “
LINNAEUS (lə-‫׳‬nē-əs) or CAROLUS LINNAEUS
*12-point Bonus (1 answer, 12 points, 15 seconds total)
“__________ feathers trap a layer of insulated air next to a bird’s body.”
DOWN
RSC 2010
- 107 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(215) ELECTIVES
Toss-Up
“The most probable date for the writing of Mark's Gospel is __________.”
A.D. 50
*12-point Bonus (2 answers, 6 points each, 15 seconds total)
“What are the ‘key word’ and the ‘key verse’ of the Gospel of Mark?”
Key word – STRAIGHTWAY
Key verse – 10:45
(216) MATH
Toss-Up
“Given the set P  prime numbers between 23 and 29 , is it a finite set, an empty set, or
an infinite set?”
EMPTY SET
*10-point Bonus (1 answer, 10 points, 15 seconds total)
“Place the correct symbol on the blank.”
→
(SHOW CARD)
T= 2,4,6,8,10
A. 
8 _______ T
B. 
A.
RSC 2010
- 108 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(217) ENGLISH
Toss-Up
“Adjectives and adverbs can be called intensifiers. What is the intensifier in the following
sentence?
He failed the physical and was promptly dismissed."
PROMPTLY
*10-point Bonus (1 answer, 10 points, 15 seconds total)
“In this sentence, name the conjunctive adverb.
We are busier than George Mueller; yet, we fail to allow time for God's Word."
YET
(218) SOCIAL STUDIES
Toss-Up
“Earth's largest non-polar ice field is in the _________ Territory of Canada.”
YUKON
*12-point Bonus (3 answers, 4 points each, 15 seconds total)
“Name Canada's largest province, second-largest province, and third-largest province in that
order.”
QUEBEC (largest)
ONTARIO (second-largest)
BRITISH COLUMBIA (third-largest)
RSC 2010
- 109 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(219) SCIENCE
Toss-Up
“Birds are in what kingdom?”
ANIMALIA or ANIMAL
*12-point Bonus (3 answers, 4 points each, 15 seconds total)
“Besides being scientifically classified, birds can be organized according to habitat and
characteristics. Two of those groups are the flightless birds and the preying birds. What are the
other three?”
GAME BIRDS
WATER BIRDS
SONGBIRDS (in any order)
(220) ELECTIVES
Toss-Up
“Complete the sentence. ____________ was from Ur of the Chaldees."
ABRAHAM
*10-point Bonus (2 answers, 5 points each, 15 seconds total)
“__________ was a man spoken to by a donkey. That account occurs in the Old Testament
book of __________ ”
BALAAM
NUMBERS
RSC 2010
- 110 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(221) MATH
Toss-up
“The positive square root is also called the __________.”
PRINCIPAL SQUARE ROOT
*10-point Bonus (1 answer, 10 points, 20 seconds total)
“Find the value of this term if x = 2 and z = 1.”
→
(SHOW CARD)
 xz 
2
3
8
(222) ENGLISH
Toss-Up
“A participle is one of the three classifications of a ____________.”
VERBAL
*9-point Bonus (1 answer, 9 points, 15 seconds total)
“Which of the following sentences uses ‘coming’ as a gerund:
A. Jesus is coming again.
B. Our coming Lord may return today.
C. His coming will find us ready.”
C. HIS COMING WILL FIND US READY
RSC 2010
- 111 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(223) SOCIAL STUDIES
Toss-Up
“What is the motto of the United States?”
"IN GOD WE TRUST"
*16-point Bonus (4 answers, 4 points each, 20 seconds total)
“In order, tell in which U.S. states these geographical features are located:
Death Valley, Grand Canyon, Great Salt Lake, and Mt. McKinley.”
Death Valley - CALIFORNIA
Grand Canyon - ARIZONA
Great Salt Lake - UTAH
Mt. McKinley - ALASKA
(224) SCIENCE
Toss-Up
“Unlike other vertebrates, mammals nourish their young with milk from __________ glands. “
MAMMARY
*12-point Bonus (3 answers, 4 points, 15 seconds total)
“There are five digestive organs in mammals. Two of them are the stomach and small
intestine. Name the remaining three.”
LARGE INTESTINE
PANCREAS
LIVER (in any order)
RSC 2010
- 112 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(225) ELECTIVES
Toss-up
“A ___________ is the division of beats on a music staff.”
MEASURE
10-point Bonus (2 answers, 5 points each, 15 seconds total)
“Funeral music is often written in a ____________ key; cheerful music in a ____________
key.”
MINOR
MAJOR (in that order)
(226) MATH
Toss-Up
“If the fractional exponent
1
means the ’square root of’, what does the fractional exponent
2
1
mean?”
3
CUBE ROOT OF
*10-point Bonus (1 answer, 10 points, 20 seconds total)
“Remembering that an exponent outside a parenthetical expression applies to everything
inside the parentheses, simplify this expression:
→
(SHOW CARD)
 x y
2
2
x4 y 2
RSC 2010
- 113 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(227) ENGLISH
Toss-Up
“Biographies and autobiographies are in the (fiction, nonfiction, historical novel) group.”
NONFICTION
*10-point Bonus (2 answers, 5 points each, 15 seconds total)
“Biographies and autobiographies are told from different points of view. Fill in the blanks.”
“An __________ is written from the first person point of view, while a __________ is written from the
third person point of view.”
AUTOBIOGRAPHY
BIOGRAPHY (in that order)
(228) SOCIAL STUDIES
Toss-Up
“The Sierra Madre Mountains of Mexico are southern extensions of the __________ Mountains of
North America.
ROCKY
*15-point Bonus (5 answers, 3 points, 20 seconds total)
“Match the product with the U.S. state that leads in its production.”
→
(SHOW CARD)
1. _____ automobiles
A. Hawaii
2. _____ milk and cheese
B. Michigan
3. _____ peanuts
C. Idaho
4. _____ pineapple
D. Georgia
5. _____ potatoes
E. Wisconsin
1. B. MICHIGAN
2. E. WISCONSIN
3. D. GEORGIA
4. A. HAWAII
5. C. IDAHO
RSC 2010
- 114 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(229) SCIENCE
Toss-Up
“Sharks have skeletons constructed of ____________.”
CARTILAGE
*10-point Bonus (1 answer, 10 points, 15 seconds total)
“One of the following statements is false. Which one is it?”
A. Reptiles have dry skin, while amphibians have moist skin.
B. All fish have gills to breathe under water.
C. All fish have thin, soft skin without scales or hair.
C. ALL FISH HAVE THIN, SOFT SKIN WITHOUT SCALES OR HAIR
(230) ELECTIVES
Toss-Up
“There are how many essential amino acids?”
EIGHT
*12-point Bonus (2 answers, 6 points each, 15 seconds total)
“Choose the correct word. Proper protein intake is necessary so that sufficient
(muscle, enzymes), which break food down into (energy, fat), will be formed.”
ENZYMES
ENERGY
RSC 2010
- 115 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(231) MATH
Toss-Up
“A quadratic equation is a ____________ degree equation.”
SECOND
*10-point Bonus (1 answer, 10 points, 15 seconds total)
“A complete quadratic equation contains which of the following:
A. Both the first and second power of the unknown.
B. The first but not the second power of the unknown.
C. The second but not the first power of the unknown.”
A. BOTH THE FIRST AND SECOND POWER OF THE UNKNOWN
(232) ENGLISH
Toss-Up
“The sentence is made up of words, phrases, and ____________.”
CLAUSES
*12-Point Bonus (3 answers at 4 points, 15 seconds total)
“A sentence which makes a statement is called a declarative sentence. Name the other
three which function by
a. asking a question
b. giving an order
c. expressing strong emotion.”
a. INTERROGATIVE
b. IMPERATIVE
c. EXCLAMATORY
RSC 2010
- 116 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(233) SOCIAL STUDIES
Toss-up
“Mexico has two large peninsulas. One is Baja California. Name the other.”
YUCATAN
* 15-point Bonus (3 answers, 5 points each, 15 seconds total)
“Match the geographical features to the correct nation.”
→
(SHOW CARD)
1. ____ largest rain forest on earth
2. ____ highest peaks in the Andes
3. ____ coral islands
A. Brazil
B. Bahamas
C. Peru
1. A. BRAZIL
2. C. PERU
3. B. BAHAMAS
(234) SCIENCE
Toss-up
“A person who studies ancient organisms is called a _______________.”
PALEONTOLOGIST
*10-point Bonus (1 answer, 10 points, 15 seconds total)
“One of the definitions of ‘metamorphosis’ is: a. having both male and female organs
b. larva changing into an adult animal
c. carrying food particles to epidermal cells.”
b. LARVA CHANGING INTO AN ADULT ANIMAL
RSC 2010
- 117 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(235) ELECTIVES
Toss-up
“The Children of Israel crossed the Jordan at the place called ______________.”
GILGAL
*12-point Bonus (3 answers, 4 points each, 15 seconds total)
“Match the description to the correct name.”
→
1. _____ Samson
2. _____ Ruth
3. _____ Gideon
(SHOW CARD)
A. Won a fight with 300 men.
B. Lost his eyesight and went to prison.
C. Was a type of church made of Gentiles.
1. B. LOST HIS EYESIGHT AND WENT TO PRISON
2. C. WAS A TYPE OF CHURCH MADE OF GENTILES
3. A. WON A FIGHT WITH 300 MEN
(236) MATH
Toss-up
“To obtain the third term of a perfect square trinomial, square one-half of the numerical coefficient
of the _______________ term.”
MIDDLE or SECOND
*12-point Bonus (2 answers, 6 points each, 15 seconds total)
“There are three methods for solving a quadratic equation. Name two of them.”
FACTORING
COMPLETING THE SQUARE or USING THE QUADRATIC FORMULA (any order)
RSC 2010
- 118 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(237) ENGLISH
Toss-up
“A group of words containing a subject and a verb is called a clause and may be either
independent or ________________.”
DEPENDENT
*15-point Bonus (1 answer, 15 points, 15 seconds total)
“Which of the following is not a noun function:
a. indirect object
b. appositive
c. intensifier
d. predicate nominative?”
c. INTENSIFIER
(238) SOCIAL STUDIES
Toss-up (Self Test, # 16)
“The smallest U.S. state is __________.”
RHODE ISLAND
*15-point Bonus (3 answers, 5 points each, 15 seconds total) (Self Test, # 17, 22, & 23)
“Name the largest, southernmost, and northernmost U.S. states.”
ALASKA
HAWAII
ALASKA (in that order)
RSC 2010
- 119 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(239) SCIENCE
Toss-up
“Eighty percent of all living animals belong to the phylum _______________.”
ARTHROPODS
*14-point Bonus (2 answers, 7 points each, 15 seconds total)
“There are three phyla of worms. One is the segmented worms. Name the other two phyla.”
FLATWORMS
ROUNDWORMS (in any order)
(240) ELECTIVES
Toss-up
“What New Testament book has as its theme the mystery of the church?”
EPHESIANS
*10-point Bonus (1 answer, 10 points, 15 seconds total)
“The early church was made up of primarily Hebrews, Gentiles, or Galatians?”
GENTILES
RSC 2010
- 120 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(241) MATH
Toss-up (p. 1)
“A mathematical sentence where the statement to the left of the equal sign is equal to the
statement to the right of the equal sign is called an _________.”
EQUATION
*16-point Bonus (2 answers, 8 points each, 30 seconds total)
“Given the following word problem, a.) write the correct equation and b.) solve for the
unknown.”
→
(SHOW CARD)
A certain school has 128 students. During the last school year, the average number of
PACEs completed by each student was 67. How many PACEs were completed by all the
students in the school?
a.
x
 67 or x  128  67
128
b. 8, 576
(242) ENGLISH
Toss-up
“Which kinds of books -- fiction or nonfiction -- are arranged by the Dewey decimal system of
classification?
NONFICTION
* 18-point Bonus (3 answers, 6 points each, 15 seconds total)
“Name the Dewey decimal numbers that would be affiliated with the following subjects:
history, religion, language.”
900-999
200-299
400-499
RSC 2010
- 121 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(243) SOCIAL STUDIES
Toss-up
“For what do the letters of the acronym (ă-krō-nĭm) NATO stand?”
NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZATION
* 12-point Bonus (1 answer, 12 points, 15 seconds total)
“In the years following World War II, what was the name of the doctrine providing U.S.
support for any free people who were resisting an attempted takeover by Communist
nations.”
TRUMAN DOCTRINE
(244) SCIENCE
Toss-up
“A solution which contains the maximum amount of solute that may be dissolved is
a _____________ solution.”
SATURATED
*10-point Bonus (1 answer, 10 points, 15 seconds total)
“A solution that contains more solute than a normal saturated solution under the same
conditions is a ____________solution.”
SUPERSATURATED
RSC 2010
- 122 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(245) ELECTIVES
Toss-up
“Purchase requisitions (PRs) aid in which kind of control: traffic, layout, or inventory?”
INVENTORY
*12-point Bonus (1 answer, 12 points, 15 seconds total)
“Mass production generally brings about:
A. Higher prices
B. Customized products
C. More companies
D. Lower prices.”
D. LOWER PRICES
(246) MATH
Toss-up
“The mathematical statement that two ratios are equal is called a _______________.”
PROPORTION
*15-point Bonus (1 answer, 15 points, 25 seconds total)
“Supply the missing term in this proportion.”
→
(SHOW CARD)
47 94

235
x
470
RSC 2010
- 123 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(247) ENGLISH
Toss-up
“The first capital ‘N’ in a sentence pattern is always what function?”
SUBJECT
*12-point Bonus (2 answers, 6 points each, 15 seconds total)
“Give two of the three sentence patterns for sentences that contain a direct object.”
N-AV-N
N-AV-n-N
N-AV-N-N (any two in any order)
(248) SOCIAL STUDIES
Toss-up
“How many capital cities does the country of South Africa have?”
3
*15-point Bonus (3 answers, 5 points each, 15 seconds total)
“Name South Africa’s three capital cities.”
CAPE TOWN
PRETORIA (prĭ-tor′-ē-ə)
BLOEMFONTEIN (blüm-fən-tān)
RSC 2010
- 124 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(249) SCIENCE
Toss-up
“Is a pineapple a multiple, simple, or aggregate fruit?”
MULTIPLE
*12-point Bonus (3 answers, 4 points each, 20 seconds total)
“Match the term with its description.”
→
(SHOW CARD)
1. ___Venation
2. ___Reproductive organs
3. ___Vegetative organs
A. Flowers, fruits, and seeds
B. Vein pattern of the blade of a leaf
C. Leaves, stems, and roots
1. B. VEIN PATTERN OF THE BLADE OF A LEAF
2. A. FLOWERS, FRUITS, AND SEEDS
3. C. LEAVES, STEMS, AND ROOTS
(250) ELECTIVES
Toss-up
“What is the minimum age to serve as a U.S. Congressman?”
TWENTY-FIVE
*14-point Bonus (2 answers, 7 points each, 15 seconds total)
“There are three reasons for which a Congressman may be arrested while Congress is in
session. One is for committing a felony. What are the other two?”
TREASON
DISTURBING THE PEACE (in any order)
RSC 2010
- 125 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(251) MATH
Toss-up
“A first-degree polynomial equation containing one or more variables is what kind of
equation?”
LINEAR or LINEAR EQUATION
* 18-point Bonus (3 answers, 6 points each, 20 seconds total)
“Match each system of equations with its definition.”
→
(SHOW CARD)
1. _____ Having only one common solution
2. _____ Having no common solution
3. _____Having exactly the same solution set
1. B. CONSISTENT
2. C. INCONSISTENT
3. A. DEPENDENT
(252) ENGLISH
Toss-up
“How many lines are in a sonnet?”
14
*9-point Bonus (3 answers, 3 points each, 15 seconds total)
“Name the three types of poetry.”
NARRATIVE POETRY
LYRIC POETRY
DRAMATIC POETRY (in any order)
RSC 2010
- 126 -
a. Dependent
b. Consistent
c. Inconsistent
PACE Bowl Competition
(253) SOCIAL STUDIES
Toss-up
“The proper name for the nation of Luxembourg is the Grand __________ of Luxembourg.”
DUCHY
*10-point Bonus (1 answer, 10 points, 15 seconds total)
“Spell Luxembourg.”
L-U-X-E-M-B-O-U-R-G
(254) SCIENCE
Toss-Up
“In human and animal cells, a compound known as ____________ adds strength to the cell
membrane.”
CHOLESTEROL
*12-point Bonus (3 answers, 4 points each, 15 seconds total)
“Name the three types of bacteria.”
SPIRILLUM (spī-ri′-ləm)
COCCUS (kä′-kəs)
BACILLUS (bə-si′-ləs)
RSC 2010
- 127 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(255) ELECTIVES
Toss-up
“The Book of Galatians was directed to four churches founded by whom?”
PAUL or THE APOSTLE PAUL
*10-point Bonus (1 answer, 10 points each, 15 seconds total)
“The four churches to which the Book of Galatians was addressed were founded by Paul on
which of his four missionary journeys?”
FIRST
(256) MATH
Toss-up
“A straight line is determined by _____________ points.”
TWO
*12-point Bonus (1 answer, 12 points, 15 seconds total)
“‘An endpoint and all the points along the extension in the direction it is drawn’ is the definition of
a what?”
RAY
RSC 2010
- 128 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(257) ENGLISH
Toss-up
“The act of taking and using another’s ideas as one’s own is _______________.”
PLAGIARISM
*15-point Bonus (3 answers, 5 points each, 15 seconds total)
“A nonfiction book may be found in the library under three listings. What are they?”
AUTHOR
SUBJECT
TITLE (in any order)
(258) SOCIAL STUDIES
Toss-up
“The Association of Great Britain and the independent nations that were once part of the British
Empire are now called what?”
THE COMMONWEALTH OF NATIONS or THE COMMONWEALTH
*16-point Bonus (4 answers, 4 points each, 15 seconds total)
“Name the four countries that comprise the United Kingdom.”
ENGLAND
SCOTLAND
WALES
NORTHERN IRELAND (in any order)
RSC 2010
- 129 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(259) SCIENCE
Toss-up
“What class of animals are the simplest warm-blooded animals?”
BIRDS
* 15-point Bonus (5 answers, 3 points each, 20 seconds total)
“Birds have six characteristics. Being warm-blooded is one of them. Name the remaining five
characteristics.”
FEATHERS
WINGS
BILLS (BEAKS)
LIGHT BONES
REPRODUCE BY HARD-SHELLED EGGS (in any order)
(260) ELECTIVES
Toss-up
“A plan for spending your money wisely is called a ____________.”
BUDGET
*10-point Bonus (1 answer, 10 points, 15 seconds total)
“Expenses such as interest on original cost, depreciation, license, and insurance are called
____________ expenses.”
FIXED
RSC 2010
- 130 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(261) MATH
Toss-up
“The two instruments used in construction are the ____________ and the ___________”
STRAIGHTEDGE
COMPASS
*12-point Bonus (2 answers, 6 points each, 15 seconds total)
“For the figures below, label the angles as acute, right, obtuse, or straight.”
→
(SHOW CARD)
A. STRAIGHT
B. OBTUSE
(262) ENGLISH
Toss-up
“What is the term for the headline across the top of page 1 of a newspaper?”
BANNER
*12-point Bonus (6 answers, 2 points each, 20 seconds total)
“The first paragraph of a news story usually gives the 5 "W's" and the "H" of the story. What
do these letters stand for?”
WHO, WHAT, WHEN, WHERE, WHY, HOW (in any order)
RSC 2010
- 131 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(263) SOCIAL STUDIES
Toss-up
“The Baltic States include Estonia, Latvia, and _______________.”
LITHUANIA
*15-point Bonus (3 answers, 5 points each, 15 seconds total)
→
(SHOW CARD)
“Identify these nations of the Commonwealth of Independent States.”
1. _____ poorest nation
2. _____ smallest nation
3. _____ largest nation
A. Armenia
B. Russia
C. Tajikistan (tä-"ji-ki-'stan)
1. C. Tajikistan (tä-"ji-ki-'stan)
2. A. Armenia
3. B. Russia
(264) SCIENCE
Toss-up
“The atlas and the axis vertebrae together are what kind of joint, gliding, hinge, or pivot?”
PIVOT
*10-point Bonus (2 answers,, 5 points each, 15 seconds total)
“Fill in the blanks in the following statement with the words ‘axial’ or ‘appendicular’
("a-pən-'di-kyə-lər): ‘The __________ skeleton makes up the basic framework of the body
and the __________ skeleton includes the arms and legs.”
AXIAL
APPENDICULAR
RSC 2010
- 132 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(265) ELECTIVES
Toss-up
“The key to overcoming stage fright is ___________.”
SELF-CONTROL
*10-point Bonus (1 answer, 10 points, 15 seconds total)
“A speaker should ignore anything that he is not able to _______.”
CONTROL
(266) MATH
Toss-up
“Placing a capital letter at the ______________ is one of three ways of naming an angle.”
VERTEX
*10-point Bonus (2 answers, 5 points each, 15 seconds total)
“Fill in the blanks in the following statement with the words ‘complementary’ or ‘supplementary’:
‘Two angles whose measures have a sum of 90 are called ______________ angles, and two
angles whose measures total 180 are called _______________.’”
COMPLEMENTARY
SUPPLEMENTARY (in that order)
RSC 2010
- 133 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(267) ENGLISH
Toss-up
“Three things that may be found on an editorial page are ____________, letters to the editor,
and political cartoons.”
EDITORIALS
*12-point Bonus (3 answers, 4 points each, 15 seconds total)
“Which three of the following are characteristics of a news story?
A. Conveys only news.
B. Begins with a lead.
C. Builds to an ending climax.
D. Gives the most important facts first.”
A. CONVEYS ONLY NEWS
B. BEGINS WITH A LEAD
D. GIVES THE MOST IMPORTANT FACTS FIRST
(268) SOCIAL STUDIES
Toss-up
“The ________________ River, in Russia, is the longest river in Europe.”
VOLGA
*10-point Bonus (2 answers, 5 points each, 15 seconds total)
“As president of the U.S.S.R., Mikhail Gorbachev (mē-hīl′ gär′-bä-chĕf) instituted policies of
_______________, which means openness, and ________________, which means
restructuring.”
GLASNOST (gläs′-nəst)
PERESTROIKA (pĕ-rĕ-stroi′-kə) (in that order)
RSC 2010
- 134 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(269) SCIENCE
Toss-up
“Ossification is the process by which _______________ becomes bones.”
CARTILAGE
*16-point Bonus (4 answers, 4 points each, 20 seconds total)
“There are four categories of bones. Name them.”
LONG BONES.
SHORT BONES
FLAT BONES
IRREGULAR BONES (in any order)
(270) ELECTIVES
Toss-up
“Who was the prophet from Gilead?”
ELIJAH
*12-point Bonus (2 answers, 6 points each, 15 seconds total)
“God sent Elijah to anoint three men. Two of them were Hazael and Jehu, both as kings. Who
was the third man and what position was he to have?”
ELISHA
PROPHET
RSC 2010
- 135 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(271) MATH
Toss-up
“The process of determining a specific statement from more general statements accepted as true
is what kind of reasoning?”
DEDUCTIVE
*15-point Bonus (3 answers, 5 points each, 15 seconds total)
“Match each term with the correct definition”
→
(SHOW CARD)
1. _____ Premise
2. _____ Hypothesis
3. _____ Theorem
A. statement that has proved to be true
B. statement assumed to be true and used in an argument
C. the “if” clause
1. B. PREMISE
2. C. HYPOTHESIS
3. A. THEOREM
(272) ENGLISH
Toss-up
“Which Colonial Period writer wrote ‘Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God’?”
JONATHAN EDWARDS
*10-point Bonus (2 answers, 5 points each, 15 seconds total)
“Jonathan Edwards was one of at least three men who were missionaries to the Native
Americans. Name the other two”
DAVID BRAINERD
JOHN ELIOT ( in any order)
RSC 2010
- 136 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(273) SOCIAL STUDIES
Toss-up
“Name the largest continent on earth.”
ASIA
*14-point Bonus (2 answers, 7 points each, 15 seconds total)
“Kashmir is claimed by both the countries of ____________ and ____________.”
INDIA
PAKISTAN (in any order)
(274) SCIENCE
Toss-up
“Movement, senses, thinking, memory, and language are all functions controlled by what part of
the brain?”
CEREBRUM (sə-rē′-brəm)
*12-point Bonus (2 answers, 6 points each, 15 seconds total)
“The cerebrum is one of three parts of the brain. Name the other two.”
BRAIN STEM
CEREBELLUM(ser-ə-be′-ləm)
RSC 2010
- 137 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(275) ELECTIVES
Toss-up
“A tax on goods and services levied by most states is a ____________.”
SALES TAX
*10-point Bonus (1 answer, 10 points, 15 seconds)
“When filing income tax forms, amounts that can be subtracted from gross income for certain
kinds of expenditures and losses are called what?”
DEDUCTIONS
(276) MATH
Toss-up
“ The postulate that states ‘If two legs of one right triangle are congruent to two legs of another
right triangle, the two triangles are congruent.’ is also known as the __________ Theorem.”
LL
*12-point Bonus (1 answer, 12 points, 15 seconds total)
“In geometry, what does the abbreviation ‘CPCTC’ mean?”
CORRESPONDING PARTS OF CONGRUENT TRIANGLES ARE CONGRUENT
(answer must be exact to be correct)
RSC 2010
- 138 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(277) ENGLISH
Toss-up
“What name is given to two independent clauses attached only by a comma?”
COMMA SPLICE
*10-point Bonus (2 answers, 5 points each, 15 seconds total)
“Fill in the blanks with the words ’metaphor” or ‘simile’:
A comparison using ‘like’ or ‘as’ is a ____________ while a comparison saying one thing is
actually another is a ____________.”
SIMILE
METAPHOR (in that order)
(278) SOCIAL STUDIES
Toss-up
“Name the highest mountain range on Earth.”
HIMALAYAS
*18-point Bonus (3 answers, 6 points each, 20 seconds total)
“Japan’s land is mainly on four islands. One of them is named Kyushu (kyū′-shū). Name the
other three islands.”
HONSHU (hon′-shū)
HOKKAIDO (hō-kī′-dō)
SHIKOKU (shē-'kō-′kū)
RSC 2010
- 139 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(279) SCIENCE
Toss-up
“The protective membrane surrounding the heart muscle is called the _____________.”
PERICARDIUM (pĕrə-kär′-dē-əm)
*10-point Bonus (1 answer, 10 points, 15 seconds total)
“What vein carries blood through the liver?”
PORTAL VEIN
(280) ELECTIVES
Toss-up
“All Christians have two ____________ living within them which are in constant conflict.”
NATURES
*10-point Bonus (1 answer, 10 points, 15 seconds total)
“_____________ means not only that you have to admit what you did, but admit that it was
sin.”
CONFESSION
RSC 2010
- 140 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(281) MATH
Toss-up
“A line that intersects two or more lines in the same plane is a __________.”
TRANSVERSAL
*10-point Bonus (1 answer, 10 points, 15 seconds total)
“____________ angles are nonadjacent angles on the same side of the transversal; one is
an exterior angle while the other is an interior angle.”
CORRESPONDING
(282) ENGLISH
Toss-up
“_____________ is a poetic device that uses words that sound like their meaning.”
ONOMATOPOEIA
*12-point Bonus (2 answers, 6 points each, 15 seconds total)
“Name the two writers of the Expansion Period who were known as transcendentalists.”
RALPH WALDO EMERSON
HENRY DAVID THOREAU (in any order)
RSC 2010
- 141 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(283) SOCIAL STUDIES
Toss-up
“The ancient Chinese ideograph for ‘righteousness’ is a combination of the symbols for ‘I’ (read
uppercase ‘I’) and ____________.”
LAMB
*20-point Bonus (4 answers, 5 points each, 20 seconds total)
“Match the description with its religion”
→
(SHOW CARD)
1. ___ Siddhartha Gautama, Four noble Truths
2. ___ Muhammad, Koran, five pillars
3. ___ Karma, caste system, reincarnation
4. ___ Japan, shrines, many gods
a. Islam
b. Hinduism
c. Shinto
d. Buddhism
1. D. BUDDHISM – SIDDHARTHA GAUTAMA, FOUR NOBLE TRUTHS
2. A. ISLAM - MUHAMMAD, KORAN, FIVE PILLARS
3. B. HINDUISM - KARMA, CASTE SYSTEM, REINCARNATION
4. C. SHINTO - JAPAN, SHRINES, MANY GODS
(284) SCIENCE
Toss-up
“A food substance needed by all organisms is called a ____________.”
NUTRIENT
*9-point Bonus (3 answers, 3 points each, 15 seconds total)
There are three basic types of nutrients. Give their names.”
FATS
CARBOHYDRATES
PROTEINS
RSC 2010
- 142 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(285) ELECTIVES
Toss-up
“Traditionally, a conservative interpretation of the U.S. Constitution is called a loose or strict
interpretation?”
STRICT
*12-point Bonus (2 answers, 6 points each, 15 seconds total)
“To become a naturalized American citizen, a resident alien must have a fundamental knowledge
of two things. What are they?”
AMERICAN HISTORY
THE CONSTITUTION (OF THE UNITED STATES) (in any order)
(286) MATH
Toss-up
“What is the name for a theorem formed by reversing the hypothesis and the conclusion of the
original theorem?”
CONVERSE (THEOREM)
*10-point Bonus (1 answer, 10 points, 15 seconds total)
“If a transversal intersects two parallel lines, two of the following statements are true. Which
statement is not true?”
A. The alternate interior angles are congruent.
B. All interior angles are congruent.
C. The corresponding angles are congruent.
B. ALL INTERIOR ANGLES ARE CONGRUENT
RSC 2010
- 143 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(287) ENGLISH
Toss-up
“Who was the itinerant preacher from Ireland who preached in the fields and who started orphan
house in Georgia?”
GEORGE WHITEFIELD
*9-point Bonus (3 answers, 3 points each, 20 seconds total)
“Name the author of these three writings:
Common Sense
Poor Richard’s Almanac
The American Spelling Book?”
THOMAS PAINE - (Common Sense)
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN - (Poor Richard’s Almanac)
NOAH WEBSTER - (The American Spelling Book)
(288) SOCIAL STUDIES
Toss-up
“The line dividing North and South Korea generally follows the ____________ parallel of latitude.”
38th (thirty-eighth)
*14-point Bonus (2 answers, 7 points each, 15 seconds total)
“Give the official name for both North and South Korea”
DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF KOREA (NORTH KOREA)
REPUBLIC OF KOREA (SOUTH KOREA) (in any order)
RSC 2010
- 144 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(289) SCIENCE
Toss-up
“Some B vitamins, which aid enzymes in digesting food, are called what?”
COENZYMES
*10-point Bonus (1 answer, 10 points, 15 seconds total)
“Hormones secreted by the pituitary gland regulate two of the following. What one is not
regulated by hormones?”
A. Growth of cartilage and bone
B. Development of reproductive organs
C. Metabolism
C. METABOLISM
(290) ELECTIVES
Toss-up
“The most autobiographical of all Paul’s epistles is the Book of ____________.”
II CORINTHIANS
*10-point Bonus (2 answers, 5 points each, 15 seconds total)
“The term ’legalism’, as used in Paul’s day, is best defined as ‘heresy mixing ____________ and
____________.’”
LAW
GRACE (in any order)
RSC 2010
- 145 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(291) MATH
Toss-up
“A decagon has how many sides?”
10
*10-point Bonus (1 answer, 10 points, 15 seconds total)
“The sum of the measures of the exterior angles of a decagon equals _________ degrees?”
360
(292) ENGLISH
Toss-up
“What colonial leader, who was a scientist, printer, and diplomat, followed the Deist
(dē′-ist) philosophy although he had a Biblical heritage?”
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
*12-point Bonus (4 answers, 3 points each, 15 seconds total)
“List the first four U.S. Presidents in order. (Give their first and last names.)”
GEORGE WASHINGTON
JOHN ADAMS
THOMAS JEFFERSON
JAMES MADISON
RSC 2010
- 146 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(293) SOCIAL STUDIES
Toss-up
“The ____________ make up the largest ethnic group in the world without a nation.”
KURDS
*10-point Bonus (2 answers, 5 points each, 15 seconds)
“The capital of Turkey is ____________ and the capital of Jordan is ____________.”
ANKARA
AMMAN (in that order)
(294) SCIENCE
Toss-up
“A normal human body cell contains _____chromosomes.”
46
*10-point Bonus (1 answer, 10 points, 15 seconds total
“An organism's physical characteristic is its (phenotype (fē′-nə-tīp), genotype (jē′-nə-tīp),
chromosome, hybrid).”
PHENOTYPE
RSC 2010
- 147 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(295) ELECTIVES
Toss-up
“The use of interchangeable parts is characteristic of what kind of production?”
MASS
*9-point Bonus (1 answer, 9 points, 15 seconds total)
“Which Congressional act established the 40-hour week?”
A. Fair Labor Standards Act
B National Labor Relations Act
C. Taft-Hartley Act
A. FAIR LABOR STANDARDS ACT
(296) MATH
Toss-up
“An ____________ trapezoid must have a set of parallel sides and a pair of congruent sides.
ISOSCELES
*12-point Bonus (1 answer, 12 points, 10 seconds total)
“If two lines are everywhere equidistant, they are ____________ to each other.”
PARALLEL
RSC 2010
- 148 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(297) ENGLISH
Toss-up
“A biography is written from the __________-person point of view.”
THIRD
*15-point Bonus (5 answers, 3 points each, 20 seconds total)
“Name five of the eight noun functions.”
SUBJECT
DIRECT OBJECT
INDIRECT OBJECT
OBJECT OF A PREPOSITION
PREDICATE NOMINATIVE
APPOSITIVE
NOUN OF DIRECT ADDRESS
OBJECTIVE COMPLEMENT (any five in any order)
(298) SOCIAL STUDIES
Toss-up
“At the end of the Flood, the Ark came to rest on Mount Ararat, which is in what country? “
TURKEY
*10-point Bonus (2 answers, 5 points each, 15 seconds total)
“In 1990, the nation of ____________ invaded ____________, which started the Persian Gulf
War.”
IRAQ
KUWAIT (in that order)
RSC 2010
- 149 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(299) SCIENCE
Toss-up
“Gregor Mendel conducted his study of genetics on generations of what kind of plants?”
PEA PLANTS
*10-point Bonus (2 answers, 5 points each, 15 seconds total)
“Dominant characteristics are always indicated with a ____________ letter and recessive
characteristics with a _____________ letter. “
CAPITAL or UPPER-CASE or BIG
LOWER-CASE or SMALL or LITTLE (in this order)
(300) ELECTIVES
Toss-up
“In music, tones that have the same pitch but different names are called ____________.”
ENHARMONIC
*14-point Bonus (2 answers, 7 points each, 15 seconds total)
“Name the composers of ‘Amazing Grace’ and ‘When I survey the Wondrous Cross’?”
JOHN NEWTON
ISAAC WATTS (in that order)
RSC 2010
- 150 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(301) MATH
Toss-Up
“Any part of a circle included between any two of its points is called an _____________.”
ARC
*10-point Bonus (1 answer, 10 points, 15 seconds total)
“The point that divides an arc into two congruent arcs is called the ____________ of the arc.
Select the correct word for the blank.
bisector
midpoint
measure
semicircle”
MIDPOINT
(302) ENGLISH
Toss-Up
“Which writer of the Expansion Period wrote ‘The Raven,’ ‘The Pit and the Pendulum,’ and
‘The Tell-Tale Heart’?”
EDGAR ALLAN POE
*10-point Bonus (2 answers, 5 points each, 15 seconds total)
“Many of James Fennimore Cooper's cowboy heroes were the same—of noble character
and reflecting Biblical principles—but called by different names. One name was Natty
Bumpo. Give at least two others character names Cooper used.”
(Any two)
DEERSLAYER
HAWKEYE
LEATHERSTOCKING
RSC 2010
- 151 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(303) SOCIAL STUDIES
Toss-Up
“The Caspian Sea and the Dead Sea are actually _________________.”
LAKES
*12-point Bonus (2 answers, 6 points each, 15 seconds total)
“Of African countries, ____________ has the largest population and ____________ has
Three capitals.”
NIGERIA
SOUTH AFRICA (in that order)
(304) SCIENCE
Toss-Up
“The ____________ region of the ocean is dark because it is so deep.”
ABYSSAL
*15-point Bonus (3 answers, 5 points each, 15 seconds total)
“Abiotic factors generally determine what types of organisms can survive in a particular
biome. Name at least three of the five main abiotic factors.”
WATER
AIR
TEMPERATURE
LIGHT
SOIL (any three in any order)
RSC 2010
- 152 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(305) ELECTIVES
Toss-Up
“Colossians was the first of Paul's four ____________ Epistles.”
PRISON
*10-point Bonus (2 answers, 5 points each, 15 seconds total)
“Colossians (along with Ephesians and Philippians) is written around the theme of Christ and
the ____________, while First and Second Thessalonians are written around the theme of
Christ and the _____________.”
CHURCH
COMING (in that order)
(306) MATH
Toss-Up
“An angle whose sides are chords of a circle and whose vertex lies on the circle is called an
_________ angle.”
INSCRIBED
*10-point Bonus (1 answer, 10 points, 15 seconds total)
“An inscribed angle is a right angle if its intercepted arc is a ____________.”
SEMICIRCLE
RSC 2010
- 153 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(307) ENGLISH
Toss-Up
“Insert the correct word for the sentence:
Peter Cartwright was one (who, whom) God raised up during the Expansion Period.”
WHOM
*12-point Bonus (3 answers, 4 points each, 15 seconds total)
“Match the terms and definitions.”
→
1. _____ Assonance
2. _____ Onomatopoeia
3. _____ Alliteration
(SHOW CARD)
A. Words that sound like their meaning.
B. The repeating of a consonant sound within a line or lines.
C. The repeating of a vowel sound within a line or lines.
1. C. THE REPEATING OF A VOWEL SOUND WITHIN A LINE OR LINES
2. A. WORDS THAT SOUND LIKE THEIR MEANING
3. B. THE REPEATING OF A CONSONANT SOUND WITHIN A LINE OR LINES
(308) SOCIAL STUDIES
Toss-Up
“The United States is the (second, third, fourth, fifth)-largest nation in size by population.”
THIRD
*10-point Bonus (1 answer, 10 points, 15 seconds total)
“In the United States the Fall Line is in the _____________.”
A. Atlanta Coastal Plain.
B. Gulf Coastal Plain.
C. Piedmont
C. PIEDMONT
RSC 2010
- 154 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(309) SCIENCE
Toss-Up
“A ____________ is ‘an unproven theory temporarily accepted to provide a basis for further
investigation.’”
HYPOTHESIS
*10-point Bonus (1 answer, 10 points, 20 seconds total)
“Which of the following is the correct order of steps of the scientific method?”
→
(SHOW CARD)
Set A
State the problem.
Research the problem.
Formulate a theory.
Formulate a hypothesis.
Test the hypothesis.
Communicate the result.
Set B
State the problem.
Research the problem.
Formulate the hypothesis.
Test the hypothesis.
Formulate a theory.
Communicate the result.
SET B or B
(310) ELECTIVES
Toss-Up
“The Book of ____________ may be the oldest book in the world.”
JOB
*10-point Bonus (1 answer, 10 points, 15 seconds total)
“The Book of Esther is a beautiful example of how God preserved His ____________.”
PEOPLE
RSC 2010
- 155 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(311) MATH
Toss-Up
“If one angle of a triangle is a right angle, then the other two angles are ____________.”
ACUTE
*10-point Bonus (1 answer, 10 points, 15 seconds total)
“If the measure of one acute angle of a right triangle is 26, find the measure of the other
acute angle.”
64
(312) ENGLISH
Toss-up
“Nathaniel Hawthorne, influenced by John Bunyan's book, Pilgrim's Progress, wrote an
allegory with a similar theme of ridicule of modern, liberal religious practices. Name the
story.”
"THE CELESTIAL RAILROAD"
*15-point Bonus (3 answers, 5 points each, 20 seconds total)
“Name, in order, the three American writers known as the first to gain national recognition as:
A. A short-story writer.
B. A novelist.
C. A poet.”
A. WASHINGTON IRVING
B. JAMES FENIMORE COOPER
C. WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT
RSC 2010
- 156 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(313) SOCIAL STUDIES
Toss-up
“The nations of Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, and most of Thailand, and Myanmmar (myən′-"mär)
make up the ___________ Peninsula.”
INDOCHINESE or INDOCHINA
*10-point Bonus (1 answer, 10 points, 15 seconds total)
“Extending southward from the Indochinese Peninsula is the ____________ Peninsula.”
MALAY (mə-lā)
(314) SCIENCE
Toss-up
“A mole is equal to ____________ particles.”
6.02 1023
*16-point Bonus (2 answers, 8 points each, 15 seconds total)
“In the SI system of measurement, two derived units that measure force are the ____________
and the ____________.”
NEWTON
DYNE (in any order)
RSC 2010
- 157 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(315) ELECTIVES
Toss-up
“The Great Schism in the Catholic Church was between the church in Rome and the church in
____________.”
CONSTANTINOPLE
*10-point Bonus (2 answers, 5 points each, 15 seconds)
“Fill in the blanks in the following statement with the words ‘church’ or ‘papacy’:
The two pillars for New Testament Christianity are the Gospel and the ____________, while
the pillars of medieval religion were the ____________ and the sacraments.”
CHURCH
PAPACY (in that order)
(316) MATH
Toss-up
“Circles that have the same center but radii (rā′-dē-ī) of different lengths are ____________.”
CONCENTRIC
*15-point Bonus (1 answer, 15 points, 15 seconds total)
“If central A intercepts BC (read arc BC), which measures 113, then A measures
____________.”
113
RSC 2010
- 158 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(317) ENGLISH
Toss-up
“Who wrote The Scarlet Letter and The House of the Seven Gables?”
NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE
*12-point Bonus (3 answers, 4 points each, 15 seconds total)
“Name the three transitive verbs in this set.”

(SHOW CARD)
lie
set
rise
sit
lay
raise
LAY
SET
RAISE
(318) SOCIAL STUDIES
Toss-up
“The modern nation of __________ was born on May 14, 1948.”
ISRAEL
*10-point Bonus (1 answer, 10 points, 15 seconds total)
“The ____________ is primarily a desert plateau in the nation of Israel.”
NEGEV
RSC 2010
- 159 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(319) SCIENCE
Toss-up
“ ____________ is the mass of a quantity of atoms compared to the mass of the same
quantity of carbon-12 atoms.”
ATOMIC WEIGHT
*14-point Bonus (2 answers, 7 points each, 15 seconds total)
“If a substance can be drawn into a wire, it is ____________; if it can be hammered into a
sheet, it is ____________.”
DUCTILE (dək′-təl)
MALLEABLE (ma′-lē-ə-bəl)(in that order)
(320) ELECTIVES
Toss-up
“____________, when applied to the Lord Jesus, refers to His experience of being
changed while at prayer so that some of the glory that belongs to Him as God could be seen
by mortal man.’”
TRANSFIGURATION
*10-point Bonus (2 answers, 5 points each, 15 seconds)
“On the Mount of Transfiguration, Jesus was joined by two Old Testament characters. Who
were they?”
ELIJAH or ELIAS
MOSES (in any order)
RSC 2010
- 160 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(321) MATH
Toss-up
“’The square of the length of the hypotenuse of a right triangle is equal to the sum of the
squares of the lengths of the other two sides.’ What is the formal name of this theorem?”
PYTHAGOREAN THEOREM
*12-point Bonus (1 answer, 12 points, 25 seconds total)
“If two legs of a right triangle are equal to12 and 16, what is the length of the hypotenuse?”
20
(322) ENGLISH
Toss-up
“What is writer Francis Parkman's most important contribution titled?”
THE OREGON TRAIL
*12-point Bonus (2 answers, 6 points each, 15 seconds total)
“At what town did the Oregon Trail begin and whose mission station did it pass?”
INDEPENDENCE, MISSOURI
DR. MARCUS WHITMAN MISSION
RSC 2010
- 161 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(323) SOCIAL STUDIES
Toss-up
“The Low Countries of Europe are also called the ____________ nations.”
BENELUX
*12-point Bonus (3 answers, 4 points each, 15 seconds total)
“Name the capitals of Scotland, Northern Ireland, and Finland.”
EDINBURGH
BELFAST
HELSINKI (in that order)
(324) SCIENCE
Toss-up
“Atoms of the same element with different masses are called___________. “
ISOTOPES
*12-point Bonus (2 answers, 6 points each, 15 seconds total)
“Of the three kinds of subatomic particles, neutral atoms contain an identical number of
____________ and ____________, but the number neutrons of may be different.”
PROTONS
ELECTRONS
RSC 2010
- 162 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(325) ELECTIVES
Toss-up
“The last stage of the grievance procedure, in which a third party settles a dispute by making
a binding decision is called what?”
ARBITRATION
*9-point Bonus (3 answers, 3 points each, 15 seconds total)
“Name the three primary tactics used by unions in a labor dispute.”
PICKETS
BOYCOTTS
STRIKES
(326) MATH
Toss-up
“Is a number which is BOTH non-terminating and non-repeating rational or irrational?”
IRRATIONAL
16-point Bonus (2 answers, 8 points each, 20 seconds total)
“Given that AD  BC and
→
BC
is the diameter circle O, name two right angles in circle O.”
(SHOW CARD)
A
B
D
•
C
O
BAC and CDB or CAB and BDC
RSC 2010
- 163 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(328) ENGLISH
Toss-up
“Most of the Psalms are what kind of poetry?”
LYRIC POETRY
*15-point Bonus (5 answers, 3 points each, 20 seconds total)
“Name the five basic elements which comprise the development of a story or novel.”
THEME
CONFLICT
CHARACTERS
SETTING
POINT OF VIEW (in any order)
(328) SOCIAL STUDIES
Toss-up
“European civilization began in what nation?”
GREECE
*12-point Bonus (3 answers, 4 points each, 15 seconds)
“One of the oldest known areas of human settlement on Earth is the region of
Transcaucasia, containing what three nations?”
ARMENIA
GEORGIA
AZERBAIJAN (a-zər-bī-jän′) (in any order)
RSC 2010
- 164 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(329) SCIENCE
Toss-up
“State the kinetic theory of matter.”
ALL MATTER CONSISTS OF MOVING MOLECULES
*18-point Bonus (3 answers, 6 points each, 15 seconds)
“Match the name of the gas law with the formula.”
→
(SHOW CARD)
1. _____ Boyle’s Law
2. _____ Gay-Lussac’s Law
3. _____ Charles’ Law
A. P1 = P2
T1 T2
B. P1V1 = P2V2
C. V1 = V2
T1 T2
1. B
2. A
3. C
(330) ELECTIVES
Toss-up
“Who was the postman for Paul’s letter to the Ephesians?”
TYCHICUS
*10-point Bonus (1 answer, 10 points, 15 seconds total)
“Who was the father of Alexander the Great?”
PHILIP OF MACEDON
RSC 2010
- 165 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(331) MATH
Toss-up
“What is the formula for finding the perimeter of a rectangle?”
P  2l  2w
*15-point Bonus (1 answer, 15 points, 25 seconds total)
“Using that formula, find the cost of molding for a rectangular room 4m by 5m, if the molding
costs $8.95 per meter.”
$161.10
(332) ENGLISH
Toss-up
What is the autobiography of Corrie ten Boom titled?
THE HIDING PLACE
*10-point Bonus (1 answer, 10 points, 15 seconds total)
The style of writing that indicates beforehand, or gives a warning that something will happen
later, is called what?
FORESHADOWING
RSC 2010
- 166 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(333) SOCIAL STUDIES
Toss-up
“What is the capital of Mongolia?”
ULAN BATOR
*18-point Bonus (3 answers, 6 points each, 15 seconds total)
“China has within its borders three autonomous regions. Name them.”
TIBET
INNER MONGOLIA
SINKIANG (shĭn′jē-äng′)
(in any order)
(334) SCIENCE
Toss-up
“Electrons orbit the nucleus of an atom in orbits called ____________ .”
ENERGY LEVELS
*12-point Bonus (4 answers, 3 points each, 15 seconds total)
“Give the correct number of orbitals in each: Sublevel s contains only __________ orbital;
sublevel p contains _________ orbitals; sublevel d contains __________ orbitals; and
sublevel f contains __________ orbitals.”
1
3
5
7 (in that order)
RSC 2010
- 167 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(335) ELECTIVES
Toss-up
“Of four important hazards to our personal health, three are tobacco, alcohol, and drugs.
What is the fourth?”
POLLUTION
*12-point Bonus (3 answers, 4 points each, 15 seconds total)
“Name the three damaging chemicals in cigarette smoke.”
NICOTINE
TAR
CARBON MONOXIDE (In any order)
(336) MATH
Toss-up
“The formula for the area of a square is A=______.”
S2
*11-point Bonus (1 answer, 11 points, 20 seconds total)
“Find the area of a square if its perimeter is 40 m.”
100 m2
RSC 2010
- 168 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(337) ENGLISH
Toss-up
“The King James Bible was one of the two greatest literary works to affect Christians in the
seventeenth century. Name the other work.”
THE PILGRIM’S PROGRESS
*10-point Bonus (2 answers, 5 points each, 15 seconds total)
“Name the two greatest Puritan writers of the seventeenth century.”
JOHN MILTON
JOHN BUNYAN
(338) SOCIAL STUDIES
Toss-up
“Before 1989, Myanmar was called ____________.”
BURMA
*10-point Bonus (2 answers, 5 points each, 15 seconds)
“Oceania in its restricted sense is mainly composed of three areas. One is Melanesia. What
are the other two?”
POLYNESIA
MICRONESIA (in any order)
RSC 2010
- 169 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(339) SCIENCE
Toss-up
“____________ is the lightest metal.”
LITHIUM
*12-point Bonus (3 answers, 4 points each, 15 seconds total)
“There are six physical properties for most metals. List at least three of them.”
DUCTILITY
MALLEABILITY
HIGH MELTING TEMPERATURE
ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY
THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY
METALLIC LUSTER (Any three in any order)
(340) ELECTIVES
Toss-up
“A ‘peace child’ was a promise of ___________.”
PROTECTION
*10-point Bonus (1 answer, 10 points, 15 seconds total)
“What bird did the Sawi of New Guinea call ‘the revealer’ because a disturbance among
them might indicate the approach of an enemy?”
COCKATOO
RSC 2010
- 170 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(341) MATH
Toss-up
“The sum of the lengths of two sides of a triangle is ____________ than the length of the third
side.”
GREATER
*9-point Bonus (3 answers, 3 points each, 15 seconds total)
“Can these be the lengths of the sides of a triangle?
1. 5,5,5
2. 2,4,11
3. 15,7,9”
1. YES
2. NO
3. YES
(342) ENGLISH
Toss-up
“What was the title of the influential book Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote?”
UNCLE TOM’S CABIN
*15-point Bonus (3 answers, 5 points each, 20 seconds total)
“Match the author with the title.”
→
(SHOW CARD)
1. _____ Stephen Crane
2. _____ Fanny Crosby
3. _____ Walt Whitman
A. "Saviour, More Than Life to Me"
B. "I Hear America Singing"
C. The Red Badge of Courage
1. C.
2. A.
3. B.
.
RSC 2010
- 171 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(343) SOCIAL STUDIES
Toss-up
“The original people of Australia are called ____________.”
ABORIGINES (a-bə-ri′-jə-nēs)
*10-point Bonus (1 answer, 10 points, 15 seconds total)
“The ____________ is a series of coral islands, reefs, and shoals off the northeastern coast of
Australia.”
GREAT BARRIER REEF
(344) SCIENCE
Toss-up
“The only metal that is liquid at room temperature is ____________.”
MERCURY
*14-point Bonus (2 answers, 7 points each, 15 seconds total)
“An element without a stable octet will receive, ____________, or ____________ electrons to
attain a stable octet.”
DONATE or GIVE
SHARE (in any order)
RSC 2010
- 172 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(345) ELECTIVES
Toss-up
“The only federal court specifically established by the Judicial Article of the Constitution is the
____________ Court of the United States.”
SUPREME
*10-point Bonus (1 answer, 10 points, 15 seconds total)
"An overt and usually violent act of rebellion against one's country or person of that nation's
Sovereign is known as ____________."
TREASON
(346) MATH
Toss-up
“If two nonvertical lines are parallel, they have ____________ slopes.”
EQUAL
*14-point Bonus (2 answers, 7 points each, 25 seconds total)
“Given the equation 3 x  y  4 , find the slope and the y-intercept.”
SLOPE -
m  3 or  3
Y-INTERCEPT -
RSC 2010
4
- 173 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(347) ENGLISH
Toss-up
“Give the title of Mark Twain's book about his experiences as a riverboat captain.”
LIFE ON THE MISSISSIPPI
*10-point Bonus(1 answer, 10 points, 15 seconds total)
“A ____________ is a phrase that consists of a noun followed by a participle, and modifies a
whole sentence rather than one word."
NOMINATIVE ABSOLUTE
(348) SOCIAL STUDIES
Toss-up
“According to both the Bible and archeological evidence, the Middle East is the ‘_________
of Civilization.’”
CRADLE
*12-point Bonus (2 answers, 6 points each, 15 seconds)
“The Bible designates the location of the Garden of Eden as being at the source of four
rivers. The PACE names two which still exist today. Name them.”
TIGRIS or HIDDEKEL
EUPHRATES (in any order)
RSC 2010
- 174 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(349) SCIENCE
Toss-up
“What covers 70% of the earth’s surface?”
WATER
*12-point Bonus (2 answers, 6 points each, 15 seconds total)
“____________ is the most abundant element on earth; ____________ is the most abundant
element in the universe.”
OXYGEN
HYDROGEN
(350) ELECTIVES
Toss-up
“What was each person called in Maximilien Robespierre’s (mak-sə-mil′-yən rō-bes-pyers′)
French communist state?”
CITIZEN
*10-point Bonus (1 answer, 10 points, 15 seconds total)
“King Louis Philippe of France was known as ‘the ____________ King.’”
CITIZEN
RSC 2010
- 175 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(351) MATH
Toss-up
“Trigonometry is a specialized field of math that deals specifically with which polygons?”
TRIANGLES
*14-point Bonus (1 answer, 14 points, 15 seconds total)
“The ____________ is the ratio of the side opposite divided by the side adjacent in an acute
right triangle.”
TANGENT
(352) ENGLISH
Toss-up
“Stealing another person’s exact ideas or material with the intent to copy them as one’s own
is called ____________.”
PLAGIARISM
*10-point Bonus (2 answers, 5 points each, 15 seconds total)
“Match the following.”
→
(SHOW CARD)
1.) ____ primary source
a. Journal or diary
2.) ____ secondary source
b. A book written by someone
detached from the time period
or event
1.) A
2.) B
RSC 2010
- 176 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(353) SOCIAL STUDIES
Toss-up
“Cristóbal Colón (kr-ēst- ō-bäl′ k-ō-l-ō-n′) was the name by which __________ was known in
Spain.”
CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS
*10-point Bonus (2 answers, 5 points each, 15 seconds total)
“Of the three oldest Spanish settlements in the United States, one is Tubac, Arizona. What
are the other two?’
ST. AUGUSTINE, FLORIDA
SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO (in any order)
(354) SCIENCE
Toss-up
“A hydrocarbon that contains only single carbon-carbon bonds is called a
____________hydrocarbon.”
SATURATED
*10-point Bonus (2 answers, 5 points each, 15 seconds total)
“Each DNA molecule consists of two strands of many thousand ____________arranged in a
____________ pattern.”
NUCLEOTIDES
DOUBLE HELIX
RSC 2010
- 177 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(355) ELECTIVES
Toss-up
“Paul's Pastoral Epistles have to do with the organized church from the whose point of view.”
PASTOR'S
*12-point Bonus (3 answers, 4 points each, 15 seconds total)
“Name the Pastoral Epistles.”
I TIMOTHY
TITUS
II TIMOTHY (In any order)
(356) MATH
Toss-up
“In geometry a ____________ is achieved by a one-to-one correspondence between certain
points in a plane to other points in that plane.”
TRANSFORMATION
*15-point Bonus (1 answer, 15 points, 15 seconds)
“If one triangle can be mapped by an isometry (ī-sä′-mə-trē) onto another triangle, then the
triangles are ____________.”
CONGRUENT
RSC 2010
- 178 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(357) ENGLISH
Toss-up
“The Celestial Railroad’, by Nathaniel Hawthorne, is an _____________ that satirizes the
modern, liberal religious practices and transcendentalism of his period.”
ALLEGORY
*10-point Bonus (1 answer, 10 points, 15 seconds total)
“To show resemblance between two very different things, a writer uses an __________.”
ANALOGY
(358) SOCIAL STUDIES
Toss-up
“The freemen of Plymouth Colony met yearly to make laws, levy taxes, and elect a governor.
What was the name of this legislative body?”
GENERAL COURT OF PLYMOUTH
*12-point Bonus (2 answers, 6 points, 15 seconds total)
“The Pilgrims had attempted to function with a socialist system of government. One
characteristic was that the produce of the settlers' labor was considered communal property.
Name two other characteristics.”
THEY ESTABLISHED A COMMON STOREHOUSE
ALL LAND WAS PUBLIC DOMAIN (In any order)
RSC 2010
- 179 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(359) SCIENCE
Toss-up
“’For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction’ is a statement of Newton’s
____________ law of motion.”
THIRD
*10-point Bonus (1 answer, 10 points, 15 seconds total)
“The equation, P = MV (read ‘P equals M times V’), is the formula to calculate what?”
MOMENTUM
(360) ELECTIVES
Toss-up
“Any chemical substance that changes the body's normal processes is a ___________.
DRUG
*18-point Bonus (3 answers ,6 points each, 15 seconds total)
“Of the five main categories of abused drugs, narcotic analgesics (a′-nəl-jē-zik) and anabolic
(an-ə-bol′-ik) steroids are two. Name the other three.”
STIMULANTS
DEPRESSANTS
HALLUCINOGENS (hə-lü′-sə-nə-jənz) (in any order)
RSC 2010
- 180 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(361) MATH
Toss-up
“What is the multiplicative (məl′-tə-pli-kə-tiv) inverse of
1
?”
9
9
*10-point Bonus (2 answers, 5 points each, 15 seconds total)
“Give the axiom or theorem that justifies each of these statements:
1. a = a
2. If a = b, then a + c = b + c.
1. REFLEXIVE AXIOM OF EQUALITY
2. ADDITION AXIOM OF EQUALITY (in that order)
(362) ENGLISH
Toss-up
“The most popular American poet of the early twentieth century was ____________.”
ROBERT FROST
*10-point Bonus (1 answer, 10 points, 15 seconds total)
“What reference guide is an alphabetical list of articles, stories, and poems found in
magazines?
READER’S GUIDE TO PERIODICAL LITERATURE
RSC 2010
- 181 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(363) SOCIAL STUDIES
Toss-up
“Two groups greatly influenced the thinking of John Locke. One was the Laditudinarians
(la-tə-′tü-də-ner-ē-əns). What was the other?”
THE CAMBRIDGE PLATONISTS (plā-tə-nists′)
*12-point Bonus (3 answers, 4 points each, 15 seconds total)
“The Renaissance was one of the four movements which greatly affected world history from
the fifteenth to the eighteenth centuries. In chronological order, what were the other three?”
REFORMATION
WESTERN EXPANSION
THE ENLIGHTENMENT (In that order)
(364) SCIENCE
Toss-up
“The apparent change in pitch as a sound moves past is called the ____________.”
DOPPLER EFFECT
*10-point Bonus (2 answers, 5 points each, 15 seconds total)
“Waves are either ____________ or ___________, depending on the form of energy being
transmitted.”
ELECTROMAGNETIC
MECHANICAL
RSC 2010
- 182 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(365) ELECTIVES
Toss-up
“What Christian organization was founded by William Booth?”
SALVATION ARMY
*12-point Bonus (2 answers, 6 points each, 15 seconds total)
“The two great Christians in the Confederate Army were ____________ and
____________.”
ROBERT E. LEE
THOMAS J. “STONEWALL” JACKSON (in any order)
(366) MATH
Toss-up
“A __________sequence is a pattern of terms, each of which is found by multiplying the
preceding term by a fixed number, r.”
GEOMETRIC
*20-point Bonus (1 answer, 20 points, 20 seconds total)
“State this polynomial in simplest form with respect to x.”
→
(SHOW CARD)
3 xy3  2 x2 y  y 4  x 4
 x 4  2 x2 y  3 xy 3  y 4
RSC 2010
- 183 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(367) ENGLISH
Toss-up
“__________ verse is a poetic form in iambic pentameter, but without rhyme.”
BLANK
*14-point Bonus (2 answers, 7 points each, 15 seconds total)
“In 1642, a civil war broke out in England between two different factions. Name the two
groups at war.”
CAVALIERS or ROYALISTS
PARLIAMENTARIANS or “ROUNDHEADS”
(368) SOCIAL STUDIES
Toss-up
“In his farewell address, George Washington warned the United States to avoid permanent
____________.”
ALLIANCES
*10-point Bonus (1 answer, 10 points, 15 seconds total)
“The 1800 election of Thomas Jefferson is said to have sounded the death knell of the
____________ Party.”
FEDERALIST
RSC 2010
- 184 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(369) SCIENCE
Toss-up
“An object is ____________ if it does not reflect light.”
INVISIBLE
*10-point Bonus (1 answer, 10 points, 15 seconds total)
“The ____________ theory of light states that light consists of photons which release energy
in waves.”
QUANTUM
(370) ELECTIVES
Toss-up
“Phobia is one of a group of anxiety disorders. What is the name of the phobia that is an
unreasonable fear of heights?”
ACROPHOBIA (a′-krə-fō-bē-ə)
*16-point Bonus (4 answers, 4 points each, 20 seconds total)
“Another category of anxiety disorder is grief. There are four phases of grief. List them.”
1. SHOCK or DENIAL
2. PAIN AND MOURNING or PAIN AND SADNESS
3. PROTECTIVENESS
4. HEALING AND READJUSTMENT (In any order)
RSC 2010
- 185 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(371) MATH
Toss-up
“The degree of a monomial is the sum of all the ____________ of all its variables.”
EXPONENTS
*10-point Bonus (2 answers, 5 points each, 20 seconds total)
“Determine the degree of these monomials.”
→
(SHOW CARD)
1. x3 y
2. 5a 5 c
1. 4
2. 6
(372) ENGLISH
Toss-up
“The Norman Conquest of England took place in _______.”
A.D. 1066 or 1066
*15-point Bonus (3 answers, 5 points each, 15 seconds total)
“In order, give the authors of Piers Plowman, The Canterbury Tales, and Beowulf.”
WILLIAM LANGLAND (Piers Plowman)
GEOFFREY CHAUCER (The Canterbury Tales)
ANONYMOUS or UNKNOWN (Beowulf)
RSC 2010
- 186 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(373) SOCIAL STUDIES
Toss-up
“Who wrote The Gulag Archipelago?”
ALEXANDER SOLZHENITSYN (sōl′-zhə-nēt-sən)
*18-point Bonus (3 answers, 6 points each, 15 seconds total)
“Between the years 1973 and 1977, what should have been President Nixon’s second term,
three men served as Vice-President. Name them.”
SPIRO AGNEW
GERALD FORD
NELSON ROCKEFELLER (in any order)
(374) SCIENCE
Toss-up
“The unit of measurement for electrostatic force is called ____________.”
COULOMB
*10-point Bonus (2 answers, 5 points each, 15 seconds total)
“Name the two types of electricity.”
CURRENT
STATIC {In any order)
RSC 2010
- 187 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(375) ELECTIVES
Toss-up
“A ____________ is a hollow object used for increasing sound by amplifying echoes.”
RESONATOR
*10-point Bonus (2 answers, 5 points each, 15 seconds total)
“In order, name the writers of ‘It is Well With My Soul’ and ‘The Old Rugged Cross.’”
HORATIO SPAFFORD
GEORGE BENNARD (in that order)
(376) MATH
Toss-up
“If all the signs in a trinomial are positive, all the signs in the factors will be ____________.”
POSITIVE
*11-point Bonus (1 answer, 11 points, 25 seconds total)
“Factor this trinomial.”
→
(SHOW CARD)
x 2  9 x  18
( x  6 )( x  3 ) or (x+3)(x+6)
RSC 2010
- 188 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(377) ENGLISH
Toss-up
“The order of things in a story seen from a specific spot is called what?”
SPATIAL ORDER
*10-point Bonus (1 answer, 10 points, 15 seconds total)
“Before A.D. 1066, the Germanic tribes who had the greatest influence on Britain were the
____________ and the _____________.”
ANGLES
SAXONS (in any order)
(378) SOCIAL STUDIES
Toss-up
“The phrase ‘ ________________________’ is from a letter written by Thomas Jefferson and
does not appear in the Constitution of the United States.”
SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE
*12-point Bonus (4 answers, 3 points each, 15 seconds total)
“The President is one of the five major institutions of the U.S. government. Name the other
four.”
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
SENATE
SUPREME COURT
ELECTORAL COLLEGE (in any order)
RSC 2010
- 189 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(379) SCIENCE
Toss-up
“Electrodynamics is the science of ____________ electricity.”
CURRENT
*11-point Bonus (1 answer, 11 points, 15 seconds total)
“’The total electrostatic charge in the universe is constant’ is the Law of ____________”
CONSERVATION OF ELECTRIC CHARGE
(380) ELECTIVES
Toss-up
“It is generally believed that the Book of Hebrews was written by ____________ around
A.D. 67.”
PAUL
*10-point Bonus (2 answers, 5 points each, 15 seconds total)
“The key word of Hebrews appears to be ____________, and its theme is the ____________
of Christ.”
BETTER
SUPERIORITY (in that order)
RSC 2010
- 190 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(381) MATH
Toss-up
“Before multiplying or dividing polynomials, place ____________ in descending order.”
EXPONENTS
*10-point Bonus (1 answer, 10 points, 15 seconds total)
“To find the product of two binomials, you may use what is known as the FOIL method. What
does each letter, ‘F’, ‘O’, ‘I’, ‘L’, stand for?”
FIRST, OUTER, INNER, LAST (in that order)
(382) ENGLISH
Toss-up
“Who became known as Britain’s “poet of nature” and was the poet laureate of England?
WILLIAM WORDSWORTH
*10-point Bonus (2 answers, 5 points each,15 seconds total)
“Fourteen-line sonnets have two major parts. Name the two parts”
OCTAVE
SESTET (in any order)
RSC 2010
- 191 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(383) SOCIAL STUDIES
Toss-up
“Name the famous Civil War song written by Julia Ward Howe.”
"BATTLE HYMN OF THE REPUBLIC"
*10-point Bonus (2 answers, 5 points each, 15 seconds total)
“Name the first two ironclad warships.”
“MERRIMAC” or “VIRGINIA”
“MONITOR” (in any order)
(384) SCIENCE
Toss-up
“The science dealing with structure, composition, properties, and transformation of matter is
____________.”
CHEMISTRY
*15-point Bonus (3 answers, 5 points each, 15 seconds total)
“In chemistry, what are the three most commonly used derived units?”
AREA
VOLUME
DENSITY ( in any order)
RSC 2010
- 192 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(385) ELECTIVES
Toss-up
“Of the 150 Psalms, how many are written by David and have his name on them?”
SEVENTY-THREE
*10-point Bonus (1 answer, 10 points, 15 seconds total)
“Which book of the Bible is called the ‘Book of Practical Everyday Ethics’?”
PROVERBS
(386) MATH
Toss-up
“To square a ____________ quickly, square the first term, take twice the product of the two
terms, and square the last term.”
BINOMIAL
*10-point Bonus (1 answer, 10 points, 10 seconds)
“Find the square for the following operation.”
→
(SHOW CARD)
(a  2b)2
(a2  4ab  b2 )
RSC 2010
- 193 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(387) ENGLISH
Toss-up
“Which translation of the Bible is considered to be the greatest treasure of the English
language?”
KING JAMES BIBLE
*12-point Bonus (3 answers, 4 points each, 15 seconds total)
“Match the following.”
→
1. _____
2. _____
3. _____
(SHOW CARD)
Coverdale Bible
Great Bible
Geneva Bible
A. first Bible to divide text into verses
B. first complete English Bible in print
C. first Bible to receive official sanction
1. B.
2. C.
3. A.
(388) SOCIAL STUDIES
Toss-up
“Amendments to the U.S. Constitution are subject to Presidential veto. TRUE OR FALSE.”
FALSE
*12-point Bonus (2 answers, 6 points each, 15 seconds total)
“There are currently ________ amendments, but _______ of those is/are no longer in effect.”
26 or 27 (the PACE says 26, but there are 27, accept either as correct)
1
RSC 2010
- 194 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(389) SCIENCE
Toss-up
“Name the temperature scale that begins at absolute zero.”
KELVIN
*10-pont Bonus ( 1 answer, 10 points, 15 seconds total)
“Convert 33o C (read thirty-three degrees Celsius) to degrees Kelvin”
306o Kelvin
(390) ELECTIVES
Toss-up
“The ____________ were one of the free church movements which rejected the authority of
established churches.”
ANABAPTISTS
*14-point Bonus (1 answer, 14 points, 15 seconds total)
“Of the six wives of Henry VIII, only three produced a child. Which of the three was mother
to Henry's only son?”
JANE SEYMOUR
RSC 2010
- 195 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(391) MATH
Toss-up
“____________ works with binomial divisors containing a first-degree variable having 1 as the
coefficient.”
SYNTHETIC DIVISION
*9-point Bonus ( 1 answer, 9 points, 15 seconds total)
“A fraction having one or more fractions in its numerator or its denominator, or both, is called a
____________.”
COMPLEX FRACTION
(392) ENGLISH
Toss-up
“‘The Passionate Shepherd to His Love’ is the best example of a ____________ poem from
the Elizabethan Age.”
PASTORAL
*12-point Bonus (1 answer, 12 points, 15 seconds total)
“Felicity is best defined as:
A. Highly productive
B. Great happiness; bliss
C. Limit; separation”
B. GREAT HAPPINESS, BLISS
RSC 2010
- 196 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(393) SOCIAL STUDIES
Toss-up
“A candidate wins (all, most of, a percentage of) the electoral votes in any state in which he
gains a majority of the popular vote.”
ALL
*14-point Bonus (2 answers, 7 points each, 15 seconds total)
“The President is elected by an electoral college that is composed of the same number of
members from each state as that state has ___________ and __________.”
SENATORS
REPRESENTATIVES or CONGRESSMEN (in any order)
(394) SCIENCE
Toss-up
“Subatomic particles that are components of protons and neutrons are called ____________.”
QUARKS
*11-point Bonus (1 answer, 11 points, 15 seconds total)
“For a mixture which is a solid dissolved in a liquid, which of the following is the best method
of separating it into components?”
A. Distillation
B. Fractional Distillation
C. Filtration
A. DISTILLATION
RSC 2010
- 197 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(395) ELECTIVES
Toss-up
“____________ rushed to tell Peter and John that the tomb was empty?”
MARY MAGDALENE
*9-point Bonus (3 answers, 3 points each, 15 seconds total)
Match the following items.
→
(SHOW CARD)
1. _____ weeper
2. _____ doubter
3. _____ feeder of lambs
A. Peter
B. Thomas
C. Mary Magdalene
1. C
2. B
3. A
(396) MATH
Toss-up
“A ____________is an equation in the form ax 2  bx  c  0 where a  0 .”
QUADRATIC EQUATION
*15-point Bonus (1 answer, 15 points, 20 seconds total)
2
“Solve the quadratic equation x  11x  0 .”
x  0, x  11 or 0, 11
RSC 2010
- 198 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(397) ENGLISH
Toss-up
“Who was the first Stuart monarch of England?”
JAMES I
*10-point Bonus (1 answer, 10 points, 15 seconds)
“When an actor speaks to ____________ alone on the stage to let the audience know what
he is thinking and feeling, he is giving a soliloquy.”
HIMSELF
(398) SOCIAL STUDIES
Toss-up
“The ratification of the U.S. Constitution required the approval of only ___________ states
rather than all thirteen.”
9
*10-point Bonus (1 answer, 10 points, 15 seconds total)
“What was the name of the compromise at the Constitutional Convention that settles a
disagreement over how to count slaves when determining population for taxation and
representation in Congress?”
THREE-FIFTHS COMPROMISE
RSC 2010
- 199 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(399) SCIENCE
Toss-up
“A ____________ solid is one in which the particles occur in more than one crystal pattern.”
POLYMORPHOUS
*10-point Bonus (1 answer, 10 points, 15 seconds total)
“The heat of ____________ is the additional heat required to melt a substance at its melting
point.”
FUSION
(400) ELECTIVES
Toss-up
“The primary governing body of the Federal Reserve System is the ____________.”
BOARD OF GOVERNORS
*13-point Bonus (1 answer, 13 points, 15 seconds total)
“The first central bank in the United States was the ____________.”
FIRST BANK OF THE UNITED STATES
RSC 2010
- 200 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(401) MATH
Toss-up
“The line of an equation divides a coordinate plane into two regions called ___________.”
HALF PLANES
* 16-point Bonus (2 answers, 8 points each, 15 seconds total)
“An equation containing a variable with an exponent of 2 is called a ____________-degree
equation and is called a ______________ function.”
SECOND
QUADRATIC
(402) ENGLISH
Toss-up
“The defeat of the ____________ in A.D.1588 permitted the Elizabethan Age to blossom.”
SPANISH ARMADA
* 12-point Bonus (3 answers, 4 points each, 15 seconds total)
“Name three types of plays that were important to the development of Elizabethan drama.”
MIRACLE
MYSTERY
MORALITY (in any order)
RSC 2010
- 201 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(403) SOCIAL STUDIES
Toss-up
“____________ jurisdiction is the sharing of jurisdiction between state and federal courts.”
CONCURRENT
*18-point Bonus (3 answers, 6 points each, 15 seconds total)
“Match the following with the correct description”
→
(SHOW CARD)
1. _____ Requires the appearance
in court of a detained person
2. _____ Requires a public official to
perform some duty
3. _____ requires or prevents a certain action
a. writ of habeas corpus (hā′-bē-əs 'kor′-pəs)
b. injunction
c. writ of mandamus (man-dā′-məs)
1. A.
2. C.
3. B.
(404) SCIENCE
Toss-up
“The law of octaves states that the physical properties of elements repeat every
____________ element when the elements are arranged according to atomic mass.”
EIGHTH
*15-point Bonus (1 answer, 15 points, 15 seconds total)
“Electronegativity values are based on the electronegativity of the element _____________.”
FLOURINE
RSC 2010
- 202 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(405) ELECTIVES
Toss-up
“What missionary/translator's life is described in Beyond the Next Mountain?”
ROCHUNGA PUDAITE
*12 point Bonus (2 answers, 6 points each, 15 seconds total)
“In what country and to what tribe did Rochunga Pudaite minister?”
INDIA
HMAR (in that order)
(406) MATH
Toss-up
“____________ roots are roots of a quadratic equation that do not satisfy the equation.”
EXTRANEOUS
*10-point Bonus (1 answer, 10 points, 15 seconds total)
“When solving a quadratic equation by factoring, it is best to put the equation into standard form if
necessary. Give the standard form of a quadratic equation.”
ax 2  bx  c  0
RSC 2010
- 203 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(407) ENGLISH
Toss-up
“To believe that a monarch has absolute authority is to believe in the ____________ authority
of kings.”
DIVINE
*10-point Bonus (2 answers, 5 points each, 15 seconds total)
“Name at least two English metaphysical poets of the seventeenth century.”
JOHN DONNE
GEORGE HERBERT
HENRY VAUGHAN (any two in any order)
(408) SOCIAL STUDIES
Toss-up
“PAC is an acronym for ____________.”
POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
*10-point Bonus (1 answers, 10 points, 15 seconds total)
“The first ten amendments to the Constitution guarantee our basic civil liberties and are called
the ___________.”
BILL OF RIGHTS
RSC 2010
- 204 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(409) SCIENCE
Toss-up
“A chemical bond formed when electron pairs are unequally shared between two atoms is a
____________ covalent bond.”
POLAR
*12-point Bonus (2 answers, 6 points each, 15 seconds total)
“The components of a solution include a substance dissolved called a ____________ and
dissolving medium called a ____________.”
SOLUTE
SOLVENT ( in that order)
(410) ELECTIVES
Toss-up
“Tensing and relaxing the vocal cords cause a change in ____________.”
PITCH
*10-point Bonus (1 answer, 10 points, 15 seconds total)
“The larynx (lar′-ingks) houses two muscular bands called the ____________.”
VOCAL CORDS
RSC 2010
- 205 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(411) MATH
Toss-up
“Every positive real number has how many square roots?”
TWO
*14-point Bonus (2 answers, 7 points each, 15 seconds total)
“If a positive integer is a perfect square, then its square root is a ____________ number,
but if a positive number is not a perfect square, then its square root is an ____________
number.”
RATIONAL
IRRATIONAL
(412) ENGLISH
Toss-up
“Ben Jonson was a role model for which group of poets in the seventeenth century, the.
metaphysical poets or the Cavalier poets?”
CAVALIER
*16-point Bonus (2 answers, 8 points each, 15 seconds total)
“Name, in order, the first two English monarchs to ascend the throne in the seventeenth century.”
JAMES I
CHARLES I
RSC 2010
- 206 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(413) SOCIAL STUDIES
Toss-up
“The Bill of Rights was designed to limit the power of the ____________ government.”
FEDERAL
*20-point Bonus (4 answers, 5 points each, 15 seconds total)
“In 1791 the first amendment was adopted, guaranteeing five freedoms. Give four of those
freedoms.”
RELIGION
SPEECH
PRESS
ASSEMBLY
PETITION (Any four)
.
(414) SCIENCE
Toss-up
“‘The amount of matter and energy in the universe is constant’ is a statement of
_________________.”
THE FIRST LAW OF THERMODYNAMICS
*10-point Bonus (2 answers, 5 points each, 15 seconds total)
“The energy of state or position is ____________ energy, while the energy of motion is
____________ energy.”
POTENTIAL
KINETIC
RSC 2010
- 207 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(415) ELECTIVES
Toss-up
“What is the literal meaning of the term utopia?”
NOWHERE
*10-point Bonus (1 answer, 10 points, 15 seconds total)
“Who produced the first really systematic utopian scheme?”
PLATO
(416) MATH
Toss-up
“The root of radicals must be the same before the radicals can be __________ together.”
MULTIPLIED
*12-point Bonus (2 answers, 6 points each, 20 seconds total)
“Find the product of the following expression, giving your answer in simplest form.”
→
(SHOW CARD)
64  9  _____
24 or +24 and -24
RSC 2010
- 208 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(417) ENGLISH
Toss-up
“A story with an underlying meaning different from the surface meaning is an ____________.”
ALLEGORY
*10-point Bonus (2 answers, 5 points each, 15 seconds total)
“________ poems appeal to the ear and emotions while ___________ poems tell a story.”
LYRIC
NARRATIVE (in that order)
.
(418) SOCIAL STUDIES
Toss-up
“Of the two houses of the U.S. Congress, only the ____________ has had a continuous
existence.”
SENATE
*10-point Bonus (1 answer, 10 points, 15 seconds total)
“The Founding Fathers established a _____________ legislature because each house
checks the other, and neither house is allowed to dominate the government.”
BICAMERAL
RSC 2010
- 209 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(419) SCIENCE
Toss-up
“A chemical reaction in which an atom or an ion loses an electron is called ____________.”
OXIDATION
*10-point Bonus (2 answers, 5 points each, 15 seconds total)
“ The ____________ is the negative electrode and the ___________ is positive electrode of an
electrochemical cell.”
ANODE
CATHODE (in that order)
(420) ELECTIVES
Toss-up
“The Book of I Peter is thought to have been written in ___________.”
A.D. 65
*10-point Bonus (2 answers, 5 points each, 15 seconds total)
“The plan of I Peter includes these four themes, in this order: Salvation, _________,
Submission, and ____________.”
SEPARATION
SUFFERING (in that order)
RSC 2010
- 210 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(421) MATH
Toss-up
“Complete the following statement:
If a b  0 , then a and/or b equals ____________.”
0
*12-point Bonus (3 answers, 4 points each, 15 seconds total)
“When multiplying terms with exponents, ____________ the exponents; when raising an
exponent to a power, ____________ the exponents; and when dividing exponents,
____________ the exponents.”
ADD
MULTIPLY
SUBTRACT (in that order)
(422) ENGLISH
Toss~Up
“Who wrote a famous diary in the seventeenth century recording the terrible events of his
times?”
SAMUEL PEPYS or PEPYS
*16-point Bonus (4 answers, 4 points each, 20 seconds total)
“Complete the missing dates or events in the following outline of the seventeenth century in
England.”
→
(SHOW CARD)
A. 1660 _______came to the throne
B. 1665 The Great __________
C. 1666 The Great __________
D. ________ James II deposed
A. CHARLES II
B. PLAGUE
C. FIRE OF LONDON or FIRE
D. 1688
RSC 2010
- 211 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(423) SOCIAL STUDIES
Toss-up
“What American first established an Anglo settlement in Texas?”
STEPHEN F. AUSTIN or STEPHEN AUSTIN
*10-point Bonus (2 answers, 5 points each, 15 seconds total)
“Name the two railroad companies that were chartered to build the first American
transcontinental railroad.”
UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD
CENTRAL PACIFIC RAILROAD
(424) SCIENCE
Toss-up
“The first battery was invented by ____________ and was called a voltaic pile.”
VOLTA or ALESSANDRO VOLTA
*11-point Bonus (1 answer, 11 points, 15 seconds total)
“The potential of the half-cell measured in relation to the zero potential of the standard
hydrogen electrode is called a ____________.”
STANDARD ELECTRODE POTENTIAL
RSC 2010
- 212 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(425) ELECTIVES
Toss-up
“The price a property owner could expect to receive if he sold his property is called the
___________ value.”
MARKET
*10-point Bonus (1 answer, 10 points, 15 seconds total)
“What is a tax on goods and services levied by most states called?”
SALES TAX
(426) MATH
Toss-up
“The ____________ must be the same before radicals can be multiplied together.”
ROOT
*15-point Bonus (1 answer, 15 points, 20 seconds total)
“Find the product of the given expression.”
→
(SHOW CARD)
3
27
3
64
12
RSC 2010
- 213 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(427) ENGLISH
Toss-up
“What is poetic rhythm in poetry called?”
METER
*15-point Bonus (3 answers, 5 points each, 15 seconds total)
“Name three of the four rhythm patterns in poetry.”
IAMBIC (ī-am′-bĭk) or IAMB
ANAPESTIC (a′-nə-pĕs-tik) ANAPEST
TROCHAIC (trō-'kā-ĭk) or TROCHEE
DACTYLIC (dăk-tĭ′-lĭk) or DACTYL (any three in any order)
(428) SOCIAL STUDIES
Toss-up
“Another term for Laissez-faire (lĕ′-"sā-fĕr) is _____________. “
FREE ENTERPRISE
*10-point Bonus (1 answer, 10 points, 15 seconds total)
“Name the man who established a textile factory, building the machinery from memory, and
has been called the ‘Father of the American Factory System’.”
SAMUEL SLATER
RSC 2010
- 214 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(429) SCIENCE
Toss-up
“A ____________ is a semiconductor with some metallic and some nonmetallic properties.”
METALLOID
*18-point Bonus (2 answers, 9 points each, 15 seconds total)
“Name the two allotropes (ă′-lə-trōpz) of solid sulfur.”
RHOMBIC
MONOCLINIC (in any order)
(430) ELECTIVES
Toss-up
“Name the clause of the Constitution which guarantees to each state that its public acts,
records, and judicial proceedings will be given total recognition and validation by all other
states.”
"FULL FAITH AND CREDIT" CLAUSE
*10-point Bonus (1 answer, 10 points, 15 seconds total)
“What is the most fundamental of all types of law?”
CONSTITUTIONAL LAW
RSC 2010
- 215 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(431) MATH
Toss-up
“A fractional equation may be solved by factoring, once it is put in the form of a
____________equation.”
QUADRATIC
*10-point Bonus (2 answers, 5 points each, 20 seconds total)
“Solve the quadratic equation by factoring.”
→
(SHOW CARD)
x 2  2 x  63
x  9, x  7
(432) ENGLISH
Toss-up
“As the lower and middle classes became more literate, a new form of literature grew in
popularity. What was that new form of literature called?”
NOVEL
*10-point Bonus (2 answers, 5 points each, 15 seconds total)
“____________ is widely regarded as the first English novel. It was written by
____________.”
ROBINSON CRUSOE
DANIEL DEFOE or DEFOE
RSC 2010
- 216 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(433) SOCIAL STUDIES
Toss-up
“_____________ is a tightly controlled economic system that encourages exports and
discourages imports through tariffs and government regulations.”
MERCANTILISM
10-point Bonus (2 answers, 5 points each, 15 seconds total)
“During the Renaissance, ____________ was regarded as the highest authority, but during the
Reformation, the ____________ was regarded as the highest authority.”
HUMAN REASON
BIBLE
(434) SCIENCE
Toss-up
“An area of contamination in an otherwise clear diamond is called a ____________.”
FLAW
*12-point Bonus (1 answer, 12 points, 15 seconds total)
“A diamond will not conduct electricity because all its valence electrons are involved in
____________ bonds.”
COVALENT
RSC 2010
- 217 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(435) ELECTIVES
Toss-up
“Who was the founder of the original Moravians?”
JOHN HUSS
*14-point Bonus (1 answer, 14 points, 15 seconds total)
“The leading light in early American Methodism was ____________.”
FRANCIS ASBURY
(436) MATH
Toss-up
“Logarithms with base 10 are called ____________ logarithms.”
COMMON
14-point Bonus (2 answers, 7 points each, 15 seconds total)
“The decimal part of every logarithm is called the ____________, the integer is called the
____________.”
MANTISSA
CHARACTERISTIC (in that order)
RSC 2010
- 218 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(437) ENGLISH
Toss-up
“A mournful, melancholic poem for the dead is an ____________.”
ELEGY
*10-point Bonus (2 answers, 5 points each, 15 seconds total)
“Name what is probably the most famous elegy in British literature and give the poet's name.”
"ELEGY WRITTEN IN A COUNTRY CHURCHYARD"
THOMAS GRAY
(438) SOCIAL STUDIES
Toss-up
“What was the most important political body in the Roman Republic?”
SENATE
*10-point Bonus (1 answer, 10 points, 15 seconds total)
“The ____________ was the beginning of British written law.”
MAGNA CARTA
RSC 2010
- 219 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(439) SCIENCE
Toss-up
“The four biomolecules are proteins, carbohydrates, lipids, and _____.”
NUCLEIC (nu̇-klē′-ik) ACIDS
*12-point Bonus (3 answers, 4 points each, 15 seconds total)
“There are four types of nuclear reactions. One is a fusion reaction. Give the other three.”
RADIOACTIVE DECAY
NUCLEAR TRANSFORMATION REACTION
FISSION REACTION (in any order)
(440) ELECTIVES
Toss-up
“The period of music history from 1600-1750 is known as the ____________ Period.”
BAROQUE
*10-point Bonus (2 answers, 5 points each, 15 seconds total)
“Johann Sebastian Bach wrote which two of these compositions or collections?
A. Well-Tempered Clavier (klā′-vē-ər)
B. St. Matthew Passion
C. Messiah”
A. WELL-TEMPERED CLAVIER
B. ST. MATTHEW PASSION
RSC 2010
- 220 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(441) MATH
Toss-up
“The turning point of a parabola is called its ____________.”
VERTEX
*11-point Bonus (1 answer, 11 points, 15 seconds total)
“Latus rectum (lă′-təs-rĕk-tĕm) is a Latin term meaning ____________.”
STRAIGHT SIDE
(442) ENGLISH
Toss-up
“In English poetry, another term for unrhymed iambic pentameter is ____________.”
BLANK VERSE
* 10-point Bonus (1 answer, 10 points,15 seconds total)
“A literary device, two rhyming words in iambic pentameter, was common to Alexander Pope
and other neoclassical poets. Name this literary device.”
HEROIC COUPLET
RSC 2010
- 221 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(443) SOCIAL STUDIES
Toss-up
“King ____________ signed the Magna Carta in 1215 at Runnymede.”
JOHN
*10-point Bonus (2 answers, 5 points each, 15 seconds total)
“Fill in the blanks in the following with the word ‘codified’ or ‘oral’:
The Magna Carta marked the transition from traditional ____________ rights to the
beginning of specific ___________ rights of the baronial class.”
ORAL
CODIFIED (in that order)
(444) SCIENCE
Toss-up
“____________ is the sum of all the biochemical reactions that take place within an organism.”
METABOLISM
*18-point Bonus (3 answers, 6 points each, 20 seconds total)
“Fill in the blanks in the following with the terms ‘alpha particles’, ‘beta particles’, or ‘gamma rays’”
In order of increasing penetrating power, ____________ have low penetrating power,
____________ have much more penetrating power, and ____________ have the highest
penetrating power.”
ALPHA PARTICLES
BETA PARTICLES
GAMMA RAYS (in that order)
RSC 2010
- 222 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(445) ELECTIVES
Toss-up
“Heat illness occurs when large quantities of salt are lost, causing a condition of heatstroke,
also known as heat exhaustion, or heat __________.”
CRAMPS
*10-point Bonus (2 answers, 5 points each, 15 seconds total)
“For what emergency do each of the following treatments apply?
A. Perform the Heimlich maneuver.
B. Apply pressure evenly over the wound.”
A. CHOKING
B. BLEEDING
(446) MATH
Toss-up
“A ____________ is the arrangement of a definite number of elements in a particular order.”
PERMUTATION
*10-point Bonus (1 answer, 10 points, 20 seconds total)
“Compute the value of 5! (‘read five factorial’).”
120
RSC 2010
- 223 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(447) ENGLISH
Toss-up
“The years 1789 to 1832 encompassed the great era of literary revolution known as the
_____________ Period.”
ROMANTIC
*12-point Bonus (3 answers, 4 points each, 15 seconds total)
“Who penned the following lines of poetry?”
A. "Tiger, tiger, burning bright…”
B. "Water, water, everywhere, Nor any drop to drink."
C. "I wandered lonely as a cloud..."
A. WILLIAM BLAKE or BLAKE
B. SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE or COLERIDGE
C. WILLIAM WORDSWORTH or WORDSWORTH
(448) SOCIAL STUDIES
Toss-up
“Thomas Jefferson based the Declaration of Independence on Second Treatise of
Government. Who wrote the Second Treatise of Government?”
JOHN LOCKE
*15-point Bonus (3 answers, 5 points each, 15 seconds total)
The Declaration of Independence states two ‘self-evident truths’: that all men are
____________ and that they are endowed by their ____________ with certain
____________.”
CREATED EQUAL
CREATOR
UNALIENABLE (not “in”alienable) RIGHTS (in that order)
RSC 2010
- 224 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(449) SCIENCE
Toss-up
“The mass of a body can be treated as if it is concentrated at a single point called the
____________ of mass.”
CENTER
*12-point Bonus (2 answers, 6 points each, 15 seconds total)
“A chain reaction stops when either all the ____________ material is depleted or the
____________ fail to hit a nucleus.”
FISSIONABLE
NEUTRONS (in that order)
(450) ELECTIVES
Toss-up
“The day upon which Jesus arose is known by three names. Two are ‘the first day of the
week’ and ‘Sunday”. Name the third.
THE LORD’S DAY
*9-point Bonus (3 answers, 3 points each, 15 seconds total)
“State whether each of the following statements is ‘true’ or ‘false’.”
A. As a resurrected man, Jesus could not eat.
B. Cleopas was a Roman soldier.
C. Jesus controlled the ability of men to recognize him.
A. FALSE
B. FALSE
C. TRUE
RSC 2010
- 225 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(451) MATH
Toss-up
“A __________ is a rectangular array of numbers or variables.”
MATRIX
*12-point Bonus (2 answers, 6 points each, 15 seconds total)
“In a matrix, the horizontal values are called _______; the vertical values are called
_______.”
ROWS
COLUMNS (in that order)
(452) ENGLISH
Toss-up
“What is a special article in a newspaper called?”
FEATURE
*10-point Bonus (1 answer, 10 points, 15 seconds total)
“What is a news story written from material gathered from other sources called?”
REWRITE
RSC 2010
- 226 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(453) SOCIAL STUDIES
Toss-up
“The Reapportionment Act of 1929 fixed the size of the House of Representatives at
____________ members.”
435
*14-point Bonus (2 answers, 7 points each, 15 seconds total)
“The speaker of the House is the most powerful officer in the House of Representatives.
Among his main powers is the right to recognize or refuse to recognize members seeking the
floor. Give two of the other three formal powers he holds.”
INTERPRET AND APPLY THE RULES
REFER BILLS TO COMMITTEES
APPOINT MEMBERS OF CONFERENCE AND SPECIAL COMMITTEES
(any two in any order)
(454) SCIENCE
Toss-up
“The curved path that a projectile follows is a ____________.”
TRAJECTORY
*12-point Bonus (3 answers, 4 points each, 15 seconds total)
“If the launch velocity and angle of a projectile are known, what three quantities can be
calculated?”
MAXIMUM HEIGHT
RANGE
TIME OF FLIGHT (in any order)
RSC 2010
- 227 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(455) ELECTIVES
Toss-up
“The Book of Revelation belongs to the category of apocalyptic (ə-pä-kə-lip′-tĭk) literature.
Spell ‘apocalyptic.’”
A-P-O-C-A-L-Y-P-T-I- C
*12-point Bonus (3 answers, 4 points each, 15 seconds total)
“Revelation, written by ____________, was probably penned about ____________, while
the apostle was banished on the island of ____________.”
JOHN
A.D. 96
PATMOS (in that order)
(456) MATH
Toss-up
“Individual numbers making up a matrix are called _____________.”
ENTRIES or ELEMENTS
*10-point Bonus (2 answers, 5 points each, 15 seconds total)
“A real number value associated with a square matrix is called a ____________, which is
indicated by ____________ lines.”
DETERMINANT
VERTICAL (in that order)
RSC 2010
- 228 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(457) ENGLISH
Toss-up
“Who is considered to be the best American writer of verse of the seventeenth century?
ANNE BRADSTREET
*10-point Bonus (1 answer, 10 points, 15 seconds total)
What is the name of Anne Bradstreet’s famous book of poems?
THE TENTH MUSE LATELY SPRUNG UP IN AMERICA
(458) SOCIAL STUDIES
Toss-up
“All revenue bills must originate in which house of Congress?”
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
*10-point Bonus (2 answers, 5 points each, 15 seconds total)
“The ____________ is chosen by the House of Representatives as its presiding officer, and
the ____________ fills the position of President of the Senate.”
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE
VICE PRESIDENT (OF THE UNITED STATES)
RSC 2010
- 229 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(459) SCIENCE
Toss-up
“Robert Boyle's design of the ____________ was so good that fifty years passed before
anyone improved upon it.”
AIR PUMP
*10-point Bonus (2 answers, 5 points each, 15 seconds total)
“Boyle’s Law, which shows the inverse relationship between ____________ and
____________, resulted from experiments with the air pump.”
PRESSURE
VOLUME
(460) ELECTIVES
Toss-up
“The theme of the book of Isaiah is ____________.”
SALVATION
*10-point Bonus (1 answer, 10 points, 15 seconds total)
“Isaiah 53 gives an amazingly accurate description of the ____________ of Christ.”
CRUCIFIXION
RSC 2010
- 230 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(461) MATH
Toss-up
“The __________ of a complex number is its distance from the origin of the complex plane.”
ABSOLUTE VALUE
*20-point Bonus (2 answers, 10 points each, 15 seconds total)
“The complex number a + bi has two parts; a is called the _________ part, and b is called
the __________ part.”
REAL
IMAGINARY (in that order)
(462) ENGLISH
Toss-up
“Cowardly is to __________ as corrupt is to pure.”
a. arduous
b. plucky
c. slipshod
d. anecdote
PLUCKY
*10-point Bonus (1 answer, 10 points, 15 seconds total)
“Who is most famous for his Father Brown mysteries?”
G. K. CHESTERTON
RSC 2010
- 231 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(463) SOCIAL STUDIES
Toss-up
“For what does the acronym ‘UN’ stand?”
UNITED NATIONS
*9-point Bonus (3 answers, 3 points each, 15 seconds total)
“GOP is an acronym for ____________; NSC is an acronym for ____________; CIA is an
acronym for ____________.”
GRAND OLD PARTY
NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
(464) SCIENCE
Toss-up
“The resultant is the hypotenuse when two component vectors form a ___________.”
RIGHT TRIANGLE
*10-point Bonus (1 answer, 10 points, 15 seconds total)
“The study of matter and energy and the relationships between the two is the definition of
____________ by the rule method.”
PHYSICS
RSC 2010
- 232 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(465) ELECTIVES
Toss-up
“In the parable of the Prodigal Son, the elder brother of the prodigal son was like the
____________in Jesus' day.”
PHARISEES
*12-point Bonus (3 answers, 4 points each, 15 seconds total)
“In the parable of the Great Supper, the host represents ____________, the servants
represent ____________, and those originally invited represent the ____________.”
GOD
JESUS or LORD JESUS or CHRIST)
JEWS
(466) MATH
Toss-up
“’There are no __________ between real numbers’ is description of the property that real
numbers are dense.’”
GAPS
*18-point Bonus (1 answer, 18 points, 15 seconds total)
“A ___________ is the set of all real numbers between two distinct real numbers.”
BOUNDED INTERVAL
RSC 2010
- 233 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(467) ENGLISH
Toss-up
“The three distinguishing features of a story are the setting, characters, and __________.”
PLOT
*10-point Bonus (1 answer, 10 points, 15 seconds total)
“Which of these sequences is the most common order of plot development?”
→
(SHOW CARD)
A. Exposition, Complication, Resolution.
B. Exposition, Resolution, Complication.
C. Complication, Exposition, Resolution.
A. EXPOSITION, COMPLICATION, RESOLUTION.
(468) SOCIAL STUDIES
Toss-up
“According to the principle of stare decisis (stär’-ā dĭ-sī’-sĭs), a judge must follow _________
established in previous cases.”
PRECEDENT
*10-point Bonus (2 answers, 5 points each, 15 seconds total)
“____________ law is almost entirely statutory and deals with offenses against society;
____________ law is private law and regulates relationships between private citizens.”
CRIMINAL
CIVIL (in that order)
RSC 2010
- 234 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(469) SCIENCE
Toss-up
“The loudness of a sound is the result primarily of its amplitude, medium, or wavelength?”
AMPLITUDE
*12-point Bonus (2 answers, 6 points each, 15 seconds total)
“Speeds less than the speed of sound are called ____________, while speeds greater than
the speed of sound are called ____________.
SUBSONIC
SUPERSONIC
(470) ELECTIVES
Toss-up
“During the English Civil War, by what nickname were the Puritans known?”
ROUNDHEADS
*13-point Bonus (1 answer, 13 points, 15 seconds total)
“During the Catholic Counter Reformation, who was the founder of the religious order known
as the Jesuits?”
IGNATIUS LOYOLA
RSC 2010
- 235 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(471) MATH
Toss-up
“A ____________ is the set of points in a plane in which each point is the same distance
from a fixed point as it is from a fixed line.”
PARABOLA
*15-point Bonus (3 answers, 5 points, 15 seconds)
“Match the following descriptions with the terms.”
→
(SHOW CARD)
1. _____ the fixed point
2. _____ the fixed line
3. _____ the turning point of the parabola
A. Directrix
B. Vertex
C. Focus
1. C. FOCUS
2. A. DIRECTRIX
3. B. VERTEX
(472) ENGLISH
Toss-up
“The love of God was a theme that motivated this optimistic English poet of the Victorian Age.
Who was he?”
ROBERT BROWNING
*12-point Bonus (3 answers, 4 points each, 15 seconds total)
“Name in order the writers of ‘Crossing the Bar’, Das Kapital, and Black Beauty.”
ALFRED, LORD TENNYSON
KARL MARX
ANNA SEWELL (in that order)
RSC 2010
- 236 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(473) SOCIAL STUDIES
Toss-up
“Common law is a body of laws made up of precedents set over the centuries that were
decisions made by ____________.”
JUDGES
*18-point Bonus (3 answers, 6 points each, 15 seconds total)
“In the U.S. Constitution, powers belonging to the federal government are ____________
powers; ____________ powers belong to the states; and ____________ powers are shared
by the state and federal governments.”
DELEGATED
RESERVED
CONCURRENT
(474) SCIENCE
Toss-up
“Who first suggested the use of spectacles?”
A. Galileo Galilei
B. Robert Hookes
C. Roger Bacon
C. ROGER BACON
*12-point Bonus (3 answers, 4 points each, 15 seconds total)
“The six basic colors of the spectrum include red, blue, and green. Give the other three.”
ORANGE
YELLOW
VIOLET (in any order)
RSC 2010
- 237 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(475) ELECTIVES
Toss-up
“Who was the primary evangelist to Colosse?”
EPAPHRAS
*10-point Bonus (2 answers, 5 points each, 15 seconds total)
“What were the two disturbing elements that threatened the purity of the Colossian church?”
JUDAISM
GNOSTICISM (in any order)
(476) MATH
Toss-up
“A ___________ is a written claim to a piece of property.”
MORTGAGE
*10-point bonus (1 answer, 10 points, 15 seconds total)
“Since the person or bank holding a mortgage may claim the property as payment if the
borrower does not repay as agreed, the property is ________ for the loan.”
COLLATERAL
RSC 2010
- 238 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(477) ENGLISH
Toss-up
“He authored the memorable lines, ‘Theirs not to reason why, Theirs but to do and die.’ Was it
Robert Browning or Alfred, Lord Tennyson?”
ALFRED, LORD TENNYSON
*10-point Bonus (2 answers, 5 points each, 15 seconds total)
“Name the book and the author from which these lines come:
"The time has come," the Walrus said, "To talk of many things:
Of shoes—and ships—and sealing-wax— Of cabbages—and kings. . . ."
THROUGH THE LOOKING-GLASS
LEWIS CARROLL
(478) SOCIAL STUDIES
Toss-up
“The __________ is the longest man-made structure on Earth.”
GREAT WALL (OF CHINA)
*10-point Bonus (1 answer, 10 points, 15 seconds total)
“The longest river in Asia is the __________.”
YANGTZE or CHANG JIANG (zhäng´ jēäng´)
RSC 2010
- 239 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(479) SCIENCE
Toss-up
“Robert Hooke proposed and Christian Huygens (Hī’-gənz) developed the wave theory of
light. Who developed the particle theory of light?”
ISAAC NEWTON
*10-point Bonus (2 answers, 5 points each, 15 seconds total)
“Fill in the blanks in the following statement with the words ‘increase’ or ‘decrease’:
“The particle theory of light predicted that the speed of light would ____________ as it
entered water from air, while the wave theory predicted it would ____________.”
INCREASE
DECREASE (in that order)
(480) ELECTIVES
Toss-up
“Ecclesiastical history is another name for __________ history.”
CHURCH
*12-point Bonus (2 answers, 6 points each, 15 seconds total)
“James and ____________ were the sons of ____________.”
JOHN
ZEBEDEE
RSC 2010
- 240 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(481) MATH
Toss-up
“When a ray is rotated __________ the angle formed is negative in measure.”
CLOCKWISE
*12-point Bonus (1 answer, 12 points, 15 seconds total)
“The position of the ray before the rotation is called the __________ side.”
INITIAL
(482) ENGLISH
Toss-up
“In the 1890s two kinds of writers dominated the British literary scene, one group being
called the aesthetes (ĕs’-thēts). What was the other group called?”
THE HEARTIES
*14-point Bonus (2 answers, 7 points, 20 seconds total)
“From the Hearties group, two writers contributed poetry which is famous. Name the poet for
each of the following sets of lines:
A. "If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs and blaming it on
you; . . . ."
B. "I am the master of my fate; I am the captain of my soul."
A. RUDYARP KIPLING
B. WILLIAM ERNEST HENLEY
RSC 2010
- 241 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(483) SOCIAL STUDIES
Toss-up
“The head of the county commissioners court is the county executive or the ____________.”
COUNTY JUDGE
*10-point Bonus (2 answers, 5 points each, 15 seconds total)
“What are the county's two most important functions?”
ENFORCE STATE LAWS
COLLECT STATE TAXES (in any order)
(484) SCIENCE
Toss-up
“The ability of a substance to transmit heat or electricity by transferring energy from one
particle to another is called ___________.”
CONDUCTIVITY
*16-point Bonus (2 answers, 8 points each, 15 seconds total)
“Law 1 of magnetism states that either pole of a magnet attracts a nonmagnetized
ferromagnetic metal. State laws 2 and 3.”
LAW 2: LIKE MAGNETIC POLES REPEL ONE ANOTHER
LAW 3: UNLIKE MAGNETIC POLES ATTRACT ONE ANOTHER
RSC 2010
- 242 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(485) ELECTIVES
Toss-up
“The manuscripts discovered in the last fifty years that have shown that the majority or
traditional text of the Hebrew Old Testament is very ancient and accurate are
the ____________.”
DEAD SEA SCROLLS
*14-point Bonus (1 answer, 14 points, 15 seconds total)
“The theory that suggested the origins of the Pentateuch by the letters JEDP is known as
the ___________ Theory.”
GRAF-WELLHAUSEN
(486) MATH
Toss-up
“In the Cartesian plane, the ray formed by the origin and the part of the x-axis to its right is
called the ___________.”
POSITIVE X-AXIS
*14-point Bonus (1 answer, 14 points, 15 seconds total)
“In ___________ measure, the angle measure is equal to the length of the intercepted arc of
the unit circle.”
RADIAN
RSC 2010
- 243 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(487) ENGLISH
Toss-up
“The literary devise in which a writer takes a small sample of real life, using the omniscient
point of view, is called what?”
"SLICE OF LIFE"
*10-point Bonus (2 answers, 5 points each, 15 seconds total)
“Name a writer of the pre-Modern Era who used the "slice-of-life" technique and name that
writer's best-known work.”
KATHERINE MANSFIELD
THE GARDEN PARTY
(488) SOCIAL STUDIES
Toss-up
“Citizenship may be acquired by birth and by _____________.”
NATURALIZATION
*10-point Bonus (1 answer, 10 points, 15 seconds total)
“In which one of the following circumstances is a child not a United States' citizen?”
A. A child born on a foreign vessel in American waters.
B. A child born of American parents living in Hawaii.
C. A child born of alien parents living in the United States.
A. A CHILD BORN ON A FOREIGN VESSEL IN AMERICAN WATERS.
RSC 2010
- 244 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(489) SCIENCE
Toss-up
“The force that holds molecules together is called what?”
COHESION
*16-point Bonus (4 answers, 4 points each, 20 seconds total)
“In physics, what are the four most common types of stress?”
STRETCHING
BENDING
COMPRESSING
TWISTING (any order)
(490) ELECTIVES
Toss-up
“What is the average temperature of a healthy person?”
98.6° F or 37° C
*15-point Bonus (3 answers, 5 points each, 15 seconds total)
“There are five areas of the body that are most susceptible to frostbite. Two are the ears and
the chin. Name the other three areas.”
NOSE
FINGERS
TOES
RSC 2010
- 245 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(491) MATH
Toss-up
“The statement, ‘Real numbers can be compared using less than and greater than’, is a
description of the property that real numbers are __________.”
ORDERED
*20-point Bonus (1 answer, 20 points, 15 seconds total)
“‘There is neither a least nor a greatest real number’ is a description of the property that real
numbers are__________.’”
INFINITE
(492) ENGLISH
Toss-up
“Choose the best word to complete the sentence.
‘Because his speech was not logical, his presentation was quite (slipshod, spontaneous, or
incoherent).’”
INCOHERENT
*11-point Bonus (1 answer, 11 points, 15 seconds total)
“Two writers who wrote from the Christian perspective were T.S. Eliot, who wrote Murder in
the Cathedral, and ____________, whose best-known work is The Screwtape Letters.”
C.S. LEWIS
RSC 2010
- 246 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(493) SOCIAL STUDIES
Toss-up
“________________ are materials needed by a business that are supplied by God.”
NATURAL RESOURCES
*12-point Bonus (3 answers, 4 points each, 15 seconds total)
“Natural resources are one of the four basic factors of production. Name the other three.”
CAPITAL
LABOR
MANAGEMENT (any order)
(494) SCIENCE
Toss-up
“A discrete bundle of energy is a ____________.”
QUANTUM
*10-point Bonus (2 answers, 5 points each, 15 seconds total)
“Fill in the blanks in the following statement with the names ‘Robert Millikan’ or ‘Arthur
Compton’:
____________ demonstrated that cosmic rays are charged, while ____________
demonstrated that cosmic rays come from space.”
ARTHUR COMPTON
ROBERT MILLIKAN (in that order)
RSC 2010
- 247 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(495) ELECTIVES
Toss-up
“Which court is the ‘court of last resort’?”
SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
*10-point Bonus (1 answer, 10 points, 15 seconds total)
“The accepted interpretation of constitutional law that, ‘no state will discriminate against the
citizens of another state in favor of its own citizens’, is from what lawsuits?”
THE SLAUGHTERHOUSE CASES
(496) MATH
Toss-up
“There are two types of geometry. One is plane geometry. What is the other?”
SOLID GEOMETRY
*12-point Bonus (3 answers, 4 points each, 15 seconds total)
“Which three of the following figures are solid figures?”
→
(SHOW CARD)
A. Circle
B. Sphere
C. Square
D. Cylinder
E. Pyramid
F. Rectangle
B. SPHERE
D. CYLINDER
E. PYRAMID
RSC 2010
- 248 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(497) ENGLISH
Toss-up
“Impromptu and extemporaneous speaking are considered to be somewhat similar, but one
has had thorough preparation and practice. Which one is that?”
EXTEMPORANEOUS
*10-point Bonus (2 answers, 5 points each, 15 seconds total)
“Of the five purposes of a speech, two are: to stimulate and to cause to act. Give two of the
other three.”
TO INFORM
TO CONVINCE
TO ENTERTAIN (any two in any order)
(498) SOCIAL STUDIES
Toss-up
“Which part of the United Nations includes all members?”
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
*12-point Bonus (2 answers, 6 points, 15 seconds total)
“A nation’s admission to membership in the U.N. must be recommended by the
____________ and be approved by two-thirds vote in the ____________ ”
SECURITY COUNCIL
GENERAL ASSEMBLY
RSC 2010
- 249 -
PACE Bowl Competition
(499) SCIENCE
Toss-up
“Continuous, emission, and absorption are the three different types of ____________ used by
physicists.”
SPECTRA
*16-point Bonus (4 answers, 4 points each, 15 seconds total)
“Name four of the six simple machines.”
LEVER
INCLINED PLANE
WHEEL AND AXLE
PULLEY
WEDGE
SCREW (any four in any order)
(500) ELECTVIES
Toss-up
“What did Jesus do that finally caused Mary Magdalene to recognize Him?”
HE SAID HER NAME
*12-point Bonus (2 answers, 6 points each, 15 seconds total)
“After seeing the risen Jesus, Thomas addressed Him by two phrases. What were those two
phrases?”
“MY LORD”
“MY GOD”
RSC 2010
- 250 -