2010
PAGE Academic Bowl
for Middle Grades
Complete Questions
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2010
PAGE Academic Bowl
for Middle Grades
Regional Questions
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2010 PAGE Academic Bowl for Middle Grades
Regionals Pronunciation Guide
Game #
1
Ques.#
3-T
3-B
4-B
8-T
9-B
2
3-T
3-B
6-B
7-T
7-B
8-B
9-B
Pronunciation
Cenozoic (sen uh ZO ick)
Mesozoic (mezz uh ZO ick)
epochs (EPP ucks, or EE pahks)
Altamaha (ALL tuh muh hah)
gametes (gam EETS)
Terabithia (tair uh BITH ee uh)
Suriname (SOOR ih nahm)
Liechtenstein (LICK ten styne)
Myanmar (MYAHN mahr)
personification (pur SAHN ih fuh KAY shun)
fluorine (FLORE een)
electrolyte (ee LECK tro light)
monotheism (MAHN ohth EE izzum)
minaret (MINN ur rett)
organelles (OR gun elz)
chlorophyll (KLOR oh fill)
mitochondria (my tuh KAHN dree uh)
ribosomes (RYE bo soamz)
vacuolues (VACK you ohlz)
chloroplasts (KLOR oh plasts)
3
1-B
6-T
8-T
10-B
Galapagos (guh LAHP uh gohss)
peripherals (per RIFF ur ulz)
Montpelier (MAHNT PEEL yur)
Roald Dahl (RO ALL DALL, or RO uld DAHL)
4
6-B
9-T
9-B
albinism (AL byne izzum)
Monaco (MAHN uh ko)
Botswana (baht SWAHN uh)
Bhutan (BOO tan)
nucleotides (NEW klee oh tides)
Tolkien’s (TOLL kee enz)
10-T
TB-1
5
2-B
3-T
9-B
10-B
TB-2
6
1-T
2-B
5-B
9-B
virga (VUR guh)
Federer (FED ur rur)
angiosperms (ANN jee oh spermz)
gymnosperms (JEM no spermz)
Orinoco (ore ih NO ko)
Somali (so MAHL ee)
Tigris (TYE griss)
Euphrates (you FRAY teez)
meteorology (meet ee ur AHL uh jee)
Sahel (suh HAIL, or suh HEEL)
scalene (SKAY leen)
Milne (MILN)
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Game #
7
Ques.#
1-T
1-B
3-B
4-B
8-T
10-B
TB-2
Pronunciation
catastrophic (cat us TRAH fick)
caldera (call DARE uh)
Medina (muh DEEN uh)
viola (vee OH luh)
Baum (BAWM, or BAHM)
hemophilia (HEE mo FEEL ee uh)
physiographic (FIZZ ee oh GRAFF ick)
8
2-B
4-B
commish (kuh MISH)
dioxidane (dye AHKS ih dain)
nitrous (NIGH truss)
hydroxide (high DROX side)
nitride (NIGH tried)
caustic (KAW stick)
Minoan (minn OH un)
Constantinople (kahn stan tih NO pl)
Pompeii (PAHM PAY)
Terabithia (tair uh BITH ee uh)
Omsk (AHMSK)
Bolgograd (BAHL go grad)
Kirkuk (kur KUKE)
Fallujah (fuh LOO juh)
Mosul (MO sul, or mo SOOL)
Nantes (NANTS)
Marseille (MAHR SAY)
Nice (NEESE)
Guadalajara (GWAH duh luh HAHR uh)
Chihuahua (chee WAH wuh)
hominids (HAHM ih niddz)
Neanderthals (nee ANN dur tahlz)
Cro-Magnon (kro MAG nun, or kro MAN yun)
5-T
5-B
6-B
8-T
8-B
10-B
9
1-T
1-B
6-B
8-T
8-B
TB-1
10
2-B
4-T
7-B
pampas (PAHM puzz)
Pyrenees (PEER uh neez)
Himalayas (HIM uh LAY uz, or hih MAHL yuz)
Tanzania (tan zuh NEE uh)
opaque (oh PAYK)
taxonomy (tacks AHN uh me)
binomial nomenclature (by NO mee ul no men KLAY chur)
Beirut (bay ROOT)
Zambezi (zam BEEZ ee)
Zimbabwe (zim BAHB way)
Zambia (ZAM bee uh)
Volga (VAHL guh)
analog (ANN uh lahg)
proprietary (pro PRY uh tair ee)
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Game #
11
Ques.#
2-B
4-B
5-T
6-T
7-T
7-B
TB-1
1-T
1-B
3-T
3-B
6-B
8-T
TB-2
2-T
3-T
4-B
7-B
Pronunciation
Toltec (TOLL teck)
cumulus (KYOOM you luss)
cirrus (SEAR us)
Lavoisier’s (lah vwah ZYAYZ)
Br’er (BRAIR)
Escherichia coli (esh uh RICK ee uh COLE eye)
salmonella (sal muh NELL uh)
botulism, botulin (BAHT you lizzum, BAHT you linn)
Zaragoza (ZAIR uh GO zuh)
Recife (ray SEE fay)
Sao Paulo (SOW [rhymes with cow] POW lo)
Agra (AGG ruh)
Bangalore (BANG uh lore)
Mumbai (MUM bye)
collage (ko LODGE)
calligraphy (kuh LIGG ruh fee)
origami (ore ih GAHM ee)
Toccoa (tuh KO uh)
Silverstein (SILL vur steen)
aerosol (AIR uh sahl)
chlorofluorocarbon (KLOR oh FLOR oh KAR bun)
alliteration (uh LIT ur A shun)
effigy (EFF ih jee)
Ural (YOUR ul)
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Game 1
1.
Tossup (10)
PAGE – 2010
Regionals
Q. What is the sum of 259 and 368?
A. 627
Bonus (20)
Q. 1. What is the product of 29 and 36?
2. What is the quotient when 918 is divided by 54?
A. 1. 1,044
2. 17
2.
Tossup (10)
Q. Spell the past participle of the verb fly.
A. f l o w n
Bonus (20)
Q. Spell the past participle of each of the following verbs:
1. sing
2. bring
3. arise
4. hit
A. 1.
2.
3.
4.
3. Tossup (10)
sung
brought
arisen
hit
Q. What is the most recent era on the geologic time scale?
A. Cenozoic (sen uh ZO ick)
Bonus (20)
Q. 1. The Jurassic Period is part of which era?
2. Eons are divided into eras and eras into periods. Into what are periods
divided?
A. 1. Mesozoic (mezz uh ZO ick)
2. epochs (EPP ucks, or EE pahks)
4.
Tossup (10)
Q. When the state of Georgia was chartered, it was England’s only colony in
America to be governed by what kind of group?
A. trustees
Bonus (20)
Q. When Georgia was chartered what river served as Georgia’s . . .
1. . . . northern boundary?
2. . . . southern boundary?
A. 1. Savannah River
2. Altahama (ALL tuh muh hah) River
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5.
Tossup (10)
Q. Which state does Saxby Chambliss represent in the U.S.
Senate?
A. Georgia
Bonus (20)
Q. U.S. Senators are frequently in the news. Which state does each of the
following represent?
1. Joseph Lieberman
2. John McCain
3. Arlen Specter
4. Lindsey Graham
A. 1.
2.
3.
4.
Connecticut
Arizona
Pennsylvania
South Carolina
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6.
Tossup (10)
Q. What result will a common calculator like a TI-73 give following these key
presses: 13 + 7 x 10 enter? (Read: “thirteen plus seven times ten enter.”)
A. 83
Bonus (20)
Q. What result will be obtained from these key presses?
1. open parenthesis, eight, plus, two, close parenthesis, squared, enter
2. six, divided by, open parenthesis, five, minus, three, minus, two, close
parenthesis, enter
A. 1. 100
2. divide by zero error (or just “error” is acceptable)
7.
Tossup (10)
Q. The length of a rectangle is four x and its width is three x. If the perimeter of
the rectangle is 28, what is its width?
A. 6
Bonus (20)
Q. 1. A rectangle has a length of ten and a width of eight. What is the height of a
right triangle with base of four if it has the same area as the rectangle?
2. If the area of a square is one-sixteenth square units, what is the length of a
side of the square?
A. 1. 40 (units)
2. 1/4 (units)
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8.
Tossup (10)
Q. What is the combination of two sets of genes and two gametes (gam EETS)
forming a fertilized egg?
A. zygote
Bonus (20)
Q. What are the two types of reproduction?
1. One type is when the male and female both contribute genetic material.
2. The other type results from the copying of genetic material of a single
individual.
A. 1. sexual
2. asexual
9.
Tossup (10)
Q. The novel entitled The Outsiders is popular with young people. Who wrote this
novel?
A. (S. E.) Hinton
Bonus (20)
Q. Identify the authors of these other novels that are popular among young people:
1. Are You There, God? It’s Me, Margaret
2. To Kill a Mockingbird
3. The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
4. Bridge to Terabithia (tair uh BITH ee uh)
A. 1.
2.
3.
4.
10.
Tossup (10)
(Judy) Blume
(Harper) Lee
(Barbara) Robinson
(Katherine) Paterson
Q. Using north, south, east, or west, in which direction would you go if you go the
shortest distance from the Philippines to Vietnam?
A. west
Bonus (20)
Q. Using north, south, east, or west, in which direction would you go if you go the
shortest distance from . . .
1. . . . Algeria to Egypt?
2. . . . Germany to Italy?
3. . . . Bolivia to Venezuela?
4. . . . Panama to Cuba?
A. 1.
2.
3.
4.
east
south
north
north
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TIE-BREAKERS
1.
Tossup (10)
Q. 5 meters equals how many millimeters?
A. 5,000
2.
Tossup (10)
Q. What is the total value of all goods and services that a country produces? It is
abbreviated GNP.
A. gross national product
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Game 2
1.
Tossup (10)
PAGE – 2010
Regionals
Q. What word, beginning with the letter C, refers to the most frequently used
punctuation mark in English?
A. comma
Bonus (20)
Q. What words, beginning with the letter A, are indicated by each of the following:
1. the word a, an, or the
2. a word that can modify a verb, an adjective, or an entire sentence
3. the intended readers of a piece of writing
4. the word to which a pronoun refers
A. 1.
2.
3.
4.
2.
Tossup (10)
article
adverb
audience
antecedent
Q. Dennis buys 5 lbs of bananas at 69 cents per lb. How much does he pay before
taxes?
A. $3.45
Bonus (20)
Q. Before the school prom, Dennis takes his date to a nice restaurant. His meal
costs $12.25 and his date’s meal cost $11.50. He leaves a 15% tip before tax
and pays 5% sales tax. If he entered the restaurant with two 20-dollar bills, how
much money did he leave with?
A. $11.50
3.
Tossup (10)
Q. On which continent is Suriname (SOOR ih nahm)?
A. South America
Bonus (20)
Q. On which continent is each of the following countries?
1. Mauritania (maw rih TAYN ee uh)
2. Liechtenstein (LICK ten styne)
3. Myanmar (MYAHN mahr)
4. Honduras
A. 1.
2.
3.
4.
Africa
Europe
Asia
North America
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4.
Tossup (10)
Q. What is the chemical symbol for the long-sought-after element gold.
A. Au
Bonus (20)
Q. What are the elements represented by these symbols
1. Hg
2. Pb
3. Ag
4. Fe
A. 1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Tossup (10)
mercury
lead
silver
iron
Q. What is the usual term for an illustrative organization of color hues around a
circle, showing relationships among colors that are considered to be primary
colors, secondary colors, complementary colors, etc.?
A. color wheel
Bonus (20)
Q. The following questions refer to pigmented colors:
1. Contrasting colors that lie opposite each other on the color wheel are called
what?
2. The colors red, blue, and yellow are called what kind of colors?
3. On the color wheel we would find orange between what two colors?
4. What color would we find between blue and yellow?
A. 1.
2.
3.
4.
complementary colors
primary colors
red and yellow (both words required)
green
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6.
Tossup (10)
Q. Identify the kind of figure of speech illustrated by this sentence: It was as hot as
a welder’s torch when I stepped outside this morning.
A. simile
Bonus (20)
Q. Identify the kinds of figures of speech illustrated by each of the following
sentences:
1. The model’s teeth are pearls.
2. The clock on the wall winked at me when I looked at it.
3. The wind last night knocked down a million pine cones into my yard.
4. My little dog is like my shadow.
A. 1.
2.
3.
4.
metaphor
personification (pur SAHN ih fuh KAY shun)
hyperbole (also accept exaggeration)
simile
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7.
Tossup (10)
Q. What is the dietary element found in fish, tea, and some drinking water that aids
in the formation of strong, decay-resistant teeth?
A. fluorine (FLORE een)
Bonus (20)
Q. What is the dietary element found in appreciable amounts …
1. … in liver, molasses, green vegetables and raisins and is essential in the
formation of healthy blood cells?
2. … in potatoes, bananas, apricots, and raisins and is an extremely important
electrolyte (ee LECK tro light)? It helps maintain proper muscle and cell
function, energy production, and kidney and renal function.
A. 1. iron
2. potassium
8.
Tossup (10)
Q. What word, beginning with the letter M, refers to a man who has joined a
religious order and who devotes his life to his religion?
A. monk
Bonus (20)
Q. What word, beginning with the letter M, refers to each of the following?
1. building or buildings where monks live together
2. a person who tries to spread his or her religion
3. the belief in only one God
4. a tall, slender tower, with a balcony, on a mosque
A. 1.
2.
3.
4.
9.
Tossup (10)
monastery
missionary
monotheism (MAHN ohth EE izzum)
minaret (MINN ur rett)
Q. Which part of a living cell governs its behavior and controls cell reproduction?
A. nucleus
Bonus (20)
Q. Which organelles (OR gun elz) of a cell …
1. … are the powerhouse of the cell? They release energy.
2. … are the protein factories of the cell?
3. … are the fluid-filled sacs that store water, food, and wastes?
4. … contain the chlorophyll (KLOR oh fill) in plant cells?
A. 1.
2.
3.
4.
mitochondria (my tuh KAHN dree uh)
ribosomes (RYE bo soamz)
vacuoles (VACK you ohlz)
chloroplasts (KLOR oh plasts)
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10.
Tossup (10)
Q. Ten raised to the sixth power times ten raised to the fifth power equals ten raised
to what power?
A. eleventh
Bonus (20)
Q. 1. x raised to the fourth power divided by x raised to the negative two power
equals x raised to what power?
2. What is the result when you square the cube root of x raised to the sixth
power?
A. 1. sixth
2. x raised to the fourth power (x4)
TIE-BREAKERS
1.
Tossup (10)
Q. Spell spaghetti.
A. s p a g h e t t i
2.
Tossup (10)
Q. What is the base in the algebraic expression of six raised to the third power?
A. 6
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Game 3
1.
Tossup (10)
PAGE – 2010
Regionals
Q. Greenland is a possession of which country?
A. Denmark
Bonus (20)
Q. Of what country is each of the following a possession?
1. Puerto Rico
2. Corsica
3. Sardinia
4. Galapagos (guh LAHP uh gohss)
A. 1.
2.
3.
4.
2.
Tossup (10)
United States
France
Italy
Ecuador
Q. What is the term that meteorologists use for the amount of water vapor present
in our atmosphere?
A. humidity
Bonus (20)
Q. 1. As the temperature of air increases, is it able to hold more water vapor, less
water vapor, or the same amount regardless of temperature?
2. What is the term that meteorologists use to refer to the temperature at which
air is saturated and condensation forms?
A. 1. more
2. dew point
3.
Tossup (10)
Q. “NCAA denies appeal by Sampson” was a recent newspaper headline. For what
does NCAA stand?
A. National Collegiate Athletic Association
Bonus (20)
Q. Answer these questions about recent headlines.
1. For what does GOP stand in this headline: “Possible GOP candidates weigh
Sanford fallout.”
2. For what does CEO stand in this headline: “Apple CEO Steve Jobs back at
work.”
A. 1. Grand Old Party (Republican Party)
2. Chief Executive Officer
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4.
Tossup (10)
Q. Which case of nouns and pronouns indicates ownership?
A. possessive case
Bonus (20)
Q. Give the possessive case form of each of the following personal pronouns:
1. we
2. she
3. I
4. you
A. 1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Tossup (10)
our, or ours
her, or hers
my, or mine
your, or yours
Q. What is the greatest common factor of 24 and 60?
A. 12
Bonus (20)
Q. What is the greatest common factor of eighteen x cubed y squared and twenty
eight x squared y cubed?
A. two x squared y squared
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6.
Tossup (10)
Q. What do we call computer peripherals (per RIFF ur ulz) that produce characters
and images on paper?
A. printer
Bonus (20)
Q. Which type of printer …
1. … sprays ink onto the paper?
2. … fuses toner onto the paper with heat?
A. 1. inkjet
2. laser
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7.
Tossup (10)
Q. Which organ system of the human body is made up of a network of blood
vessels, blood, and the heart?
A. circulatory (system)
Bonus (20)
Q. There are 9 other organ systems in the human body, including the endocrine,
skin, reproductive, and excretory systems. Of the remaining 5, name any four.
A. 1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
8.
Tossup (10)
skeletal (ANY FOUR for 5 points each)
muscular
nervous
digestive
respiratory
Q. What state capital is known as the Capital City of the Green Mountain State?
A. Montpelier (MAHNT PEEL yur) (Vermont)
Bonus (20)
Q. What state capital is known as each of the following?
1. Capital of Soonerland
2. Crossroads of the Pacific
3. Home of the U.S. Naval Academy
4. Heart of the Commonwealth
A. 1.
1.
2.
3.
9.
Tossup (10)
Oklahoma City (Oklahoma)
Honolulu (Hawaii)
Annapolis (Maryland)
Harrisburg (Pennsylvania)
Q. There are 22 students in your mathematics class. If your teacher randomly
chooses one student in your class to answer a question what is the probability
that it will be you?
A. 1/22
Bonus (20)
Q. The letters in the word Georgia are put in a box and one letter is randomly
removed. What is the probability that it will be . . .
1. . . . a g?
2. . . . a consonant?
3. . . . a vowel?
4. . . . an r?
A. 1.
2.
3.
4.
2/7
3/7
4/7
1/7
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10.
Tossup (10)
Q. Who wrote the books entitled Then Again, Maybe I Won’t; It’s Not the End of
the World; and Deenie?
A. (Judy) Blume
Bonus (20)
Q. Identify the authors of each of these sets of books:
1. The Phantom Tollbooth; and The Dot and the Line
2. Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry; Let the Circle Be Unbroken; and Mississippi
Bridge
3. The BFG; Matilda; and Witches
4. Little House in the Big Woods; and Little House on the Prairie
A. 1.
2.
3.
4.
(Norton) Juster
(Mildred) Taylor
(Roald) Dahl ([RO ALL] DALL or [RO uld] DAHL)
(Laura Ingalls) Wilder
TIE-BREAKERS
1.
Tossup (10)
Q. A literary work in which a story is told through action rather than through
narration is called a what?
A. drama (also accept play)
2.
Tossup (10)
Q. What is the coefficient of five x squared?
A. 5
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Game 4
1.
Tossup (10)
PAGE – 2010
Regionals
Q. Identify the subject of the following sentence: In the month of July there were
only two days when the temperature dipped below a high of 90 degrees.
A. days
Bonus (20)
Q. Identify the subject of each of the following sentences:
1. Please be sure to fill in all of the blanks on this form.
2. Thirty of our students are members of musical organizations.
3. After having been away for a week, our supervisor returned in a good mood.
4. Tell me about your desire to live in Montana.
A. 1.
2.
3.
4.
2.
Tossup (10)
you
Thirty
supervisor
you
Q. What is the term from physical science that refers to the force that opposes
sliding between two touching objects?
A. friction
Bonus (20)
Q. 1. What is the force that attracts a body to any other body having mass?
2. What is the difference in potential that produces an electric current? It is
abbreviated EMF.
A. 1. gravity
2. electromotive force
3.
Tossup (10)
Q. Marietta is the county seat of which Georgia county?
A. Cobb
Bonus (20)
Q. Of which Georgia county is each of the following the county seat?
1. Statesboro
2. Rome
3. Thomasville
4. Douglasville
A. 1.
2.
3.
4.
Bulloch
Floyd
Thomas
Douglas
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4.
Tossup (10)
Q. What is the term for the circle of light that surrounds the head of a saint in
Christian art?
A. halo
Bonus (20)
Q. Give the formal art terms for each of the following:
1. a full-scale preparatory drawing for a painting. This term, which comes from
an Italian word, may remind you of Mickey Mouse.
2. the substance, whether mineral, vegetable, or synthetic, that is the coloring
agent for all media
3. a hemispherical vault, or cupola, supported by a circular wall
4. the front exterior of a building
A. 1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Tossup (10)
cartoon
pigment
dome
facade (fuh SAHD)
Q. How many prime numbers are less than 10?
A. 4
Bonus (20)
Q. All or nothing. The sum of what three prime numbers is 26?
A. There are three correct answers. Accept
. . . 2, 11, 13
or . . . 2, 5, 19
or . . . 2, 7, 17
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6.
Tossup (10)
Q. What is the disease related to a recessive gene that causes most of the red-blood
cells in the human body to stiffen and take an odd shape? This disease is more
common among Mediterranean groups and among African Americans.
A. sickle-cell anemia
Bonus (20) Q. 1. Which genetic disorder is characterized by the body’s inability to produce
pigment in body organs, resulting in light skin, hair, and eye color?
2. What is a very common genetic disease related to dominant genes and is
characterized by progressive loss of muscle control and mental abilities?
With it a person slowly loses the ability to walk, think, talk, and reason. Its
abbreviation is HD.
A. 1. albinism (AL byne izzum)
2. Huntington’s Disease
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7.
Tossup (10)
Q. What kind of number can be modeled as an array of dots that form equilateral
triangles evenly filled with dots?
A. triangular numbers
Bonus (20)
Q. Which four of the following are triangular numbers: 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 10, 12, 15?
A. 3
6
10
15
8.
Tossup (10)
Q. What is the literary term for an interruption of the action of a story to tell about
something that happened earlier in time?
A. flashback
Bonus (20)
Q. Identify the literary terms that are defined as follows:
1. the moment of greatest excitement, interest, or tension before the resolution
of a play or narrative
2. the sequence of events in a narrative
3. the people about whom a narrative or drama revolves
4. a hint or suggestion of some future event or outcome
A. 1.
2.
3.
4.
9.
Tossup (10)
climax
plot
characters
foreshadowing
Q. What European country is abbreviated MON?
A. Monaco (MAHN uh ko)
Bonus (20)
Q. 1.
2.
3.
4.
What African country is abbreviated BOTS?
What Asian country is abbreviated AFG?
What Asian country is abbreviated BHU?
What European country is abbreviated ALB?
A. 1.
2.
3.
4.
Botswana (baht SWAHN uh)
Afghanistan
Bhutan (BOO tan)
Albania
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10.
Tossup (10)
Q. What is a distinct sequence of nucleotides (NEW klee oh tides) that form part of
a chromosome? It is the unit of heredity that is transferred to offspring and
determines some characteristic of the offspring.
A. gene
Bonus (20)
Q. 1. What is the general term for the passing of traits from parents to offspring?
2. What is the general study of the passing of traits?
A. 1. heredity
2. genetics
TIE-BREAKERS
1.
Tossup (10)
Q. Tolkien’s (TOLL kee enz) The Lord of the Rings was preceded by a novel
entitled The Hobbit. What is the name of the central character in The Hobbit?
A. Bilbo Baggins (both names essential)
2.
Tossup (10)
Q. What city is the holy city for Christians, Jews, and Moslems?
A. Jerusalem (Israel)
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Game 5
1.
Tossup (10)
PAGE – 2010
Regionals
Q. What is Georgia’s state tree?
A. Live Oak
Bonus (20)
Q. What is Georgia’s state . . .
1. . . . fruit?
2. . . . flower?
3. . . . game bird?
4. . . . insect?
A. 1.
2.
3.
4.
2.
Tossup (10)
peach
Cherokee Rose
bobwhite quail (quail)
honeybee
Q. What is the term that meteorologists use for water in various forms falling from
clouds?
A. precipitation (NOT rain)
Bonus (20)
Q. 1. What is the term for falling rain that evaporates before it reaches the ground?
2. What is the form of precipitation characterized by rain falling through
freezing air near the surface that freezes into ice pellets?
A. 1. virga (VUR guh)
2. sleet (NOT hail, NOT freezing rain)
3.
Tossup (10)
Q. Roger Federer (FED ur rur) is an outstanding tennis player. From what country
is he?
A. Switzerland
Bonus (20)
Q. With which sport is each of the following most closely associated?
1. Blake Griffin
2. Clint Dempsey
3. Alex Rodriguez
4. Matthew Stafford
A. 1.
2.
3.
4.
basketball
soccer
baseball
football
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4.
Tossup (10)
Q. If 123 is written in scientific notational form, to what power is the 10 raised?
A. 2
Bonus (20)
Q. 1. What is the fifth root of the product of 32 and 10 raised to the tenth power?
2. What is the cube root of the square root of 64?
A. 1. 200 (or two times ten raised to the second power)
2. 2
5.
Tossup (10)
Q. Identify the object of a preposition in the following sentence: The sweaters lying
along the table’s edge look handmade.
A. edge
Bonus (20)
Q. Identify the four objects of prepositions in the following sentence: All through
the evening, Betsy insisted on talking with her boyfriend behind a decorative
screen.
A. 1.
2.
3.
4.
evening
talking
boyfriend
screen
At this point, ask that the score be given and give coaches the opportunity to make substitutions.
6.
Tossup (10)
Q. Which type of computer software is Corel’s WordPerfect?
A. word processing
Bonus (20)
Q. Which type of computer software is Microsoft’s …
1. … Excel?
2. … PowerPoint?
A. 1. spreadsheet (bookkeeping ledger sheet, worksheet)
2. presentation (annotated slideshow with pictures and/or sound)
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7.
Tossup (10)
Q. What is Sherlock Holmes’s profession?
A. He is a (consulting) detective.
Bonus (20)
8.
Tossup (10)
Q. 1.
2.
3.
4.
Who created Sherlock Holmes?
In what city does Holmes live?
On what street in that city does Holmes occupy living quarters?
What is the name of Holmes’s associate and chronicler?
A. 1.
2.
3.
4.
(Sir Arthur Conan) Doyle
London (England)
Baker Street
(Dr. John) Watson
Q. Which one of the following numbers is composite: 101, 111, or 113?
A. 111
Bonus (20)
Q. Answer these questions about the composite numbers 57, 64, 66, and 70. The
sum of the prime factors of which one of these numbers is . . .
1. . . . the largest?
2. . . . the smallest?
A. 1. 57
2. 64
9.
Tossup (10)
Q. What is the type of plant that has the ability to transport water throughout the
plant? Plants with this ability can survive in places that are away from a
constant water source.
A. vascular
Bonus (20)
Q. Which type of plant …
1. … produces seeds enclosed in a fruit or pod, like an orange tree?
2. … produces naked seeds that are not enclosed, like a pine tree?
A. 1. angiosperms (ANN jee oh spermz)
2. gymnosperms (JEM no spermz)
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10.
Tossup (10)
Q. On which continent is the Indus River?
A. Asia
Bonus (20)
Q. On which continent is each of the following?
1. Orinoco (ore ih NO ko) River
2. Yukon River
3. Somali (so MAHL ee) Peninsula
4. Cape York Peninsula
A. 1.
2.
3.
4.
South America
North America
Africa
Australia
TIE-BREAKERS
1.
Tossup (10)
Q. If any two interior points of a polygon can be connected with a line segment that
lies completely within the polygon, the polygon is said to be of what basic type?
A. convex
2.
Tossup (10)
Q. Name either of the two rivers that join to form the Shatt-al-Arab River?
A. Tigris (TYE griss) or Euphrates (you FRAY teez)
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Game 6
1.
Tossup (10)
PAGE – 2010
Regionals
Q. Which branch of science is involved specifically with the study of the
atmosphere, weather, and with their forecasting?
A. meteorology (meet ee ur AHL uh jee)
Bonus (20)
Q. 1. What is a method or procedure consisting of systematic observation,
measurement, and experimentation; and the formulation, testing, and
modification of an educated guess?
2. What is the term for a reasonable and educated guess as to the possible
answer to a theory that you might have about how things behave or interact?
A. 1. Scientific Method
2. hypothesis
2.
Tossup (10)
Q. What word, beginning with the letter N, refers to a person with no fixed
residence who moves from place to place?
A. nomad
Bonus (20)
Q. What geographical term, beginning with the letter S, refers to each of the
following?
1. land covered with coarse grass and, sometimes, scattered bushes and trees
2. the semi-desert area in Africa which lies south of the Sahara and has severe
drought
A. 1. savannah
2. Sahel (suh HAIL or suh HEEL)
3.
Tossup (10)
Q. Of the four principal parts of a verb, which one always ends in -ing?
A. present participle
Bonus (20)
Q. Give the correct form of the indicated verb for each of the following sentences:
1. (find) Yesterday I (find) a better route from my house to the post office.
2. (read) When I get home from school, my grandmother is always (read) a
book.
3. (shake) I have (shake) the cherry tree several times, but I don’t think there
are any more cherries on it.
4. (sing) When I arrived at the auditorium, Jason had already (sing) his solo.
A. 1. found
2. reading
3. shaken
4. sung
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4.
Tossup (10)
Q. “Car owners live to regret DIY repairs” was a recent newspaper headline. For
what does DIY stand?
A. Do It Yourself
Bonus (20)
Q. Answer these questions about recent headlines.
1. For what does A.G. stand in this headline: “State AG candidates disclose
campaign contributions.”
2. For what does JFK stand in this headline: “Turtles delay flights at JFK
airport.”
A. 1. Attorney General
2. John Fitzgerald Kennedy
5.
Tossup (10)
Q. What is a polygon with three sides?
A. triangle
Bonus (20)
Q. What kind of. . .
1. . . . triangle has no congruent sides?
2. . . . triangles have the same shape but may not have the same size?
A. 1. scalene (SKAY leen)
2. similar triangles
At this point, ask that the score be given and give coaches the opportunity to make substitutions.
6.
Tossup (10)
Q. What canyon in southwest Georgia is known as Georgia’s Little Grand Canyon?
A. Providence
Bonus (20)
Q. Answer these questions about Georgia.
1. What is the name of Georgia’s highest point?
2. What is the name of the largest exposed piece of granite in the world?
A. 1. Brasstown Bald
2. Stone Mountain
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7.
Tossup (10)
Q. Which dietary mineral is found in seafood, seaweed, and treated table salt, and
controls normal functioning of the thyroid gland?
A. iodine
Bonus (20)
Q. 1. Which important vitamin can be manufactured by the body just by exposing
oneself to the sun?
2. Which important vitamin is found in almonds, peanuts, spinach, and
sunflower seeds and it is a fat-soluble antioxidant that is purported to ward
off some forms of cancer.
A. 1. Vitamin D
2. Vitamin E
8.
Tossup (10)
Q. What is the radius of a circle whose diameter is eleven-fifths?
A. eleven-tenths (one and one-tenth)
Bonus (20)
Q. Using 3.14 as an approximation for pi, what is . . .
1. . . . the circumference of a circle whose diameter is 10?
2. . . . the area of a circle whose diameter is 10?
A. 1. 31.4 (units)
2. 78.5 (square units)
9.
Tossup (10)
Q. What is the name of the little boy whose bear is Winnie-the-Pooh?
A. Christopher Robin
Bonus (20)
Q. 1. What is the name of the forest in which Christopher Robin and his friends
live?
2. What is the name of the donkey?
3. What is the name of the tiger?
4. Who wrote the books about these characters?
A. 1.
2.
3.
4.
the Hundred Acre Wood
Eeyore
Tigger
(A. A.) Milne (MILN)
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10.
Tossup (10)
Q. Which kingdom of living organisms contains mushrooms, yeasts, and bread
mold?
A. fungi (FUHN gee or FUHN guy)
Bonus (20)
Q. 1. What is the classification of a scientist who studies fungi?
2. What are the branching threadlike parts of the many-celled fungi? They are
root-like in appearance and they help a fungus obtain nutrients.
A. 1. Mycologist (my KAHL uh jihst)
2. hyphae (HY fee)
TIE-BREAKERS
1.
Tossup (10)
Q. What is the international organization, meant to replace the failed League of
Nations, that was created in April of 1945?
A. United Nations
2.
Tossup (10)
Q. What is the numerical value of four factorial?
A. 24
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Game 7
1.
Tossup (10)
PAGE – 2010
Regionals
Q. The early 1980’s were unusually cold in the United States. This has been at
least partially blamed on a geologic event that occurred in Washington State in
May of 1980. What was this catastrophic (cat us TRAH fick) event?
A. a volcanic eruption (Mt. St. Helens)
Bonus (20)
Q. 1. What is the red-hot molten rock that flows from a volcano?
2. What is hot molten rock beneath a volcano?
3. What is the large crater in the center of a volcano following the collapse of its
mouth?
4. What is the geometric shape of most volcanic mountains?
A. 1.
2.
3.
4.
2.
Tossup (10)
lava
magma
caldera (call DARE uh)
cone (conical)
Q. If x is to 3 as quantity x plus one is to 4, what is x?
A. 3
Bonus (20)
Q. Joe bought 3 hamburgers and 1 order of French fries for $4.20. Bill bought 4
hamburgers and 2 orders of French fries for $6.10. How much will it cost Mary
to buy 1 hamburger and 1 order of French fries?
A. $1.90
3.
Tossup (10)
Q. In which country is Hamburg a major city?
A. Germany
Bonus (20)
Q. In which country is each of the following a major city?
1. Perth
2. Monterrey
3. Medina (muh DEEN uh)
4. Florence
A. 1.
2.
3.
4.
Australia
Mexico
Saudi Arabia
Italy
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4.
Tossup (10)
Q. What instrument popular in jazz bands combines elements of both brass and
woodwind instruments?
A. saxophone
Bonus (20)
Q. Identify each of the following instruments as string, brass, woodwind, or
percussion:
1. tuba
2. recorder
3. woodblock
4. viola (vee OH luh)
A. 1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Tossup (10)
brass
woodwind
percussion
string
Q. Spell the plural form of the noun radius.
A. r a d i i
Bonus (20)
Q. Tell whether each of the following nouns is a singular noun only (with no plural
form), the plural form of a singular noun, or a plural noun only (with no singular
form):
1. britches
2. merchandise
3. cattle
4. media
A. 1.
2.
3.
4.
a plural form only
a singular form only
a plural form only
the plural form of a singular noun
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6.
Tossup (10)
Q. What is a URL, or Uniform Resource Locator?
A. location of a website (or a web address)
Bonus (20)
Q. For what do these computer abbreviations stand?
1. www
2. http
3. lan
4. the “s” in https
A. 1.
2.
3.
4.
World Wide Web
hypertext transfer protocol
local area network
secure
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7.
Tossup (10)
Q. The formula, pi radius squared times height, measures the volume of what?
A. cylinder (also accept right circular cylinder)
Bonus (20)
Q. 1. If a cylinder has a volume of 48 pi cubic units and has a height of 3 units,
what is the radius of the base of the cylinder?
2. The base of a cylinder has a diameter of 10 units and its height is 4 units.
How many cubic units is its volume?
A. 1. 4 (units)
2. 100 pi
8.
Tossup (10)
Q. Many teachers agree that the novel entitled The Wizard of Oz is a
good book for children of all ages. Who wrote this fantasy novel?
A. (L. Frank) Baum (BAWM or BAHM)
Bonus (20)
Q. Answer these questions about The Wizard of Oz—the book, not the movie:
1. With whom does Dorothy live?
2. Her house falls on and kills whom?
3. At the Emerald City, the Guardian of the Gate requires Dorothy and her
friends to put on what?
4. What is the name of the Good Witch of the South?
A. 1.
2.
3.
4.
9.
Tossup (10)
her Uncle Henry and Aunt Em (also accept either of these or aunt and uncle)
The Wicked Witch of the East
green spectacles (also accept green glasses)
Glinda
Q. Augusta is the county seat of which Georgia county?
A. Richmond
Bonus (20)
Q. Of which Georgia county is each of the following the county seat?
1. Brunswick
2. Calhoun
3. Conyers
4. Gainesville
A. 1.
2.
3.
4.
Glynn
Gordon
Rockdale
Hall
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10.
Tossup (10)
Q. In human reproduction is the child’s sex or gender determined by the father, the
mother, or equally by the father and the mother?
A. the father
Bonus (20)
Q. 1. Red-green color-blindness is a sex-linked trait. Which sex is the carrier and
which sex is the most likely victim?
2. What is the sex-linked trait or disease which is characterized by the blood’s
severely reduced ability to clot, causing excessive bleeding from the smallest
of cuts?
A. 1. female / male
2. hemophilia (HEE mo FEEL ee uh)
TIE-BREAKERS
1.
Tossup (10)
Q. “Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary” and “Ride a Cock Horse” originally appeared in
a collection of verse attributed to whom?
A. Mother Goose
2.
Tossup (10)
Q. Georgia has five physiographic (FIZZ ee oh GRAFF ick) regions: Plateau,
Ridge and Valley, Blue Ridge, Piedmont, and Coastal Plain. Which one of the
five is the largest?
A. Coastal Plain
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Game 8
1.
Tossup (10)
PAGE – 2010
Regionals
Q. Identify the object of the verb in the following sentence: President Obama on
Tuesday announced a sweeping new plan for revamping the educational system
of our nation.
A. plan
Bonus (20)
Q. Identify the object of the verb in each of the following sentences:
1. Last night the Braves lost a game to the Phillies.
2. While she was in the mall on Tuesday, Jessica bought the cutest little
handbag I’ve ever seen.
3. During his spare time my cousin enjoys reading mystery novels.
4. Victoria painted a lovely piece showing a bird sitting on a dead tree limb.
A. 1.
2.
3.
4.
2.
Tossup (10)
game
handbag
reading
piece
Q. “Fulton repaying $3.2 million to HUD” was a recent newspaper headline. For
what does H.U.D. stand?
A. Housing and Urban Development
Bonus (20)
Q. Answer these questions about recent headlines.
1. For what does LPGA stand in this headline: “LPGA commish (kuh MISH)
canned.”
2. For what does PSA stand in this headline: “Slightly eerie: McNair recorded
anti-suicide PSA just before death.”
A. 1. Ladies Professional Golf Association
2. Public Service Announcement
3.
Tossup (10)
Q. The term similar is most closely associated with which one of the following
areas of mathematics: statistics, algebra, or geometry?
A. geometry
Bonus (20)
Q. A man who is 6 ft tall is standing near a pine tree. The length of the man’s
shadow is 2 ft. The pine tree casts a shadow of 6 ft long. How tall is the pine
tree?
A. 18 ft
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4.
Tossup (10)
Q. What is a substance that is made up of atoms of more than one substance that
have chemically bonded together?
A. compound
Bonus (20)
Q. 1. What is the compound H-2-O-2, or dioxidane (dye AHKS ih dain)? It is a
bleaching agent, disinfectant, and antiseptic.
2. What is N-2-O, or nitrous (NIGH truss) oxide? Your dentist may use it.
3. What is NaOH, or sodium hydroxide (high DROX side)? Besides other uses
it is a drain cleaner.
4. What is N-H-3, or hydrogen nitride (NIGH tride)? It is used as a commercial
cleaner.
A. 1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Tossup (10)
hydrogen peroxide
laughing gas (or happy gas)
lye or caustic (KAW stick) soda
ammonia
Q. On which island did the ancient Minoan (minn OH un) civilization develop?
A. Crete
Bonus (20)
Q. 1. What is the ancient city of Constantinople (kahn stan tih NO pl) now called?
2. What ancient Roman city was destroyed by an eruption of Mount Vesuvius
in AD 79?
A. 1. Istanbul
2. Pompeii (PAHM PAY)
At this point, ask that the score be given and give coaches the opportunity to make substitutions.
6.
Tossup (10)
Q. What is the title of the novel which concerns ten-year-old Winnie Foster and the
temptation she faces to become immortal?
A. Tuck Everlasting (Babbitt)
Bonus (20)
Q. Identify the titles of these other books that you may have read:
1. the one in which a pig with impeccable manners avoids the fate of most of
his kind by becoming a champion sheepherder
2. the one that shows how Leslie Burke introduces Jess Arons to the joys of
literature and the imagination as they create their own special kingdom
3. the one about two motherless children who are concerned that their father’s
mail-order bride may leave their prairie home and return to her native Maine
4. the one about the Herdmans—“the worst kids in the world”—who want to
take part in a traditional Christmas program at church
A. 1.
2.
3.
4.
Babe: The Gallant Pig (King-Smith)
Bridge to Terabithia (tair uh BITH ee uh) (Paterson)
Sarah, Plain and Tall (MacLachlan)
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever (Robinson)
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7.
Tossup (10)
Q. How many players constitute a single team on an interscholastic volleyball
court?
A. 6
Bonus (20)
Q. 1. How many hits or touches is one team allowed before the ball must be
returned to the opponent’s court?
2. With which body parts is a player allowed to touch or hit the ball?
A. 1. 3
2. any body part is legal
8.
Tossup (10)
Q. Omsk (AHMSK), Bolgograd (BAHL go grad), and Saint Petersburg are all
important cities of what country?
A. Russia
Bonus (20)
Q. Of what country are these important cities?
1. Kirkuk (kur KUKE), Fallujah (fuh LOO juh), and Mosul (MO sul or mo
SOOL)
2. Nantes (NANTS), Marseille (MAHR SAY), and Nice (NEESE)
3. Guadalajara (GWAH duh luh HAHR uh), Chihuahua (chee WAH wuh), and
Acapulco
4. Calgary, Winnnipeg, and Vancouver
A. 1.
2.
3.
4.
9.
Tossup (10)
Iraq
France
Mexico
Canada
Q. What is 2/3 divided by 2/9?
A. 3
Bonus (20)
Q. Solve for x. Two-thirds x minus one-half equals one-sixth x plus one-third.
A. 5/3 (or one and two-thirds)
10.
Tossup (10)
Q. What is the order of mammals including chimpanzees, gorillas, and orangutans?
A. primates
Bonus (20)
Q. Identify these two hominids, or human-like primates:
1. The first hominids (HAHM ih niddz) to be classified as Homo Sapiens. They
were short by today’s standards and had large bones and heavy brows.
2. The first group of modern humans, members of which looked fairly similar to
today’s humans and they walked erect on two feet.
A. 1. Neanderthals (nee ANN dur tahlz)
2. Cro-Magnons (kro MAG nun or kro MAN yun)
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TIE-BREAKERS
1.
Tossup (10)
Q. What is the name of the period of great change in the way people worked and
lived that was brought about by the invention of power-driven machines?
A. Industrial Revolution
2.
Tossup (10)
Q. How many square feet is 4 square yards?
A. 36
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Game 9 PAGE – 2010
1.
Tossup (10)
Regionals
Q. The pampas (PAHM puzz) lie partially in which one of the following countries:
Venezuela, Argentina, or Peru?
A. Argentina
Bonus (20)
Q. 1. The Pyrenees (PEER uh neez) lie partially in which one of the following
countries: Spain, Norway, or Estonia?
2. The Himalayas (HIM uh LAY uz or hih MAHL yuz) lie partially in which
one of the following countries: Sweden, India, or Denmark?
3. The Black Hills lie partially in which one of the following U.S. states:
Texas, Colorado, or South Dakota?
4. The Atlas Mountains lie in which one of the following countries: Tanzania
(tan zuh NEE uh), Algeria, or Angola?
A. 1.
2.
3.
4.
2.
Tossup (10)
Spain
India
South Dakota
Algeria
Q. What is the grammatical term for a sentence that contains at least two
independent clauses?
A. compound sentence
Bonus (20)
Q. What is the function—not the part of speech, but the function—of the word map
in each of the following sentences:
1. My map proved essential to me on my trip to West Texas.
2. With the help of my map, I was able to plan out an exciting route.
3. I secured a detailed map through Amazon.com.
4. Indeed, my most precious possession on that trip was my map.
A. 1.
2.
3.
4.
3.
Tossup (10)
subject of the sentence (or, subject of the verb)
object of a preposition
object of a verb
predicate noun (or, predicate nominative)
Q. What is the term for the heating of our atmosphere caused by gases trapping
energy from the Sun and not letting this energy reflect back into space? It is a
two-word phrase.
A. greenhouse effect
Bonus (20)
Q. 1. On which planet is the greenhouse effect most noticeable?
2. What is the one-word term for the cutting down or burning of large stands of
trees?
A. 1. Venus
2. deforestation
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4.
Tossup (10)
Q. What is the numerator of the fraction whose denominator is 9 that is equivalent
to the fraction 45/81?
A. 5
Bonus (20)
Q. 1. What is x if four times two raised to the fifth power equals two raised to the
power of one minus x?
2. What is x if 4 is to x as 16 is to 20?
A. 1. –6 (negative six)
2. 5
5.
Tossup (10)
Q. “DUI arrest follows accident” was a recent newspaper headline. For what does
DUI stand?
A. driving under the influence
Bonus (20)
Q. Answer these questions about recent headlines.
1. For what does DEA stand in this headline: “DEA joins Michael Jackson
death investigation.”
2. For what does P&G stand in this headline: “P&G’s Gillette pushing beyond
shavers.”
A. 1. Drug Enforcement Administration
2. Proctor and Gamble
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6.
Tossup (10)
Q. What is the art term for the technique of giving an illusion of space to a flat
surface?
A. perspective
Bonus (20)
Q. 1. What is the term for a technique of painting with opaque (oh PAYK)
watercolors prepared with gum?
2. What is the architectural term for a construction, often semicircular, built of
wedge-shaped blocks to span an opening?
3. In architecture, what is the term for a vertical structural element that
transmits, through compression, the weight of the structure above to other
structures below?
4. What is the term for a fixed window above another window or a door?
A. 1.
2.
3.
4.
gouache (GWASH)
arch
column
transom
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7.
Tossup (10)
Q. The point a comma b is in Quadrant II of the Cartesian Coordinate Plane. In
which quadrant is the point b comma a?
A. IV
Bonus (20)
Q. All or nothing. To go from the point negative two comma negative four to the
point negative one comma negative three you go right one unit and then up one
unit. Using right or left and then up or down in which direction do you go if
you go from the point . . .
1. . . . negative eight comma negative ten to the point negative ten comma
negative eight?
2. . . . negative six comma negative four to the point negative one comma
negative fifteen?
A. 1. left, up (also accept left two, up two)
2. right, down (also accept right five, down eleven)
8.
Tossup (10)
Q. What is the science of classifying living things? It is a term with initial letter
“T.”
A. taxonomy (tacks AHN uh me)
Bonus (20)
Q. What are the two most specific levels of classification?
These two are used by biologists to name an organism; hence the term, binomial
nomenclature (by NO me ul no men KLAY chur).
A. 1. genus
2. species
9.
Tossup (10)
Q. Name the author of the animal fantasy book entitled Babe: The Gallant Pig.
A. (Dick) King-Smith
Bonus (20)
Q. Name the authors of these other animal fantasy books:
1. Stuart Little
2. A Bear Called Paddington
3. Watership Down
4. Redwall
A. 1.
2.
3.
4.
(E. B.) White
(Michael) Bond
(Richard) Adams
(Brian) Jacques
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10.
Tossup (10)
Q. Using northeast, northwest, southeast, and southwest, in what part of Georgia is
Habersham County?
A. northeast
Bonus (20)
Q. Using northeast, northwest, southeast, and southwest, in what part of Georgia is
each of the following counties?
1. Wayne
2. Walker
3. Franklin
4. Dougherty
A. 1.
2.
3.
4.
southeast
northwest
northeast
southwest
TIE-BREAKERS
1.
Tossup (10)
Q. Beirut (bay ROOT), Lebanon, is located on which body of water?
A. Mediterranean Sea
2.
Tossup (10)
Q. 600 centimeters equals how many meters?
A. 6
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Game 10
1.
Tossup (10)
Regionals
Q. What is the process of a solid changing into a liquid called?
A.
Bonus (20)
PAGE – 2010
melting
Q. 1. What is the process of a solid changing directly into a gas called?
2. Besides solids, liquids, and gases, what is the other state of matter?
A. 1. sublimation
2. plasma
2.
Tossup (10)
Q. What waterway joins the Red Sea and the Mediterranean Sea?
A. Suez Canal
Bonus (20)
Q. 1. What is the longest river in Europe?
2. What is the name of the waterfall on the Zambezi (zam BEEZ ee) River on
the boundary between Zimbabwe (zim BAHB way) and Zambia (ZAM bee
uh)?
A. 1. Volga (VAHL guh)
2. Victoria Falls
3.
Tossup (10)
Q. Identify the object of a preposition in the following sentence: Only one of every
ten private investigators is a woman.
A. investigators
Bonus (20)
Q. Identify the object of a preposition in each of the following sentences:
1. Her tiny camera enables Teresa to spy on suspected nannies.
2. She enjoys her lack of routine and even the spy equipment.
3. Women in this business might face criticism or even sexual harassment.
4. But despite the drawbacks, Teresa enjoys her job.
A. 1.
2.
3.
4.
4.
Tossup (10)
nannies
routine
business
drawbacks
Q. There are two basic types of computers; one is analog (ANN uh lahg), what is
the other?
A. digital
Bonus (20)
Q. What are the four basic actions that computers perform on data?
A. 1.
2.
3.
4.
input (reading, entering, …)
output (printing, displaying, …)
processing (computing, calculating, …)
storage (saving, retrieving, …)
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5.
Tossup (10)
Q. If x cubed equals 1,000, what is x?
A. 10
Bonus (20)
Q. 1. If x raised to the negative fifth power divided by x raised to the power of m
equals one divided by x raised to the eleventh power, what is m?
2. If x cubed y squared equals 128, what is x if y equals 4?
A. 1. 6
2. 2
At this point, ask that the score be given and give coaches the opportunity to make substitutions.
6.
Tossup (10)
Q. What is the study of humankind and the comparative study of human societies
and cultures and their development?
A. anthropology
Bonus (20)
Q. What is the study of …
1. … the structure and parts of living things?
2. … material remains and artifacts of past human life and activity?
A. 1. anatomy
2. archaeology
7.
Tossup (10)
Q. What King of England issued Georgia’s Charter in 1732?
A. George II (both necessary)
Bonus (20)
Q. England’s American colonies took one of three forms. One of these was a
corporate colony. What are the other two types?
A. proprietary (pro PRY uh tair ee)
royal
8.
Tossup (10)
Q. “Jackson’s estate faces huge IRS bill” was a recent newspaper headline. For
what does IRS stand?
A. Internal Revenue Service
Bonus (20)
Q. Answer these questions about recent headlines.
1. For what does RIP stand in this headline: “RIP Boardwalk Kind.”
2. For what does G-8 stand in this headline: “G-8 condemns N. Korean acts.”
A. 1. Rest In Peace
2. Group of Eight
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9.
Tossup (10)
Q. What kind of number can be expressed in the form a divided by b where a and b
are integers and b is not equal to zero?
A. rational (if real is given, ask for more specific information)
Bonus (20)
Q. All or nothing. True or false.
1. The quotient of two irrational numbers is always an irrational number.
2. The product of a rational number and an irrational number is always an
irrational number.
3. The sum of a rational number and an irrational number is always an irrational
number.
4. The sum of two irrational numbers is always an irrational number.
A. 1.
2.
3.
4.
10.
Tossup (10)
false
false
true
false
Q. One of the truly classic novels for young people is Mary Poppins, which was
published in 1934. Who wrote Mary Poppins?
A. (P. L.) Travers
Bonus (20)
Q. 1.
2.
3.
4.
What is Mary Poppins’s profession?
What is the last name of the family for whom she works?
This family lives in what city and country?
Mary Poppins’s famous umbrella has what figure carved at the end of its
handle?
A. 1.
2.
3.
4.
nanny
Banks
London (England)
the head of a parrot
TIE-BREAKERS
1.
Tossup (10)
Q. In grammar, what part of speech is a word or phrase that indicates the
relationship of a noun or pronoun, called the object of the word in question, to
another part of the sentence?
A. preposition
2.
Tossup (10)
Q. What term refers to the distance across a circle that passes through the center?
A. diameter
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Game 11
1.
Tossup (10)
PAGE – 2010
Regionals
Q. Spell the last word in the following sentence: I never pay attention to any
crackpot prophecy.
A. p r o p h e c y
Bonus (20)
Q.
Spell the last word in each of the following sentences:
1. The liquid in that container is kerosene.
2. I believe in being prepared for any eventuality.
3. A dolphin has a longer snout than a porpoise.
4. When my father kisses me, I always get scratched by his mustache.
A. 1.
2.
3.
4.
2.
Tossup (10)
kerosene
eventuality
porpoise
mustache
Q. On which continent is the Great Rift Valley?
A. Africa
Bonus (20)
Q. On which continent was each of these civilizations?
1. Aztec Empire
2. Inca Empire
3. Maya Empire
4. Toltec (TOLL teck) Empire
A. 1.
2.
3.
4.
3.
Tossup (10)
North America
South America
North America
North America
Q. What is the numerical value of point, three, bar plus point, six, bar in simplest
form?
A. 1
Bonus (20)
Q. What is point, one, two, bar when expressed as a fraction in lowest terms? Note:
the bar is over both the one and two.
A. 4/33
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4.
Tossup (10)
Q. What are formed in the sky when moist air is heated and the water vapor begins
to condense on billions of tiny droplets of dust? These droplets are so tiny that
they remain suspended in the air and collectively they appear white and fluffy.
A. clouds
Bonus (20)
Q. Which basic type of clouds …
1. … are huge and are associated with either fair weather or thunderstorms?
2. … appear fibrous or wispy? They are high, thin, white, feathery clouds that
are made of ice crystals.
A. 1. cumulus (KYOOM you luss)
2. cirrus (SEAR us)
5.
Tossup (10)
Q. What is the term for Lavoisier’s (lah vwah ZYAYZ) principle, that matter
cannot be created or destroyed; it only changes form?
A. The Law of the Conservation of Matter
Bonus (20)
Q. Which of the 3 main atomic components …
1. … identifies which element it is?
2. … indicates how chemically active it is?
A. 1. proton
2. electron
At this point, ask that the score be given and give coaches the opportunity to make substitutions.
6.
Tossup (10)
Q. Identify the folk-tale hero who, in perhaps his most famous adventure, has a
close encounter with a human figure made of tar.
A. Br’er (BRAIR) Rabbit (in the Uncle Remus stories)
Bonus (20)
Q. Identify these other American folk-tale heroes:
1. the one who had a horse named Widow-Maker
2. the one who had a blue ox
3. the one who challenged a machine to lay railroad tracks
4. the one who drove Engine No. 9
A. 1.
2.
3.
4.
Pecos Bill
Paul Bunyan
John Henry
Casey Jones
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7.
Tossup (10)
Q. There is a large group of bacteria that can produce food poisoning. Sources
include unpasteurized (raw) milk, unpasteurized apple cider, and soft cheeses
made from raw milk. Sometimes the contact is pretty obvious (working with
cows at a dairy or changing diapers, for example), but sometimes it is not (like
eating an undercooked hamburger or a contaminated piece of lettuce). People
have even gotten infected by swallowing lake water while swimming, by
touching the environment in petting zoos, and by eating food prepared by people
who did not wash their hands well after using the toilet. What are these bacteria
from which almost everyone has some risk of getting infected?
A. E. coli (Escherichia coli) (esh uh RICK ee uh COLE eye)
Bonus (20)
Q. Identify these two common sources of food poisoning:
1. They are one-celled bacteria that infect eggs, ground meat, chicken and
sausage and if ingested cause headaches, chills, nausea, diarrhea, and
stomach cramps. They are the cause of the most frequently reported foodborne illness.
2. It is a toxin released by bacteria in improperly canned or jarred foods. It can
adversely affect the nerves that control muscles and can have paralytic
effects. It can even cause death.
A. 1. salmonella (sal muh NELL uh)
2. botulism (botulin) (BAHT you lizzum, BAHT you linn)
8.
Tossup (10)
Q. The width of a rectangle is one-third its length. What is the perimeter of the
rectangle if its length is 12 inches?
A. 32 (in.)
Bonus (20)
Q. 1. What is the area of the rectangle described in the Tossup?
2. Is the length of the diagonal of the rectangle described in the Tossup closer
to 10 inches, 13 inches, or 16 inches?
A. 1. 48 (square inches)
2. 13 inches
9.
Tossup (10)
Q. On which continent is Scandinavia?
A. Europe
Bonus (20)
Q. Name any four of the five countries that many consider Scandinavian?
A. Denmark
Iceland
Norway
Sweden
Finland
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10.
Tossup (10)
Q. What is the term for the musical sign that resembles a tic-tac-toe grid?
A. sharp
Bonus (20)
Q. Which major key has . . .
1. . . . two sharps
2. . . . one flat
3. . . . three flats
4. . . . neither sharps nor flats
A. 1.
2.
3.
4.
D
F
E-flat
C
TIE-BREAKERS
1.
Tossup (10)
Q. What is the common term for a polynomial that has two terms?
A. binomial
2.
Tossup (10)
Q. What is Georgia’s state bird?
A. brown thrasher
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Tie-Breaker Game 1
1.
Tossup (10)
PAGE – 2010
Regionals
Q. In which country are all of these important cities: Seville, Barcelona, and
Zaragoza (ZAIR uh GO zuh)?
A. Spain
Bonus (20)
Q. In which country are all of these important cities?
1. Recife (ray SEE fay), Sao Paulo (SOW [rhymes with cow] POW lo),
and Rio de Janeiro
2. Cape Town, Durban, and Johannesburg
3. Alice Springs, Perth, and Adelaide
4. Agra (AGG ruh), Bangalore (BANG uh lore), and Mumbai (MUM bye)
A. 1.
2.
3.
4.
2.
Tossup (10)
Brazil
South Africa
Australia
India
Q. What is negative ten minus negative twelve?
A. 2 (positive 2)
Bonus (20)
Q. What is each of the following?
1. negative five minus six
2. quantity four minus negative eight divided by negative four
3. negative three times negative two minus four
4. quantity negative one minus negative three times quantity negative five
minus negative six
A. 1.
2.
3.
4.
3.
Tossup (10)
negative eleven
negative three
two
two
Q. In art, what is the term for a composition made of unrelated materials such as
fabric, newsprint, wallpaper, etc., cemented together on a flat surface?
A. collage (ko LODGE)
Bonus (20)
Q. What art term is defined by each of the following:
1. the art of beautiful writing
2. the Japanese art of paper folding
3. a painting on a wall
4. a heavy, decorated textile fabric used as a wall hanging
A. 1.
2.
3.
4.
calligraphy
origami
mural
tapestry
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4.
Tossup (10)
Q. What is the sedimentary rock composed largely of the mineral calcium
carbonate? The presence of calcium in a strata of such rock is often an indicator
of biological activity in the geologic record.
A. limestone
Bonus (20)
Q. 1. What is the architectural use of limestone?
2. What is the chemical formula for calcium carbonate?
A. 1. mortar, concrete, cement or quicklime (any of these)
2. CaCO3 (read C-A-C-O-3)
5.
Tossup (10)
Q. If a complete sentence has only one word in it, what part of speech must that one
word be?
A. verb (as in “Stop!”)
Bonus (20)
Q. Every verb has four forms that are called the principal parts of the verb. Name
the four principal parts of any verb.
A. 1.
2.
3.
4.
present tense (also accept “plain form”)
past tense
past participle
present participle
At this point, ask that the score be given and give coaches the opportunity to make substitutions.
6.
Tossup (10)
Q. Perry is the county seat of which Georgia county?
A. Houston
Bonus (20)
Q. Of which county is each of the following the county seat?
1. Toccoa (tuh KO uh)
2. Bainbridge
3. Covington
4. Hinesville
A. 1.
2.
3.
4.
Stephens
Decatur
Newton
Liberty
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7.
Tossup (10)
Q. Which component of sunlight can damage a person’s DNA in their skin cells?
A. UV (ultraviolet)
Bonus (20)
Q. 1. What does SPF refer to in relation to UV radiation?
2. Which form of oxygen can filter out UV rays from the sun if it is present in
the upper atmosphere?
A. 1. Sun Protection Factor
2. Ozone (O-3)
8.
Tossup (10)
Q. One of the most popular books of poems for children is entitled Where the
Sidewalk Ends. Identify the poet who wrote this book.
A. (Shel) Silverstein (SILL vur steen)
Bonus (20)
Q. Who wrote each of the following poems that frequently appear in anthologies of
poetry for children?
1. “Paul Revere’s Ride”
2. “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening”
3. “The Swing”
4. “Growltiger’s Last Stand”
A. 1.
2.
3.
4.
9.
Tossup (10)
(Henry Wadsworth) Longfellow
(Robert) Frost
(Robert Louis) Stevenson
(T. S.) Eliot
Q. The sides of a triangle have lengths x, x plus one, and x plus two. What is its
perimeter?
A. three x plus three
Bonus (20)
Q. 1. If the perimeter of the triangle in the Tossup is 12, what is the length of the
longest side of the triangle?
2. What is the degree measure of the largest angle in the triangle in the Tossup?
A. 1. 5
2. 90
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10.
Tossup (10)
Q. With some care you can float a needle on top of some standing water. The
attractive forces of the water molecules are responsible for this phenomenon.
What is this property of liquids called?
A. surface tension
Bonus (20)
Q. 1. What is the term for the zigzag, irregular, unpredictable motion exhibited by
minute particles when they are suspended in a fluid? It is named after a
botanist who in 1827 observed moving plant spores floating in water.
2. If a small amount of sand is poured into a beaker of water and stirred, the
sand particles will settle to the bottom. This is obviously a mixture. On the
other hand, if a small amount of salt goes through the same ordeal, it will
seem to disappear. What do we call this joining of salt and water?
A. 1. Brownian (movement or motion)
2. a solution
TIE-BREAKERS
1.
Tossup (10)
Q. What is the usual title of the fairy tale about a boy and girl who have a tense
confrontation with the owner of a gingerbread house?
A. “Hansel and Gretel”
2.
Tossup (10)
Q. How many sides does a hexagon have?
A. 6
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Tie-Breaker Game 2
1.
Tossup (10)
PAGE – 2010
Regionals
Q. The area of which plane geometric figure is computed as the length of any one
side squared?
A. a square
Bonus (20)
Q. 1. One-third pi radius squared times height measures the volume of what?
2. Pi radius squared measures the area of what?
A. 1. cone
2. circle
2.
Tossup (10)
Q. CFC’s were once widely used as a refrigerant and an aerosol (AIR uh sahl)
propellant, but lately many governments have banned their production because
of their harmful effects on our atmosphere. For what does CFC stand?
A. chlorofluorocarbon (KLOR oh FLOR oh KAR bun)
Bonus (20)
Q. 1. Which part of the atmosphere is harmed most by CFC’s?
2. Which type of radiation from the sun increases on Earth due to CFC’s
harming our atmosphere?
A. 1. the ozone layer
2. UV (ultraviolet)
3.
Tossup (10)
Q. The expressions “safe and sound,” “over and out,” and “do or die” illustrate
what literary device?
A. alliteration (uh LIT ur A shun)
Bonus (20)
Q. 1.
2.
3.
4.
What is the life story of a person written by someone else called?
Such a work written by the subject himself or herself is called a what?
A long work of prose fiction is usually called a what?
If the voice we hear telling us a story refers to herself as “I,” we say that the
story is written from what point of view?
A. 1.
2.
3.
4.
biography
autobiography
novel
first person
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4.
Tossup (10)
Q. Great heaps of shellfish and oyster shells discarded by Indians have been found
near the coast and in the interior of Georgia. What are these heaps called?
A. middens
Bonus (20)
Q. 1. What famous effigy (EFF ih jee) mound is located near Eatonton, Georgia?
2. Savannah River, Dalton, and Clovis are all types of what?
A. 1. Rock Eagle
2. arrowheads (points or spear points)
5.
Tossup (10)
Q. How do computer software developers refer to their version of a piece of
software just prior to Version 1.1? These versions probably have a few bugs
remaining and are not ready for wide distribution, but they are significantly
better than the earlier alpha version.
A. beta (version)
Bonus (20)
Q. 1. What is copyrighted software that the user can try before buying?
2. What is copyrighted software that can be installed and used for no cost but
cannot be resold?
A. 1. shareware
2. freeware (not “public domain”)
At this point, ask that the score be given and give coaches the opportunity to make substitutions.
6.
Tossup (10)
Q. What is the term defined as, “The condition of being in the highest level of
health a person can possibly attain, both physically and mentally. It is the state
of not being sick in any way and it is achieved by practicing good health
habits?” This is an 8-letter word with initial letter “W.”
A. wellness
Bonus (20)
Q. Which professionals are trained …
1. … to help people with emotional problems? They are good listeners,
sensitive, patient, and understanding.
2. … to help people with more serious emotional disorders, as well as mental
and behavioral disorders? They are physicians.
A. 1. psychologists
2. psychiatrists
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7.
Tossup (10)
Q. What name is given to the total area covered by Europe and Asia?
A. Eurasia
Bonus (20)
Q. 1. What mountains form the east-west divide between Europe and Asia?
2. What region, located almost entirely in Russia, covers much of the area
between the Pacific Ocean and the mountains that form the east-west divide
between Europe and Asia?
A. 1. Ural (YOUR ul)
2. Siberia
8.
Tossup (10)
Q. Electrons travel around the nucleus of an atom in poorly defined paths. What is
the area of space around the nucleus that contains these tiny, erratic orbiters
called? It is a two-word term.
A. electron cloud
Bonus (20)
Q. 1. In a neutral atom, what does the number of electrons match?
2. Some electrons are closer to the nucleus than others. What are the different
positions that electrons can inhabit? This, too, is a two-word term.
A. 1. the number of protons
2. energy levels
9.
Tossup (10)
Q. What is the grammatical term that tells for whom or to whom something is done
or given?
A. indirect object
Bonus (20)
Q. Identify the indirect object in each of the following sentences:
1. Spot brought father his newspaper.
2. The faculty awarded the math teacher the prize for teaching.
3. Please bring me the dictionary on that shelf.
4. I’m going to give you the first slice of pie.
A. 1.
2.
3.
4.
10.
Tossup (10)
father
teacher (or math teacher)
me
you
Q. What is the sum of 2/3 and its multiplicative inverse?
A. 13/6 (or two and one-sixth)
Bonus (20)
Q. 1. What is the product of 4/15 and 25/6?
2. What is the difference when 1/3 is subtracted from 4/5?
A. 1. 10/9 (or one and one-ninth)
2. 7/15
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TIE-BREAKERS
1.
Tossup (10)
Q. What is x if two times four times eight is expressed as two raised to the power of
x?
A. 6
2.
Q. What is Georgia’s state reptile?
A. gopher tortoise (both words required)
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2010
PAGE Academic Bowl
for Middle Grades
Semi-finals Questions
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2010 PAGE Academic Bowl for Middle Grades
Semi-finals Pronunciation Guide
Game #
1
Ques.#
4-T
8-T
8-B
9-B
2-B
6-T
7-T
9-B
10-B
3
6-T
6-B
7-T
7-B
8-B
4
3-B
6-B
9-T
5
3-T
5-B
7-B
9-T
9-B
6
2-B
6-T
8-T
8-B
TB-2
Pronunciation
troposphere (TROPE oh sfeer)
mesosphere (MEZZ oh sfeer)
marsupial, Marsupialia (mar SOUP ee ul, mar SOUP ee AIL ee uh)
Cetacea (see TAY she uh)
Perissodactyla (puh riss oh DACK till uh)
Proboscidea (probe uh SIDD ee uh)
Rodentia (ro DEN shee uh)
fief (FEEF)
Djibouti (jih BOO tee)
Rwanda (ruh WAHN duh)
Malawi (muh LAH wee)
photosynthesis (photo SYNTH uh siss)
contiguous (kun TIGG you us)
Kolomoki (ko lo MO kee)
anaerobic (an uh ROBE ick)
Cyclops (SIGH klahps)
labyrinth (LAB uh rinth)
hydrochloric (hide ruh KLOR ick)
ascorbic (ass KOR bick)
phosphoric (fahss FOR ick)
Kazakhstan (kuh ZAHK uh stan)
Guyana (guy AHN uh)
Yemen (YIMM in)
Qatar (KAH tahr, or kuh TAHR)
Blagojevich (bluh GOY uh vitch)
Zusak (ZOO sack)
Mesopotamia (mess oh puh TAME ee uh)
decrescendo (dee kruh SHINN doe)
diminuendo (dih MEN you en doe)
striated (stry ATE id)
Kyushu (kee YOO shoo)
Aleutian (uh LOO shun)
Bali (rhymes with “Sally” or “Polly”)
Luzon (LOO zahn)
kibbutz (kih BUTZ [rhymes with “puts”])
Beijing (bay ZHING)
Poseidon (po SIGH dn)
Aphrodite (aff ro DYTE ee)
Tanganyika (tang an YEEK uh)
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Game #
7
Ques.#
6-T
6-B
8-B
10-B
8
4-B
5-B
6-T
8-T
10-T
9
2-B
4-T
4-B
10-B
TB-1
2-T
2-B
6-B
7-B
TB-1
TB-2
1-B
4-T
6-B
Pronunciation
Handel’s (HAND ulz)
oratorio (or uh TOR ee oh)
mezzo-soprano (MET so suh PRAN oh)
Pocatello (poke uh TELL oh)
permeable (PURR me uh bl)
covalent (ko VAY lunt)
Sarkozy (SAHR ko zee)
Nouri-al-Maliki (NOOR ee al MAL ih kee)
acronym (ACK ro nimm)
homeostasis (home ee oh STAY siss)
homogeneity (home oh jih NEE ih tee)
hypothermia (high po THERM ee uh)
Tahlequah (TAL uh kwah)
allegro (uh LEG ro)
andante (ahn DAHN tay)
adagio (uh DODGE ee oh)
Chinook (shih NOOK [rhymes with “book”])
foehn (FAYN)
Marianas (mair ee ANN uz)
Mauna Kea (MAW nuh KAY uh)
propagation (pro puh GAY shun)
Iroquois (EAR uh kwoi, or EAR uh kwah)
Shoshone (sho SHONE ee)
Algonquians (al GAHN kwee unz)
Navajo (NAVV uh ho)
Potiphar’s (PAHT ih furz)
deciliters (dess ih LEET urz)
manganese (MAN guh neez)
Colquitt (KAHL quit)
acidic (uh SIDD ick)
Mindanao (men duh NOW)
Celebes (SELL uh beez)
Timor (TEE mor, or tee MOR)
Shikoku (she KO koo)
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Game 1
1.
Tossup (10)
PAGE – 2010
State Semi-finals
Q. Spell the word niece.
A. n i e c e
Bonus (20)
Q. Spell each of the following words:
1. chief
2. weight
3. deceit
4. fiend
A. 1.
2.
3.
4.
2.
Tossup (10)
chief
weight
deceit
fiend
Q. Tanya is x years old. How old is Marsha if she is two years less than three times
Tanya’s age?
A. three x minus two
Bonus (20)
Q. Jim’s age is two more than twice Sally’s age. In 10 years the sum of their ages
will be 37. How old is Jim?
A. 12
3.
Tossup (10)
Q. In which ocean or sea is Madagascar?
A. Indian
Bonus (20)
Q. In which ocean or sea is each of the following islands?
1. Easter
2. Azores
3. Corsica
4. Bermuda
A. 1.
2.
3.
4.
Pacific
Atlantic
Mediterranean
Atlantic
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4.
Tossup (10)
Q. The earth’s atmosphere is divided outwardly into 5 regions. What is the
“sphere” closest to the earth’s surface where our weather occurs?
A. troposphere (TROPE oh sfeer)
Bonus (20)
Q. Name the other four major layers of our atmosphere beyond the troposphere.
A. 1. stratosphere
2. mesosphere (MEZZ oh sfeer)
3. thermosphere
4. exosphere
(Do not accept ionosphere.)
5.
Tossup (10)
Q. In the 1960’s Doug Englebart invented a device that could be used to move the
cursor around on a computer screen. What was this device that got its name
from its resemblance to a small rodent?
A. mouse
Bonus (20)
Q. 1. Which computer device gets its name from combining parts of the terms
“modulate” and “demodulate”?
2. What is the name given to the game-playing input device that takes the form
of a lever that can be moved in all directions?
A. 1. modem
2. joystick
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6.
Tossup (10)
Q. “Walgreen’s fiscal 3Q profit tumbles by 9 percent” was a recent newspaper
headline. For what does Q stand?
A. quarter
Bonus (20)
Q. Answer these questions about recent newspaper headlines.
1. For what does BOE stand in this headline: “Lee County BOE looks into
eBoard.”
2. For what does GM stand in this headline: “GM retooling factory for small
car success.”
A. 1. Board of Education
2. General Motors
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7.
Tossup (10)
Q. How many square units larger is a square with a side of 9 units than a square
with a side of 3?
A. 72
Bonus (20)
Q. 1. The bases of a trapezoid are of lengths 6 and 8 and its height is 4. How many
square units is its area?
2. The bases of an isosceles trapezoid are 7 and 13 and its height is 4. What is
its perimeter?
A. 1. 28
2. 27
8. Tossup (10)
Q. What is the order of animals that develop their young in pouches, such as the
kangaroo, koala, and the opossum?
A. marsupial (Marsupialia) (mar SOUP ee ul, [mar SOUP ee AIL ee])
Bonus (20)
Q. 1. What is the largest order of mammals? It includes squirrels, beavers,
porcupines, and gophers.
2. What is the order of the largest land animal?
Is it Cetacea (see TAY she uh), Perissodactyla (puh riss oh DACK till uh) or
Proboscidea (probe uh SIDD ee uh)?
A. 1. Rodents (Rodentia) [ro DEN shee uh]
2. Proboscidea
9.
Tossup (10)
Q. In which ancient country was papyrus most notably used to make writing
material?
A. Egypt
Bonus (20)
Q. What word, beginning with the letter F, refers to . . .
1. . . . the system of mutual loyalties and protections between lords and vassals
that existed in the Middle Ages?
2. . . . the land granted by a lord to his vassal in return for military service?
A. 1. feudalism
2. fief (FEEF)
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10.
Tossup (10)
Q. Many young people enjoy stories about horses and other animals. Who wrote
the Black Stallion series of books?
A. (Walter) Farley
Bonus (20)
Q. Who wrote each of the following books about horses and other animals?
1. Smoky, the Cowhorse
2. My Friend Flicka
3. Rascal
4. The Yearling
A. 1.
2.
3.
4.
(Will) James
(Mary) O’Hara
(Sterling) North
(Marjorie Kinnan) Rawlings
TIE-BREAKERS
1.
Tossup (10)
Q. What well-known African-American writer wrote the novel entitled The Color
Purple?
A. (Alice) Walker
2.
Tossup (10)
Q. What independent state lies within the city of Rome?
A. Vatican City
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Game 2
1.
Tossup (10)
PAGE – 2010
State Semi-finals
Q. What is the least common multiple of 8 and 10?
A. 40
Bonus (20)
Q. What is the least common multiple of four x cubed y squared and six x squared y
cubed?
A. twelve x cubed, y cubed
2.
Tossup (10)
Q. What African country is abbreviated GHA ?
A. Ghana
Bonus (20)
Q. What African country has each of the following abbreviations?
1. BOTS
2. DJI
3. RWA
4. MAL
A. 1.
2.
3.
4.
3.
Tossup (10)
Botswana
Djibouti (jih BOO tee)
Rwanda (ruh WAHN duh)
Malawi (muh LAH wee)
Q. Identify the subject of the following sentence: Today, many adults who failed to
graduate high school are earning the GED.
A. adults
Bonus (20)
Q. Identify the subject of each of the following sentences:
1. To their credit, these people are aware that literacy and education are
essential to their lives as productive citizens.
2. Literacy groups around the country are working to support GED programs
and other means of access to education.
3. In Georgia, an alarming number of students drop out of high school.
4. Fortunately for them, there are second chances.
A. 1.
2.
3.
4.
people
groups
number
chances
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4.
Tossup (10)
Q. What is the SI (metric) scale of temperature that has a lowest reading of zero?
A. Kelvin
Bonus (20)
Q. 1. What is the Celsius equivalent to 273 degrees Kelvin?
2. What is the Celsius equivalent to 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit?
A. 1. 0° C
2. 37° C
5.
Tossup (10)
Q. What is the name of the stand, often a tripod, upon which a painter places the
canvas he or she is working on?
A. easel
Bonus (20)
Q. Name each of these objects used by artists:
1. a surface, commonly a thin wooden board, upon which an artist mixes color
pigments
2. a small knife with a thin flexible blade used for mixing colors and sometimes
for applying the paint directly to the picture surface
3. a person who serves as the subject for an artist or photographer
4. a loose coat-like outer garment worn to protect the clothes while working
A. 1.
2.
3.
4.
palette
palette knife
model
smock
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6.
Tossup (10)
Q. What is the combination of the energy in sunlight and the components in air and
water that join molecules of water and carbon dioxide within plant cells?
A. photosynthesis (photo SYNTH uh siss)
Bonus (20)
Q. During the second stage of photosynthesis, hydrogen combines with CO-2 to
produce C-6 H-12 O-6, and thus complete the sugar-making process
1. What is CO-2?
2. What is C-6 H-12 O-6?
A. 1. carbon dioxide
2. glucose
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7.
Tossup (10)
Q. What percent of the U.S. states are contiguous (kun TIGG you us)?
A. 96
Bonus (20)
Q. 18 states border the Atlantic Ocean or the Gulf of Mexico. What fraction, in
lowest terms, represents the contiguous (kun TIGG you us) states that are
coastal?
A. 7/16
8.
Tossup (10)
Q. What is the term for language containing images that are not to be understood
literally?
A. figurative language (also accept figures of speech)
Bonus (20)
Q. Give the term for each of these kinds of figurative language:
1. figurative language that uses exaggeration for effect
2. figurative language that uses an implied comparison between two distinctly
different things; one term is defined in relationship to the other term
3. figurative language that endows inanimate objects with human
characteristics
4. figurative language that compares two distinctly different things using the
words “as” or “like”
A. 1.
2.
3.
4.
9.
Tossup (10)
hyperbole
metaphor
personification
simile
Q. What famous Indian mounds are located near Cartersville, Georgia?
A. Etowah
Bonus (20)
Q. What Indian mounds are located near . . .
1. . . . Macon, Georgia?
2. . . . Blakely, Georgia?
A. 1. Ocmulgee
2. Kolomoki (ko lo MO kee)
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10.
Tossup (10)
Q. What is defined as the wasting away of muscle tissue due to lack of use? This
term has initial letter “A”.
A. atrophy
Bonus (20)
Q. Which type of exercise …
1. … improves the body’s consumption of oxygen and allows the participant to
keep up with the intake of oxygen for an hour or more?
2. … is designed to build muscle mass and improve speed and power? It is
done for short durations from a few seconds to about 2 minutes. Here the
participant has to stop frequently to catch his breath.
A. 1. aerobic
2. anaerobic (an uh ROBE ick)
TIE-BREAKERS
1.
Tossup (10)
Q. Which part of a plant’s vascular tissue transports water and nutrients from the
roots to shoots?
A. xylem (ZY luhm)
2.
Tossup (10)
Q. In which country is the region of Normady?
A. France
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Game 3
1.
Tossup (10)
PAGE – 2010
State Semi-finals
Q. What word, beginning with the letter A, is used to refer to a structure or an
artificial channel used to transport water?
A. aqueduct
Bonus (20)
Q. What word, beginning with the letter A, is used to refer to each of the
following?
1. a person from whom a family or a group of people descends
2. an official who represents his or her government in a foreign country
3. to give up a position of power, such as a kingship
4. an honorary title for a Muslim religious leader that means “reflection of God”
A. 1.
2.
3.
4.
2.
Tossup (10)
ancestor
ambassador
abdicate
ayatollah
Q. What is the rock of which Georgia’s Stone Mountain is composed?
A. granite
Bonus (20)
Q. Which basic type of rock is …
1. … granite?
2. … shale?
3. … marble?
4. … quartz?
A. 1.
2.
3.
4.
3.
Tossup (10)
igneous
sedimentary
metamorphic
igneous
Q. Which is larger: n cubed, n raised to the fourth power, or n raised to the fifth
power when n is negative one?
A. n raised to the fourth power (or 1)
Bonus (20)
Q. What is n plus n squared plus n cubed plus n raised to the fourth power when n
equals negative two?
A. 10
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4.
Tossup (10)
Q. Identify the object of the verb in the following sentence: My father left his
collection of opera recordings to his grandchildren.
A. collection
Bonus (20)
Q. Identify the object of the verb in each of the following sentences:
1. Dr. Henderson taught English for 35 years.
2. Jan and I first met them last summer.
3. The computer nerd prepared a long and complicated report of his
investigation.
4. The tsunami caused hideous damage to the island.
A. 1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Tossup (10)
English
them
report
damage
Q. In which city is the College World Series for baseball held each year?
A. Omaha (Nebraska)
Bonus (20)
Q. 1. Who won the NCAA Division I baseball championship last June?
2. Who did they defeat to win the championship?
A. 1. L.S.U.
2. Texas
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6.
Tossup (10)
Q. What is the name of the mythological Greek hero who craftily defeated the oneeyed giant called the Cyclops (SIGH klahps)?
A. Odysseus
Bonus (20)
Q. Identify these other Greek mythological figures:
1. the one who slew the Gorgon named Medusa and rescued the girl named
Andromeda (an DRAHM ih duh)
2. the one who stole fire from the gods and gave it to human beings
3. the one who slew the Minotaur in the Labyrinth (LAB uh rinth)
4. the one who fell in love with his own reflection in a pool
A. 1.
2.
3.
4.
Perseus (PER see us)
Prometheus (pro ME the us)
Theseus (THE see us)
Narcissus (nar SIS us)
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7.
Tossup (10)
Q. What is the main acid in the gastric acid in your stomach?
A. hydrochloric (hide ruh KLOR ick) acid (HCl)
Bonus (20)
Q. 1. Besides citric acid, what is the other main acid in citrus fruit?
2. What is the main acid in a regular Coca-Cola soft drink?
A. 1. ascorbic (ass KOR bick) (acid) (C6H8O6) (Vitamin C)
2. phosphoric (fahss FOR ick) (acid) (H3PO4)
8.
Tossup (10)
Q. On which continent is Cameroon?
A. Africa
Bonus (20)
Q. On which continent is each of the following countries?
1. Kazakhstan (kuh ZAHK uh stan)
2. Guyana (guy AHN uh)
3. Togo
4. San Marino
A. 1.
2.
3.
4.
9.
Tossup (10)
Asia
South America
Africa
Europe
Q. What is the term for the computer device in the form of a display or screen that
has initial letter “M”?
A. monitor
Bonus (20)
Q. What are these monitor types?
1. CRT
2. LCD
A. 1. Cathode Ray Tube
2. Liquid Crystal Display
10.
Tossup (10)
Q. What does five raised to the power of zero equal?
A. 1
Bonus (20)
Q. 1. One-sixteenth equals two raised to what power?
2. x raised to the two-thirds power, all raised to the sixth power, equals x raised
to what power?
A. 1. negative fourth (negative four)
2. fourth (four)
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TIE-BREAKERS
1.
Tossup (10)
Q. What is the two-word term for the world’s largest fish?
A. whale shark
2.
Tossup (10)
Q. How many inches is 12 feet?
A. 144
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Game 4
1.
Tossup (10)
PAGE – 2010
State Semi-finals
Q. How many distinct prime factors does 48 have?
A. 2
Bonus (20)
Q. How many distinct prime factors does each of the following have?
1. 30
2. 64
3. 144
4. 243
A. 1.
2.
3.
4.
2.
Tossup (10)
3
1
2
1
Q. Identify the object of a preposition in the following sentence: Life on a
houseboat was an adventure Alice had long desired.
A. houseboat
Bonus (20)
Q. Identify the object of a preposition in each of the following sentences:
1. Our class members have plans for the spring break.
2. Three of my friends take ballet instruction.
3. Jane and I often meet to talk during our free period.
4. Through experience, I have learned to read instruction booklets.
A. 1. break (also accept “spring break”)
2. friends
3. period
4. experience
3.
Tossup (10)
Q. Which peninsula borders the Persian Gulf, the Red Sea, and the Arabian Sea?
A. Arabian
Bonus (20)
Q. Which four of the following countries are on the Arabian Peninsula:
Yemen (YIMM in), Iran, Syria, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Qatar (kuh TAHR),
Bahrain (bah RAIN), Lebanon?
A. Yemen
Saudi Arabia
Qatar
Bahrain
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4.
Tossup (10)
Q.
What is defined to be force per unit of area?
A. pressure
Bonus (20)
Q. 1. If an inflated balloon is carried up a mountain, will it expand, contract, or
remain the same size?
2. Will the pressure of a confined gas when heated increase, decrease, or
remain the same?
A. 1. expand
2. increase
5.
Tossup (10)
Q. What is the title of the famous painting by Grant Wood that depicts a farmer and
his wife standing before their house, a painting that has become an American
classic?
A. American Gothic
Bonus (20)
Q. 1. Who is the painter whose famous painting formally entitled Arrangement in
Gray and White is a portrait of the artist’s mother?
2. Who is the 19th-century painter famous for his numerous paintings of
American birds?
A. 1. (James A. McNeill) Whistler (“Whistler’s Mother”)
2. (John James) Audubon
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6.
Tossup (10)
Q. Arnold Schwarzenegger is frequently in the news. Of which state is he
governor?
A. California
Bonus (20)
Q. Of which state is/was each of the following the governor?
1. Sarah Palin
2. Sonny Perdue
3. Mark Sanford
4. Rod Blagojevich (bluh GOY uh vitch)
A. 1.
2.
3.
4.
Alaska
Georgia
South Carolina
Illinois
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7.
Tossup (10)
Q. One-fourth divided by what number is one-half?
A. one-half
Bonus (20)
Q. 1. What is the sum of five-twelfths of one hundred forty-four and five-fourths
of forty-four?
2. What is the quotient when 30% of 250 is divided by five-thirds of nine?
A. 1. 115
2. 5
8.
Tossup (10)
Q. How many pairs of chromosomes are there in a human cell nucleus?
A.
Bonus (20)
23 (46 chromosomes)
Q. 1. Approximately how many genes are in each cell; 3-hundred, 3-thousand, or
30-thousand?
2. In the 23rd chromosome pair there is a difference between the sexes. What is
the 2-letter code for this pair that identifies a female?
A. 1. 30-thousand
2. XX
9.
Tossup (10)
Q. You may have read a fairly recent novel for young adults entitled The Book
Thief, by Markus Zusak (ZOO sack). If so, you know that the action of the
novel takes place in what country?
A. Germany
Bonus (20)
Q. 1.
2.
3.
4.
Who was the national leader of Germany at the time of the novel?
Who is the narrator of the novel?
What is the name of the girl who is the central character, the “book thief”?
In their basement her foster parents are hiding a man named Max because he
is what?
A. 1.
2.
3.
4.
(Adolf) Hitler
Death
Liesel (LEE zell)
a Jew
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10.
Tossup (10)
Q. What state capital is known as Cradle of the Confederacy?
A. Montgomery (Alabama)
Bonus (20)
Q. What state capital is known as each of the following?
1. Capital of the First State
2. Mormon Capital
3. Cornhusker Capital City
4. Country Music Capital of the World
A. 1.
2.
3.
4.
Dover (Delaware)
Salt Lake City (Utah)
Lincoln (Nebraska)
Nashville (Tennessee)
TIE-BREAKERS
1.
Tossup (10)
Q. What is the name of Scrooge’s nephew in Dickens’ A Christmas Carol?
A. Fred
2.
Tossup (10)
Q. What is the name of a narrow strip of land connecting two larger bodies of land?
A. isthmus
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Game 5
1.
Tossup (10)
PAGE – 2010
State Semi-finals
Q. Identify the grammatical term that refers to an adjective that follows a linking
verb and that modifies the subject of the sentence.
A. predicate adjective
Bonus (20)
Q. Identify the predicate adjectives in each of the following sentences:
1. He feels strong enough to take a walk today.
2. The peach pie that Aunt Ellen made tasted delicious to all of us hungry men.
3. The other golfers in my foursome were really inept on the putting greens.
4. Louise looked quite lovely in her new blue gown.
A. 1.
2.
3.
4.
2.
Tossup (10)
strong
delicious
inept
lovely
Q. The term exponent is most closely associated with which one of the following
areas of mathematics: statistics, algebra, or geometry?
A. algebra
Bonus (20)
Q. Is each of the following terms most closely associated with statistics, algebra, or
geometry?
1. solution
2. rhombus
3. median
4. congruent
A. 1.
2.
3.
4.
3.
Tossup (10)
algebra
geometry
statistics
geometry
Q. In which ancient country was the city of Babylon?
A. Mesopotamia (mess oh puh TAME ee uh)
Bonus (20)
Q. In which ancient country was each of the following cities?
1. Sparta
2. Memphis
3. Marathon
4. Olympus
A. 1.
2.
3.
4.
Greece
Egypt
Greece
Greece
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4.
Tossup (10)
Q. Which isotope of carbon is used for determining the age of decaying bones and
wood?
A. Carbon-14
Bonus (20)
Q. 1. What is the process called for determining the age of rocks?
2. If the half-life of potassium-40 is 1.25 billion years, what percentage of an
original quantity of potassium-40 will still be present 2.5 billion years from a
fixed date?
A. 1. radiometric dating
2. 25%
5.
Tossup (10)
Q. In music, what is the interval between the F-sharp above middle C and the next
higher F-sharp called?
A. an octave
Bonus (20)
Q. What musical terms are defined by the following:
1. a smooth, connected manner of performing a melody
2. choral music without instrumental accompaniment
3. combination of two or more tones sounded at once
4. gradually softer in volume
A. 1. legato (luh GAH toe)
2. a capella (ah kah PEL ah)
3. chord
4. decrescendo (dee kruh SHINN doe) (also accept diminuendo [dih MEN you
en doe])
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6.
Tossup (10)
Q. What is the smallest unit of data in a digital computer? It is referred to by a
shortened version of the two-word phrase “binary digit.”
A. bit
Bonus (20)
Q. 1. Nowadays how many bits usually compose a byte?
2. What are the two symbols used in the binary numeration system, other than,
of course, the decimal point, or more accurately, the binary point?
A. 1. eight (8)
2. zero and one (0 and 1)
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7.
Tossup (10)
Q. What is the smooth muscle that operates on its own without request of the
individual?
A. involuntary (muscle)
Bonus (20)
Q. 1. What is the voluntary, striated (stry ATE id) muscle that causes movement at
your joints?
2. What is the heart muscle called specifically?
A. 1. skeletal (muscle)
2. cardiac (muscle)
8.
Tossup (10)
Q. The Victorian English poet Robert Browning wrote a famous poem about a
medieval German town that contracted with a strange-looking man to rid them
of what sort of pest?
A. rats
Bonus (20)
Q. 1. What is the name of this German town?
2. What adjective is given to the strange-looking man, indicating that he wore
multi-colored clothing?
3. What kind of musical instrument did he play?
4. In addition to the rats, what else did the rid the town of?
A. 1.
2.
3.
4.
9.
Tossup (10)
Hamelin
pied
a pipe
the children of the town’s inhabitants
Q. The island of Kyushu (kee YOO shoo) is part of which country?
A. Japan
Bonus (20)
Q. Each of the following islands is part of which country?
1. Aleutian (uh LOO shun)
2. Crete
3. Bali (rhymes with “Sally” or “Polly”)
4. Luzon (LOO zahn)
A. 1.
2.
3.
4.
United States
Greece
Indonesia
Philippines
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10.
Tossup (10)
Q. If two angles of a triangle have degree measures 87 and 47, what is the degree
measure of the third angle?
A. 46
Bonus (20)
Q. If the degree measures of a triangle are x, two x, and two x plus five, what is the
degree measure of the largest angle of the triangle?
A. 75
TIE-BREAKERS
1.
Tossup (10)
Q. Cairo, Egypt, is located on which body of water?
A. Nile River
2.
Tossup (10)
Q. How many feet is 2 miles?
A. 10,560
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Game 6
1.
Tossup (10)
PAGE – 2010
State Semi-finals
Q. What kind of real number is the square root of seventeen?
A. irrational
Bonus (20)
Q. Tell whether each of the following statements is always true, sometimes true, or
never true.
1. Any fraction can be written as a terminating decimal.
2. A rational number is an integer.
3. An integer is a rational number.
4. A repeating decimal is a rational number.
A. 1.
2.
3.
4.
2.
Tossup (10)
sometimes true
sometimes true
always true
always true
Q. What word, beginning with the letter D, is used to refer to a variety of a
language used only in a certain place or among a certain group?
A. dialect
Bonus (20)
Q. With which country is each of the following most frequently associated?
1. apartheid
2. kimono
3. kibbutz (kih BUTZ [rhymes with “puts”])
4. samurai
A. 1.
2.
3.
4.
3.
Tossup (10)
South Africa
Japan
Israel
Japan
Q. Is the wearing down of rocks due to weathering a chemical, physical, or nuclear
change?
A. physical
Bonus (20)
Q. Identify the physical change in these lists …
1. … yeast bread rising, fall leaves changing color, or ice melting.
2. … extruding metal through a tiny hole to make a wire, rusting iron, or wood
burning.
A. 1. ice melting
2. extruding metal
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4.
Tossup (10)
Q. “Sides clash over point of DOT law” was a recent newspaper headline. For
what does DOT stand?
A. Department of Transportation
Bonus (20)
Q. Answer these questions about recent newspaper headlines.
1. For what does NASA stand in this headline: “NASA plans fueling test for
shuttle.”
2. For what does CDC stand in this headline: “CDC: Shortage of childhood
infection vaccine over.”
A. 1. National Aeronautics and Space Administration
2. Center(s) for Disease Control (and prevention)
5.
Tossup (10)
Q. Spell the word that is pronounced the same as the word that is spelled f l e x.
A. f l e c k s
Bonus (20)
Q. 1. Spell the word that is pronounced the same as the word that is spelled
n e e d.
2. Spell the word that is pronounced the same as the word that is spelled
n a y.
3. Spell the word that is pronounced the same as the word that is spelled
p r i n c e.
4. Spell the word that is pronounced the same as the word that is spelled
q u a r t s.
A. 1.
2.
3.
4.
k n e a d (also accept k n e e d)
neigh
prints
quartz
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6.
Tossup (10)
Q. In the summer of 1996 the summer Olympics were held in Atlanta, Georgia.
Where were the 2008 summer Olympics held?
A. Beijing (bay ZHING) (China)
Bonus (20)
Q. Where will the …
1. … 2010 winter Olympics be held?
2. … 2012 summer Olympics be held?
A. 1. Vancouver (British Columbia, Canada)
2. London (England)
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7.
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Q. How many distinct lines pass through two distinct points?
A. 1
Bonus (20)
Q. This past week Steve spent a lot of time working on his Science Fair Project.
Monday he worked 2 hours and 20 minutes, Tuesday he worked 1 hour and 45
minutes, Wednesday he worked 1 hour and 50 minutes, Thursday he worked 2
hours and 15 minutes, and Friday he worked 55 minutes. How long did he work
on his project last week?
A. 9 hours, 5 minutes
8.
Tossup (10)
Q. The Greek deity named Poseidon (po SIGH dn) had dominion over what?
A. the sea (or ocean)
Bonus (20)
Q. Identify the dominion or function of each of the following Greek deities:
1. Aphrodite (aff ro DYTE ee)
2. Hades
3. Hermes
4. Ares
A. 1.
2.
3.
4.
9.
Tossup (10)
Q. What is the process by which a cell nucleus grows, prepares to divide, and then
divides into two identical cells?
A.
Bonus (20)
love, beauty, fertility (accept any or all of these)
the underworld or rule over the dead (accept either or both)
the messenger of the gods
war
mitosis
Q. What is the phase of mitosis in which …
1. … the chromosomes move away from each other to opposite poles of the
spindle?
2. … chromosomes become attached to the spindle fibers?
A. 1. anaphase
2. metaphase
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Q. On which river does Athens, Georgia, lie?
A. Oconee
Bonus (20)
Q. On which river does each of the following Georgia cities lie?
1. Albany
2. Milledgeville
3. Columbus
4. Augusta
A. 1.
2.
3.
4.
Flint
Oconee
Chattahoochee
Savannah
TIE-BREAKERS
1.
Tossup (10)
Q. Identify the verb in the following sentence: Marilyn had been following the
news from Iran with intense interest.
A. had been following
2.
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Q. On which continent is Lake Tanganyika (tang an YEEK uh)?
A. Africa
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PAGE – 2010
State Semi-finals
Q. An atlas is a collection of what?
A. maps (also tables, charts or plates)
Bonus (20)
Q. 1. In which country was the Rosetta stone found in 1799?
2. Which ancient city was known for its Hanging Gardens?
A. 1. Egypt
2. Babylon
2.
Tossup (10)
Q. Spell the plural form of the singular noun hero.
A. h e r o e s
Bonus (20)
Q. Spell the plural form of each of the following nouns:
1. tooth
2. passerby
3. trout
4. analysis
A. 1.
2.
3.
4.
3.
Tossup (10)
teeth
passersby
trout
analyses
Q. People living near the seashore are accustomed to daily breezes, especially on
sunny days. Which direction will daytime breezes most often blow? Is it from
land to sea, from sea to land, or parallel to the coastline?
A. from sea to land
Bonus (20)
Q. 1. Is an airplane flight from New York to Los Angeles usually helped more,
less, or about the same as a return flight from LA to New York by the jet
stream over the US?
2. Does the air temperature of winds that have to rise to blow over a mountain
ridge tend to warm or cool; or does it remain about the same?
A. 1. less
2. cool
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4.
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Q. In the game of golf what is an eagle?
A. Two shots under par on a single hole (e.g. If par for a particular hole is 5 and the
player puts the ball in the cup in 3 attempts, then an eagle is recorded.)
Bonus (20)
Q. 1. What is one shot under par referred to as?
2. How many holes of golf are required in PGA competition for a single round
on a single course?
1. birdie
2. 18
5.
Tossup (10)
Q. If x raised to the negative seven power is undefined, what is x?
A. 0
Bonus (20)
Q. If the gas tank in your father’s car is two-fifths full and the tank holds 15 gallons
1. . . . how many gallons does it take to finish filling the tank?
2. . . . and if regular gas costs $2.12 per gallon, you finish filling the tank and
pay with a $20 bill, how much change do you receive?
A. 1. 9
2. $.92
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6.
Tossup (10)
Q. Handel’s (HAND ulz) Messiah is a fine representative of the type of musical
composition called what?
A. oratorio (or uh TOR ee oh)
Bonus (20)
Q. What musical term is defined by each of the following:
1. means of playing a string instrument by which the strings are plucked,
usually with a finger of the right hand
2. musical ornament consisting of the rapid alternation of two tones that are a
whole or half step apart
3. the female voice lower than a soprano and higher than an alto
4. the male voice lower than a tenor and higher than a bass
A. 1.
2.
3.
4.
pizzicato (pit zee KAH toe)
trill
mezzo-soprano (MET so suh PRAN oh)
baritone
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7.
Tossup (10)
Q. If 5 is to 6 as quantity x plus two is to x, what is x?
A. -12 (negative twelve)
Bonus (20)
Q. What is the sum of the integral solutions of the inequality:
the absolute value of quantity two x plus three is less than three?
A. -3 (negative three)
8.
Tossup (10)
Q. What is the capital of the state of which Fort Wayne and Evansville are
important cities?
A. Indianapolis (Indiana)
Bonus (20)
Q. What is the capital of the state of which each of the following are important
cities?
1. Fairbanks and Anchorage
2. Laramie and Casper
3. Fargo and Grand Forks
4. Pocatello (poke uh TELL oh) and Nampa
A. 1.
2.
3.
4.
9.
Tossup (10)
Juneau (Alaska)
Cheyenne (Wyoming)
Bismarck (North Dakota)
Boise (Idaho)
Q. How many novels are in the Harry Potter series?
A. seven (7)
Bonus (20)
Q. Give the U.S. titles of the first two and of the last two novels in this series.
A. 1.
2.
3.
4.
10.
Tossup (10)
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (1)
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2)
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (6)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (7)
Q. What is the biologist’s term for the diffusion of water across the cell membrane?
This is a passive transport requiring no energy.
A. osmosis
Bonus (20)
Q. Do these conditions aid, hinder, or have no effect on diffusion through cell
walls?
1. a cell’s membrane being permeable (PURR me uh bl)
2. a cell’s temperature lowering
A. 1. aid
2. hinder
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TIE-BREAKERS
1.
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Q. What two-word term classifies our Sun among all the known stars?
A. white dwarf
2.
Tossup (10)
Q. How many pounds is 64 ounces?
A. 4
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Game 8
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PAGE – 2010
State Semi-finals
Q. What is the term for a word in a sentence that modifies a noun, a pronoun, or
another noun equivalent?
A. adjective
Bonus (20)
Q. Identify the four words in the following sentence that function as adjectives:
Listening to the familiar words of the poet, Joel learned the age-old truth that all
that appears golden is not necessarily gold.
A. 1.
2.
3.
4.
2.
Tossup (10)
Listening
familiar
age-old
golden
Q. What is the sum of the two algebraic expressions three x plus four and two x
minus six?
A. five x minus two
Bonus (20)
Q. What is the quotient when quantity six x squared minus x minus fifteen, is
divided by quantity two x plus three?
A. three x minus five
3.
Tossup (10)
Q. Does Argentina lie above, on, or below the equator?
A. below
Bonus (20)
Q. Does each of the following countries lie above, on, or below the equator?
1. Sudan
2. Australia
3. Japan
4. Indonesia
A. 1.
2.
3.
4.
above
below
above
on
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4.
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Q. What is the term for an atom that is no longer neutral because it has lost or
gained an electron? It is a three-letter word with more vowels than consonants.
A. ion
Bonus (20)
Q. 1. What do we aptly call an attraction between atoms that hold oppositely
charged ions together?
2. What is the attraction between atoms of nonmetals when they share
electrons?
A. 1. ionic bond
2. covalent (ko VAY lunt) bond
5.
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Q. H1N1 has been in the news a lot. What is the common name for H1N1?
A. Swine Flu
Bonus (20)
Q. Each of the following was a member of the 2009 Time 100 list. From which
country is . . .
1. . . . T. Boone Pickens?
2. . . . Gordon Brown?
3. . . . Nicolas Sarkozy (SAHR ko zee)?
4. . . . Nouri al-Maliki (NOOR ee al MAL ih kee)?
A. 1.
2.
3.
4.
United States
Great Britain (United Kingdom)
France
Iraq
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6.
Tossup (10)
Q. For what does the acronym (ACK ro nimm) BIOS stand? It is a computer
phrase that refers to a set of programs that tells the computer how to start when
being powered up.
A. Basic Input/Output System
Bonus (20)
Q. 1. For what does GUI stand? It is the system controlling the interaction
between the mouse and the visual display.
2. What is the operating system developed in 1969 by Bell Labs that is still
going strong today despite all the changes in computing since that time?
A. 1. Graphical User Interface
2. Unix
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7.
Tossup (10)
Q. In ancient Greek mythology, what mountain was supposed to be the home of the
gods?
A. Mount Olympus
Bonus (20)
Q. 1. Julius Caesar was one of the most famous leaders in world history. Was he
from ancient Athens, Rome, or Cairo?
2. Cleopatra was from which ancient country?
A. 1. Rome
2. Egypt
8.
Tossup (10)
Q. What is the ability of an organism to keep conditions inside its body the same,
even though conditions in its environment may change? Is it homeostasis
(home ee oh STAY siss), homogeneity (home oh jih NEE ih tee), or
hypothermia (high po THERM ee uh)?
A. homeostasis
Bonus (20)
Q. In the absence of any outside aids like a pool of water …
1. … how do elephants cool off in the heat of the day?
2. … how do dogs cool off?
A. 1. by flapping their ears to increase air-flow over them
2. by panting (opening their mouths and blowing out air)
9.
Tossup (10)
Q. How many vertices does a cube have?
A. 8
Bonus (20)
Q. The surface area of a cube is 96 square units.
1. What is the length of an edge of the cube?
2. What is the volume of the cube?
A. 1. 4 (units)
2. 64 (cubic units)
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10.
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Q. What is the title of the novel in which Billy Coleman walks to the railroad
station in Tahlequah (TAL uh kwah), Oklahoma, to take delivery of two
redbone coonhound puppies.
A. Where the Red Fern Grows (Rawls)
Bonus (20)
Q. Identify the titles of these other novels that you may have read:
5. the one in which Jerry Renault refuses to submit to social pressure by
refusing to sell chocolate bars for the benefit of his prep school
2. the one about Cassie Logan and her experiences in growing up as a black girl
during the Great Depression
3. the one about fifteen-year-old Janie Johnson, who has an experience that
leads her to think that she was kidnapped as a young child
4. the one about a bored little boy named Milo who unexpectedly receives a gift
that allows him to travel to the Kingdom of Wisdom
A. 1.
2.
3.
4.
The Chocolate War (Cormier)
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (Taylor)
The Face on the Milk Carton (Cooney)
The Phantom Tollbooth (Juster)
TIE-BREAKERS
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Q. What is the name of the document that gives an inventor the right to be the only
person to sell his or her invention for a certain period of time?
A. patent
2.
Tossup (10)
Q. Which element has K as its chemical symbol?
A. potassium
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PAGE – 2010
State Semi-finals
Q. What is the most populated city in Africa?
A. Cairo (Egypt)
Bonus (20)
Q. In which country is each of the following African cities?
1. Cape Town
2. Casablanca
3. Nairobi
4. Alexandria
A. 1.
2.
3.
4.
2.
Tossup (10)
South Africa
Morocco
Kenya
Egypt
Q. What is the term for the performance of a single melodic line by more than one
instrument or voice at the same pitch or in different octaves?
A. unison
Bonus (20)
Q. Explain the meanings of the following terms that refer to tempo:
1. presto
2. allegro (uh LEG ro)
3. andante (ahn DAHN tay)
4. adagio (uh DODGE ee oh)
A. 1.
2.
3.
4.
3.
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quick, or very fast
fast
moderately slow; a walking pace
slow and leisurely
(Note to reader: Accept any words to
these effects; the terms are arranged
from fastest to slowest.)
Q. The words politics and metropolitan derive from a Greek root that means what?
A. city
Bonus (20)
Q. 1. The words aristocrat and democracy derive from a Greek root that means
what?
2. The words mania and maniac derive from a Greek root that means what?
3. The words meter and geometry derive from a Greek root that means what?
4. The words asterisk and astronomy derive from a Greek root that means
what?
A. 1.
2.
3.
4.
power, or rule by
madness
measure
star
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Q. What are the winds of Northwest America that blow over mountain tops and
down into a region of lower altitude with the air getting warmer as it descends?
A. Chinook (shih NOOK) (also accept “foehn” [FAYN])
Bonus (20)
Q. 1. What is the world’s deepest ocean ravine?
2. What is the world’s highest island peak?
A. 1. Marianas (mair ee ANN uz) Trench
2. Mauna Kea (MAW nuh KAY uh) (Hawaii)
5.
Tossup (10)
Q. What is 25% of 88?
A. 22
Bonus (20)
Q. The recreation department offers three sessions of tennis instruction each
Saturday. Each session lasts 45 minutes with 10 minutes between sessions. The
final session ends at 11:35 a.m. What time did the first session begin?
A. 9:00 a.m.
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6.
Tossup (10)
Q. What does the absolute value of negative six equal?
A. 6 (or positive 6)
Bonus (20)
Q. 1. What does the absolute value of quantity three minus the square root of ten
equal when written in exact form without absolute value signs?
2. What does the absolute value of quantity three minus the square root of eight
equal when written in exact form without absolute value signs?
A. 1. the square root of ten minus three
2. three minus the square root of eight
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Tossup (10)
Q. Which one of the following Georgia towns is above the Fall Line: Sylvester,
Fayetteville, or Vidalia?
A. Fayetteville
Bonus (20)
Q. Does each of the following Georgia towns lie on, below, or above the Fall Line?
1. Macon
2. Griffin
3. Eastman
4. Swainsboro
A. 1.
2.
3.
4.
8.
Tossup (10)
on
above
below
below
Q. What would a scientific calculator like a TI-73 display following these key
presses? 16, divided by, 8, divided by, 4, divided by, 2, enter?
A. .25 (also accept 0.25)
Bonus (20)
Q. What result will be obtained from these key presses?
1. 22 divided by .5, enter
2. 88 caret 0, enter
3. 1 caret 88, enter
4. negative 5 caret 4, enter
A. 1.
2.
3.
4.
9.
Tossup (10)
44
1
1
– 625 (NOT 625)
Q. Who wrote the series of books that begins with Anne of Green Gables?
A. (Lucy Maude) Montgomery
Bonus (20)
Q. 1. What is the specific geographical locale of these novels?
2. What phrase does Anne use to refer to her special friends?
3. What is the family name of the older brother and sister with whom Anne
comes to live?
4. What color is Anne’s hair?
A. 1.
2.
3.
4.
Prince Edward Island, Canada
“kindred spirits”
Cuthbert
red
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10.
Tossup (10)
Q. GPS can at times stand for Georgia Performance Standards or Great Public
Schools, but at other times it refers to a network that uses satellites, groundbased stations, and receivers to locate specific places on Earth. For what does
this GPS stand?
A. Global Positioning System (NOT Global Positioning Satellite)
Bonus (20)
Q. 1. What is the system that uses sound propagation (pro puh GAY shun), usually
underwater, to navigate, to communicate with other vessels, or to detect
undersea objects?
2. What is the object detection system that uses electromagnetic waves to
identify range, altitude, direction, and speed of both fixed and moving
objects?
A. 1. sonar (sound navigation and ranging)
2. radar (radio detection and ranging)
TIE-BREAKERS
1.
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Q. Literary characters known as the Mad Hatter and the Cheshire Cat appear in a
book with what title?
A. Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (also accept Alice in Wonderland)
2.
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Q. What two-word term describes an object in space that is so dense and has a
gravitational field so strong that no matter or radiation can escape?
A. black hole
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Tie-Breaker 1
1.
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PAGE – 2010
State Semi-finals
Q. It is generally believed that about 300 million years ago Earth’s land mass was
connected in a supercontinent that eventually broke apart and drifted slowly
across the globe to form separate continents and islands. By what name do we
refer to this supercontinent?
A. Pangaea (or Pangea) (pan JEE uh)
Bonus (20)
Q. 1. According to most geologists, about how old is Earth? Is it 2.1 billion, 3.8
billion, or 4.6 billion years?
2. According to most biologists, about how long has there been life on Earth? Is
it 2.1 billion, 3.8 billion, or 4.6 billion years?
A. 1. 4.6 billion years
2. 3.8 billion years
2.
Tossup (10)
Q. In what kind of shelter did six or seven Iroquois (EAR uh kwoi, or EAR uh
kwah) families live?
A. longhouse
Bonus (20)
Q. Native American Indians are sometimes categorized by the area of the country
in which they lived. Four of these are Eastern Woodlands, Plains,
Southwestern, and Pacific Northwest. In which area of the country did each of
the following Indian tribes live?
1. Shoshone (sho SHONE ee)
2. Algonquians (al GAHN kwee unz)
3. Navajo (NAVV uh ho)
4. Comanche
A. 1.
2.
3.
4.
3.
Tossup (10)
Pacific Northwest
Eastern Woodlands
Southwestern
Plains
Q. The words dormant and dormitory derive from a Latin root that means what?
A. sleep
Bonus (20)
Q. 1.
2.
3.
4.
The words vocal and vocation derive from a Latin root that means what?
The words admire and miracle derive from a Latin root that means what?
The words liberal and liberation derive from a Latin root that means what?
The words sense and sensation derive from a Latin root that means what?
A. 1.
2.
3.
4.
call
wonder at
free
feel
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4.
Tossup (10)
Q. Round 356.291 (three, five, six, point, two, nine, one) correct to the nearest
tenth?
A. 356.3
Bonus (20)
Q. 1. What is 2.7 times 3.2?
2. What is 4.6 divided by .23?
A. 1. 8.64
2. 20
5.
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Q. If a basketball player is fouled in the process of attempting a 3-point shot, what
is the maximum number of points that can be scored including the allowed free
throw(s)?
A. 4 (3 + 1 = 4)
Bonus (20)
Q. 1. What are the length and width of a high school basketball court?
2. How high is the rim above the court?
3. What is the distance from the free throw line to a point directly below the
front of the backboard on the court?
4. A men’s basketball has a diameter of slightly more than 9 inches, what is the
inside diameter of the rim?
A. 1.
2.
3.
4.
84 ft x 50 ft
10 ft
15 ft
18 in (1.5 ft)
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6.
Tossup (10)
Q. Name the woman in the Old Testament who became the mother of King
Solomon.
A. Bathsheba
Bonus (20)
Q. Identify these other biblical women:
1. the one in Genesis who falsely accused Joseph of sexually assaulting her
2. the wife of King Ahab and an adversary of Elijah
3. the mother of John the Baptist
4. Abraham’s wife
A. 1.
2.
3.
4.
Potiphar’s (PAHT ih furz) wife
Jezebel
Elizabeth
Sarah
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7.
Tossup (10)
Q. For what does the abbreviation SI stand in regards to measurement?
A. International System of Units (Systeme International d’Unites or more
commonly, the metric system)
Bonus (20)
Q.
One of the pluses of the metric system is the ease with which units can be
converted within the system. What is the equivalent of …
1. … 250 grams in kilograms?
2. … 3.24 meters in centimeters?
3. … 4.56 deciliters (dess ih LEET urz) in milliliters?
4. … 1 square meter in square centimeters?
A. 1.
2.
3.
4.
8.
Tossup (10)
.25 kg
324 cm
456 ml
10,000 sq cm
Q. In the 1700s many European countries had an official state religion. What was
the state religion of France?
A. Catholic (Roman Catholic)
Bonus (20)
Q. What was the state religion of . . .
1. . . . England?
2. . . . Spain?
A. 1. Anglican Church (Church of England)
2. Catholic (Roman Catholic)
9.
Tossup (10)
Q. What is the cube root of 64?
A. 4
Bonus (20)
Q. 1. What is the sum of the cube root of 125 and the square root of 225?
2. What is the quotient when the fourth root of 256 is divided by the fifth root
of 32?
A. 1. 20
2. 2
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10.
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Q. “California must pay $6.3M over crash” was a recent newspaper headline. For
what does M stand?
A. million
Bonus (20)
Q. Answer these questions about recent newspaper headlines.
1. For what does PGA stand in this headline: “PGA will go ahead with grove
changes.”
2. For what does FDA stand in this headline: “FDA: Eliminate Vicodin,
similar drugs.”
A. 1. Professional Golfers Association (of America)
2. Food and Drug Administration
TIE-BREAKERS
1.
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Q. Which element has Mn as its chemical symbol?
A. manganese (MAN guh neez)
2.
Tossup (10)
Q. In the study of uniform particle motion, what is the quantity that equals the
distance that a particle travels divided by its rate?
A. time (of travel)
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State Semi-finals
Q. Using northeast, northwest, southeast, and southwest, in what part of Georgia is
Camden County?
A. southeast
Bonus (20)
Q. Using northeast, northwest, southeast, and southwest, in what part of Georgia is
each of the following counties?
1. Colquitt (KAHL quit)
2. Rabun
3. Liberty
4. Gordon
A. 1.
2.
3.
4.
2.
Tossup (10)
southwest
northeast
southeast
northwest
Q. What is one-tenth squared?
A. one-hundredth (.01)
Bonus (20)
Q. 1. What is 16.28 minus 13.39?
2. What is the square root of .64?
A. 1. 2.89
2. .8
3.
Tossup (10)
Q. 2009 is the 200th anniversary of the birth of the famous German composer who
wrote music to accompany Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream
(including a famous wedding march) as well as symphonies with names such as
“Italian,” “Reformation,” and “Scotch.” Identify this composer.
A. (Felix) Mendelssohn (MEN del son)
Bonus (20)
Q. ALL OR NOTHING
Three famous German composers acquired, as a group, the nickname, “The
Three B’s.” Identify these three composers.
A. (Johann Sebastian) Bach
(Ludwig von) Beethoven
(Johannes) Brahms
(All three names required)
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4.
Tossup (10)
Q. What is the purpose of a universal indicator, a pH indicator, or litmus paper?
A. to determine whether a solution is acidic (uh SIDD ick) or basic or to determine
how acidic or basic a solution is (or words to this effect)
Bonus (20)
5.
Tossup (10)
Q. 1.
2.
3.
4.
What is the pH of freshly distilled water, which is neither acidic nor basic?
What is the highest pH reading possible?
How is a solution with a pH of 4.5 classified?
Is fresh milk acidic, neutral, or basic?
A. 1.
2.
3.
4.
7 (or 7.0)
14 (or slightly more than 14)
as an acid (acidic)
acidic (slightly, its pH is 6.7; soured milk or buttermilk has a pH around 4.5)
Q. Spell the second word in the following sentence: The unanimous decision
pleased everyone.
A. u n a n i m o u s
Bonus (20)
Q. Spell the second word in each of the following sentences:
1. Their marriage proved to be unsatisfying to each of them.
2. The scarcity of food in Darfur has created a catastrophe.
3. Her allegiance to her mother is admirable.
4. Jed’s conscience would not allow him to cheat on the math test.
A. 1.
2.
3.
4.
marriage
scarcity
allegiance
conscience
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6.
Tossup (10)
Q. What is the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea?
A. Sicily
Bonus (20)
Q. 1. What is the smallest of the four main islands of Japan?
2. Which one of the following is a Philippine Island: Mindanao (men duh
NOW), Celebes (SELL uh beez), or Timor (TEE mor, or tee MOR)?
A. 1. Shikoku (she KO koo)
2. Mindanao (men duh NOW)
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7.
Tossup (10)
Q. What is the sum of the solutions of the equation, the absolute value of x equals
ten?
A. 0
Bonus (20)
Q. What is the absolute value of quantity a minus b divided by quantity a plus b if
a equals negative two and b equals negative three?
A. negative one-fifth (-0.2)
8.
Tossup (10)
Q. Complete the following familiar proverb: “You can lead a horse to water, . . .”
A. but you can’t make him drink
Bonus (20)
Q. Complete each of these familiar proverbs:
1. “You can’t teach an old dog . . .”
2. “If at first you don’t succeed, . . .”
3. “Don’t change horses . . .”
4. “Where there’s smoke . . .”
A. 1.
2.
3.
4.
9.
Tossup (10)
new tricks
try, try again
in the middle of the stream
there’s fire
Q. What is the fewest number of runs possible in a half inning of regular 9-player
baseball in which a single player hits two home runs?
A. 8 runs (At least 11 players would go to bat, 3 could make outs and the other 8
would have to score.)
Bonus (20)
Q. 1. What is the greatest number of strikeouts that a pitcher could record in a half
inning of baseball?
2. What does it mean for a baseball player to “hit for the cycle” in a game?
A. 1. It is unlimited (since upon striking out, it is possible for a player to advance
to first base and not be officially out)
2. To have a single, double, triple, and homerun in the same game (in any
order)
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10.
Tossup (10)
Q. A DNA molecule unzips to form two strands. In the process two complete
molecules of DNA are created. Is this copying process called replication,
generation, or duplication?
A. replication
Bonus (20)
Q. 1. What is a permanent change in the DNA sequence of the genetic material of
an organism?
2. What is the most common genetic disease related to recessive genes? This
disease causes thick mucus that clogs airways of the lungs.
A. 1. mutation
2. cystic fibrosis
TIE-BREAKERS
1.
Tossup (10)
Q. What is the greatest integer of pi?
A. 3
2.
Tossup (10)
Q. What is Georgia’s state crop?
A. peanut
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2010
PAGE Academic Bowl
for Middle Grades
State Finals Questions
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2010 PAGE Academic Bowl for Middle Grades
State Finals Pronunciation Guide
Game #
1
Ques.#
4-T
4-B
9-T
9-B
Pronunciation
malleability (rhymes with “Sally ability”)
iridium (ear RIDD ee um)
xenon (ZEE nahn)
cesium (SEE see um)
sphinx (SFINKS)
Phoenicia (Fih NEE shuh)
2
2-B
8-B
9-B
TB-2
Greenwich (GRIN itch)
Hispaniola (hiss span YO luh)
biennial (bye EN ee ul)
Chiroptera (kye RAHP tur uh)
3
1-B
5-B
8-T
10-B
Ramadan (RAM uh dan)
fjord, fiord (FYORD, or fee YORD)
viscosity (viss KAHSS ih tee)
Alapaha (uh LAPP uh hah)
Champ.
1-B
Niger (NIGH jur)
Zimbabwe (zim BAHB way)
Myanmar (MYAHN mar)
Ban Ki-Moon (BAHN KEE MOON)
Reptilia (rep TILL ee uh)
herpetologist (her pih TAHL uh jist)
amphibians (am FIBB ee unz)
Aphrodite (afro DYTE ee)
coefficient (ko uh FISH unt)
Renaissance (RENN uh sahnts)
Deco (DECK oh)
Pompeii (PAHM PAY)
Kalahari (kah lah HAR ee)
Mali (MAH lee)
Patagonia (pat uh GO nee uh, or pat uh GO nyuh)
Oman (oh MAHN)
4-T
4-B
7-T
7-B
9-T
12-B
14-B
15-B
18-B
20-T
20-B
4
1-T
1-B
3-T
3-B
4-B
9-B
kaolin (KAY oh linn)
igneous (IGG nee us)
Dahlonega (duh LAHN ih guh)
doldrums (DOLE drums)
Solstice (SOLE stiss)
anemometer (ann ih MAHM ih tur)
Ithaca (ITH uh kuh)
Achilles (uh KILL eez)
Odysseus (oh DISS us)
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Game 1
1.
Tossup (10)
PAGE – 2010
State Finals
Q. In what branch of mathematics would you more likely hear the terms range,
median, and mode?
A. statistics
Bonus (20)
Q. Answer these questions about this data: 1, 4, 7, 8, 9, 9, 11.
1. What is its range?
2. What is its mean?
3. What is its mode?
4. What is its median?
A. 1.
2.
3.
4.
2.
Tossup (10)
10
7
9
8
Q. Arizona borders which one of the following states: Utah, Wyoming, or Idaho?
A. Utah
Bonus (20)
Q. 1. Arkansas borders which one of the following: Illinois, Iowa, or Missouri?
2. Vermont borders which one of the following: Maine, Massachusetts, or
Connecticut?
3. Mississippi borders which one of the following: Florida, Texas, or
Tennessee?
4. Indiana borders which one of the following: Wisconsin, Michigan, or
Pennsylvania?
A. 1.
2.
3.
4.
3.
Tossup (10)
Missouri
Massachusetts
Tennessee
Michigan
Q. Identify the object of a preposition in the following sentence: When he went to
Chattanooga last week, Charles visited the Tennessee Aquarium.
A. Chattanooga
Bonus (20)
Q. Identify the object of a preposition in each of the following sentences:
1. Once airborne, the plane turned toward the sun.
2. I searched the entire house looking for my new watch.
3. Except for Jane, the entire class was present.
4. Our teacher read a story out loud during our rest period.
A. 1.
2.
3.
4.
sun
watch
Jane
period (also accept “rest period”)
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4.
Tossup (10)
Q. What is the term describing metals that means they can be bent or pounded into
different shapes? Its initial letter is “M.”
A. malleability (rhymes with “Sally ability”) (or malleable)
Bonus (20)
Q. Choose the element classified as a metal from each of these lists:
1. radon, iridium (ear RIDD ee um), boron
2. tungsten, arsenic, xenon (ZEE nahn)
3. silicon, iodine, cesium (SEE see um)
4. krypton, argon, calcium
A. 1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Tossup (10)
iridium
tungsten
cesium
calcium
Q. “Court to hear case vs. NFL” was a recent newspaper headline. For what does
NFL stand?
A. National Football League
Bonus (20)
Q. 1. For what does FDIC stand in this headline: “FDIC orders banks to raise
capital”
2. For what does EPA stand in this headline: “EPA to inspect coal ash sites”
A. 1. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
2. Environmental Protection Agency
At this point, ask that the score be given and give coaches the opportunity to make substitutions.
6.
Tossup (10)
Q. What do we call computer hardware that is separate from and connected to the
main computer? The term has initial letter P.
A. peripheral
Bonus (20)
Q. There are two basic types of computer ports. Which one …
1. … moves data one bit at a time, as to and from modems?
2. … moves data multiple bits at a time, as to a printer?
A. 1. serial
2. parallel
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7.
Tossup (10)
Q. What basic unit of a living thing can perform all the processes of life? All
organisms are made of one or more of them.
A. cell
Bonus (20)
Q. What do we call the …
1. … balance between an organism’s energy-producing processes and it energyusing processes?
2. … the process by which organisms duplicate themselves?
A. 1. metabolism
2. reproduction
8.
Tossup (10)
Q. The x-axis and y-axis divide the Cartesian Coordinate Plane into how many
sections?
A. 4 (quadrants)
Bonus (20)
Q. In which quadrant of the Cartesian Coordinate Plane is each of the following
points if m is negative seven and n equals two?
1. The point whose first coordinate is m squared and whose second coordinate
is m plus n.
2. The point whose first coordinate is n minus m and whose second coordinate
is negative m divided by n.
3. The point whose first coordinate is m minus n and whose second coordinate
is m to the n power.
4. The point whose first coordinate is m divided by n and whose second
coordinate is n divided by m.
A. 1.
2.
3.
4.
9.
Tossup (10)
IV
I
II
III
Q. What is the name of any ancient Egyptian statue having a lion’s body and the
head of a human, hawk, or ram?
A. sphinx (SFINKS)
Bonus (20)
Q. 1. What is the name of the ancient kingdom in the area that today is called Iran?
2. What is the ancient region composed of city-states at the eastern end of the
Mediterranean Sea in the region of present-day Lebanon?
A. 1. Persia
2. Phoenicia (fih NEE shuh)
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10.
Tossup (10)
Q. Who wrote Where the Wild Things Are?
A. (Maurice) Sendak
Bonus (20)
Q. 1.
2.
3.
4.
Who illustrated this book?
What is the name of the hero?
How does he find the land where the wild things live?
When he returns from his adventure, what is waiting for him at home?
A. 1. (the author, Maurice) Sendak
2. Max
3. He wills his bedroom to change into a forest, where the wild things live. (or
words to this effect)
4. his supper
TIE-BREAKERS
1.
Tossup (10)
Q. What country borders only Spain?
A. Portugal
2.
Tossup (10)
Q. What is the mathematical constant pi correct to two decimal places?
A. 3.14
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Game 2
1.
Tossup (10)
PAGE – 2010
State Finals
Q. Identify the object of the verb in the following sentence: We must study the past
to avoid repeating our mistakes.
A. past
Bonus (20)
Q. Identify the object of the verb in each of the following sentences:
1. Many college seniors cannot answer basic high school level questions about
United States history.
2. Numerous colleges and universities no longer require the study of history as
a requirement for graduation.
3. Many scholars have expressed alarm about the growing historical illiteracy in
our country.
4. If we can’t remember the past, we are in trouble.
A. 1.
2.
3.
4.
2.
Tossup (10)
questions
study
alarm
past
Q. What measures the angular distance on Earth in terms of how far north or south
specific places are from the equator? This measure ranges from zero degrees at
the equator to 90 degrees at the poles.
A. latitude
Bonus (20)
Q. 1. For locations east and west on Earth we use longitude. Through which city
is zero degrees longitude?
2. What do we call zero degrees longitude?
3. Which line generally follows the 180 degrees longitudinal line?
4. Which latitudinal line on the globe marks the point at which the sun is
directly overhead on the day of our summer solstice?
A. 1.
2.
3.
4.
3.
Tossup (10)
Greenwich (GRIN itch), England (both city and country are required)
Prime Meridian
International Date Line
Tropic of Cancer
Q. What is the sum of the degree measures of the angles of a triangle?
A. 180
Bonus (20)
Q. The height of a triangle is two x and its base is x plus two. What is the height of
the triangle if its area is eight square units?
A. 4 (units)
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4.
Tossup (10)
Q. Washington, D.C. is located on which river?
A. Potomac
Bonus (20)
Q. On which body of water is each of the following cities:
1. Rome, Italy
2. Toronto, Canada
3. Baghdad, Iraq
4. Vienna, Austria
A. 1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Tossup (10)
Tiber River
Lake Ontario
Euphrates River
Danube River
Q. Which common drug can affect every organ in the body: the brain, the liver, the
stomach, and the heart to name a few? It is not an illegal substance for adults,
but it carries many risks for addiction and illness. It is distilled from fermented
corn, wheat, potatoes, and other farm products.
A. (grain) alcohol (or ethanol)
Bonus (20)
Q. 1. Which drug found in tobacco products acts as a stimulant in mammals and is
responsible for dependence or addiction in tobacco smoking? It is also used
as an insecticide. Its chemical formula is C-10 H-14 N-2.
2. What is the psychoactive stimulant drug discovered by the German chemist
Friedrich Runge in 1819, and is present in coffee, tea and colas? Its chemical
formula is C-8 H-10 N-4 O-2.
A. 1. nicotine
2. caffeine
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6.
Tossup (10)
Q. Napoleon Bonaparte became ruler of what country in 1799?
A. France
Bonus (20)
Q. 1. In 1812 Napoleon and his troops occupied which Russian city, but because
the Russians burned most of it down, were forced to leave Russia just as a
terrible winter was setting in?
2. In what village did Napoleon meet his final defeat in 1815?
A. 1. Moscow (Russia)
2. Waterloo (Belgium)
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7.
Tossup (10)
Q. In music, what is the name of a black note with a stem that has two flags
attached to it?
A. sixteenth note
Bonus (20)
Q. What do we call each of the following:
1. a small black rectangle that lies on the upper side of a line of the staff?
2. an open note with a stem?
3. a symbol that resembles the lower-case letter B?
4. a symbol that resembles the mathematical sign that means “is greater than”?
A. 1.
2.
3.
4.
8.
Tossup (10)
half rest
half note
flat (sign)
accent (sign)
Q. Who wrote Treasure Island?
A. (Robert Louis) Stevenson
Bonus (20)
Q. Answer these questions about Treasure Island:
1. What is the name of the narrator?
2. What is the name of the ship he and his two friends sail on?
3. What is the name of the crewman who attempts to lead others to mutiny so
that they can get the treasure?
4. What is the name of the marooned sailor on the island who helps recover the
treasure?
A. 1.
2.
3.
4.
9.
Tossup (10)
Jim Hawkins
Hispaniola (hiss span YO luh)
Long John Silver
Ben Gunn
Q. What are plants called that live for one year or less before they go to seed or
die?
A. annuals
Bonus (20)
Q. What are plants called that …
1. … live for two years before completing their life cycle?
2. … live for many years?
A. 1. biennial (bye EN ee ul)
2. perennial
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10.
Tossup (10)
Q. 27 yards is equivalent to how many feet?
A. 81
Bonus (20)
Q. 1. How many yards is 432 inches?
2. How many feet is 3 miles?
A. 1. 12
2. 15,840
TIE-BREAKERS
1.
Tossup (10)
Q. If f of x equals x squared plus x, what is f of two?
A. 6
2.
Tossup (10)
Q. What is the only true flying mammal?
A. bat (Order: Chiroptera [kye RAHP tur uh])
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Game 3
1.
Tossup (10)
PAGE – 2010
State Finals
Q. What religion are most Arabs who live in the Middle East and North Africa?
A. Muslims (Islam)
Bonus (20)
Q. Answer these questions about Muslims.
1. How many times a day must they pray?
2. In what building do they worship?
3. At least once in their lifetime they are supposed to make a pilgrimage to what
city?
4. What is the month-long time of prayer and reflection that Muslims practice in
which they fast and give up all food until sundown?
A. 1.
2.
3.
4.
2.
Tossup (10)
5
mosque
Mecca
Ramadan (RAM uh dan)
Q. What is the building that sits atop a mountain or high ridge; it is hemispherical
in shape; and it contains powerful telescopes for tracking and viewing heavenly
bodies?
A. observatory
Bonus (20)
Q. Observatories might contain one of two basic types of telescopes.
Which type …
1. … uses a series of lenses to focus and magnify light from distant objects?
2. … uses mirrors to project images of distant objects for viewing?
A. 1. refracting
2. reflecting
3.
Tossup (10)
Q. What is three and two-fifths when expressed as an improper fraction in lowest
terms?
A. 17/5 (seventeen-fifths)
Bonus (20)
Q. 1. What is the sum of two and one-third and three and one-half when expressed
as a mixed fraction in lowest terms?
2. What is the sum of the tens and thousandths digits of the number 123.4567
(one, two, three, point, four, five, six, seven)?
A. 1. five and five-sixths
2. 8
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4.
Tossup (10)
Q. “NAACP rallies for death-row inmate” was a recent newspaper headline. For
what does NAACP stand?
A. National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Bonus (20)
Q. Answer these questions about these headlines.
1. For what does DA stand in this headline: “DA: Bond should be revoked in
crash.”
2. For what does EU stand in this headline: “EU Commission wins Lithuania
vote.”
A. 1. District Attorney
2. European Union
5.
Tossup (10)
Q. Spell the last word in the following sentence: The state of Florida occupies a
world-famous peninsula.
A. p e n i n s u l a
Bonus (20)
Q. Spell the last word in each of the following sentences:
1. A river of moving ice is called a glacier.
2. Old Faithful is Yellowstone’s most famous geyser.
3. In Norway, a long, narrow inlet from the sea is called a fjord. (FYORD , or
fee YORD)
4. The huge one in Arizona is America’s most famous canyon.
A. 1.
2.
3.
4.
glacier
geyser
f j o r d (also accept f i o r d)
canyon
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6.
Tossup (10)
Q. Tiger, Leopard, Windows and Vista are all names for which form of computer
software?
A. operating systems
Bonus (20)
Q. For what do these computer acronyms stand?
1. SCSI
2. USB
3. CPU
4. RAM
A. 1.
2.
3.
4.
Small Computer Systems Interface
Universal Serial Bus
Central Processing Unit
Random Access Memory
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7.
Tossup (10)
Q. What is the term for the central struggle between two or more forces in a story?
A. conflict
Bonus (20)
Q. Give the literary term for each of the following:
1. a voice or character that tells the story and provides the reader with
information and insight about the characters and incidents in a narrative
2. the direct representation of the conversation between two or more characters
in a narrative
3. a figure of speech that joins two words with contradictory meaning—for
example, thunderous silence
4. the use of words that sound like the actions they name, such as “splash” or
“buzz”
A. 1.
2.
3.
4.
8.
Tossup (10)
narrator
dialogue
oxymoron (ok see MO rahn)
onomatopoeia (ahn uh mah tuh PEE yuh)
Q. What is the measure of a liquid’s resistance to flow?
A. viscosity (viss KAHSS ih tee)
Bonus (20)
Q. Which liquid has the higher viscosity at room temperature:
1. cooking oil, water, or honey?
2. blood, benzene, or mercury?
A. 1. honey
2. blood
9.
Tossup (10)
Q. What is the sum of five n plus six and negative three n plus four?
A. two n plus ten
Bonus (20)
Q. 1. What is the result when negative four x plus six is subtracted from seven x
plus three?
2. What is x minus two, quantity squared?
A. 1. eleven x minus three
2. x squared minus four x plus four
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10.
Tossup (10)
Q. What river forms part of the boundary between Alabama and Georgia?
A. Chattahoochee
Bonus (20)
Q. Which four of the following are Georgia lakes: Lake Altamaha, Lake Alapaha
(uh LAPP uh hah), Lake Sinclair, Lake Ogeechee, Lake Allatoona, Lake
Ocmulgee, Lake Seminole, Lake Oconee?
A. Lake Sinclair
Lake Allatoona
Lake Seminole
Lake Oconee
TIE-BREAKERS
1.
Tossup (10)
Q. What is the name of the hot, dry lands to the west of the Great Dividing Range
in Australia?
A. outback
2.
Tossup (10)
Q. How many weeks is 84 days?
A. 12
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Championship
1.
Tossup (10)
PAGE - 2010
Q. Switzerland borders which one of the following countries: Italy, Belgium, or
Spain?
A. Italy
Bonus (20)
Q. 1. Chile borders which one of the following: Ecuador, Bolivia, or Paraguay?
2. South Africa borders which one of the following: Niger (NIGH jur), Sudan,
or Zimbabwe (zim BAHB way)?
3. Laos borders which one of the following: Vietnam, India, or Pakistan?
4. Costa Rica borders which one of the following: Guatemala, Honduras, or
Nicaragua?
A. 1.
2.
3.
4.
2.
Tossup (10)
Bolivia
Zimbabwe
Vietnam
Nicaragua
Q. Scientists have determined the amount of methane in our atmosphere since as far
back as 1600. Has the concentration of this relatively potent greenhouse gas,
also known as sewer gas, significantly decreased, remained about the same, or
significantly increased in recent centuries?
A. significantly increased
Bonus (20)
Q. Has each of the following significantly decreased, remained about the same, or
significantly increased since the late 1800’s?
1. the earth’s average annual temperature
2. carbon dioxide concentration
A. 1. significantly increased
2. significantly increased
3.
Tossup (10)
Q. Of the 25 students in Mrs. Adams’ class, 12 are boys. What percent of the class
is male?
A. 48
Bonus (20)
Q. 1. What is 56% of 55?
2. 25% of what number is 111?
A. 1. 30.8
2. 444
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4.
Tossup (10)
Q. For what does U.N. stand in this headline: “U.N. Chief accepts invitation to
Myanmar (MYAHN mar)?”
A. United Nations
Bonus (20)
Q. 1. In which city is the United Nations’ headquarters?
2. Which one of the following is U.N. Secretary General: Ban Ki-Moon
(BAHN KEE MOON), Timothy Geithner (GUY[TH] nur), or Thomas
Vilsack?
A. 1. New York (City)
2. (Ban) Ki-Moon
5.
Tossup (10)
Q. Spell the word that is pronounced the same as the word that is spelled
i n s t a n c e.
A. i n s t a n t s
Bonus (20)
Q. 1. Spell the word that is pronounced the same as the word that is spelled
p a i n.
2. Spell the word that is pronounced the same as the word that is spelled
r a p.
3. Spell the word that is pronounced the same as the word that is spelled
s i g h s.
4. Spell the word that is pronounced the same as the word that is spelled
p h a s e.
A. 1.
2.
3.
4.
6.
Tossup (10)
pane
wrap
size
faze
Q. If your computer has a 60-gigabyte hard drive, does it have about 60 million, 60
billion or 60 trillion bytes of storage?
A. 60 billion
Bonus (20)
Q. Which prefix is used for …
1. … one thousand bytes?
2. … one million bytes?
A. 1. kilo
2. mega
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7.
Tossup (10)
Q. What is this class of animals: they are ectotherms, are covered with scales, and
lay eggs? Within this class of air-breathing vertebrates are turtles, alligators,
snakes, and lizards.
A. reptiles (reptilian [rep TILL ee uh])
Bonus (20)
Q. 1. What do we call a scientist who studies reptiles and one other class of
animals?
2. What is this other class of animals that contains salamanders and newts?
A. 1. herpetologist (her pih TAHL uh jist)
2. amphibians (am FIBB ee unz) (amphibia)
8.
Tossup (10)
Q. What is the simplified algebraic expression for x divided by the multiplicative
inverse of x?
A. x squared (x raised to the second power)
Bonus (20)
Q. What is the value of quantity two x squared minus six x minus four for x is
negative two?
A. 16
9.
Tossup (10)
Q. The deity whom the Romans called Venus was known to the Greeks by what
name?
A. Aphrodite (afro DYTE ee)
Bonus (20)
Q. Give the Greek name of each of these Roman deities:
1. Mars
2. Juno
3. Pluto
4. Minerva
A. 1.
2.
3.
4.
Ares
Hera
Hades
Athena
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10.
Tossup (10)
Q. What is the county seat of the Georgia county of Bibb?
A. Macon
Bonus (20)
Q. What is the county seat of each of the following Georgia counties?
1. Clarke
2. Camden
3. Muscogee
4. Catoosa
A. 1.
2.
3.
4.
Athens
Woodbine
Columbus
Ringgold
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11.
Tossup (10)
Q. What is the term that physical scientists use for the measure of the amount of
matter contained in an object? This is constant under differing gravitational
attractions.
A. mass
Bonus (20)
Q. 1. What is the basic SI (or metric) unit of mass?
2. What is the term used for the amount of force that an object has toward
differing gravitational sources?
A. 1. kilogram
2. weight
12.
Tossup (10)
Q. What is the degree of the polynomial, six x cubed plus five x squared plus
seven?
A. 3 (third)
Bonus (20)
Q. 1. What is the coefficient (ko uh FISH unt) of the first-degree term when
quantity two x plus three is squared?
2. What is the degree of a polynomial that is the sum of a fourth-degree
polynomial and a third-degree polynomial?
A. 1. 12
2. 4 (fourth)
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13.
Tossup (10)
Q. Identify the kind of figure of speech illustrated by this sentence: The Central
Committee of the college is an umbrella that shelters all other committees.
A. metaphor
Bonus (20)
Q. Identify the kinds of figures of speech illustrated by each of the following:
1. My little dog is quite a clown.
2. Mr. Simmons barked at his daughter.
3. The road to Jacksonville is like an obstacle course.
4. My uncle raises rabbits; he has at least a billion of them.
A. 1.
2.
3.
4.
14.
Tossup (10)
personification
metaphor
simile
hyperbole (also accept exaggeration)
Q. What word, beginning with the letter R, refers to the belief that the soul of every
person has lived from the beginning of time in the bodies of various human
beings or animals?
A. reincarnation
Bonus (20)
Q. What word, beginning with the letter R, refers to each of the following?
1. the religious movement during the sixteenth century that aimed at reforming
the Roman Catholic Church and resulted in establishing Protestant churches
2. the term that refers to the great revival of art and learning in Europe in the
1300s, 1400s, and 1500s
A. 1. Reformation
2. Renaissance (RENN uh sahnts)
15.
Tossup (10)
Q. What is the popular name of the famous iron tower built in Paris for the World’s
Fair of 1889?
A. the Eiffel Tower
Bonus (20)
Q. 1. What is the popular name of the bell tower of the cathedral in the Italian city
of Pisa?
2. What is the popular name of the clock in the gothic tower of the Houses of
Parliament in London, England?
3. Who was the American architect who developed the so-called “prairie style”
of architecture?
4. The Chrysler Building and the Empire State Building in New York City are
architectural structures built in what style?
A. 1.
2.
3.
4.
the Leaning Tower of Pisa
Big Ben
(Frank Lloyd) Wright
Art Deco (DECK oh)
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16.
Tossup (10)
Q. Which disease of the human body is characterized by the body’s inability to
produce insulin?
A. diabetes
Bonus (20)
Q. 1. Which gland in the body normally produces insulin?
2. Which type of diabetes is sometimes referred to as adult-onset diabetes and is
currently on the increase across the nation, due, in part, to poor eating habits?
A. 1. pancreas
2. Type-2
17.
Tossup (10)
Q. If x is an even positive number and y is an odd positive number, is y raised to the
power of x odd, even, or neither?
A. odd
Bonus (20)
Q. x is even and y is odd. Is each of the following even, odd, or neither?
1. x plus y
2. x times y
3. quantity x plus one times quantity y plus two
4. y times quantity x plus y
A. 1.
2.
3.
4.
18.
Tossup (10)
odd
even
odd
odd
Q. What are the remains and traces of organisms that lived in the distant past?
Most of them are trapped in sedimentary rocks.
A. fossils
Bonus (20)
Q. 1. What is the name of the Italian city that in A.D. 79 was buried almost
completely by volcanic ash from an eruption of Mt. Vesuvius? This event
created human fossils.
2. What is the name of the national park in northern Arizona that contains
thousands of fossilized trees?
A. 1. Pompeii (PAHM PAY)
2. Petrified Forest (National Park)
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19.
Tossup (10)
Q. Identify the subject of the following sentence: On the third shelf down this aisle
there are numerous histories of the Second World War.
A. histories
Bonus (20)
Q. Identify the subject of each of the following sentences:
1. In July of 1941, Allied forces invaded Nazi-controlled France.
2. Most American troops landed on Omaha Beach.
3. The Germans mounted a fierce but unsuccessful resistance.
4. During the invasion French citizens greeted their liberators with open arms.
A. 1.
2.
3.
4.
20.
Tossup (10)
forces
troops
Germans
citizens
Q. The Kalahari (kah lah HAR ee) Desert lies in part of which one of the following
countries: Sudan, Algeria, or Botswana?
A. Botswana
Bonus (20)
Q. 1. The Nile River passes through which one of the following countries: Mali
(MAH lee), Sudan, or Angola?
2. Patagonia (pat uh GO nee uh, or pat uh GO nyuh) lies in part of which one of
these countries: Argentina, Venezuela, or Peru?
3. Which one of the following countries lies on the Indochina Peninsula: India,
Vietnam, or Oman (oh MAHN)?
4. Asia Minor lies in which one of the following countries: Turkey, Yemen, or
Afghanistan?
A. 1.
2.
3.
4.
Sudan
Argentina
Vietnam
Turkey
TIE-BREAKERS
1.
Tossup (10)
Q. What part of speech is the word daily in this sentence: I subscribe to a daily
newspaper.
A. adjective
2.
Tossup (10)
Q. On which continent is the Strait of Magellan?
A. South America
3.
Tossup (10)
Q. In what form is 5,500 when expressed as five point five times ten raised to the
third power?
A. scientific notation
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Game 4
1.
Tossup (10)
PAGE – 2010
State Finals
Q. What is the name of the chalky white clay found near the Fall Line in Georgia
that is used in making china and glossy paper?
A. kaolin (KAY oh linn)
Bonus (20)
Q. 1. Near which Georgia town was gold discovered in 1829?
2. For what igneous (IGG nee us) rock is Elberton, Georgia, famous?
A. 1. Dahlonega (duh LAHN ih guh)
2. granite
2.
Tossup (10)
Q. Spell the second word in the following sentence: The basses are the lowest
string instruments in an orchestra.
A. b a s s e s
Bonus (20)
Q. Spell the last word in each of the following sentences:
1. Allen seemed so dumb that I concluded that inside his head there must be a
vacuum.
2. The monster in the movie I saw last night was simply hideous.
3. To catch a brook trout, one has to use strategy.
4. My parents won’t let me go to the carnival with you; they are very strict.
A. 1.
2.
3.
4.
3.
Tossup (10)
vacuum
hideous
strategy
strict
Q. The winds near the equator are lighter than on other places on Earth. Air
movement there is more vertical and rain is very common. What is this
windless, rainy region near the equator called? Is it the doldrums, the deadpans,
or the drabs?
A. the doldrums (DOLE drums)
Bonus (20)
Q. 1. The latitude of Augusta, Georgia, is, 33.4 degrees north. The latitude of the
Tropic of Cancer is 23.4 degrees north. What is the sun angle from straight
overhead in Augusta at high noon on the day of the Summer Solstice
(SOLE stiss)?
2. The latitude of the Tropic of Capricorn is 23.4 degrees south. What is the sun
angle from straight overhead in Augusta at high noon on the day of the
Winter Solstice (SOLE stiss)?
A. 1. 10 degrees
2. 56.8 degrees
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4.
Tossup (10)
Q. Which quantity is measured using a triple beam balance?
A. mass (NOT weight)
Bonus (20)
Q. 1. Which quantity is measured using a graduated cylinder?
2. Which quantity is measured using an anemometer (ann ih MAHM ih tur)?
A. 1. volume
2. wind speed
5.
Tossup (10)
Q. Using the distributive property, what is two times quantity three x plus four?
A. six x plus eight
Bonus (20)
Q. Solve for x: three x minus one all divided by two equals five times quantity
three minus x.
A. 31/13 (or 2 and 5/13)
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6.
Tossup (10)
Q. Your body sweats continuously. Do you lose about 2 pints, 2 quarts, or 2
gallons of water through sweating each day?
A. 2 quarts
Bonus (20)
Q. Water and fats are two of the six essential nutrients that your body needs for
good health. What are the other four?
A. 1.
2.
3.
4.
7.
Tossup (10)
proteins
carbohydrates
vitamins
minerals
Q. Distance traveled divided by rate traveled is what?
A. time (traveled)
Bonus (20)
Q. 1. Jose averaged 54 miles per hour for 3 hours and 15 minutes. How many
miles did he travel?
2. Carlos averaged 60 mi/hr for 10 miles and then averaged 50 mi/hr for the
next 10 miles. How many minutes did it take him to make the 20-mile trip?
A. 1. 175.5
2. 22
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8.
Tossup (10)
Q. Using north, south, east, or west, in which direction would you go if you go the
shortest distance from New Mexico to Wyoming?
A. north
Bonus (20)
Q. Using north, south, east, or west, in which direction would you go if you go the
shortest distance from . . .
1. . . . Nevada to Kansas?
2. . . . New Hampshire to Connecticut?
3. . . . Oklahoma to Nebraska?
4. . . . West Virginia to Missouri?
A. 1.
2.
3.
4.
9.
Tossup (10)
east
south
north
west
Q. What is the name of the famed ancient Greek poet who wrote two epics related
to the Trojan War?
A. Homer
Bonus (20)
Q. Identify each of these mythological figures associated with the Trojan War:
1. the famous warrior son of the Trojan king; he was killed by a famous Greek
warrior
2. the Greek hero who killed this Trojan prince
3. the woman whose beauty presumably caused the war
4. The Greek hero who had many adventures during the ten years it took him to
return to his home in Ithaca (ITH uh kuh)
A. 1.
2.
3.
4.
Hector
Achilles (uh KILL eez)
Helen (also accept Helen of Troy or Helen of Greece)
Odysseus (oh DISS us)
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10.
Tossup (10)
Q. Program music is music in which the composer attempts to paint a picture,
describe an action, or tell a story in sound. Identify the composer of the famous
piece of program music entitled “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice,” which featured
Mickey Mouse in Walt Disney’s movie Fantasia.
A. (Paul) Dukas (doo KAH)
Bonus (20)
Q. Identify the composers of these pieces of program music:
1. “La Mer” (la MARE), meaning “The Sea”
2. “Danse macabre” (dahnz ma KAHB ruh), meaning “Dance of Death”
3. the “William Tell” Overture
4. “The Flight of the Bumblebee”
A. 1.
2.
3.
4.
(Claude) Debussy (DEB you see)
(Camille) Saint-Saens (San – or Sawn SAHNZ)
(Gioacchino) Rossini (Ro SEE nee)
(Nicolai) Rimsky-Korsakov (RIM skee KOR sah kahv)
TIE-BREAKERS
1.
Tossup (10)
Q. What punctuation mark is formed of two dots in vertical alignment?
A. colon
2.
Tossup (10)
Q. How many decades is 40 years?
A. 4
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