2011
GALLAUDET UNIVERSITY
NATIONAL ACADEMIC BOWL
PRELIMINARY MATCH
SAMPLE
ROUND 1
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HISTORY AND GOVERNMENT
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Identify the Doric temple of
Athena built on the Acropolis
in Athens, Greece.
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Identify the Doric temple of
Athena built on the Acropolis
in Athens, Greece.
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Parthenon
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THE ARTS
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Some of the Italian artist
Raphael’s works were painted
on walls. Which term
designates “the art of painting
with watercolors on wet
plaster.”?
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Some of the Italian artist
Raphael’s works were painted
on walls. Which term
designates “the art of painting
with watercolors on wet
plaster.”?
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fresco
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DEAF STUDIES
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What was the original name
for the Deaflympics?
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What was the original name
for the Deaflympics?
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International Silent Games
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GEOGRAPHY
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Identify the Asian country
with the world’s largest
Moslem population. Its capital
is Jakarta.
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Identify the Asian country
with the world’s largest
Moslem population. Its capital
is Jakarta.
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Indonesia
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MATHEMATICS
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What are the solutions of
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9x – 36 = 0?
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What are the solutions of
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9x – 36 = 0?
2 and -2
(both answers must be
given)
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HISTORY AND GOVERNMENT
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Which term designates the
period in American History
from 1865 to 1877?
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Which term designates the
period in American History
from 1865 to 1877?
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Reconstruction
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GEOGRAPHY
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What is the capital of Chile,
the country where miners
were trapped for almost 70
days after a mining accident?
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What is the capital of Chile,
the country where miners
were trapped for almost 70
days after a mining accident?
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Santiago
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LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
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Which Daniel Defoe novel is
based on the rescue of a
Scottish sailor from an
uninhabited island?
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Which Daniel Defoe novel is
based on the rescue of a
Scottish sailor from an
uninhabited island?
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Robinson Crusoe
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SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
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Which term designates the
part of the skull that encloses
the brain?
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Which term designates the
part of the skull that encloses
the brain?
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cranium
(accept braincase)
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POPULAR CULTURE,
LEISURE, AND SPORTS
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Which American League
baseball team won a playoff
series for the first time in
franchise history in October
2010?
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Which American League
baseball team won a playoff
series for the first time in
franchise history in October
2010?
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Texas Rangers
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LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
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Which poetic device features
the repetition of an initial
sound in phrases such as
“round and round the rugged
rock”?
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Which poetic device features
the repetition of an initial
sound in phrases such as
“round and round the rugged
rock”?
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alliteration
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MATHEMATICS
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What is the radius of a circle
whose circumference is 26pi?
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What is the radius of a
circle whose circumference
is 26pi?
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SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
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Name the long, whip-like
appendage that bacteria and
protozoa use for movement.
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Name the long, whip-like
appendage that bacteria and
protozoa use for movement.
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flagellum
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MATHEMATICS
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What is the cube root of the
positive square root of 64?
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What is the cube root of the
positive square root of 64?
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2
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CURRENT EVENTS
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Name the current Secretary of
State, who some believe may
run as Obama’s Vice
Presidential candidate in
2012.
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Name the current Secretary of
State, who some believe may
run as Obama’s Vice
Presidential candidate in
2012.
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Hilary Rodham Clinton
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END OF
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ROUND 2
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QUESTION
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According to legend, which
city was founded by Romulus
and Remus?
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Rome
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QUESTION
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Fill in the missing words for
this idiom which means “too
little, too late.”
A _____ late and a ______
short.
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A day late and a dollar short
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QUESTION
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In a right triangle, a and b are
the lengths of the legs and c
is the length of the
hypotenuse. Give the formula
for the Pythagorean theorem.
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a2 + b 2 = c 2
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QUESTION
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A glow in a planet's ionosphere
caused by the interaction
between the planet's magnetic
field and charged particles from
the sun is known as what?
a. aurora
b. sunspot
c. red giant
d. nebula
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a. or aurora
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QUESTION
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Who won baseball's first World
Series?
a. Brooklyn Dodgers
b. Boston Red Sox
c. Philadelphia Phillies
d. New York Yankees
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b. or Boston Red Sox
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QUESTION
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Give the full name of SIDS, the
number one killer of babies
under the age of one year.
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Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
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QUESTION
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In which city did the Civil
Rights Museum open in 1991,
at the site where Martin
Luther King Jr. was killed in
1968?
A. Burmingham, AL
b. Atlanta, GA
c. Memphis, TN
d. Washington, D.C.
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c. or Memphis, TN
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QUESTION
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Which scientist said, “Genius
is one percent inspiration and
ninety-nine percent
perspiration?”
a. Albert Einstein
b. Thomas Edison
c. Ben Franklin
d. Marie Curie
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b. or Thomas Edison
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QUESTION
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Name the former NFL coach
who was a member of the
most recent cast of Survivor .
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Jimmy Johnson
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QUESTION
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Name the deaf actress who
appeared in the Sesame
Street series.
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Linda Bove
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QUESTION
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Which chemical element, whose
atomic number is 17 and whose
name is derived from a Greek
word meaning “greenish-yellow”
was used in World War I as a
poison gas?
a. chlorine
b. neon
c. helium
d. argon
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a. or chlorine
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QUESTION
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Name the oldest signer of
both the Declaration of
Independence and the
Constitution.
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Benjamin Franklin
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QUESTION
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Which country does this flag
represent?
a. Egypt
b. Liberia
c. Algeria
d. Libya
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b. Or Liberia
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QUESTION
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Fill in the missing word from
this famous phrase or
proverb...
______ is in the eye of the
beholder.
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Beauty
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QUESTION
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What is the value of x in the
equation 4x/30 = 4?
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x = 30
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QUESTION
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In which state was the Battle
of Gettysburg fought from
July 1-3, 1863?
a. Virginia
b. New York
c. North Carolina
d. Pennsylvania
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c. Pennsylvania
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FINAL ROUND
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CATEGORY:
HISTORY AND GOVERNMENT
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Instructions:
Identify each of the following
concerning the Declaration of
Independence.
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1) Person on whose
tombstone is the epitaph:
“Here was buried…author of
the Declaration of
Independence.”
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document. (First and Last
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equal, that they are endowed
by their Creator with certain
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4) Author of Common Sense
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5) Virginia delegate who on
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resolution that the United
Colonies ought to be free.
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6) Three rights specified in
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7) State where Caesar
Rodney was from, who rode
80 miles in one day to vote in
the affirmative for his state.
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8) Massachusetts signer who
asked, “Is not America
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the committee appointed on
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declaration.
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1) Person on whose
tombstone is the epitaph:
“Here was buried…author of
the American Declaration of
Independence.”
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Thomas Jefferson
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2) Only 2 U.S. Presidents
whose fathers signed this
document. (First and Last
Names Required)
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John Quincy Adams
and
William Henry Harrison
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3) Word that completes the
lines: “…all men are created
equal, that they are endowed
by their Creator with certain
________ rights.”
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unalienable
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4) Author of Common Sense
who encouraged the drive for
independence.
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Thomas Paine
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5) Virginia delegate who on
June 7, 1776, introduced the
resolution that the United
Colonies ought to be free.
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Richard Henry Lee
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6) Three rights specified in the
document’s second paragraph.
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life,
liberty,
and
the pursuit of happiness
(must have all 3)
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7) State where Caesar Rodney
was from, who rode 80 miles
in one day to vote in the
affirmative for his state.
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Delaware or DE
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8) Massachusetts signer who
asked, “Is not America already
independent? Why not then
declare it?”
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Samuel Adams
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9) Three of the 5 members of
the committee appointed on
June 11 to draft the
declaration.
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John Adams
Benjamin Franklin
Thomas Jefferson
Robert Livingston
and
Roger Serman
(must have 3 correct)
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10) Three things pledged to
each other in the document’s
final lines.
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Our Lives, our Fortunes, and
our Sacred Honor
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END OF
MATCH #1
WABL 2010
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Bonus Question #1
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Name the instrument
discovered flawed in 1990
after taking its first
photograph of an obscure star
cluster. There have since been
missions to fix the flaws.
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Hubble Telescope
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Bonus Question #2
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Name the parallel of latitude
located at 23 degrees 27
minutes north of the equator
that marks the northern
boundary of the Tropical Zone
on a map.
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Tropic of Cancer
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