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SOCIAL STUDIES
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Which president, in 1869.
pardoned Samuel Mudd, who
had set the broken leg of
Abraham Lincoln’s assassin?
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Which president, in 1869.
pardoned Samuel Mudd, who
had set the broken leg of
Abraham Lincoln’s assassin?
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Andrew Jackson
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MATHEMATICS
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If the area of a circle is 49 pi,
what is its circumference?
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If the area of a circle is 49 pi,
what is its circumference?
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14 pi
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Arts and Literature
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Which Victor Hugo work
features a hunch-back and a
Gypsy dancer who befriends
him?
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Which Victor Hugo work
features a hunch-back and a
Gypsy dancer who befriends
him?
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The Hunchback of Notre Dame
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Social Studies
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What former US president who
was Chief Justice of the
Supreme Court and swore in
two other US presidents?
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What former US president who
was Chief Justice of the
Supreme Court and swore in
two other US presidents?
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William H. Taft
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Mathematics
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What is the measure in
degrees of an angle that is 16
degrees less than its
complement?
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What is the measure in
degrees of an angle that is 16
degrees less than its
complement?
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37 degrees
(x + x + 16 = 90)
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Arts and Literature
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Give the title of the Robert
Frost poem that includes the
line, “I took the one less
traveled by.”
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Give the title of the Robert
Frost poem that includes the
line, “I took the one less
traveled by.”
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“The Road Not Taken”
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POPULAR CULTURE, LEISURE,
AND SPORTS
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In Steamboat Willie, Mickey
Mouse’s first talkie, the voice
was provided by whom.
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In Steamboat Willie, Mickey
Mouse’s first talkie, the voice
was provided by
whom.
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Walt Disney
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Social Studies
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Who was the 1st female
flew alone across
the Atlantic Ocean ?
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Who was the 1st female
flew alone across
the Atlantic Ocean ?
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Amelia Earhart
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Science and Technology
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What is the only one of the
eight planets in our solar
system that is not named for a
Greek or Roman god?
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What is the only one of the
nine planets in our solar
system that is not named for a
Greek or Roman god?
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Earth
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Current Event
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Name the Libyan leader
who has reigned
since 1969.
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Name the Libyan leader
who has reigned
since 1969.
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Muammar Gaddafi
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Deaf Culture
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Which country was
Deaf Winter Olympic 2011
being held before
it was canceled?
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Which country was
Deaf Winter Olympic 2011
being held before
it was canceled?
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Slovkia
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POPULAR CULTURE, LEISURE,
AND SPORTS
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Which term derived from the
Greek for “dance writing”
designates the arrangement of
the movements of dance,
especially ballet?
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Which term derived from the
Greek for “dance writing”
designates the arrangement of
the movements of dance,
especially ballet?
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Choreography
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2011
GALLAUDET UNIVERSITY
NATIONAL ACADEMIC BOWL
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QUESTION
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Consider the atomic numbers of
Helium, argon, radon and neon…
Which two have the lowest atomic
numbers?
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Helium and Neon
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QUESTION
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Rubik’s Cube originated in
A. Germany
B. Hungary
C. California
D. Japan
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B. Hungary
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QUESTION
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The interior angles of a
triangle are in the ratio of
1:5:12. What is the degree
measure of largest angle?
A. 10 degrees
B. 20 degrees
C. 120 degrees
D. 160 degrees
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120 degrees
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QUESTION
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Identify the imaginary line
that lies 23 degree 27’
(minutes) north of the
equator, part of whose name
is also a sign of the zodiac.
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Tropic of Cancer
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Who won the 1986 Nobel Peace
Prize and also wrote the book,
Night?
A. George Orwell
B. Elie Wiesel
C. Lois Lowell
D. Michael Crichton
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B. Elie Wiesel
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Question 6
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The Grapes of Wrath centers on
this ill-fated Okie family.
A. the Joads
B. the Snopeses
C. the Jukeses
D. the Smiths
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A. The Joads
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Question 7
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Suppose you fly from Australia to
California. What is the imaginary
line you cross that signals you’ve
lost a day?
A. Tropic of Cancer
B. Tropic of Capricorn
C. International Date Line
D. Latitude
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International Date Line
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Question 8
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Which of the following words
designates a realistic style of art
illustrating scenes of everyday life:
a. genre
b. gouache
c. fresco
d. tempera
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a. genre
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Question 9
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What is the setting of
Hawthorne’s novel,
The Scarlet Letter?
a. Plymouth, Massachusetts
b. Jamestown, Virginia
c. Boston, Massachusetts
d. Salem, Massachusetts
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d. Salem, Massachusetts
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Question 10
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She succeeded George VI
on the British throne.
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Queen Elizabeth
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Question 11
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U.S. Army land near San
Francisco became the site of
this federal prison in 1934.
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Alcatraz
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Question 12
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The major Axis powers of World
War II were
A. Germany, Italy, Hungary
B. Japan, Germany, Italy
C. Germany, Spain, Italy
D. Japan, Italy, Hungary
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B. Japan, Germany, Italy
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2011
Taft High School
ACADEMIC BOWL
PRELIMINARY MATCH
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FINAL ROUND
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CATEGORY:
Mathematics
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INSTRUCTIONS:
Identify the measurement
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Number of cubic feet
in a cubic yard
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Number of tablespoons
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Number of pints
in a quart.
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Number of acres
in a square mile
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Number of ounces
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Number of cups
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Number of fluid ounces
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Number of teaspoons
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Number of pounds
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Number of cubic feet
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Number of cubic feet
in a cubic yard
Ans: 27 feet
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Number of tablespoons
in a teaspoon
Ans: 1/3 tablespoon
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Number of pints
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Ans: 2 pints
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Number of acres
in a square mile
Ans: 640 acres
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Number of ounces
in a pound
Ans: 16 ounces
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Number of cups
in a gallon
Ans: 16 cups
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Number of fluid ounces
in a cup
Ans: 8 ounces
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Number of teaspoons
in a tablespoon
Ans: 3 teaspoons
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Number of pounds
in a short ton
Ans: 2,000 pounds
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Number of cubic feet
in a shipping ton
40 cubic feet
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137
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