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Cave country league qr match questions Varsity Jan. 7 2014
1. Which U. S. Constitutional Amendment pertains to the poll tax ban?
24TH (AMENDMENT)
2. Complete the missing last word of the following idiom that means to die, especially in battle:
to bite the (blank).
DUST
3. It is based on the 1994 Disney animated film of the same name with music by Elton John and
lyrics by Tim Rice featuring actors in animal costumes as well as giant, hollow puppets as well
as such songs as I Just Can’t Wait to be King and Circle of Life. Name this musical that begins
with the sun rising as Rafiki calls the animals to Pride Rock to present King Mufasa and Queen
Sarabi’s cub to the gathered animals.
(THE) LION KING
4. Which adjective is used in the moon phases to describe when the lighted area of the moon
appears to grow smaller?
WANING
5. Tom’s purchases totaled up to $50. If there is a 6% sales tax, what will be his final cost?
$53.00
6. It is a dark portrait of white Southerners’ indifference to the crippling fears of one of their
African-American employees, Nancy. Identify this Faulkner short story narrated by Quentin
Compson, one of his most memorable characters, and concerns the reactions of him and his two
siblings, Caddy and Jason, to an adult world that they do not fully understand.
THAT EVENING SUN
7. Ticket counters, coat check, concessions, and restrooms are all usually located in or just off
this room. Which room in a theatre is used for public entry to the building from the outside?
LOBBY
8. It flows from the mountains of southeastern Turkey through Iraq. Identify the eastern member
of the two great rivers that define Mesopotamia, along with the Euphrates.
TIGRIS (RIVER)
9. Of the 64,000 families on the western side of town, 62 ½% of them lost electricity over the
weekend. How many families lost electricity over the weekend?
40,000
10. It is a branch of physics closely related to the science of electricity. What is the branch of
technology that is the study of the release, behavior, and control of electrons as it relates to use in
helpful devices?
ELECTRONICS
11. It is located on the border between Arizona and Nevada and was constructed during the Great
Depression. Once known as Boulder Dam, name this concrete dam in the Black Canyon of the
Colorado River.
HOOVER DAM
12. Give the term referring to the genetic constitution of a cell, an organism, or an individual.
GENOTYPE
13. Joe scored a 90, 100, 70, and 80 on his social studies tests. What must Joe score on his 5th
test in order to have a 80 average?
60
14. 10-year-old India Opal Buloni has just moved to a trailer park in Naomi, Florida, with her
preacher father and while in the supermarket meets a scruffy dog that she takes home with her in
which 2001 Newbery Honor book by Kate DiCamillo?
BECAUSE OF WINN-DIXIE
15. It may be dictated by the rise or fall of the hand or baton of the conductor, by a metronome,
or by the accents in music. What is the regular pulse of music?
BEAT
16. Convert 70,361 into scientific notation.
7.0361 x 104
17. Mary Lou Finney is not excited about having to keep a journal over the summer or for having
to read The Odyssey. Identify this Sharon Creech novel in which Mary Lou learns that her cousin
Carl Ray has much worse problems than she does.
ABSOLUTELY NORMAL CHAOS
18. It indicates the division between left- and right-hand regions and between the treble and bass
staves of printed music. Identify the white note, C4, at the center of the piano keyboard.
MIDDLE C
19. Number required. It managed the colonial war effort and moved toward independence
adopting the U. S. Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. Identify this convention of
delegates from the thirteen colonies that started meeting on May 10, 1775, in Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania, soon after warfare in the Revolutionary War had begun.
SECOND CONTINENTAL CONGRESS
20. The sun’s energy that is absorbed by the Earth is spread throughout the atmosphere in three
basic ways. What is the direct transfer of heat energy from one substance to another?
CONDUCTION
21. There are 538 electoral votes in the Electoral College. The number of electoral votes each
state is awarded is based upon population of that state. California has the largest population and
has how many electoral votes?
55
22. Examples include toward, to, and in. Which part of speech is used to relate a noun or
pronoun to some other word in the sentence?
PREPOSITION
23. Which element of art refers to the mixture of light and pigment?
COLOR
24. It accounts for approximately 1% of the cell cycle’s duration. Identify this stage in both
mitosis and meiosis where chromosomes begin moving to opposite ends or poles of the cell.
ANAPHASE
25. Find the length of the longer leg of a right triangle having a hypotenuse measuring 130
centimeters with the remaining leg measuring 50 centimeters.
120 CENTIMETERS
26. Ivan gathered twice more chestnuts than Peter, and Ben gathered 2 kilograms more than
Peter. Together they gathered 26 kilograms of chestnuts. How many kilograms did Peter gather?
6 (KILOGRAMS)
27. Four girls are the main characters in Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women. Which March girl is
best described as an artist with curly golden hair and blue eyes, often throw tantrums when she is
unhappy, and is the youngest sister?
AMY
28. Which economics term is a rise in the general level of prices of goods and services in an
economy over a period of time?
INFLATION
29. It is based on Puccini’s Madame Butterfly. Its inspiration was reportedly a photograph
showing a Vietnamese mother leaving her child at a departure gate at an air base to board a plane
headed for the U. S. Identify this musical by Schonberg and Boublil that tells the tragic tale of a
doomed romance between an American GI and a Vietnamese bar girl.
MISS SAIGON
30. With these, information is transmitted quickly from one place to another. Beaming television
programs, radio messages, telephone conversations, and other kinds of information, what type of
satellites is similar to a relay station in space in that it receives a signal from a transmitting
station on Earth and then beams this signal to a receiving station somewhere else on Earth?
COMMUNICATIONS (SATELLITE)
31. Henry plays a minor role in the story as the narrative focuses primarily on his dog. Identify
this sixth and final book in the Henry Huggins series by Beverly Cleary.
RIBSY
32. She was a daughter of Chief Powhatan. Name this Virginia Indian woman notable for
assisting colonial settlers at Jamestown who converted to Christianity and who married the
English settler John Rolfe.
POCAHONTAS
33. It is usually transparent and appears luminous because the pigments are laid down in a
relatively pure form with few fillers obscuring the pigment colors. In Chinese, Korean, and
Japanese painting, it has been the dominant medium often in monochrome black or browns.
Identify this medium in which the paints are made of pigments suspended in a water-soluble
vehicle.
WATERCOLOR
34. One of the largest ones is named Copernicus. They can range in size from microscopic to
hundreds of kilometers across. What are these holes located on the moon?
CRATERS
35. In which quadrant of the coordinate plane is x always positive and y is always negative?
4TH (QUADRANT)
36. Most of his paintings are of the French coast, and he loved to paint the water. Working with
Seurat, he helped develop the pointillist style. Which French neo-impressionist painter is known
for such paintings as The Papal Place, Port St. Tropez, Saint Tropez, and The Bonaventure Pine?
(PAUL) SIGNAC
37. It has an atomic number of 103. Name the chemical element having the symbol Lr.
LAWRENCIUM
38. He skirted the New World for King Henry VII of England in 1497-1498 and possibly landed
on Cape Breton Island, Newfoundland, or in Maine. Name this Italian explorer who made the
first recorded landfall on the North American mainland continent since the 11th-12th century
when Norse explorers landed.
(JOHN) CABOT
39. Multiply (4x3) times (5x5).
20x8
40. It tells of a certain cat’s arrival on Bernie’s farm, his retelling of the traditional legend of his
14th century namesake, and one boy’s struggle to learn to read. Identify this 2006 Newbery
Honor written by Alan Armstrong.
WHITTINGTON
SECOND HALF
1. Which musical term refers to three or more musical tones sounded simultaneously?
CHORD
2. It is 5,712 feet deep and is located in Siberia in Russia. Identify the world’s deepest lake.
(LAKE) BAIKAL
3. This text, while certainly a biography of his life, is in fact an illustration of the problem facing
African Americans by detailing the problems of one. Detailing his personal experiences in
working to rise from the position of a slave child during the Civil War, identify this 1901
autobiography of Booker T. Washington.
UP FROM SLAVERY
4. Any shadow has two parts. What is the small inner shadow?
UMBRA
5. Ellie deposited $60 in her savings account earning 5% interest which is compounded annually.
How much money will Ellie have in her savings account in 2 years?
$66.15
6. His name in English was George Gist or Guess. Identify this Cherokee silversmith who in
1821 completed his independent creation of a Cherokee alphabet making reading and writing in
Cherokee possible.
SEQUOYAH
7. Identify this 15th-16th century Dutch painter known for such works as his triptych Garden of
Earthly Delights and other paintings like Christ Carrying the Cross, The Crowning with Thorns,
Ship of Fools, and Seven Deadly Sins.
(HIERONYMOUS) BOSCH
8. An example would be, “She ate out the grocery store.” Identify the literary term referring to
the use of extreme exaggeration not meant to be taken literally.
HYPERBOLE
9. Find the perimeter of a circle having a radius of 7 meters.
14 PI METERS
10. He published his theory in his 1859 book On the Origin of Species. Identify this English
naturalist who proposed the scientific theory of evolution resulted from a process called natural
selection.
(CHARLES) DARWIN
11. Identify the golf term referring to one stroke under par.
BIRDIE
12. Flowers are made of many parts. What is the sticky tip of the pistil?
STIGMA
13. If the probability of an event happening is 3/8, what are the odds for that event?
3 TO 5
14. In 1524 he explored the North American coast from North Carolina to Cape Breton Island for
Francis I of France. Identify this Italian explorer who discovered the New York and the
Narragansett bays and who has a certain bridge linking Long Island and Staten Island named
after him.
(GIOVANNI DE) VERRAZANO
15. It tells of Claudia and her brother Jamie running away from home and moving in to the
Metropolitan Museum of Art. Identify this 1968 Newbery Medal winner by E. L. Konigsburg.
FROM THE MIXED-UP FILES OF MRS. BASIL E. FRANKWEILER
16. Her master and owner was Juan de la Cosa. What was the largest of the three ships, about 60
feet, used by Christopher Columbus in his first voyage?
SANTA MARIA
17. Identify this 15th-16th century Italian Renaissance painter of such works as Primavera,
Adoration of the Magi, and Birth of Venus.
(SANDRO) BOTTICELLI
18. Name this Kathryn Lasky series that tells the story of three mermaid sisters who are
separated at birth by a storm and go on to lead three very different lives.
DAUGHTERS OF THE SEA
19. As a result of this, the satellite stays in one place above a certain point on the Earth’s surface.
What type of orbit is one in which a satellite revolves around the Earth as a rate equal to the
Earth’s rotation rate?
GEOSYNCHRONOUS (ORBIT)
20. An arithmetic sequence begins 1, 6, 11, and so on. What is the 13th term in the sequence?
61
21. There are different parts of the eye. It changes light rays into electric signals. Identify the
light-sensitive membrane lining the inner eyeball.
RETINA
22. It is located on the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of St. Lawrence. Identify the most populous
Canadian province having Halifax as its capital.
NOVA SCOTIA
23. They are essential to a ballet company’s repertoire because they tend to generate the highest
sales and bring families with children to see the ballet. It is typically a production with full sets
and costumes. What is this form of ballet having a plot and characters?
NARRATIVE or STORY (BALLET)
24. It starts in the Boxton Creek Home, an orphanage run by a strict couple. Identify this Sharon
Creech fantasy novel that features adolescent orphan twins, Dallas and Florida, who have been
named the “trouble twins.”
RUBY HOLLER
25. What is the y-intercept of the following: 2x – 4y = 8?
-2
26. Give the term for the amount of animal or plant life that can be supported indefinitely on
available resources.
(BIOLOGICAL) CARRYING CAPACITY
27. A spinner is divided into six equal sections. Three of the sections are green, two are blue, and
one is red. In reduced fractional form, what is the probability that the first spin will be blue?
1/3
28. It features such songs as “My Blanket and Me,” “The Doctor is In,” and “The Red Baron.”
Identify this musical based on a comic strip by Charles Schultz that includes such characters as
Schroeder, Lucy, and Snoopy.
YOU’RE A GOOD MAN, CHARLIE BROWN
29. It is one of the most well-known speeches in U. S. history. It was delivered at the dedication
of the Soldiers’ National Cemetery in 1863 during the American Civil War. Identify this
Abraham Lincoln speech that begins with the phrase, “Four score and seven years ago.”
GETTYSBURG ADDRESS
30. Identify the mood of the following sentence, “I am going to fix supper.”
INDICATIVE (MOOD)
31. The artist used this picture to settle debts with Ginoux, the landlord said to be depicted
standing in it. Identify this Vincent van Gogh painting depicting the interior of a certain building
with a half-curtained doorway in the center background and five customers sitting at tables along
the walls with a waiter facing the viewer.
(THE) NIGHT CAFÉ
32. Made a general, he is probably the only American to reach such a high military rank without
being able to read or write although he could sign his name. Name this American frontiersman
and Indian fighter who is known for being a guide for John C. Fremont as he led him through
much of California, Oregon, and the Great Basin area.
(CHRISTOPHER HOUSTON or
KIT) CARSON
33. She is known for the Mercy Watson series of picture books. Identify this American author of
Because of Winn-Dixie and Newbery Medal winner The Tale of Despereaux.
(KATE) DICAMILLO
34. What type of satellites send precise continuous signals to ships, airplanes, cars, and trucks to
help the people inside them determine their exact locations within seconds?
NAVIGATION (SATELLITES)
35. If f(x) = x3 - 8 and g(x) = x – 3, what is f(g)(4)?
-7
36. In the sentence, “The spacious apartment was absolutely perfect,” identify the correct
spelling of the antonym of cramped.
SPACIOUS
37. There are two nucleic acids discovered by Watson and Crick. Which one of these stores the
information needed to build a protein and also carries “messages” about an organism that are
passed from parent to offspring?
DNA or DEOXYRIBONUCLEIC (ACID)
38. It is the oldest award given in the media with the first ceremony occurring in 1929 in
Hollywood. The Oscar statuette is what is given. Which award recognizes excellence of
professionals in the film industry including directors, actors, and writers?
ACADEMY (AWARD)
39. What is the distance between the points (0, 0) and (0, -9)?
9
40. During his term, he directed a series of campaigns against the Indians. The Shawnee were the
main target of these attacks, and his purpose was to strengthen Virginia’s claims in the west
particularly in the Ohio country. Identify the last royal governor of the colony of Virginia.
(LORD) DUNMORE
EXTRA QUESTIONS
1. The principles of art are rules that govern how artists organize the elements of art. Which
principle of art refers to the use of differences and change to increase the visual interest of the
work? VARIETY
2. Which U. S. Constitutional Amendment pertains to search and seizure?
4TH
(AMENDMENT)
3. Complete the missing last word of the following idiom that means a comfortable and pleasant
situation: bed of (blank).
ROSES
4. Which property is illustrated by the following example: (f + g) = (g + f)?
COMMUTATIVE PROPERTY
OF ADDITION
5. Simply rubbing the hands together can cause this. Name this form of energy caused by the
internal motion of molecules of matter.
HEAT