2018 Quiz Bowl Qualifier

Question 1

What figure of speech is described as comparing two unlike things using as or like?

Accepted Answer

simile

Question 2

Which state bordering the Gulf of Mexico has the greatest number of syllables in its name?

Accepted Answer

Louisiana

Question 3

Eva bought 5 pounds of trail mix. The trail mix cost $2.19 per pound, how much did she pay?

Accepted Answer

$10.95

Question 4

In what decade did the Soviet Union end?

Accepted Answer

1990s

Question 5

What is the joint that is formed by the articulation of the tibia, fibula, and femur?

Accepted Answer

knee

Question 6

What planets are able to pass between the Earth and the Sun?

Accepted Answer

MERCURY & VENUS

Question 7

If a car is traveling at 35 mph. How many miles has it traveled after 3 hours?

Accepted Answer

105 miles

Question 8

Which type of speech is this: The sheep went, “Baa.”

Accepted Answer

Onomatopoeia

Question 9

Shakespeare makes a number of biblical (illusions, allusions) in his plays. Which is correct?

Accepted Answer

allusions

Question 10

In what geological period did the first organisms with shells first become abundant?

Accepted Answer

Cambrian

Question 11

What landform is a narrow strip of land that connects two larger bodies of land?

Accepted Answer

Isthmus

Question 12

-10 - (-8) =

Accepted Answer

-2

Question 13

Which Spanish conquistador conquered the Aztec people?

Accepted Answer

Hernan Cortez

Question 14

Which of the following BEST describes the term static?

Accepted Answer

stationary

Question 15

Evaluate the algebraic expression. a(b + 6) for a = 8 and b = 24

Accepted Answer

240

Question 16

What is the next prime number less than 37?

Accepted Answer

33

Question 17

The red sweater is a perfect (complement, compliment) to the outfit. Which is correct?

Accepted Answer

complement

Question 18

Give the literary term that describes the events that make up a story or the storyline.

Accepted Answer

plot

Question 19

Who did the Americans fight in the American Revolution?

Accepted Answer

British

Question 20

Many small rocky islands dot what sea next to the Mediterranean are part of Greece?

Accepted Answer

Aegean Sea

Question 21

Which point of view would you use to describe: "I, me, my"

Accepted Answer

First person

Question 22

The hydrologic cycle describes the circulation of Earth’s:

Accepted Answer

water

Question 23

Express 4 5/8 as an improper fraction.

Accepted Answer

37/8

Question 24

Which of the Gas giant planets is closest to the Sun?

Accepted Answer

JUPITER

Question 25

The main character in the story.

Accepted Answer

Protagonist

Question 26

What is the largest country in size in the world?

Accepted Answer

Russia

Question 27

Picasso and _________________ were the father's of Cubism.

Accepted Answer

Braque

Question 28

Which of the following is the hottest region of planet Earth:

Accepted Answer

the inner core

Question 29

What document begins with the words "We The People"?

Accepted Answer

U.S. Constitution

Question 30

In what organelle of a plant cell does photosynthesis occur?

Accepted Answer

CHLOROPLAST/PLASTID

Question 31

Choose the part below that is known as the "brain" of the computer.

Accepted Answer

CPU

Question 32

Find the value of the expression. 32(2) + (11-7)6

Accepted Answer

88

Question 33

What country lies between the island of Jamaica and the Florida Keys?

Accepted Answer

Cuba

Question 34

What is the most common element in most steel?

Accepted Answer

IRON

Question 35

Bob caught 4 times as many fish as Bill & together they caught 25. How many did Bill catch?

Accepted Answer

5

Question 36

What fraction has the greatest value?

Accepted Answer

2/3

2018 Quiz Bowl Qualifier

Questions 36

2018 Quiz Bowl Qualifier

Questions 36