quiz bowl practice

Question 1

Math: How much money would you have if you had one of every US banknote from $1 to $100?

Accepted Answer

$188

Question 2

What novel, written in 1852 by Harriet Beecher Stowe, has the subtitle Life Among the Lowly?

Accepted Answer

Uncle Tom's Cabin

Question 3

Before this man was elected President, he was a US Senator from which state?

Accepted Answer

Illinois

Question 4

What mythological creature slayed by Hercules grew two new heads for every one cut off?

Accepted Answer

Hydra

Question 5

Which post-impressionist painter created this masterpiece?

Accepted Answer

Vincent van Gogh

Question 6

Math: Three coins are tossed. What is the probability that three heads are obtained?

Accepted Answer

1/8

Question 7

Which US state was created from land acquired in the Louisiana Purchase?

Accepted Answer

Missouri

Question 8

Which Portuguese explorer died in the Philippines in 1521?

Accepted Answer

Ferdinand Magellan

Question 9

Math: What is the area of a triangle with side lengths of 3, 4, and 5?

Accepted Answer

6.00

Question 10

How many syllables are in the first and third lines of a traditional Japanese haiku?

Accepted Answer

5

Question 11

What protein in red blood cells carries oxygen from the lungs to the rest of the body?

Accepted Answer

hemoglobin

Question 12

In chemistry: Dry ice is the solid form of which gas?

Accepted Answer

carbon dioxide

Question 13

Who composed the music for the operas Don Giovanni, The Marriage of Figaro and The Magic Flute?

Accepted Answer

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Question 14

Math: What is the 10th number in the arithmetic sequence 1,4,7,10,13...

Accepted Answer

28

Question 15

What events are measured by the Richter scale?

Accepted Answer

earthquakes

Question 16

In classical mechanics: Force equals mass times what?

Accepted Answer

acceleration

Question 17

Which of these countries has a capital city that starts with the same letter as the country?

Accepted Answer

Belgium

Question 18

Coulrophobia is the abnormal fear of what?

Accepted Answer

clowns

Question 19

With a smell like rotten eggs, what chemical element puts the "stink" in stink bombs?

Accepted Answer

sulfur

Question 20

A Spanish galleon, the space shuttle, and two palm trees adorn the quarter of which US state?

Accepted Answer

Florida

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