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Super Quiz Bowl (Event #1)
Super Quiz Bowl (Event #1)
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1
Which two planets in our solar system spin clockwise (retrograde rotation), opposite all others?
Saturn and Jupiter
Venus and Uranus
Mars and Neptune
Pluto and Mercury
2
President Herbert Hoover was from which state?
North Carolina
Ohio
Iowa
Pennsylvania
3
Which number has just 3 prime factors of 2, 3, and 7?
18
24
42
52
4
The Renaissance began in which country?
Italy
France
Spain
England
5
What organ in the human body produces insulin?
Kidney
Pancreas
Stomach
Liver
6
What was the main goal of the Monroe Doctrine (1823)?
Support the independence of Canada
Reestablish trade with Asia
Prevent European colonization in the Americas
To annex Greenland
7
How many landlocked countries are there in the world?
37
27
44
13
8
In which region of the US will you find the 8 Ivy League Universities?
Southeast
Northwest
Southwest
New England
9
Which famous author wrote under the pen name Mark Twain?
Edgar Allan Poe
Samuel Clemens
Charles Dickens
Nathaniel Hawthorne
10
Which is the smallest reuglar polygon that CANNOT be constructed using only compass and straightedge?
Heptagon (7 sides)
Hexagon (6 sides)
Nonagon (9 sides)
Hendecagon (11 sides)
11
2
2x+1
= 16
x
2
1/2
1
3/2
12
What is the only food item that will never spoil?
Almond
McDonalds quarter pounder with cheese
Twinkie
Honey
13
A box contains 5 red, 3 blue, and 2 green balls. What is the probability of picking a blue ball at random?
3/10
1/2
1/5
3/5
14
Solve for x: x
2
−9x+18=0
4, 5
2, 9
3, 6
1, 8
15
What novel features the character Nick Carraway?
To Kill a Mockingbird
The Great Gatsby
1984
The Catcher in the Rye
16
What is the chemical symbol for lead?
Ag
Ld
Pb
Go
17
What is the pH of pure water at 25°C?
10
6
7
8
18
What is the powerhouse of the cell?
Nucleus
Ribosome
Mitochondria
Golgi Apparatus
19
A car accelerates uniformly from 10 m/s to 30 m/s in 5 seconds. What is its acceleration?
8 m/s²
5 m/s²
6 m/s²
4 m/s²
20
What is the sum of the interior angles of a hexagon?
360°
1080°
540°
720°
21
Angkor Wat is a ___?
Hindu temple in Cambodia
Early American colonial settlement
Lost city in the Amazon
Medieval European fortress
22
Which U.S. state has the most national parks?
California
Utah
Colorado
Alaska
23
Which of the following did NOT happen in 1966?
Beatles John Lennon interview "We're more popular than Jesus now"
Groundbreaking takes place for the World Trade Center in New York City
The Green Bay Packers defeat the Kansas City Chiefs 35–10 in Super Bowl 1.
Birth of Mr. Cahoon
24
Which gas is most abundant in Earth's atmosphere?
Oxygen
Carbon Dioxide
Nitrogen
Argon
25
Escaped US slave who stole a Confederate ship and delivered it into Union hands; later served as a US Representative.
Lee Harvey Oswald
Frederick Douglass
Robert Smalls
Hiram Revels
26
Solve for x: 3x - 7 = 8
5
3
8
7
27
If an object is moving at constant velocity, what can we say about the net force acting on it?
It is zero
It depends on the mass
It is increasing
It is decreasing
28
Francis Gary Powers is associated with which of the following events/eras in US History?
World War II
The Red Scare
The Gilded Age (Industrial Era)
The Cold War
29
What famous U.S. battleship, sunk during the attack on Pearl Harbor, has a memorial that still stands above its wreck?
USS Nevada
USS West Virginia
USS Arizona
HMS Victory
30
226 X 918 = ?
1,500,808
207,468
48,918
395,998
31
Which of the following structures is
not
found in a bacterial cell?
Nucleus
Cell wall
DNA
Ribosome
32
The Cold War was primarily between which two countries?
U.S. & USSR
U.S. & Germany
UK & USSR
China & U.S
33
What is the value of sin 30°?
0.707
0
0.5
1
34
Which of the following individuals did
NOT
win the Nobel Peace Prize?
Malala Yousafzai
Henry Kissinger
Nelson Mandela
John F. Kennedy
35
At what temperature are Celcius and Fahrenheit equal?
0 degrees
- 10.7 degrees
32 degrees
-40 degrees
36
If you flip a coin 6 times, what's the probability of getting exactly 4 heads?
5/16
3/8
1/4
15/64
37
What is the capital of Lebanon?
Beirut
Tehran
Damascus
Tripoli
38
A train travels 120 miles in 2 hours. What is its average speed?
70 mpg
40 mph
50 mph
60 mph
39
The Treaty of Ghent ended ___.
The War of Spanish Succession
The Thirty Year's War
The War of 1812
The Napoleonic Wars ("Seventh Coalition")
40
Who was president of the United States when World War II ended?
Harry S. Truman
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Woodrow Wilson
