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Tohickon December 21 Preliminary Round
Tohickon December 21 Preliminary Round
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Preliminary round for the 8th grade quiz bowl.
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1
What is the name for a word that describes a noun?
adjective
adverb
verb
preposition
2
Who invented the printing press?
Albert Einstein
James Watt
Johannes Gutenberg
Samuel Morse
3
What is 18% of 30?
5.4
.18
3
6
4
Who were the King and Queen of Spain when Columbus sailed in 1492?
Ferdinand and Isabella
Napoleon and Josephine
Francis and Annabella
Albert and Victoria
5
Mary made $6 more than twice what Tom made. If Tom made $45, how much did Mary make?
$51
$6
$90
$96
6
Which is NOT the name of a subatomic particle that makes up an atom?
Neutron
Electron
Proton
Nitron
7
What was the name of the main character in
The Giver
?
Jonah
John
Joseph
Jonas
8
Which of the following is NOT a simple machine?
scissors
incline plane
pulley
wheel
9
Which element has the symbol
Na
?
Sulfur
Neon
Sodium
Nitrogen
10
What type of animal is the Sphinx's body?
Bear
Dog
Tiger
Lion
11
Write 3,450,000,000 in scientific notation.
34.5 x 108
3.45 x 107
3.45 x 1010
3.45 x 109
12
The point (5, -7) would be found in which quadrant?
II
I
IV
III
13
Name the element of fiction that tells where and when a story takes place.
Plot
Setting
Conflict
Character
14
How many atoms of Hydrogen are in the compound 2C
6
H
12
O
6
?
24
1
2
12
15
In
The Diary of Anne Frank,
what is the name of the other family that also goes into hiding?
Van Orden
Van Ellis
Van Aken
Van Daan
16
Who developed the Law of Universal Gravitation?
Isaac Newton
Bill Nye
Gallileo
Albert Einstein
17
Who was in charge of the first expedition to circumnavigate the globe?
Hernando Cortes
Christopher Columbus
Marco Polo
Ferdinand Magellan
18
Who is the author of
A Christmas Carol
?
S.E. Hinton
Edgar Allen Poe
John London
Charles Dickens
19
Solve: 7y - 3 - y = -9
1
2
-1
-2
20
In Greek mythology, what was the name of the goddess who opens a box of life's miseries?
Pandora
Persephone
Hera
Athena