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8th Grade Pod Wars Quiz Bowl
8th Grade Pod Wars Quiz Bowl
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1
What is the total measure of the interior angles of a triangle?
360*
270*
90*
180*
2
First celebrated in San Francisco in 1988, this mathematical holiday is celebrated annually on March 14th
Golden Ratio Day
Fibonacci Day
Euler Day
Pi Day
3
What is the name for a word that represents a sound it describes?
Metaphor
Alliteration
Onomatopoeia
Hyperbole
4
Who came up with the right triangle theorem to find the length of the sides?
Pythagoras
Aristotle
Eulicid
Archimedes
5
Which two continents were the mesosaurus fossils found on?
Africa and South America
Asia and Australia
Antarctica and Africa
North America and Europe
6
What was the main goal of the Civil Rights Movement?
To gain equal rights and end racial segregation for African Americans
To establish a new political party
To expand U.S. territory in the 20th century
To promote international peace and diplomacy
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What is the term for a figure of speech comparing two things using "like" or "as"
Personification
Metaphor
Hyperbole
Simile
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What event caused the US to enter WWII in 1941?
The signing of the Treaty of Versailles
The invasion of Poland by Germany
The attack on Pearl Harbor by Japan
The fall of France to Nazi Germany
9
What is the equation that represents slope-intercept form?
y = mx + b
x = my + b
y = b + x
y = m - x
10
Who wrote the short story "The Tell-Tale Heart"?
Herman Melville
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Edgar Allan Poe
Mark Twain
11
What are the three type of plate boundaries?
Primary, Secondary, Tertiary
Transform, Divergent, Convergent
Recessive, Dominant, Neutral
Tectonic, Seismic, Volcanic
12
What test can you use to tell if a graph represents a function?
The Slope Test
The Origin Symmetry Test
The Horizontal Line Test
The Vertical Line Test
13
What project, completed in 1869, connected the East and West coasts by rail?
Pony Express
Erie Canal
Transcontinental Railroad
Interstate Highway System
14
What are the three common phases of matter?
Solid, Liquid, Plasma
Solid, Plasma, Gas
Solid, Liquid, Gas
Liquid, Plasma, Gas
15
What do we call a random change to a gene that sometimes results in a new trait?
Adaptation
Natural Selection
Evolution
Mutation
16
What novel follows the story of a young boy named Ponyboy who is involved in a gang rivalry?
The Outsiders
Of Mice and Men
To Kill a Mockingbird
Lord of the Flies
17
What is situational irony?
When a character says one thing but means another.
When the audience knows something the characters do not.
When two characters experience a misunderstanding due to their differences.
When the opposite of what is expected happens in a situation.
18
What was the name of the supercontinent that existed 175 million years ago?
Gondwana
Pangaea
Laurasia
Rodinia
19
What event marks the beginning of the Great Depression?
The bombing of Pearl Harbor
The signing of the Treaty of Versailles
The end of World War I
The Stock Market Crash of 1929
20
What amendment abolished slavery in the United States?
1st
15th
14th
13th
