Middle School Quiz Bowl #1

A shirt is on sale for $12.00. If it is 25% off the original cost, what was the original cost?

Find the value of 7 cubed, or 7 to the third power.

Into which rock group are sandstone and shale classified?

Who was the first African-American Major League baseball player?

French word for "stick"; used by a conductor

Number of years in a "score"

In the United States, how long is the term of a U.S Senator?

Number in a "Baker's Dozen"

What is the largest two digit prime number?

Number of piano keys on a standard keyboard

In the world of classic cartoons, whose best buddy is Barney and wife is Wilma?

Identify the voice in the sentence, "Karen threw the boomerang perfectly."

What is the first object of the preposition in the sentence?

Identify the capital of Switzerland

Word that complete the title "Number the ____by Lois Lowry

Prior to being elected President, Franklin D. Roosevelt served as governor of

Of the numbers 2,3,4,5,and 8, which are divisors of 56?

Author of "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow"

In music, ordered system of pitches or tones used as the basis of a composition.

Gravitational forces between the earth and the moon cause this oceanic phenomenon

Identify the constitutional amendment that granted freedom to slaves.

Which element's chemical symbol is Sn?

By purpose, how is the following sentence classified? "Take out the trash, please."

Roman name of the moon

In economics, for what does the acronym GDP stand?

Identify the capital of Peru

Number of months that have exactly 30 days.

Identify the meaning of the Greek prefix "geo"

Find the least common multiple of 6,8,16

Who was known as the "George Washington" of South America"?