2018 Quiz Bowl Qualifier

Question 1

Which of the following is the hottest region of planet Earth:

Accepted Answer

the inner core

Question 2

Which of the following BEST describes the term static?

Accepted Answer

stationary

Question 3

Who did the Americans fight in the American Revolution?

Accepted Answer

British

Question 4

What country lies between the island of Jamaica and the Florida Keys?

Accepted Answer

Cuba

Question 5

Choose the part below that is known as the "brain" of the computer.

Accepted Answer

CPU

Question 6

What is the most common element in most steel?

Accepted Answer

IRON

Question 7

What is the largest country in size in the world?

Accepted Answer

Russia

Question 8

The main character in the story.

Accepted Answer

Protagonist

Question 9

What landform is a narrow strip of land that connects two larger bodies of land?

Accepted Answer

Isthmus

Question 10

What figure of speech is described as comparing two unlike things using as or like?

Accepted Answer

simile

Question 11

What planets are able to pass between the Earth and the Sun?

Accepted Answer

MERCURY & VENUS

Question 12

Which type of speech is this: The sheep went, “Baa.”

Accepted Answer

Onomatopoeia

Question 13

If a car is traveling at 35 mph. How many miles has it traveled after 3 hours?

Accepted Answer

105 miles

Question 14

The red sweater is a perfect (complement, compliment) to the outfit. Which is correct?

Accepted Answer

complement

Question 15

-10 - (-8) =

Accepted Answer

-2

Question 16

In what geological period did the first organisms with shells first become abundant?

Accepted Answer

Cambrian

Question 17

What document begins with the words "We The People"?

Accepted Answer

U.S. Constitution

Question 18

What is the joint that is formed by the articulation of the tibia, fibula, and femur?

Accepted Answer

knee

Question 19

Which state bordering the Gulf of Mexico has the greatest number of syllables in its name?

Accepted Answer

Louisiana

Question 20

Express 4 5/8 as an improper fraction.

Accepted Answer

37/8

Question 21

What fraction has the greatest value?

Accepted Answer

2/3

Question 22

The hydrologic cycle describes the circulation of Earth’s:

Accepted Answer

water

Question 23

Find the value of the expression. 32(2) + (11-7)6

Accepted Answer

88

Question 24

Which of the Gas giant planets is closest to the Sun?

Accepted Answer

JUPITER

Question 25

Bob caught 4 times as many fish as Bill & together they caught 25. How many did Bill catch?

Accepted Answer

5

Question 26

In what decade did the Soviet Union end?

Accepted Answer

1990s

Question 27

Which point of view would you use to describe: "I, me, my"

Accepted Answer

First person

Question 28

What is the next prime number less than 37?

Accepted Answer

33

Question 29

Shakespeare makes a number of biblical (illusions, allusions) in his plays. Which is correct?

Accepted Answer

allusions

Question 30

In what organelle of a plant cell does photosynthesis occur?

Accepted Answer

CHLOROPLAST/PLASTID

Question 31

Evaluate the algebraic expression. a(b + 6) for a = 8 and b = 24

Accepted Answer

240

Question 32

Which Spanish conquistador conquered the Aztec people?

Accepted Answer

Hernan Cortez

Question 33

Give the literary term that describes the events that make up a story or the storyline.

Accepted Answer

plot

Question 34

Many small rocky islands dot what sea next to the Mediterranean are part of Greece?

Accepted Answer

Aegean Sea

Question 35

Picasso and _________________ were the father's of Cubism.

Accepted Answer

Braque

Question 36

Eva bought 5 pounds of trail mix. The trail mix cost $2.19 per pound, how much did she pay?

Accepted Answer

$10.95

2018 Quiz Bowl Qualifier

Questions 36

2018 Quiz Bowl Qualifier

Questions 36