Quiz Bowl 1

What was the name of the king who supposedly turned everything he touched to gold?

How long does it take the Earth to go through one full rotation on its axis?

What does the CD in a music CD stand for?

Where is the lowest elevation in the United States?

What do we call a word like SCUBA formed by the initial letter or letters of a series of words?

What is the boiling point of water on the Fahrenheit scale?

What is the capital of Alaska?

What does the acronym SCUBA stand for?

Give the name of one of the two sides that fought in the American Civil War.

What is the highest mountain in the world?

Which planet is closest to the sun?

In which year did the pilgrims first establish their colony in the New World?

Which blood cells help fight disease and infections?

To which classification do spiders belong?

He said, "Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country"?

What do you call a student in his or her first year of high school?

What do we call the cave formation that grows up from the floor?

What is the world's tallest type of grass?

What would the fraction 4/8 be as a percent?

What chemical element is identified by the symbol FE?

How many cups are in a pint?

Which professional football team's mascot is based on a poem by Edgar Allen Poe?

Which of the following animals is considered a marsupial?

What is the capital of Kansas?

What are the imaginary lines around the Earth that run the same direction as the Equator?

What type of carbon has replaced the lead in lead pencils?

Name the part of a sentence that tells what the subject is or does.

What is the common denominator of 3/4 and 5/6?

What is 25 percent of 160?

Which of the following is the correct spelling of the second month of the year?

How many meters are in a kilometer?

Which one of the following is not one of the Mrs. W's in A Wrinkle in Time?

What scientific device measures air pressure?

In which country did the current day Olympics begin?

Which element on the periodic table has a symbol of "He"?

What term is used to describe an angle with a measure between 0 and 90 degrees?

In which year did the Great Depression begin?

Which of the following is not part of photosynthesis?

Name the poetic device which uses the same letter or sound for closely connected words.

Which of the following is not a primary color?

Which planet has a diameter closest to the size of the Earth's diameter?

If a dozen bagels cost $3.60, how much does one bagel cost?

How many ounces are in a pound?

How many inches are in 5 1/2 feet?

What is the name of the young girl who defends Wilbur in Charlotte's Web?

In which month do we celebrate Memorial Day?

What is the capital of Peru?

Which vitamin protects your eyes from night blindness and age-related decline?

What do we call the liquid component of blood?

What do people knock on to avoid bad luck?