MRES Academic Bowl Practice Round 1

PAPER & PENCIL READY! What is 1,000 - 965?

Name the novel about Tao the cat and two dogs that make a 300 mile trip through Canada back to their own home.

Convert the fraction \frac{89}{100} to a decimal.

Name the author of Flora and Ulysses and The Tale of Despereaux.

Ea. cell of a eukaryote has one of these. Name this object also found in an atom, where it contains protons & electrons.

PENCILS & PAPER READY! What is 436 + 529?

Give these terms from football: When the defense catches a quarterback's pass.

This term is defined as a celestial body that's large enough for gravity & describes 8 large bodies in our solar system.

Answer these questions about tides: The biggest effect on Earth's tides comes from this celestial object.

Identify these ingredients of economic activity: The employees that makes a business run & the work they put in.

An abbreviation created by the first letters of words, such as FBI for Federal Bureau of Investigation.

PENCILS & PAPER READY! John is exactly 6 feet tall. How many inches tall is he?

Identify these ingredients of economic activity: The dirt that a building is built on top of.

This object is made of keratin & has a colorful contour & soft down that serves as insulation & used to make pillows.

Give these terms from football: What the center does to give the quarterback the ball.

Answer this about musical symbols: A pianist does this when seeing the letters Ped.

Spell this word that came to English from Italian which means a long boat used in the canals of Venice.

Answer this about musical symbols: Term for three notes with a bracket and the number 3 over them.

Answer about the tides: Many places on Earth have multiple high tides daily; the most common number per day is this

Name the Minnesota food Co. who makes Muscle Milk & Skippy PB & have cans of chili have a red label with yellow letters.

Spell this word that came to English from Italian which means a tropical disease carried by mosquito.