Quiz Bowl 1

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

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

How many ounces are in a pound?

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

How many inches are in 5 1/2 feet?

Which of the following is not part of photosynthesis?

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

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

To which classification do spiders belong?

What is the world's tallest type of grass?

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

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?

In which country did the current day Olympics begin?

What is the capital of Alaska?

How many meters are in a kilometer?

What do we call the liquid component of blood?

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

What scientific device measures air pressure?

What do people knock on to avoid bad luck?

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

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

What is the capital of Peru?

In which month do we celebrate Memorial Day?

What does the acronym SCUBA stand for?

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

What is 25 percent of 160?

How many cups are in a pint?

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

Where is the lowest elevation in the United States?

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

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

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

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

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

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

What is the capital of Kansas?

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

Which blood cells help fight disease and infections?

Which planet is closest to the sun?

Which of the following animals is considered a marsupial?

What is the highest mountain in the world?

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

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

Which of the following is not a primary color?

What does the CD in a music CD stand for?

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

In which year did the Great Depression begin?

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

What chemical element is identified by the symbol FE?