Quiz Bowl Practice Aug 19, 2015

Question 1

Math: How much money would you have if you had one of every US banknote from $1 to $100?

Accepted Answer

$188

Question 2

What mythological creature slayed by Hercules grew two new heads for every one cut off?

Accepted Answer

Hydra

Question 3

What events are measured by the Richter scale?

Accepted Answer

earthquakes

Question 4

Which of these countries has a capital city that starts with the same letter as the country?

Accepted Answer

Belgium

Question 5

Math: Three coins are tossed. What is the probability that three heads are obtained?

Accepted Answer

1/8

Question 6

With a smell like rotten eggs, what chemical element puts the "stink" in stink bombs?

Accepted Answer

sulfur

Question 7

Coulrophobia is the abnormal fear of what?

Accepted Answer

clowns

Question 8

In chemistry: Dry ice is the solid form of which gas?

Accepted Answer

carbon dioxide

Question 9

What protein in red blood cells carries oxygen from the lungs to the rest of the body?

Accepted Answer

hemoglobin

Question 10

A Spanish galleon, the space shuttle, and two palm trees adorn the quarter of which US state?

Accepted Answer

Florida

Question 11

In classical mechanics: Force equals mass times what?

Accepted Answer

acceleration

Question 12

Which US state was created from land acquired in the Louisiana Purchase?

Accepted Answer

Missouri

Question 13

Before this man was elected President, he was a US Senator from which state?

Accepted Answer

Illinois

Question 14

Who composed the music for the operas Don Giovanni, The Marriage of Figaro and The Magic Flute?

Accepted Answer

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Question 15

What novel, written in 1852 by Harriet Beecher Stowe, has the subtitle Life Among the Lowly?

Accepted Answer

Uncle Tom's Cabin

Question 16

How many syllables are in the first and third lines of a traditional Japanese haiku?

Accepted Answer

5

Question 17

Which Portuguese explorer died in the Philippines in 1521?

Accepted Answer

Ferdinand Magellan

Question 18

Math: What is the 10th number in the arithmetic sequence 1,4,7,10,13...

Accepted Answer

28

Question 19

Which post-impressionist painter created this masterpiece?

Accepted Answer

Vincent van Gogh

Question 20

Math: What is the area of a triangle with side lengths of 3, 4, and 5?

Accepted Answer

6.00

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