A.S.C.A
Middle School Tournament
2001
ROUND SIX
Starred toss-ups require calculation and are allotted 10 seconds.
FIRST PERIOD: Ten Toss-ups worth FIVE POINTS each.
*1. Identify the seventh number in this sequence 1, 4, 7, 10, 13.
19
2. Who was President of the United States during the Lewis and Clark expedition?
Thomas Jefferson
3. Spell the singular form of the word pliers.
P-L-I-E-R-S
4. What human body system contains categories of motor, mixed and sensory?
Nervous
5. What is the name of the first artificial satellite?
Sputnik I
6. In the children’s book about self-confidence, what machine repeats “I think I can”?
Train engine (accept the little engine that could)
7. Hickory, apple, and crepe myrtle are examples of this kind of tree. What scientific term refers to trees and shrubs that lose their leaves and become dormant during the winter?
Deciduous
8. What Memphis record company first recorded Elvis Presley?
Sun Records
9. Consider the sentence: Elian gave his brother twenty pesos. What is the direct object?
Pesos
10. What was the first national park in the United States?
Yellowstone National Park
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SECOND PERIOD: Ten Toss-ups worth TEN POINTS each and Ten Two-part Bonuses worth up to TWENTY POINTS each.
*1. Segment AB is congruent to segment BC. If the length of segment AB is 3x = 4 and the length of segment BC is 2x + 9, find the length of x.
5
Bonus: A cube has an edge of 3 inches. Giving correct units,
A) Find its volume
B) Find its surface area
A) 27 cubic inches B) 54 square inches
2. This 20th century astronomer was the first to show there are galaxies beyond the Milky Way. He discovered the Red Shift, thereby laying the foundation for the Big Bang Theory. The space telescope named for him was the first permanent astronomical observatory above the earth’s atmosphere. Who is he?
Edwin Hubble
Bonus: Answer these questions about science terms.
A) What name is given to animals that eat both flesh and plant material?
B) What is the name given to the study of birds?
A) Omnivores B) Ornithology
3. What 19th Century American patriotic song is sung to the tune of the national anthem of Britain “ God Save the Queen”?
“America”
Bonus: Identify these French artists.
A) He was the court painter to Napoleon.
B) He created the sculptures The Kiss and The Thinker.
A) Jacques-Louid David B) Auguste Rodin
4. What part of a flowering plant uses thin filaments in the flower to produce pollen?
Stamen
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Bonus: A deficiency of which vitamin can cause each of the following?
A) Scurvy
B) Rickets
A) C B) D
5. Hawaii and Tahiti are islands in what central and southern Pacific Ocean island group?
Polynesia
Bonus: Around the world geography
A) What is the name of the trench, the lowest place on Earth’s surface, located in the Pacific Ocean?
B) In what state are the sources of the Red River and the Mississippi River?
A) Mariana Trench B) Minnesota
6. This mythological god was a master of wisdom, magic and poetry, as well as chief god of slain warriors. Chief among Norse gods, our day Wednesday is named for him. Who is he?
Odin (accept Woden or Wotan)
Bonus: It’s time to check your spelling. I’ll give you two words. You spell them for ten points each.
A) Synonymous
B) Millennium
A) S-Y-N-O-N-Y-M-O-U-S B) M-I-L-L-E-N-N-I-U-M
7. What Agatha Christie play opened in 1952 and became the longest running show in the world?
The Mousetrap
Bonus: How is your sports knowledge? Answer the following.
A) Which town in Sorthe, France has an annual 24-hour car race?
B) Which national sport originated as a religious ritual performed in Shinto shrines?
A) Le Mans B) Sumo wrestling
8. The son of Zeus, this most powerful hero, he was able to perform superhuman feats and was worshiped as god of physical strength. Who was this Greek mortal who was made a god after he completed twelve seemingly impossible tasks?
Hercules
Bonus: Consider the novel The Scarlet Letter.
A) Who was the author?
B) Who was the woman who committed adultery?
A) Nathaniel Hawthorne B) Hester Pryne
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9. On his first voyage he visited Tahiti and surveyed the eastern coast of Australia. On his second visit he reached Antarctica and discovered New Caledonia. Name this great explorer who, on his attempt to find a Northwest Passage between the Pacific and Atlantic, was killed in Hawaii.
James Cook
Bonus: Answer these questions about African-American Alabamians.
A) Who was the first African-American mayor of Birmingham?
B) In 1972, he was the first African-American mayor of an Alabama city. Who was he?
A) Richard Arrington B) Johnny Ford
10. In the Bible, what is the name of the person who cut off Samson’s hair?
Delilah
Bonus: Answer these questions about murder.
A) Who wrote the story The Murder of Roger Ackroyd?
B) What US president had been in office only four months when he was assassinated?
A) Agatha Christie B) James Garfield
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Middle School Tournament
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ROUND SIX
THIRD PERIOD: One Twenty-Question Worksheet with each correct answer worth FIVE POINTS each.
Hand out two copies of the worksheet to each team. Remind each team that they may turn in only one copy of the worksheet and that each copy should have the school name printed neatly on the back of the sheet. Each team will have TWO MINUTES to complete their worksheet. The timer will warn each team when one minute remains and every fifteen seconds thereafter.
ANSWERS:
1. Lyme
2. Loop
3. Lagoon
4. Legislature
5. Ligament
6. Lee
7. Libya
8. Light-year
9. Libel
10. Longfellow
11. La Salle
12. Legend
13. Lister
14. Lusitania
15. Loiter
16. Library of Congress
17. Lewis
18. Libretto
19. Lever
20. Lansing
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PERIOD FOUR: Ten Toss-up Questions worth FIFTEEN POINTS each.
*1. The length of a rectangle is 3 more than the width. If the perimeter is 42, find the width.
Nine
2. This English mathematician and physicist was born the same year that Galileo died. Name this man who anticipated the calculus of variations and discovered the law of universal gravitation.
Issac Newton
3. This Portuguese made the first known crossing of the Pacific on his ship the Trinidad. Who was this explorer who led the first circumnavigation of the globe?
Fredinand Magellan
4. An infinitive can function as a noun, an adjective, or an adverb. Consider the following sentence and identify the part of speech for its infinitive: He lacks the money to travel.
Adjective
5. An anesthetist is a doctor who, during an operation, is responsible for putting the patient to sleep. Spell anesthetist.
A-N-E-S-T-H-E-T-I-S-T
6. The Khmer Rouge came to power in Cambodia in 1975 and killed an estimated two to four million people. Who was its leader?
Pol Pot
7. The name is the same. What surname is the same for a Wimbledon champion, a blues guitarist, a Canadian Prime Minister, and an author of horror stories?
King
8. Who was the first African-American to be permanently inducted into the Grand Ole Opry?
Charlie Pride
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9. In Egyptian mythology, this god was husband of Isis and god of vegetation, as well as god of the dead. Who was he?
Osiris
10. In 1290, after the death of his wife Beatrice, this Italian poet began studying philosophy. Name this author of the Divine Comedy.
Alighieri Dante
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Emergency toss-ups:
1. These absolute monarchs ruled Russia from the 16th century until the Russian Revolution. By what general name were these emperors known?
Czars
*2. In a storage room a large family has 5 bicycles, four tricycles and two unicycles. What is the sum of the number of cycle tires in the storage room?
Twenty-four
Emergency bonus:
How well do you know your explorers?
A) After which explorer is America named?
B) What Norse explorer landed in North America and named it Vinland?
A) Amerigo Vespucci B) Leif Ericsson
ROUND SIX WORKSHEET L
________________________1. A flu-like disease transmitted from infested deer ticks to humans
________________________2. A set of statements in a computer program that are to be executed repeatedly
________________________3. A body of quiet salt water isolated from the open sea by islands
________________________4. In the US Government, the House of Representatives along with the Senate
________________________5. A fibrous tissue that binds joints together and connects bones and cartilage
________________________6. Commander of the Armies of Virginia at the start of the Civil War
________________________7. African country bordered by Tunisia, Algeria, Egypt, Niger and Chad
________________________8. The common unit of distance used in astronomy, equal to about 9.5 x 1015 m
________________________9. A written statement that is untrue and damaging to a person’s reputation
________________________10. American poet who wrote “The Village Blacksmith”
________________________11. French explorer who claimed the Mississippi Valley region for France
________________________12. Term for a unit of 4,000 - 6,000 infantrymen as well as cavalry, in the
Roman army
________________________13. English surgeon who founded antiseptic surgery
________________________14. British ship torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine in 1915, a factor
in the US entry into World War I
________________________15. To linger for no apparent reason, particularly in a public place
________________________16. System of classification within a library that identifies the main divisions
of knowledge by letters
________________________17. First American to win the Nobel Prize for Literature
________________________18. Text, spoken or sung, of a work for the musical theater, such as an opera
or musical comedy
________________________19. A bar which turns on a fixed support, a simple machine
________________________20. Capital of Michigan