Starred Toss-Ups Require Calculation and Are Allotted 10 Seconds

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Starred toss-ups require calculation and are allotted 10 seconds.

FIRST PERIOD: Ten Toss-Ups worth FIVE POINTS each.

*1. What is the product of one-third times eleven times twenty-seven?

99

1. Name the mythological king of the Greek gods.

Zeus

1. What term describes the form of government based on rule by the people?

Democracy

1. What is the common name for the Society of Friends?

Quakers

1. According to a popular children’s story, what brother and sister dropped bread crumbs so they wouldn’t get lost in the forest?

Hansel and Gretel

1. Retinitis, astigmatism, and glaucoma are all diseases of what body part?

Eye

1. In what Charles Dickens novel does the reader find the child pickpocket the Artful Dodger?

Oliver Twist

1. What Alabama county refused to recognize the State’s succession from the Union during the Civil War and became known as a “Free State”?

Winston

1. Grand Forks, Bismark, and Fargo are the largest cities in what US state?

North Dakota

1. What is the name of the smallest display element a video display screen?

Pixel

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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. A parallelogram has a perimeter of 34. If the sides of one pair have a length of 5, what is the length of the other pair of sides?

12

Bonus: Answer these historical math questions.

A)What is the total when you add the year the American colonists declared their independence from Great Britain to the year President Lincoln was assassinated, and then add the year John F. Kennedy was elected President?

B)Add these years: Pearl Harbor was bombed, the Civil Rights Act was passed, and Jamestown was founded in Virginia. Divide this total by the number of original colonies in America. What is the answer?

A) 5602B) 424

2. This scientist was the first to prove the existence of galaxies beyond our Milky Way. Who was this man who discovered the “red shift,” a discovery that laid the foundation for the Big Bang theory?

Edwin Hubble

Bonus: Answer these geology questions.

A)From what ore is aluminum made?

B)What is the term for the tundra’s lower layer, the layer that never thaws?

A) BauxiteB) Permafrost

3. What is the only US state that is divided into two separate parts by a large body of water?

Michigan

Bonus: Answer the following questions about the world’s largest coral reef:

A)Off what county’s coast is it located?

B)What is its name?

A) AustraliaB) Great Barrier Reef

1. In what play of Shakespeare will one find “a pair of star-crossed lovers”?

Romeo and Juliet

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Bonus: From their description, identify these fairy tale characters.

A)She let her hair down from a tower.

B)He called his poor master the “Marquis of Carabas.”

A) RapunzelB) Puss in Boots

5. Who is the British compose r of many popular musicals, including Evita, Sunset Boulevard, Cats, and Phantom of the Opera?

Andrew Lloyd Weber

Bonus: Identify the complete subject in each sentence.

A)Shopping for more toys and clothes failed to interest the grandmother.

B)Surprise me!

A) Shopping for more toys and clothesB) You

6. This English writer born in the late 17th century has been called the “Father of Modern Journalism” and the author of the first true novel written in English. Who was this man whose works include Moll Flanders and The Life and Strange Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe?

Daniel Defoe

Bonus: I’ll give you an example of a literary device. You identify the device.

A)The tree’s branch tapped its message against the window.

B)The three tall troopers tread tightly together.

A) PersonificationB) Alliteration

1. What is the name of the modern theory of continental drift that states that the earth’s crust is divided into contiguous moving plates that carry the embedded continents?

Plate tectonics

Bonus: Beware! These are hard questions.

A)What is the name of the thin film made up of bacteria, mucus, and food particles that hardens on surfaces of teeth?

B)What is the term for the diseases caused by the hardening of cholesterol and lipids that can accumulate on the inside of arteries?

A) PlaqueB) Arteriosclerosis

1. Give the film name of the extremely popular actor born Marion Michael Morrison whose films include The Quiet Man, Stage Coach, The Green Berets, and True Grit.

John Wayne

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Bonus: Complete these familiar phrases.

A)Don’t cry over –

B)He was so angry he acted like a dog in the –

A) Spilt milkB) Manger

1. A former governor of Tennessee, he commanded the army that fought Mexico for Texan independence. He was President of the Republic of Texas and eventually governor of Texas. Who was he who has a large Texas city named in his honor?

Sam Houston

Bonus: I’ll give you a Vice President’s name, you tell me which President he served under.

A)John Calhoun

B)Gerald Ford

A) Andrew JacksonB) Richard Nixon

1. This building’s oldest part was built as a royal fortress in the late 12th century. It has had six major additions or renovations so that it can adequately house art works from ancient time, old masters’ works, and contemporary art. What is this Paris building, the foremost French museum of art?

Louvre

Bonus: I’ll give you a state. You give me its largest city.

A)Missouri

B)Kansas

A) Kansas CityB) Wichita

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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. Jamaica

2. John

3. James (P.D)

4. Japan

5. James (Henry)

6. Joyce (James)

7. Jupiter

8. Jutland

9. Jackson (Andrew)

10. Jamestown

11. Jung (Carl)

12. Joule (James)

13. Jude

14. Jefferson (Thomas)

15. Jaundice

16. Jay (John)

17. Jefferson City

18. John (Elton)

19. Joplin (Scott)

20. Jakarta

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PERIOD FOUR:Ten Toss-Up Questions worth FIFTEEN POINTS each.

*1. How many meters thick is a stack of 500 pieces of paper, if each piece is three-hundredths of a centimeter?

.15 (fifteen-hundredths meters)

1. Which American author spent two years living in a cabin he built near Walden Pond, the time about which he wrote in Walden in 1854?

Henry David Thoreau

1. The site from 1421-1911 of Chinese emperors’ palace, this fortress city is located within the city of Peking. What is it called?

Forbidden City

1. In the musical My Fair Lady, who is the man who bets that he can pass off a Cockney flower girl as a lady?

Henry Higgins

1. What television family, composed in part of Shirley Jones and David Cassidy, made the hit recording “I Think I Love You”?

Partridge Family

1. As founder of psychoanalysis, Sigmund Freud identified different aspects of the personality. What term did he use to mean the self, especially the conscious self?

Ego

1. In the 5th century B. C., this leader overthrew empires and united the Middle East. Who was this leader who founded the Persian Empire?

Cyrus the Great

1. Some of its components are the esophagus, liver, pancreas, and ileum. What is the collective name of the system of organs in animals that eliminates wastes and digests food?

Digestive system

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1. This town located across the border from El Paso, Texas, was originally called El Paso de Norte. It was renamed in 1888 after the lawyer who led the revolt against Maximilian and later became President of Mexico in 1867. What is this Mexican town?

Juarez

1. This Dutch impressionist painter’s works are perhaps better know generally than those of any other painter. Name this artist who produced such works as Wheatfield with Crows, The Potato Eaters, and Starry Night before he committed suicide.

Vincent Van Gogh

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Emergency toss-ups:

1. Lithuania, Latvia, Russia, Poland and Ukraine surround this country. Name this country whose capital is Mensk.

Belarus

1. Which French impressionist painter is known for repeatedly painting haystacks and water lilies?

Claude Monet

Emergency bonus:

I’ll give you a county. You give me its capital.

A)Canada

B)Pakistan

A) OttawaB) Islamabad

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______1. Country whose capital is Kingston

______2. King forced to sign the Magna Carta

______3. English mystery writer of An Unsuitable Job for a Woman

______4. World's leading producer of ships and automobiles

______5. American author of Daisy Miller

______6. Author of Portrait of anArtist as a Young Man

______7. Fifth planet from the sun

______8. Only major naval engagement between British and German fleets of WW I

______9. U. S. President influenced by his "Kitchen Cabinet"

______10. First permanent English settlement in America

______11. Founder of analytical psychology

______12. English physicist who discovered the first law of thermodynamics

______13. Next to last book of The Bible

______14. President who authorized the Louisiana Purchase

______15. Abnormal condition in which body tissues take on a yellowish color

______16. First Chief Justice of the U. S. Supreme Court

______17. Capital of Missouri

______18. Musician whose songs include "Benny and the Jets" and "Rocket Man"

______19. Ragtime pianist who wrote "Maple Leaf Rag"

______20. Capital of Indonesia