Junior Finals 2011
Game 1—Round 1—Toss ups
1- What is the mathematical term used to designate the sum of two monomials?
ANSWER: binomial
2- In common taxonomic classification what is the level of classification directly below the level of order?
ANSWER: Family
3- What Constitutional amendment is nicknamed “The Lame Duck Amendment?”
ANSWER: 20th
4- What man is known as “the father of medicine?”
ANSWER: Hippocrates
5- What style of art is most often associated with Andy Warhol?
ANSWER: Pop Art
6- What was the name of the man who started “The Greatest Show on Earth?”
ANSWER: P.T. Barnum
7- What is the future progressive tense of the verb “run”?
ANSWER: will be running or Shall be running
MATH COMPUTATION
8- What is the perimeter of a square if one side length is 4.15 cm?
ANSWER: 16.6 cm
9- What type of twins develop when two separate eggs are fertilized?
ANSWER: fraternal
10- What part of speech functions as a “connector” in a sentence?
ANSWER: conjunction
11- What Christian religious denomination identifies itself as Evangelical, and this name was preferred by Luther over the name chosen, to identify the reformed denomination established by Martin Luther based on his 95 Theses?
ANSWER: Lutheran
12- On what body of water is Baltimore, Maryland located?
ANSWER: Chesapeake Bay
13- What Ray Bradbury short story features a character named Eckels who is taken back in time to
hunt dinosaurs?
ANSWER: A Sound of Thunder
14- What name is given to the numbering system that uses only 1’s and 0’s?
ANSWER: Binary
15- What country on the northern coast of South America has a capital city of Paramaribo?
ANSWER: Suriname
16- Identify the word that is a verbal in the following sentence: We felt sympathy for the crying mother.
ANSWER: crying
17- What is the name of the musical instrument which begins with an “L” that was common in the days of King David in the Bible?
ANSWER: Lyre
18- This section of the alimentary tract, is a thin walled expanded region that is used for storing food prior to digestion. What is the name for this organ found in birds?
ANSWER: Crop
19- How many significant figures are in the number .0045?
ANSWER: 2
20- What U.S. battleship sank under mysterious circumstances in a Havana harbor, thus leading to the Spanish-American war?
ANSWER: U.S.S. Maine
Round 2—Toss Ups
MATH COMPUTATION
21- A drawer has 6 black socks, 4 blue socks, and 2 red socks. How many socks must you remove at random to guarantee a matching pair?
Answer: 4
22- This well-known novel by Herman Melville starts with “Call me Ishmael”. What is the novel?
ANSWER: Moby Dick
23- The closest star to Earth is actually a binary star system 4.3 light years away. Name that star system.
ANSWER: Alpha Centauri
24- What American document combined with the Declaration of Independence and the
Constitution of the United States makes up the “Charters of Freedom?”
ANSWER: Bill of Rights
25- What pocket-sized magazine was first published in 1922, with the goal of informing,
entertaining, inspiring, and guiding people in their daily lives? It is still published and is
still smaller in size than many magazines.
ANSWER: “Reader’s Digest”
26- What 7 letter word can refer to many methods of transportation, such as an automobile, and begins with the letter “v”?
ANSWER: vehicle
27- What is the name of the acid with the chemical formula H3BO3?
ANSWER: boric
MATH COMPUTATION
28- What is the square root of 0.09?
ANSWER: 0.3
29- After which word would you put a semicolon in the following sentence? The hikers wanted to continue; however, the road up ahead was closed due to a landslide.
ANSWER: continue
30- In what colony was America’s first Thanksgiving celebrated?
ANSWER: Plymouth Colony (not Massachusetts as it wasn’t founded yet)
Round 2-- BONUS QUESTIONS
1- ALGEBRA
Factor the following expressions.
1. 3x2 – 2x
2. 5n3 + 15n
3. 3y4 + 12y2 – 9y
4. x2 + 6x – 7
ANSWERS: 1. x(3x – 2) 2. 5n (n2 + 3) 3. 3y(y3 + 4y – 3) 4. (x – 1)(x + 7)
2- COMPUTERS
Solve these computer riddles.
1. You use it to cushion an input device. Mickey and Minnie would love to live in it!
2. It won’t power your car, but you can locate information on the Internet with it.
3. Aluminum cans and old files on your computer end up here when “their days are
over.”
3. A Hormel product that comes in a can and is wanted. The computer version is
unsolicited.
ANSWERS: 1. mouse pad 2. search engine 3. recycle bin 4. Spam
3- VOCABULARY
You will be given a list of words. Tell the prefix that can be added to each word in the list to
create a new word.
1. salted, clear, trained, comfortable, easy
2. total, way, marine, atomic
3. write, run, turn, place, visit, count
4. large, courage, close, circle, able
ANSWERS: 1. un- 2. sub- 3. re- 4. en-
4- CIVICS
Answer these questions about the Constitutional amendments.
1. What is the number of the last amendment to the Constitution?
2. How many amendments are included in the Bill of Rights?
3. What amendment abolished slavery in our country?
4. What amendment prohibited manufacturing, importing or exporting of alcohol?
ANSWERS: 1. 27 (27th) 2. 10 3. 13th 4. 18th.
Round 4—Lightning Round
1- EARTH SCIENCE
Identify these planets in our solar system.
1. Former planet named for Roman god of the underworld. Pluto
2. The evening and morning star. Venus
3. The planet having the largest moon in the solar system. Jupiter
4. The planet named after the Roman god of the sea. Neptune
5. The planet with the Great Red Spot Jupiter 6. A planet having an 88-day year. Mercury
7. The red planet. Mars
8. The planet located between Saturn and Neptune. Uranus
9. The planet having the largest ring system. Saturn
10. Gas planet with a blue color Neptune
EXTRA:
11. Planet named for the Roman god of agriculture Saturn
2- GEOGRAPHY
Let’s travel the world! Tell the country most often associated with these bodies of water.
1. Mississippi River United States
2. Po River Italy
3. Seine River France
4. Hudson Bay Canada
5. Thames River England
6. Dead Sea Israel or Jordan
7. Ganges River (Gan geez) India
8. Rhone River France
9. Strait of Magellan Chile or Argentina
10. Volga River Russia
EXTRA:
11. Great Salt Lake United States
2- HISTORY
Tell the U.S. president who acquired each of these nicknames.
1. The Father of our Country George Washington
2. The Rail Splitter Abraham Lincoln
3. Poppy George H.W. Bush
4. King of Camelot John F. Kennedy
5. Old Hickory Andrew Jackson
6. The Sage of Monticello Thomas Jefferson
7. Unconditional Surrender Ulysses S. Grant
8. Silent Cal Calvin Coolidge
9. Dutch Ronald Reagan
10. Shrub George W. Bush
EXTRA:
11. The Red Fox of Kinderhook Martin Van Buren
Round 4—Toss ups
31- What is the arc measurement of a semicircle?
ANSWER: 180 degrees
32- What river, named after a western state, continues to erode away thousands of tons of rock
material each day in the Grand Canyon?
ANSWER: Colorado River
33- What very popular Children’s author has written the books, Poppy, Poppy & Ereth, Poppy & Rye, & Ragweed?
ANSWER: Avi or Edward Irving Wortis
34-What would you call a narrow strip of land surrounded on three sides by water?
ANSWER: peninsula
35- Where were the most recent Summer Olympic Games held?
ANSWER: Beijing
36- What metal is most often combined with lead to create soft solder?
ANSWER: tin
37- What is the only land area on Earth that is not officially a part of, and does not belong to, any
single country?
ANSWER: Antarctica
38- Only two words in the English language end in the letters “-gry.” One of these words is “hungry.” What is the other word?
ANSWER: angry
MATH COMPUTATION
39- For the set of numbers, 3, 7, 3, 12, 4, 1. What is the mean?
ANSWER: 5
40- Two years after Joseph Smith was killed by a mob in Illinois, what man led the Mormons to to Salt Lake City area, where they established a new religious center?
ANSWER: Brigham Young
41- What Greek-born Spanish artist painted “View of Toledo?”
ANSWER: El Greco or Domenicos Theotokopoulos
42- What technique used the “de” prefix to describe a method of cutting up a fish for cooking?
ANSWER: debone
43- What golfing term refers to anything on the golf course, such as water or sand bunkers, that makes the course more challenging and difficult to play?
ANSWER: hazard/s
44- For what invention is Johannes Gutenberg best known?
ANSWER: the printing press or movable type
45- What is the capital city of Ireland?
ANSWER: Dublin
46- What time is it in New York City when it is 5:00 a.m. in Denver, Colorado?
ANSWER: 7:00 a.m.
47- In what novel by Blue Balliet do two energetic kids attempt to discover the thief who stole a
famous painting, and to reveal the reasons behind the theft?
ANSWER: Chasing Vermeer
MATH COMPUTATION
48- Evaluate the expression 9x3 if x = -2.
ANSWER: -72
49- Who is the current President Pro Tempore of the United States Senate?
ANSWER: Daniel Inouye (Ih no way)
50- Which hemisphere includes both North and South America?
ANSWER: western (hemisphere)
Extra Toss Ups
1- What prefix means one-thousandth?
ANSWER: milli-
2- In which star constellation is the dark Horsehead Nebula found?
ANSWER: Orion
3- What part of speech is the object of the preposition in the following sentence? I offered my favorite ink pen to him.
ANSWER: pronoun
4- Which Tom Sawyer character was sealed inside a cave and left to die?
ANSWER: Injun Joe
5- What 20th century composer wrote the score for the ballet Rodeo?
ANSWER: Aaron Copland
6- Besides carbon, what other element is found in all organic compounds?
ANSWER: hydrogen
7- For what does the acronym DST stand?
ANSWER: Daylight Saving Time (not “savings”
8- In what movie does AnnaSophia Robb play a ten-year-old girl whose friendship with a stray dog helps her meet people after moving to a new town with her preacher father?
ANSWER: Because of Winn Dixie
Extra Bonus Questions
1- TELEVISION
Television networks often employ an acronym in their name. What do the letters stand for in the names of these popular networks?
1. PBS
2. ABC
3. CBS
4. TBS
ANSWERS: 1. Public Broadcasting System 2. American Broadcasting Company
3. Columbia Broadcasting System 4. Turner Broadcasting System
2- LITERATURE
Give the first names of these main characters in K.A. Applegate’s Animorph book series.
1. A very intelligent alien from outer space.
2. A girl who loves animals and hopes to be a veterinarian some day.
3. The serious boy who leads the group and makes the major decisions.
4. Morphs into a hawk and has problems expressing himself.
ANSWERS: 1. Ax 2. Cassie 3. Jake 4. Tobias