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RRMR 2010 Quizbowl ?
old quizbowl questions from 2010
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Which U.S. National Park is the oldest located east of the Mississippi River? | Acadia National Park |
| Identify the nobel gas, discovered in 1898 from the residue of liquid air, that has an atomic number of 54. | Xenon |
| The hypothenuse of a 30-60-90 degree triangle is 14 cm long. Find the perimeter of the triangle. Be sure to include correct units | 21 + 7 square root 3 cm |
| With regard to television display, what is the meaning of the acronym "HD" | high definition |
| In Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, which important family includes five unmarried daughters? | The Bennett Family |
| During World War II, his nickname was "Old Blood and Guts." Who was this famous American General whose film biography won the Academy Award for Best Picture in 1970? | George S. Patton |
| Translate the Spanish word "suerte" into English | luck |
| Identify the metric equivalent of the U.S. unit of horsepower | Watt |
| Which eleven-letter adjective is used before the word "mark" to refer to any of the several notations above or below a letter in the word to indicate pronunciation? | diacritical |
| Find the limit as x approaches infinity of 1/x | 0 |
| Identify the Samuel Taylor Coleridge poem that describes a summer palace name Xanadu | Kubla Khan |
| In English grammar, what punctuation mark is used to indicate a short poetry title? | quotation marks |
| Give the name of the biological class that includes the sharks, rays, and skates | Chondrichthyes |
| Theatrical workers, whether production, construction, or administrative are often referred to by what four-letter noun that begins with the letter "g"? | grip |
| Mean, median, mode, variance, range, and standard deviation are al terms associated with which branch of Mathematics? | statistics |
| Which war was the setting in Earnest Hemingway's A Farewell to Arms? | WWI |
| What is the name of the capital city of the African nation of Sudan? | Khartoum |
| Identify the eight-letter verb, beginning with the letter "b," that means to give a gift to someone through one's last will and testament | bequeath |
| How many times louder is a sound of 40 decibels compared to a sound of 10 decibels? | 1000 |
| Author of the poem "To a Waterfowl" | William Cullen Bryant |
| Author of the poem "The First Snowfall" | James Russell Lowell |
| Author of the poem "Trees" | Joyce Kilmer |
| Author of the poem "The Song of Hiawatha" | Henry W. Longfellow |
| Author of the poem "Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening" | Robert Frost |
| Author of the poem "Annabelle Lee" | Edgar Allen Poe |
| Author of the poem "Snowbound" | John Greenleaf Whittier |
| Author of the poem "I, Too, Sing America" | Langston Hughes |
| Author of the poem "A Girl" | Ezra Pound |
| Author of the poem "There is Another Sky" | Emily Dickinson |
| Author of the poem "A Dream Within a Dream" | Edgar Allen Poe |
| Author of the poem "The Road Not Taken" | Robert Frost |
| leg = 3 hypotenuse = 5 leg = ? | 4 |
| leg = 8 leg = 15 hypotenuse = ? | 17 |
| leg = 9 hypotenuse = 41 leg = ? | 40 |
| leg = 9 leg = 12 hypotenuse = ? | 15 |
| leg = 5 hypotenuse = 13 leg = ? | 12 |
| leg = 7 leg = 24 hypotenuse = ? | 25 |
| leg = 10 leg = 24 hypotenuse =? | 26 |
| leg = 11 leg = 60 hypotenuse = ? | 61 |
| leg = 12 leg = 16 hypotenuse = ? | 20 |
| leg = 20 leg = 21 hypotenuse = ? | 29 |
| leg = 15 leg = 36 hypotenuse = ? | 39 |
| leg = 6 hypotenuse = 10 leg = ? | 8 |
| If a quadratic equation is graphed and has no x-intercepts, what type of solutions will be found when the equation is solved algebraically | imaginary |
| In literature, what kind of animal is Rosinante as found in Don Quixote? | horse |
| Identify the two-word phrase the refers to a person's salary prior to any deductions for taxes, insurance, and other necessary withholding | gross pay |
| In which U.S. state is the Great Basin desert located? | Nevada |
| Identify the six-letter noun that refers to protection provided to political refugees by a state or country with diplomatic immunity | asylum |
| Give the name of the scientific discipline that studies the origin and development of the universe | cosmology |
| The pronouns "this, that, these, those" are referred to by what name | demonstrative |
| For more than 40 years, this building was the tallest in the world. Identify this famous building, which is still appreciated today for its Art Deco style, and still lays claim to the title of the tallest building in New York City. | Empire State Building |
| Evaluate the sin of 810 degrees | 1 |
| In Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath, which character is the protagonist? | Tom Joad |
| Who was the first Secretary of State under President Barack Obama | Hilary Clinton |
| Identify the pop/country recording artist who hit the charts in 2004 with "Since U Been Gone" | |
| Africa is home to the world's heaviest insect - a beetle that can weight up to 100 grams. Give the seven-letter name of this beetle who shares its name with a Biblical character. | Goliath |
| Mount Kosciusko is the tallest mountain in which country? | Australia |
| By what common name is the chemical compound C3H8 known as ? | propane |
| A line contains the points (2, -1) and (5, 8). Find the slope of the line perpendicular to this line. | -1/3 |
| In the U.S. constitution, what type of powers are held by both the states and the federal government? | concurrent |
| If you were being treated at Johns Hopkins Teaching Hospital, which U.S. state would you be visiting? | Maryland |
| Solve the following system of equations for x and y: x + y = 9 2x - y = 6 | x=5 y=4 |
| Identify the verb tense in the following sentence: She will have been there for four days by Friday | future perfect |
| Which Greek ancient created Oedipus at Colonus, Antigone, and Electra | Sophocles |
| In addition to blood type, what other aspect of blood chemistry must be identified prior to transfusion? | Rh factor |
| Give the two-word slang phrase that is often used to refer to someone who flaunts his money, but more appropriately describes an obese feline. | fat cat |
| What was is the battle from? Battle of the Marne | WWI |
| What was is the battle from? Antietam | American Civil War |
| What was is the battle from? Battle of Manila | Spanish-American War |
| What was is the battle from? Tet Offenseive | Vietnam War |
| What was is the battle from? Battle of Saratoga | American Revolutionary War |
| What was is the battle from? Battle of Coral Sea | WWII |
| What was is the battle from? Battle of Horseshoe Bend | War of 1812 |
| What was is the battle from? Battle of Buena Vista | Mexican-American War |
| What was is the battle from? Battle of Pea Ridge | WWII |
| What was is the battle from? Midway | WWII |
| What was is the battle from? Battle of Ardennes | WWI |
| What was is the battle from? Battle of Ludford Bridge | War of the Roses |
| The Velvet ______ by Zipha Keatley Snyder | Room |
| A High Wind in ________ by Richard Hughes | Jamaica |
| A Light in the _______ by Shel Silverstein | Attic |
| Bleak _______ by Charles Dickens | House |
| A Bell for ________ by John Hersey | Adano |
| The Witch of Blackbird _______ by Elizabeth Speare | Pond |
| All Creatures Great and ______ by James Herriott | Small |
| The _____ Book by Rudy Kipling | Jungle |
| A Separate _____ by John Knowles | Peace |
| Hear of _____ by Joseph Conrad | Darkness |
| Great _____ by Charles Dickens | Expectations |
| Tortilla ______ by John Steinbeck | Flat |
| a substance that speeds up a chemical reaction | catalyst |
| a summary of religious doctrine in the form of questions and answers | catechism |
| a complete enumerations of items or a book that contains such a list | catalog |
| a momentous tragic event | catastrophe |
| a cleansing or purification of emotions through talking | catharsis |
| an elongated work-like larva or a butterfly or moth | caterpillar |
| the negative terminal of an electrolytic cell | cathode |
| a general class to which an item or person belongs | category |
| clouding of the lens of the eye in humans or animals | cataract |
| severe mental disorder involving complete withdrawal from reality | catatonia |
| a great flood, earthquake or violent physical change in the earth | cataclysm |
| ancient devise once used to hurl stones or burning debris in battle | catapult |
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