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Round 9Middle Grades – 2016-17 Governor’s Cup Practice QuestionsA person who is taking responsibility for her part in a mistake might use this two-word Latin phrase. A Roman Catholic believer might use the phrase in confessional. Identify this phrase, translating as "through my fault."MEA CULPA [MAY-ah KOOL-pah] A member of the sedge family, this tall, aquatic plant is native to the Nile valley. Ancient Egyptians used it for mattresses, chairs, tables, baskets, boats, and rope. From which plant's name is the English word "paper" derived?PAPYRUS As an actress, she voiced Penny in the animated film Bolt and co-starred with Liam Hemsworth in The Last Song. In 2016, she will join Alicia Keys as a new coach for NBC's The Voice. Identify this singer, who shot to fame as the star of Disney's Hannah Montana franchise.(MILEY) CYRUS A cube has a volume of one hundred twenty-five cubic feet. In square feet, what is the surface area of the cube? 150 (SQUARE FEET) During the High Middle Ages, Arles [AR-uhl], Marseilles [mar-SAY], and this location were the three most important cities in the Provence [proh-VAHNS] region. When Clement the Fifth became pope in 1305, the papal capital moved from Rome to this city. Identify this city in southern France.AVIGNON [a-vee-NYAWN] Engagements in this battle included those at the Peach Orchard and Little Round Top. Fought July 1 through 3, 1863, it saw the disastrous Pickett's Charge and ended Lee's invasion of the Union. What Pennsylvania battle was the bloodiest of the Civil War?(BATTLE OF) GETTYSBURG Interest in this scientific branch increased after the development of the self-contained underwater breathing apparatus. Most research in this field is conducted at institutional aquariums. What field involves research by government agencies responsible for managing natural fish populations?ICHTHYOLOGY [ik-thee-OL-uh-jee] Hand movements in this dance include "rising sun," "rainbow," "tide roll," and "swaying palms." Sliding steps and swaying hips aid the arms in expressing the dance's narrative. Give the name of this dance native to many Polynesian islands, including Hawaii.(THE) HULA How many of the following sentence's words should be capitalized? The pope denounced other religions' gods as he read from the Bible. TWO A survey finds that seventeen out of every twenty-five Kentuckians have eaten at a fast food restaurant during the past month. What percent of Kentuckians does this fraction represent? 68 (PERCENT) Each side of an equilateral triangle is eight feet in length. A square is constructed so that its perimeter is equal to that of the triangle. In square feet, what is the area of the square?36 (SQUARE FEET) Full name answer required. This president flew 58 combat missions during World War II, and received the Distinguished Flying Cross. He made his fortune in Texas oil before serving as the U.S. ambassador to the U.N., and later as head of the C.I.A. Identify this Republican, who was vice president under Ronald Reagan before becoming president himself.GEORGE HERBERT WALKER BUSH (Accept: GEORGE H. W. BUSH) (Do Not Accept: BUSH, GEORGE W. BUSH or GEORGE WALKER BUSH)In one novel by this author, Lil Spicer helps Doug cope with his brother's post-traumatic stress disorder and his father's abuse. In other novels, Holling Hoodhood spends one afternoon a week with Mrs. Baker, and Turner befriends a girl from a poor island community founded by former slaves. Who wrote Okay for Now, The Wednesday Wars, and Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy?(GARY D.) SCHMIDT Satellites sent into space must not reach this speed if they are to remain in Earth's orbit. This speed decreases with altitude. Give the two-word phrase for the minimum speed that a gravitating body must reach to move away from another body, rather than orbit it.ESCAPE VELOCITY In sculptures, this material is called whiting, and can be modeled or carved. When mixed with glue, it prepares a surface for painting. Give the word for this plaster-like material, whose name is Italian for "gypsum."GESSO [JESS-oh] The larynx projection called the Adam's apple is made of this material. It gets its name from a Latin word meaning "gristle." Name the flexible elastic connective tissue that hardens into bone during the development stage of most vertebrates.CARTILAGE In this non-fiction work, men from Argentina, Portugal, Italy, France, and Britain compete against a group of eight U. S. Army pilots. The crews of the New Orleans, Seattle, Chicago, and Boston risk their lives in their quest to circumnavigate the globe. What is this YALSA Finalist about The Adventures of the American Fliers Who Won the Race, by Tim Grove?FIRST FLIGHT AROUND THE WORLD Songs in this genre include "Waltzing Matilda," "Sweet Betsy from Pike," and "Danny Boy." They feature simple melodies and narrative lyrics that are passed down orally by common people. What is this kind of music, native to a specific culture?FOLK (MUSIC) Game Three of the 1989 World Series was delayed for 10 days because of an event in this geological feature. This specific fracture is the boundary between the Northern Pacific plate and the North American plate. Name this major fracture, which runs from the Gulf of California, through San Francisco, to Point Delgada, causing earthquakes.SAN ANDREAS (FAULT) Express as a polynomial expression in standard form: the quantity x plus three times the quantity x plus seven. X SQUARED PLUS TEN X PLUS 21 Great Plains tribes used this tool to carry loads overland as they moved their camps. Dogs, and later horses, dragged these sleds made of two wooden poles with a carrying platform, basket, or netting suspended between them. Give the name for such a drag sled.TRAVOIS [truh-VOI] The proper medical terms for this affliction include apoplexy and cerebrovascular accident. If it is believed someone is suffering from one, the FAST test should be used, denoting Face, Arms, Speech and Time. Identify the name of a blockage or hemorrhage of a blood vessel leading to the brain, which can cause weakness, paralysis, and speech difficulties.STROKE In this story, a senile grandmother, Meg, apologizes for accusing her husband of cheating on her. She believes she is apologizing to her husband, but she is actually speaking with her teenage grandson, Mike, who sports the same facial hair. Give the title of this Robert Cormier [koor-MEER] short story.(THE) MOUSTACHE Specific examples of this instrument include the djembe [JEM-bay], tabla, and goblet. Talking versions communicate between African villages, while snares are popular with marching bands. Give the general term for a hollow shell with a membrane stretched across it, which can be hit with the hands or sticks.DRUM Expressed in simplest radical form, what is the sixth root of eight? RADICAL TWO [Accept: SQUARE ROOT OF TWO]He ruthlessly suppressed an uprising in Ireland in the late 1560s, then led English volunteers fighting to free the Netherlands from Spain. In August 1583, he took possession of Newfoundland for England. What half-brother of Sir Walter Raleigh died when his ship sank with all hands off the Azores in September 1583?(SIR HUMPHREY) GILBERT Supporting characters in this musical include evil Evillene, good Addaperle, and the Funky Monkeys. Known for the song "Ease on Down the Road," it follows a girl in silver slippers who visits the title character in hopes of returning to Kansas. Name this remake of an L. Frank Baum novel, notable for its all-black cast.(THE) WIZ These masses can be terminal, lateral, or medial, depending on their position in relation to a glacier. They typically form when a moving glacier plows, churns, and carries boulders, pebbles, sand, and mud. Name these till deposits left by glaciers, often in the form of a long ridge.MORAINE(S) Take this sentence: Jennifer and Abby played soccer on the lawn until nearly midnight. What is the direct object? SOCCER Frankie makes a list of the first eight prime numbers. What is the median of the numbers in Frankie's list? 9 Give your answer in inches. Donnie has a 6-foot-long board that he wants to cut into 8 pieces of equal length. How many inches long should each piece be?9 (INCHES) This astronomical term describes an object's reflective properties. It is the fraction of solar radiation that a planet or moon reflects back into space. Give the term for the ratio of the intensity of light an object reflects to the light it receives.ALBEDO [al-BEE-doh] It was theorized to exist because the known routes to Asia were already under other countries' control. Martin Frobisher explored parts of northern Canada and Henry Hudson sailed into what is now Hudson Bay without finding it. What was this water route, which frustrated some European countries because the Americas prevented trade with Asia?NORTHWEST PASSAGE This artist may have used his older daughters as models for his portraits The Lacemaker and A Girl Reading a Letter by an Open Window. Scholars speculate that Anthony van Leeuwenhoek [LEY-vuhn-hook], who helped the artist construct a camera obscura, posed for The Geographer and The Astronomer. Identify this artist, who excelled at illustrating domestic tasks in paintings like The Milkmaid.(JAN) VERMEER [YAHN ver-MEER] The Greek root "therm-" appears in words like "hypothermia," "thermal," and "thermometer." What is its English meaning? HEAT (Do not accept: TEMPERATURE)This artist named his characteristic technique chromo-luminarism to signify its dependence on color and light. He perfected the technique, also called divisionism and neo-Impressionism, in works like Bathers at Asnières [ahn-YAIR]. Who also created Young Woman Powdering Herself and The Circus?(GEORGES) SEURAT [ZHORZH suh-RAH] This author wrote ten books detailing the escapades of a group of children living in the White Mountain village of Franconia. His more famous series, designed to teach children a "code of morals," follows a young boy who learns science, geography, and history from his uncle George. Identify this nineteenth-century schoolteacher famed for his Rollo books.(JACOB) ABBOTT This defensive evolution is similar to camouflage. Instead of blending in with their surroundings, animals adapt their appearance to resemble other species. Identify this anti-predator adaptation, in which a harmless species poses as a noxious, harmful one.MIMICRY Made up mostly of island nations, this geographical and geopolitical region refers to the Pacific Ocean in its name. The name of the region that includes Polynesia, Melanesia, and Micronesia comes from the fact that the ocean, rather than continents, links the nations together. In what region is Australia the largest country?OCEANIA [oh-shee-AN-ee-uh] In triangle ABC, angle A has a cosine of four-fifths. What is the sine of angle A? THREE-FIFTHS End of First Half – Begin Three-Minute Inquiry PeriodRound 9 - Second HalfMiddle Grades – 2016-17 Governor’s Cup Practice QuestionsMultiple answers may be required. Consider the graph of the quadratic equation y equals x squared minus five x plus six. What are the x-intercepts of the graph?(X EQUALS) 2 (AND) 3 (Accept: (2, 0) AND (3, 0))This grammatical mood expresses a condition contrary to fact, speculation, or request. It may also express a wish, as in, "I wish that I were able to swim across the Atlantic Ocean." Identify this counterpart of the imperative and indicative moods.SUBJUNCTIVE (MOOD) On December 29, 1845, this state became the 28th to join the union. It was an independent republic for nearly 10 years before that, and Sam Houston was elected its president twice. Which state borders Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana and New Mexico, and has the longest border with Mexico of any state?TEXAS This one-word unit is commonly expressed as force times distance equals work. Specifically, it's the amount of work done when one amp passes through one ohm of resistance for one second. Identify the unit of work, equivalent to a Newton-meter, that is named for a British physicist.JOULE This composer has won three Academy Awards for original musical score, starting with Star Wars in 1977. The first three Harry Potter movies, The Book Thief, and Home Alone are among his other film credits. Identify this man, whose decades-long collaboration with Steven Spielberg led to his scores for Indiana Jones, Jurassic Park, and E.T.(JOHN TOWNER) WILLIAMS The Bear River Massacre saw the forces of Patrick Connor brutally attack members of this tribe. Chief Pocatello was one notable leader of this Great Basin tribe. Name this Native American tribe, who claimed as a member Sacagawea.SHOSHONE [show-SHOW-nee] This dance element can be either metered or free rhythm. It can be sequential or simultaneous, and have a long or short duration and fast or slow tempo. Name this element of dance, which can be measured with a clock.TIME This part of the brain governs voluntary movements and coordinates mental actions. It is the dominant part of the brain in humans, and is divided into two hemispheres. Name the largest part of the brain.CEREBRUM Solve the following inequality for X. Six X, plus seven, is less than, nine X, minus eight. X IS GREATER THAN FIVE [Accept: FIVE IS LESS THAN X]This kind of clause must appear at least once in complex and compound-complex sentences, but it is absent from simple and compound ones. The three categories are named for adjectives, adverbs, and nouns. What type of clause is unable to stand alone?DEPENDENT (CLAUSE) (Accept: SUBORDINATE (CLAUSE))This holiday often falls on Saint Stephen's feast day, prompting horse races, fox hunts, and rugby. It may have originated from the opening of churches' alms containers, which held donations for the poor. Identify this holiday, observed on December 26th in Britain and some Commonwealth countries, in which employees traditionally receive gifts.BOXING DAY This novel is divided into four smaller works, including The Candle in the Wind and The Queen of Air and Darkness. Its most famous section tells of Wart, Sir Kay's orphaned foster brother, who ascends to the English throne after pulling a sword from a stone. Give the title of this take on the Arthurian legend, written by T. H. White.(THE) ONCE AND FUTURE KING This phylum of invertebrates comprises nearly one-quarter of all named marine organisms. One of their universal features is a radula, which is similar to a tongue, and is anatomically unique to this phylum. Name this group of organisms that includes squids, snails, slugs, and bivalves.MOLLUSK(S) (Accept: MOLLUSCA)This ancient group were thought to be the original inhabitants of Laconia. Unlike Athenian slaves, they had their own families and communities, produced food, and sometimes performed military duty. Identify this lowest but largest class in Spartan society.HELOT(S) Suppose Y varies directly as X. When X equals four, Y equals twenty. What is the value of Y when X equals ten?(Y EQUALS) FIFTY This man explored free-form composition with his Fantasie in F Minor, and included a funeral march in the third movement of his Piano Sonata No. 2. A piano virtuoso, he composed nocturnes, études [EY-toodz], and mazurkas in his 39 years. Identify this creator of the "Minute Waltz."(FREDERIC) CHOPIN [SHOH-pan] This novelist is famous for a science fiction/fantasy quintet that ends with Many Waters and An Acceptable Time. A Wind in the Door and A Swiftly Tilting Planet focus on members of the Murry family, as well as family friend Calvin O'Keefe. Name the author who introduced readers to Meg and Charles Wallace in A Wrinkle in Time.(MADELEINE) L'ENGLE [MAD-uh-len LAYN-gul] Ten students are running in the finals of a track event. If gold, silver, and bronze medals are being awarded for the top three finishers, in how many distinct ways can the medals be given? 720 This process beginning with the letter "E" is used by shrews, beluga whales, and porpoises. It assists these animals in hunting and navigation, as they can gauge distances via reflected sound waves. Name this kind of bio-SONAR also used by bats and dolphins.ECHOLOCATION This major freshwater lake lies mainly in Tanzania and Uganda. It is the chief reservoir feeding the Nile River. Name this lake that takes its name from an English queen.(LAKE) VICTORIA This short story takes the form of a series of "progress reports" recorded by the narrator, the subject of a controversial medical procedure. Charlie Gordon enjoys radically increased intelligence, but its decline is foreshadowed by the death of the title mouse. Name this science fiction short story by Daniel Keyes.FLOWERS FOR ALGERNON This mythological man, whose name means "skillfully wrought," threw his nephew from the Acropolis, earning banishment from Athens. He crafted a wooden cow at Queen Pasipha?'s [puh-SIF-uh-eez] request, and a structure to house her offspring with the Cretan bull: the Minotaur. Who created the Labyrinth, as well as wax wings to escape from it with his son Icarus?DAEDALUS [DED-uh-lus] This quantity possesses magnitude, but not direction. In physics, it can be measured using a single real number. Examples of what physical quantity include volume, mass, and time?SCALAR [SKEY-ler] (QUANTITY) This trade route was actually a network of trade routes that began in China and made its way through India, Asia Minor, and eventually ended in Britain. Traveled by Marco Polo, the route was important not only for trade in commercial goods such as spices but also for the exchange of culture including paper and gunpowder. What trade route takes its name from the popularity of the fiber produced by caterpillars?SILK ROAD The angles of a quadrilateral have measures in the ratio of two, to three, to seven, to eight. What is the degree measure of the largest angle in the quadrilateral? 144 (DEGREES) This painting may be a commentary on the small businesses that thrived during the Great Depression. A striped pole stands in front of a barbershop that, like the other shops in the two-story building, is closed at the depicted time of day. Give the name of this Edward Hopper painting.EARLY SUNDAY MORNING This sound device's name comes from Greek words meaning "the name I make." It creates a sound effect to mimic the natural animal or phenomenon it describes. What sound device do authors use when they write "whoosh," "clang," and "ribbit"?ONOMATOPOEIA [ahn-uh-mah-tuh-PEE-uh] This spiral galaxy, first mistaken for a nebula, is located in a constellation of the same name. It is named for the Greek mythological daughter of Cassiopeia and wife of Perseus. Name this galaxy, one of the few visible to the unaided eye.ANDROMEDA [an-DROM-i-duh] This vehicle was launched by NASA in 2011 and reached its target 350 million miles away the next year. Since its arrival, its main job has been to investigate the climate and geology of Gale Crater. What name was given to this car-sized rover, which is also called Mars Science Laboratory?CURIOSITY The decimal form of this improper fraction is two point six, with the six repeating. What is this improper fraction? 8/3 [EIGHT THIRDS] [Accept: EIGHT OVER THREE]This type of action or event will trigger a certain behavior in mental conditioning. A classic example is the salivation of dogs that had been conditioned to expect food when a bell rang. What kind of event causes a reaction in an organism?STIMULUS (Accept: STIMULI)This Titan, the daughter of Uranus [YOOR-uh-nus] and Gaea [GUY-uh], married her brother. After watching him swallow five of their children, she fed him a stone wrapped in swaddling clothes to save her newborn. Who was this wife of Cronus and mother of Zeus?RHEA [REE-uh] This speech notes, "The world will little note nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here." It encourages listeners to honor "the brave men, living and dead" by devoting themselves "to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion." Name this short speech delivered on November 19, 1863, by Abraham Lincoln.(THE) GETTYSBURG ADDRESS Three years before his death, this architect designed the Church of Santa Croce's Pazzi Chapel. His most impressive design is forty-five meters wide, and is the largest masonry structure of its kind ever built. Who designed the dome that sits over Florence Cathedral?(FILIPPO) BRUNELLESCHI The first term of a sequence is four, and each successive term is found by squaring the previous term, then subtracting twelve. What is the sixth term of this sequence? 4 This tall tale character explored the woods with his sisters, Molly and Betsey, before winning Big Bill Simpson's wood chopping contest at Turtle Cove. His strides took him from one mountaintop to the next, and he named the Eel River while working as a lumberjack in his native West Virginia. Name this cousin of Paul Bunyan.(TONY) BEAVER To make homemade yogurt, you'll need a yogurt starter, which contains this colony of live bacteria. It can refer to bacteria, tissue cells, or other growths of microorganisms. Give the word, starting with the letter "C", that can also name the medium in which these things are grown.CULTURE Twelve French nuns founded this school for girls in 1727, providing education for girls from the local native tribes as well as those from the French settlers. It would later become the first school to offer classes for female slaves and free women of color. What is the oldest continuously-operating school for girls, and the oldest continuously-operating Catholic school, in the United States?URSULINE ACADEMY (OF NEW ORLEANS) This tone poem begins with a flute melody before adding strings, a harp, and horns that give way to clarinet and oboe solos. The title creature, half-man and half-goat, awakens from a nap to remember his many love affairs with forest nymphs. Identify this Impressionist orchestral work by Claude Debussy [deb-yoo-SEE].PRELUDE TO THE AFTERNOON OF A FAUN (Accept: PRELUDE A L'APRES-MIDI D'UN FAUNE [ah LAH-pray-mee-DEE doon FAWN])What are the coordinates of the point where the lines y equals x, and two x plus five y equals forty-two, intersect? (6, 6) End of Second Half – Begin Three-Minute Inquiry PeriodExtra QuestionsLA-1This word can mean "not straightforward" or "deviously achieved." In math, it refers to anything "neither perpendicular nor parallel to a given line or surface." What word also names the muscles in a person's side?OBLIQUE SS-2When first proposed, this amendment was ratified by only six states. Ohio ratified it in 1873, and eventually enough states approved it so that it went into effect more than 200 years after it was first proposed. What amendment prohibits senators and representatives from changing their salaries until after the next election of representatives?TWENTY-SEVENTH (AMENDMENT) (Accept: (AMENDMENT) TWENTY-SEVEN)SC-3When this man became an abbot in 1868, he largely suspended his scientific experiments. Through his work with plants, he discovered the fundamental laws of heredity. Who noted the appearance of certain traits in pea plant offspring as dominant or recessive?(GREGOR) MENDEL M-4What is the least common multiple of the numbers 14 and 63? 126 AH-5This writer is credited with the two greatest epics of ancient Greece. One describes a great war between the Trojans and the Mycenaeans [my-si-NEE-uhns]. Name the writer who wrote about the adventures of Odysseus [oh-DIS-ee-uhs].HOMER ................
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