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Middle School Tournament

2000

ROUND EIGHTEEN

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

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

1. What is the common term for a quadrilateral that has exactly one pair of parallel sides?

Trapezoid

2. The movie Star Wars has several characters that are non-human. What side-kick character has a revolving top, is short and squat, and rolls from place to place?

R2D2

3. What mark of punctuation follows the closing in a business letter?

Comma

4. This ruminant mammal of the deer family is found in the arctic and sub-arctic regions of Eurasia and North America. Domesticated for centuries, these animals provide meat, milk, clothing, and transportation. Names these animals that are also known for pulling Santa’s sleigh.

Reindeer

5. Some of its parts include the fork, the frame, and a sprocket. What is this two-wheeled vehicle?

Bicycle

6. Dr. Seuss is the nom de plume of what author?

Theodore Geisel

7. What French artist sculpted The Kiss?

Auguste Rodin

8. What literary term refers to the sequence of events in a work of fiction?

Plot

9. Who was the first Afro-American baseball player in the major leagues?

Jackie Robinson

10. This Californian author has the name of a city as part of his name. Who is this author of White Fang and The Call of the Wild? Jack London

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ROUND EIGHTEEN

SECOND PERIOD: Ten Toss-ups worth TEN POINTS each and Ten Two-Part Bonuses worth up to TWENTY POINTS each.

*1. Seventeen is 25 per cent of what number?

68

Bonus: Perform each of the following computations. Give answers as mixed numbers reduced to lowest terms.

A) Find the sum of three and one-sixth plus two and three-eighths plus one and nine -sixteenths.

B) Find the product of three and one-seventh times four and two-thirds times two and five-eighths.

A) Seven and five-forty eighths B) Thirty-eight and one-half

2. In Muslim society what is the name of the holy pilgrimage to Mecca?

Hadj or hajj

Bonus: You have to twist and turn to find these answers.

A) What is the physical force called that produces a turning or twisting action that results in rotation?

B) What rock and roll singer popularized the dance craze the Twist?

A) Torque B) Chubby Checker

3. We sometimes save our seeds to replant next season. In the previous sentence, what part of speech is the word sometimes?

Adverb

Bonus: Consider the novel The Old Man and the Sea.

A) In what country is it set?

B) Who is the main character?

A) Cuba B) Santiago

4. Many of these hot springs that shoot water into the air at intervals are found in Yellowstone National Park. What are they called?

Geysers

Bonus: Answer these questions about America’s exploration of the moon.

A) What is the name of the space program in which American astronauts investigated the moon?

C) How many Americans have landed on the moon?

A) Apollo B) Twelve

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5. If the president of a company hires his unqualified son as vice-president, he is guilty of nepotism. Spell nepotism.

N-E-P-O-T-I-S-M

Bonus: What do you know about the Civil War?

A) What naval figure captured Mobile Bay in 1864?

B) What noted portraitist produced an invaluable photographic record of the Civil War?

A) David Farragut B) Mathew Brady

6. Called Mars by the Romans, what did ancient Greeks call their god of war?

Ares

Bonus: Answer these questions about the King Arthur legend.

A) Who was the magician who trained King Arthur?

B) Who was Arthur’s queen?

A) Merlin B) Guinevere

7. What is the name of the award given to the best pitcher in the major leagues?

Cy Young Award

Bonus: Identify the scientific term from its definition.

A) The region of the atmosphere in which the barometric pressure is lower than in surrounding areas

B) A weather map line connecting places of equal atmospheric pressure

A) Cyclone B) Isobar

8. All scholar bowl members know that Japan attacked the United States in 1941. But what country did Germany attack on September 1, 1939?

Poland

Bonus: How is your history knowledge?

A) What French town was the scene of history’s largest military evacuation?

B) During what war did this evacuation take place?

A) Dunkirk B) World War II

9. This popular English singer, pianist, and composer was born Reginald Kenneth Dwight. By the mid 70’s he had become famous by presenting his own and other composers’ songs in spectacularly staged productions. Who is this singer who owns a valuable collection of eyeglasses and whose songs include “Rocket Man”?

Elton John

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Bonus: Identify the female singers who first recorded these songs.

A) “Coal Miner’s Daughter”

B) “Material Girl”

A) Loretta Lynn B) Madonna

10. What name is given to the cold ocean current that flows northward off the western coast of South America?

Humboldt Current

Bonus: How well do you know your explorers?

A) Who explored the Mississippi River then took possession of the Mississippi Valley and named it Louisiana?

B) Who surveyed New Zealand and the eastern coast of Australia and later discovered the Sandwich Islands?

A) Sieur de LaSalle B) James Cook

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ROUND EIGHTEEN

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. Edwards (Jonathon)

2. Hitler (Adolf)

3. Epic

4. Hitchcock (Alfred)

5. Euler (Leonard)

6. Harvey (William)

7. Earp (Wyatt)

8. Hope (Bob)

9. Elgar (Edward)

10. Handel (George)

11. Ellington (Duke)

12. Howard (Ron)

13. Earhart (Amelia)

14. Hamill (Mark)

15. Electron

16. Heyerdahl (Thor)

17. Enzyme

18. Hemingway (Earnest)

19. Ethiopia

20. Hippocrates

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ROUND EIGHTEEN

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

*1. Four girls are sharing the cost of a party. They are going to be buying dinner for 20 people. If dinner costs $6.50 per person, how much will each girl pay for the party?

$32.50

2. Give the three-letter word that fits all three of the following meanings: an extremity, advance information, a gratuity.

Tip

3. This US President, who calls himself the “Come-Back Kid,” was named for the third US President. Who is this former Arkansas governor?

Bill (William Jefferson) Clinton

4. What is the third person masculine objective pronoun?

Him

5. AIDS is a serious, often fatal condition in which the immune system breaks down and does not respond normally to infection. What does the acronym AIDS stand for?

Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome

6. Unable to attend a university because she was female, this daughter of a British clergyman is best known for her novels such as Emma, Sense and Sensibility, and Pride and Prejudice. Who is she?

Jane Austen

7. These areas are divided into estuarine and freshwater systems, and many were destroyed before their value was recognized. What is the name of these ecosystems in which the water table is at or near the surface?

Wetlands

8. Who was the last man to be elected US President in the 19th century?

William McKinley

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9. Her popular American primitive paintings are colorful, simple, and carefree scenes of rural life. Who was this painter, a farm wife untrained in art, who began painting when she was in her 70’s?

Grandma Moses (Anna Mary Robertson)

10. This English metallurgist and inventor discovered the blast furnace method of making steel directly from cast iron. Who is this man for whom a city in central Alabama is named?

Henry Bessemer

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Emergency toss-ups:

1. Spell the possessive plural form of woman.

W-O-M-E-N-apostrophe-S

2. Name the Roman martyr priest whose feast, dropped from the liturgical calendar in 1969, was close to a love festival and caused him to become known as the patron saint of lovers.

Saint Valentine

Emergency bonus:

There were thirteen original colonies.

A) What was the first state to ratify the U. S. Constitution?

B) What was the thirteenth?

A) Delaware B) Rhode Island

ROUND EIGHTEEN WORKSHEET EggHead

_______________________1. Minister who gave sermon "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God"

_______________________2. Author of Mein Kampf

_______________________3. Long narrative poem usually on an exalted theme

_______________________4. Master of suspense films and director of Vertigo

_______________________5. Swiss mathematician, the most prolific of all times

_______________________6. English physician, author of On the Movement of the Heart and Blood in

Animals in 1628

_______________________7. Lawman and gunfighter involved in gunfight at OK Corral

_______________________8. Comedian whose theme song is "Thanks for the Memories"

_______________________9. English composer of Pomp and Circumstance

_______________________10. German composer whose works include "Water Music"

_______________________11. American jazz composer of "Mood Indigo"

_______________________12. Actor who played Opie on the Andy Griffith Show

_______________________13. First woman to fly across the Atlantic Ocean

_______________________14. Actor who played Luke Skywalker in Star Wars

_______________________15. Elementary particle carrying a unit charge of negative electricity

_______________________16. Author of Kon Tiki

_______________________17. Protein functioning as a biological catalyst

_______________________18. Author of A Farewell to Arms

_______________________19. Country whose capital is Addis Ababa

_______________________20. "Father of Medicine"

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