2006-07 GWINNETT COUNTY ACADEMIC BOWL



GEORGIA ACADEMIC BOWL

MIDDLE SCHOOL ROUND 1

TOSSUP 1. LANGUAGE ARTS

What part of speech describes color, shape, size, condition, or quantity?

answer: adjectives

BONUS 1. LANGUAGE ARTS

Tell which mark of punctuation is most commonly used:

A. After the words "Dear John" in a personal letter.

answer: comma (not colon, which is for business letters)

B. At the end of an interrogatory [in-ta-ROGG-a-toar-ee].

answer: question mark

TOSSUP 2. MATH

Pencils and paper ready! Calculate the perimeter of a pentagon with sides 1 2/5 inches long.

answer: 7 inches (1 2/5 x 5)

BONUS 2. MATH

Pencils and paper ready! Reduce each of these fractions to lowest terms:

A. 12/21

answer: 4/7

B. 40/64

answer: 5/8

TOSSUP 3. SCIENCE

Which planet's moon "Enceledus" [en-SELL-a-duss] has been recently shown to be the source of its

E ring?

answer: Saturn

BONUS 3. SCIENCE

In September 2006, the Atlanta Zoo saw the birth of a baby panda. (Everyone say, "Awwwww!").

A. Pandas typically eat this plant, perhaps because they can't find anything better.

answer: bamboo

B. Scientists refer to the black-and-white panda commonly found in zoos by this "large" adjective.

answer: giant panda

TOSSUP 4. SOCIAL STUDIES

In 1915, the "Lost Men" of the Ross Sea Party began traveling more than 1,500 miles to support the planned expedition of Sir Ernest Shackleton across—what very large (and very cold) continent?

answer: Antarctica

BONUS 4. SOCIAL STUDIES

Name the country whose major cities include:

A. Hamburg, Cologne [co-LOAN] and Frankfurt.

answer: Germany

B. Cali [CAW-lee], Medellin [may-da-YEEN] and Barranquilla [bar-on-KEE-ya].

answer: Colombia

TOSSUP 5. MISCELLANEOUS

What college football conference that is now divided into a Coastal Division and an Atlantic Division includes Georgia Tech?

answer: Atlantic Coast Conference or ACC

BONUS 5. MISCELLANEOUS

I'll name a constellation you might see in the nighttime sky; you name the kind of animal it represents.

A. Pisces [PIE-seez]

answer: fish

B. Camelopardalis [ca-MEL-a-pard-a-luss]

answer: giraffe

TOSSUP 6. SCIENCE

Boiling water so it turns to steam and then allowing the steam to recondense creates—what specific type of water, often used in science, your car's radiator and your mom's clothes iron because it doesn't have any impurities?

answer: distilled water

BONUS 6. SCIENCE

A negative electrical charge at the bottom of a cloud is attracted to positive electrical charges at the earth's surface.

A. Name the weather phenomenon that results from this attraction.

answer: lightning

B. That phenomenon can also be created by eruptions from these earthly objects.

answer: volcanoes

TOSSUP 7. LANGUAGE ARTS

In what famous literary sequel would you find the characters Tweedledum and Tweedledee?

answer: Through The Looking-Glass (don’t accept Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland or Alice in Wonderland because they don't appear there)

BONUS 7. LANGUAGE ARTS

Name these characters from Alice in Wonderland:

A. His theft of the tarts was the subject of the trial.

answer: the Knave of Hearts

B. It tells Alice that since she doesn’t care where she's going, it doesn't matter which way she goes.

answer: the Cheshire Cat (both words needed; prompt as needed)

TOSSUP 8. MISCELLANEOUS

It renamed its portion sizes "small", "medium" and "large" in 2006. Identify this restaurant chain that kept all the actual sizes the same, so that its new "medium" is its old "Biggie."

answer: Wendy's

BONUS 8. MISCELLANEOUS

The official Georgia state fruit is the peach. Answer these about official things in other states.

A. This state's official dessert is Boston cream pie.

answer: Massachusetts

B. This Western state's motto is the Greek word "Eureka!" [ya-REEK-a]

answer: California

TOSSUP 9. SOCIAL STUDIES

Name the medieval empire, descended from the Eastern Roman Empire, whose capital was at Constantinople [con-stan-ta-NO-pull].

answer: Byzantine [BIZ-un-teen] Empire

BONUS 9. SOCIAL STUDIES

Answer these about French dictator Napoleon Bonaparte.

A. In 1803, he sold this large area of land to the U.S.

answer: Louisiana Purchase

B. Napoleon began his famous invasion of Russia in this year of Tchaikovsky's famous Overture.

answer: 1812

TOSSUP 10. MATH

Pencils and paper ready! If you go to the local office-supply store and buy 3 boxes of 100 envelopes and 5 boxes of 25 envelopes, how many total envelopes did you buy?

answer: 425

BONUS 10. MATH

Pencils and paper ready to answer these about percentages!

A. What is 15% of 80?

answer: 12

B. What is (6 % of 500) minus (80% of 10)?

answer: 22 (30 - 8)

TIEBREAKER TOSSUP. SOCIAL STUDIES

He was likely blown off course from his planned Christian mission to Greenland and ended up settling a place called Vinland somewhere on the east coast of North America. Name this explorer and second son of Eric the Red.

answer: Leif Ericsson

END OF ROUND 1

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MIDDLE SCHOOL ROUND 2

TOSSUP 1. SCIENCE

What animal's types include one that does a figure-eight "waggle dance" to show the others in the group where to find food outside the hive?

answer: bee (accept any form of bee [honeybee], etc., but not wasp, hornet, etc.)

BONUS 1. SCIENCE

Answer these about families of plants:

A. The Asteraceae [a-STAIR-a-say] family includes dandelions, daisies and these flowers that are popular in Kansas and have edible seeds.

answer: sunflowers

B. Strawberries belong to the same family as this flower, popular with lovers.

answer: roses

TOSSUP 2. SOCIAL STUDIES

What explorer’s diary entry for November 4, 1922 told of finding King Tut’s tomb?

answer: Howard Carter

BONUS 2. SOCIAL STUDIES

When the Mormons reached what is now Salt Lake City in the summer of 1847, there was nothing there.

A. Yet this leader told the people, "This is the right place. Drive on."

answer: Brigham Young

B. Along the way to Utah, the Mormons built a town called Winter Quarters on the banks of the Missouri River in this state.

answer: Nebraska

TOSSUP 3. MISCELLANEOUS

Which sport was recently named ''the official sport of Massachusetts" because of its invention there in 1891 by Dr. James Naismith?

answer: basketball

BONUS 3. MISCELLANEOUS

Name the teams that feature these current NBA stars:

A. Dwyane [duane] Wade

answer: Miami or Heat

B. Kirk Hinrich [HEIN-rick]

answer: Chicago or Bulls

TOSSUP 4. MATH

Pencils and paper ready! Calculate 65% as a fraction in lowest terms.

answer: 13/20

BONUS 4. MATH

Pencils and paper ready! Calculate the area (in square inches) of each of these figures:

A. Triangle with base 8 inches and height 4 inches.

answer: 16 sq. in. (1/2 x 8 x 4)

B. Trapezoid with bases 2 inches and 6 inches and height 5 inches.

answer: 20 sq. in. ([2 + 6] /2 x 5)

TOSSUP 5. LANGUAGE ARTS

What part of your body is the Spanish word "brazo" [BRAW-soe] ?

answer: arm

BONUS 5. LANGUAGE ARTS

Identify these Roman goddesses:

A. Goddess of wisdom.

answer: Minerva

B. Goddess of the moon.

answer: Diana

TOSSUP 6. BUSINESS

Name the computer company who hopes the 2007 release of its "Leopard" operating system will be as popular as its iPod and Macintosh.

answer: Apple Computer

BONUS 6. BUSINESS

A 2006 list of the world's most expensive cities to live in included New York City, though five world capitals were even more expensive. Name any two of those five.

answer: Copenhagen, Denmark, London, England, Moscow, Russia, Seoul, South Korea and

Tokyo, Japan

TOSSUP 7. SCIENCE

The flexible fuel known as E85, now used in many cars, is only 15% gasoline. What material is the other 85% made of?

answer: ethanol or ethyl alcohol

BONUS 7. SCIENCE

Name the part of the human body you specialize in studying if you are a:

A. Dermatologist [dur-ma-TALL-a-just]

answer: the skin

B. Cardiologist [car-dee-ALL-a-just]

answer: the heart

TOSSUP 8. SOCIAL STUDIES

Its city of Pretoria recently had its name changed to Tshwane [ta-SHWA-na]. Name this country whose other major cities include Cape Town, Durban and Johannesburg.

answer: South Africa

BONUS 8. SOCIAL STUDIES

Name any two of the four provinces of eastern Canada that are given the collective name "Maritime Provinces."

answer: Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and New Brunswick

TOSSUP 9. LANGUAGE ARTS

In the story The Phantom of the Opera, name the girl the Phantom falls in love with.

answer: Christine Daaé (accept either)

BONUS 9. LANGUAGE ARTS

He wrote The Songs of Father Goose and The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus.

A. Name this American author most famous for his stories about the city of Oz.

answer: L. Frank Baum

B. At the beginning of The Wizard of Oz movie where Judy Garland plays Dorothy, name the song she sings about a land she heard of once in a lullaby.

answer: Over the Rainbow

TOSSUP 10. MATH

Pencils and paper ready! Draw a horizontal line AB, crossed by a transversal line CD (where A is at the left and C is at the top). The two lines intersect at point E. If the angle AEC is 70°, calculate the angle CEB.

answer: 110° (since sum is 180°)

BONUS 10. MATH

Pencils and paper ready! Give the next two terms in the sequence that begins 3, 7, 15, 31...

answer: 63, 127 (double the term, and then add 1)

TIEBREAKER TOSSUP. SPORTS

A broken jaw and a broken nose were among the injuries suffered in a 2006 motorcycle accident by—what NFL star who, just 5 months before the accident, had won his first Super Bowl quarterbacking the Pittsburgh Steelers?

answer: Ben Roethlisberger [ROTH-luss-burger]

END OF ROUND 2

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MIDDLE SCHOOL ROUND 3

TOSSUP 1. LANGUAGE ARTS

In what kind of drama does the protagonist meet an unhappy end because of a character flaw?

answer: tragedy

BONUS 1. LANGUAGE ARTS

Finish these quotes from Ben Franklin's Poor Richard's Almanac:

A. "Dost thou love life? Then do not squander [this]."

answer: time

B. "Nothing can be said to be certain but [these two things]."

answer: death and taxes

TOSSUP 2. MATH

Pencils and paper ready! How many seconds does a speed skater take per lap if he does a 5-lap race in 2 minutes, 15 seconds?

answer: 27 seconds (135/5)

BONUS 2. MATH

Pencils and paper ready! Set A is “multiples of 6.” Set B is “positive even integers between 10 and 20.” Now give the two numbers in Set C, which is the intersection of sets A and B.

answer: {12, 18}

TOSSUP 3. SCIENCE

Its name comes from the Russian word for the pine forests that dominate it. Name this biome that stretches across the northern reaches of North America and Eurasia.

answer: taiga [TYE-ga]

BONUS 3. SCIENCE

Answer these about why human beings are classified as mammals:

A. For one thing, we have a heart with this many chambers, like other mammals.

answer: four

B. Mammals don't fly as a rule; this animal is the main exception.

answer: bats

TOSSUP 4. SOCIAL STUDIES

It was reduced from its original 17 parts down to 12—but then two of those 12 didn't pass Congress. Name this historical document that became law in 1789 as a set of 10 Amendments to the U.S. Constitution.

answer: Bill of Rights

BONUS 4. SOCIAL STUDIES

Give the numbers of these Constitutional Amendments in the Bill of Rights.

A. It prohibits cruel and unusual punishment.

answer: 8th

B. It says you don't have to testify against yourself

answer: 5th

TOSSUP 5. FINE ARTS

The artist Raphael's paintings [blank] del Granduca, [blank] of the Goldfinch and Sistine [blank] all feature--what famous woman whose name fills in each blank?

answer: Madonna or Virgin Mary (accept equivalent answers)

BONUS 5. FINE ARTS

Name the musical key that has each of these key signatures:

A. Two flats

answer: B-flat

B. No flats or sharps

answer: C

TOSSUP 6. SCIENCE

What scientist explained how the tides and the moon are related to each other with his Law of Gravitation in 1687?

answer: Sir Isaac Newton

BONUS 6. SCIENCE

Answer these questions about bad winter weather:

A. This form of precipitation starts as snow and partially melts on the way down, but then re-freezes, making a precipitation similar to hail.

answer: sleet

B. This winter storm comes in off the Atlantic and hits New England and the Mid-Atlantic with heavy winds and snows.

answer: nor’easter

TOSSUP 7. LANGUAGE ARTS

It was dedicated to a car built in 1920 by Count Zborowski [za-BROW-skee]. Name this children's story by Ian Fleming, subtitled The Magical Car.

answer: Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

BONUS 7. LANGUAGE ARTS

Answer these about Louisa May Alcott's novel Little Women:

A. The father of all the girls in the novel is gone from home, taking part in this war.

answer: the U.S. Civil War

B. The boy named Theodore Laurence goes by this "feminine" nickname.

answer: Laurie

TOSSUP 8. MISCELLANEOUS

After months of investigation, Austrian scientists announced in 2006 that they still can't figure out whether the skull they’ve been testing was really his. Name this legendary composer of the "Jupiter" Symphony.

answer: W.A. Mozart

BONUS 8. MISCELLANEOUS

Name these things you need to play some musical instruments:

A. You need one of these thin pieces of material to vibrate in order to get any sound out of a clarinet or saxophone.

answer: reed

B. A trumpet commonly has 3 of these, pushed down in various combinations to produce different notes.

answer: valves

TOSSUP 9. SOCIAL STUDIES

It boasts the world's first operational maglev train, which runs from its subway station on Long Yang Road to its Pudong [poo-DONG] Airport. Identify this most populous city in China.

answer: Shanghai

BONUS 9. SOCIAL STUDIES

Name the individual island in the Galapagos [ga-LOP-a-gose] Island chain that:

A. Shares its name with the capital of Chile.

answer: Santiago

B. Is also the first name of Christopher Columbus in Spanish.

answer: Cristobal

TOSSUP 10. MATH

Pencils and paper ready! A snail is trying to crawl up an 3-foot-high fence. Each day, he goes up 4 inches; each night, he falls back 2 inches. If he starts at the bottom on day 1, on which day will the snail first reach the top of the fence?

answer: Day 17 (after day 16, he will be at 2'8", so the 17th day, he’ll get to the top)

BONUS 10. MATH

Pencils and paper ready! Take the set of 4 numbers {1, 3, 5, 7}. Using only the numbers from that set, list all the 2-digit numbers that are less than 17.

answer: 13, 15 (11 is wrong because there's only one 1)

TIEBREAKER TOSSUP. SCIENCE

What geothermal feature is created by super-hot groundwater that erupts violently as a flash of steam and hot water?

answer: geysers

END OF ROUND 3

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MIDDLE SCHOOL ROUND 4

TOSSUP 1. SCIENCE

What diet, unusual to plants, is shared by the sundew, the bladderwort, the butterwort and the venus flytrap?

answer: they are all carnivorous plants (or they eat meat)

BONUS 1. SCIENCE

I will name several varieties of fish commonly caught on a fishing trip. You name the fish.

A. Brown, rainbow, brook

answer: trout

B. Blue, white, channel

answer: catfish

TOSSUP 2. SOCIAL STUDIES

Turning sixteen allows you to get away from your parents and experience "rumspringa" [rum-shpring-a], a period where you decide what you think about the church you grew up in--at least, if you grow up a member of--what religious group?

answer: Amish

BONUS 2. SOCIAL STUDIES

Answer these about American colonial-era governor John Winthrop:

A. He served as governor of this colony in the mid-1600's.

answer: Massachusetts Bay Colony (prompt on "Massachusetts")

B. One longtime friend was this founder of Rhode Island.

answer: Roger Williams

TOSSUP 3. MISCELLANEOUS

Most kids hate eating it in a school cafeteria or out of a can—but in 2006, you couldn't eat it fresh either, for fear of getting the E. coli bacteria. Name this vegetable beloved by Popeye the Sailor.

answer: spinach

BONUS 3. MISCELLANEOUS

Name the major cities that host these college football bowl games.

A. Orange Bowl

answer: Miami, FL

B. Sun Bowl

answer: El Paso, TX

TOSSUP 4. MATH

Pencils and paper ready! A game is selling for 30% off and cost $77. What was the game's original price?

answer: $110 (77/0.7)

BONUS 4. MATH

Pencils and paper ready! In 1790, Thomas Jefferson proposed a system similar to the metric system, where a bushel was 10 pottles, a pottle was 10 demi-pints, and a demi-pint was 10 metres. In this system, give the number of:

A. Metres in one pottle.

answer: 100 (10 x 10)

B. Bushels in 80 pottles.

answer: 8

TOSSUP 5. LANGUAGE ARTS

The word “chortle” is formed by merging the sounds and meanings of--what two words?

answer: chuckle and snort

BONUS 5. LANGUAGE ARTS

Answer these about the novel 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea:

A. Name the submarine in the story.

answer: Nautilus

B. Name the captain of that submarine.

answer: Captain Nemo

TOSSUP 6. MISCELLANEOUS

The full value of his 2006 contract was just more than $22 million –to match his uniform number—though he was paid only part of that for pitching only half the season. Identify this former pitcher for the Red Sox and Yankees who pitched in 2006 for the Houston Astros.

answer: Roger Clemens

BONUS 6. MISCELLANEOUS

Give the English translations of these German foods:

A. Brot [broat]

answer: bread

B. Käse [KAY-za]

answer: cheese

TOSSUP 7. SCIENCE

The ancient Greek philosopher Democritus [da-MOCK-ra-tuss] thought that everything in the universe is made of tiny, indivisible particles. What do scientists call those tiny particles today?

answer: atoms

BONUS 7. SCIENCE

Its right shoulder is the red star Betelgeuse [BAIT-ul-joose].

A. Name this constellation, commonly called "the Hunter."

answer: Orion [o-RYE-un]

B. That constellation is near this Zodiac constellation, as if the two were fighting each other.

answer: Taurus the bull

TOSSUP 8. SOCIAL STUDIES

David Sharp died trying to climb it in 2006—while dozens of other climbers passed by him, fearing that helping Sharp would endanger their own climbs. Name this mountain whose lack of Good Samaritans was even noted by Sir Edmund Hillary, the first man to reach its summit.

answer: Mount Everest

BONUS 8. SOCIAL STUDIES

Name the U.S. states that are home to these bays:

A. Green Bay

answer: Wisconsin

B. Coos Bay

answer: Oregon

TOSSUP 9. MATH

Pencils and paper ready! How many fastballs does a baseball pitcher throw if he throws 60% fastballs in a game of 120 pitches?

answer: 72 (120 x 0.6)

BONUS 9. MATH

For a set of 9 data points, I will read a sentence with one incorrect word; you give the correct word for each sentence.

A. The range is the number that appears the most often.

answer: mode

B. The mean is the middle number of the 9 when ranked from lowest to highest.

answer: median

TOSSUP 10. LANGUAGE ARTS

Based on a true story about a California girl who lived alone for 18 years, it tells of Karana [ca-RON-a], who lives alone in the same way. Name this novel by Scott O'Dell.

answer: Island of the Blue Dolphins

BONUS 10. LANGUAGE ARTS

Spell these words from the first round of the 2006 National Spelling Bee:

A. "inaccurate" [in-ACK-ya-rut], a fancy word for "wrong."

answer: I-N-A-C-C-U-R-A-T-E

B. "basmati" [boss-MOTT-ee], a type of rice used in Indian cooking.

answer: B-A-S-M-A-T-I

TIEBREAKER TOSSUP. MOVIES

Some of its first reviews called it a blatant rip-off of the Michael J. Fox movie Doc Hollywood. Name this 2006 film that featured the voices of George Carlin, Cheech Marin, Larry the Cable Guy and Owen Wilson, who plays Lightning McQueen.

answer: Cars

END OF ROUND 4

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MIDDLE SCHOOL ROUND 5

TOSSUP 1. LANGUAGE ARTS

In the Lewis Carroll poem, what sea creatures do the Walrus and the Carpenter feast upon?

answer: oysters

BONUS 1. LANGUAGE ARTS

Answer these about Tolkien's novel The Hobbit (the one before The Lord of the Rings):

A. In the beginning, this hobbit is visited by 13 dwarves.

answer: Bilbo Baggins (prompt on a partial answer)

B. Gandalf tricks these creatures into staying up all night and turning to stone.

answer: trolls

TOSSUP 2. MATH

Pencils and paper ready! A copper pipe has an outside diameter of 1 inch. In lowest terms, calculate the inside diameter of the pipe if the pipe has a wall thickness of 3/16 inch.

answer: 5/8 in. (you must subtract two wall thicknesses, not just one)

BONUS 2. MATH

Pencils and paper ready! Copy down the following expression: 9 + 5 x 4 - 2. Using the rules for order of operations, calculate the value of the expression if:

A. No parentheses are added.

answer: 27 [9 + 20 - 2 ; multiply/divide before add/subtract]

B. Parentheses are put around the 9 and 5.

answer: 54 [56 - 2; parentheses and multiply/divide before add/subtract]

TOSSUP 3. SCIENCE

Aa (ah- ah) and pahoehoe (pa-hoe-ay-hoe-ay) are two types of-- what substance that comes out of volcanoes when they erupt?

answer: lava (do not accept magma)

BONUS 3. SCIENCE

Answer these about botany:

A. Dendrochronology is the method of scientific dating by studying these patterns on trees.

answer: tree rings

B. This is the fine powder that contains the male gametes [gam-eetz] of seed plants and makes many people sneeze.

answer: pollen

TOSSUP 4. SOCIAL STUDIES

The newly-named Mouse River runs from Canada into the city of Minot [MY-not] in--what Plains state?

answer: North Dakota

BONUS 4. SOCIAL STUDIES

His weekly work project during 2006 will help build more than 100 houses in a small town in India.

A. Name this former U.S. President, Nobel Peace Prize winner and Governor of Georgia.

answer: Jimmy Carter

B. Name the organization he works with during each project, abbreviated HFH.

answer: Habitat for Humanity

TOSSUP 5. FINE ARTS

What Dutch artist's painting The Military Company of Captain Frans Banning Cocq [COAK].is better known as The Night Watch ?

answer: Rembrandt van Rijn

BONUS 5. FINE ARTS

Name these musical instruments:

A. One version of it uses rolls of paper, about a foot wide and 100 feet long, that tell the instrument what to play.

answer: player piano

B. This wind instrument has varieties like Great Highland, Irish, and Northumbrian.

answer: bagpipes

TOSSUP 6. SCIENCE

Many people who don't have it think its sufferers should just be taught to calm down—which may be true with some children who take Ritalin [RIT-a-lunn] for it. Name this condition, marked by inattentiveness and impulsiveness, that makes school hard for both the kids that have it and for their teachers.

answer: attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder or ADHD (accept attention-deficit disorder or ADD)

BONUS 6. SCIENCE

Answer these about vaccines teenagers need, according to the Center for Disease Control:

A. If you haven't had a varicella [vair-a-SELL-a] shot, get one to avoid this itchy disease.

answer: chicken pox

B. You need 3 doses of vaccine to guard against the B variety of this liver disease.

answer: hepatitis [hep-a-TIE-tus]

TOSSUP 7. LANGUAGE ARTS

Something that doesn't happen very often may be called "a rare occurrence." Spell the word "occurrence."

answer: O-C-C-U-R-R-E-N-C-E

BONUS 7. LANGUAGE ARTS

Answer these about the novel To Kill A Mockingbird:

A. The Southern state where it's set.

answer: Alabama

B. Nickname of Jean Louise Finch.

answer: Scout

TOSSUP 8. MISCELLANEOUS

Sudoku puzzles were a big hit in 2005 because they don't require any great math skill. Give the Japanese name for the puzzles now popular in 2006, where each row of squares contains numbers that add to a given sum.

answer: kakuro [ca-KUR-o] or kakro

BONUS 8. MISCELLANEOUS

Identify these countries from the nicknames given to their 2006 World Cup soccer teams:

A. the Socceroos [soccer-ooze]

answer: Australia

B. Azzurri [a-ZHOOR-ee]

answer: Italy

TOSSUP 9. SOCIAL STUDIES

He was shot in the back in 1882 by a gang member who wanted the $10,000 reward. Name this bank robber who led a notorious gang with his brother Frank.

answer: Jesse James

BONUS 9. SOCIAL STUDIES

Answer these about Henry VIII:

A. Henry finally had a son after being married this number of times in all.

answer: 6

B. This "man for all seasons" is famous for refusing to agree that Henry should divorce his first wife; Henry had him killed.

answer: Sir Thomas More

TOSSUP 10. MATH

Pencils and paper ready! Find the average of the three numbers 17, 31, and 12.

answer: 20 (60/3)

BONUS 10. MATH

Pencils and paper ready! The cost of mailing a letter first-class in the United States is currently 39 cents for the first ounce, plus 24 cents for each additional ounce.

A. What is the heaviest first-class letter you can mail if you only have one dollar?

answer: 3 ounces (87 cents; 4 ounces is > $1)

B. Calculate the cost to mail an 11-ounce letter.

answer: $2.79 (not $4.29)

TIEBREAKER TOSSUP. SOCIAL STUDIES

Its Mount Merapi [ma-RAWP-ee] volcano erupted in the summer of 2006--as if its people didn't have enough trouble already! Identify this Asian nation that, in the 21st century, has also seen more than 40 deaths from bird flu, a 9.0 earthquake and two massive tsunamis.

answer: Indonesia

END OF ROUND 5

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MIDDLE SCHOOL ROUND 6

TOSSUP 1. SCIENCE

When rocks begin to weather, they create sediment. What substance is formed when sediment combines with decaying organic matter?

answer: soil or dirt

BONUS 1. SCIENCE

It is where our weather occurs and where temperature decreases with altitude.

A. Name this lowest layer of the earth's atmosphere.

answer: troposphere

B. Airplanes commonly fly above that layer to minimize this characteristic of that layer.

answer: turbulent air or turbulence (accept equivalent answers)

TOSSUP 2. SOCIAL STUDIES

In 2006, the Berlin Underworlds Association officially marked the spot where—what leader of Nazi Germany killed himself in 1945 in a bunker?

answer: Adolf Hitler

BONUS 2. SOCIAL STUDIES

Name the U.S. states that saw these Civil War battles:

A. Fredericksburg

answer: Virginia

B. Shiloh [SHY-low]

answer: Tennessee

TOSSUP 3. MISCELLANEOUS

When writing music on paper, what musical concept is indicated by writing a small tic-tac-toe sign?

answer: a sharp

BONUS 3. MISCELLANEOUS

I'll name a 20th-century composer; you name the country where he was born:

A. Dmitri Kabalevsky [da-MEE-tree cob-a-LEV-skee]

answer: Russia

B. Manuel de Falla [mon-WELL day FY-a]

answer: Spain

TOSSUP 4. MATH

Pencils and paper ready! Calculate the area of a parallelogram with a base of 9 inches and a height of 14 inches.

answer: 126 sq. in. (9 x 14)

BONUS 4. MATH

Pencils and paper ready! You have a circle with a diameter of 10. Use π, if needed, to calculate:

A. The radius of the circle.

answer: 5 (half of 10)

B. The area of the circle.

answer: 25 π (π r2)

TOSSUP 5. LANGUAGE ARTS

In the classic novel, what nickname is given to the woman named Aldonza by Don Quixote (kee-HO-tay)?

answer: Dulcinea (dul-sin-A-uh)

BONUS 5. LANGUAGE ARTS

Answer these about Mark Twain's story The Prince and the Pauper:

A. This is the first name of the Prince.

answer: Edward Tudor

B. This is the first name of the Pauper.

answer: Tom Canty

TOSSUP 6. MISCELLANEOUS

In 2006, it added Denver to the list of cities where it flies, adding great anxiety to both United and Frontier in the process. Identify this low-cost airline whose slogan is, "You are now free to move about the country."

answer: Southwest Airlines

BONUS 6. MISCELLANEOUS

Answer these questions found in a new book by former Jeopardy! champ Ken Jennings:

A. It is the last country in the world, alphabetically speaking.

answer: Zimbabwe [zim-BOB-way]

B. This Midwest state is the only U.S. state with a non-rectangular flag.

answer: Ohio

TOSSUP 7. SCIENCE

The surgery to correct it involves cutting a band of tissue to relieve pressure on the median nerve of your wrist. Identify this syndrome that causes swelling and pain in the wrist and may come from too much typing.

answer: carpal tunnel syndrome

BONUS 7. SCIENCE

It is named after the Roman goddess of the dawn and the Greek name for the North Wind.

A. Give the two-word scientific term for this bright glow in the nighttime sky in our hemisphere.

answer: aurora borealis [a-ROAR-a boar-ee-AL-iss]

B. Give the two-word popular term for it, based on where it originates.

answer: northern lights

TOSSUP 8. MATH

Pencils and paper ready! A company ID number has 2 digits. The first is either a letter (A through Z) or a number (0 through 9). The last digit is either zero or one. How many different ID numbers are possible?

answer: 72 (36 x 2)

BONUS 8. MATH

Give the terms for polygons with each of these characteristics:

A. A figure with seven sides.

answer: heptagon

B. A parallelogram with all sides congruent.

answer: rhombus

TOSSUP 9. LANGUAGE ARTS

In the sentence "Oh! I didn't see you there!" , what part of speech is the word "Oh"?

answer: interjection

BONUS 9. LANGUAGE ARTS

Answer these about famous quotes from a new book called The Quote Verifier.

A. He almost said, "Can't we all just get along?"

answer: Rodney King

B. Many have said, "No one ever washes a rented one of [these]."

answer: car

TOSSUP 10. SOCIAL STUDIES

After he was passed over for a promotion, he tried to give West Point to the British. Identify this Revolutionary War general whose name now means "traitor."

answer: Benedict Arnold

BONUS 10. SOCIAL STUDIES

Name the home states of these female U.S. Senators who were re-elected in 2006:

A. Debbi Stabenow [STAY-ba-now]

answer: Michigan

B. Maria Cantwell

answer: Washington

TIEBREAKER TOSSUP. SOCIAL STUDIES

He had his stepbrother killed, married his stepsister, and divorced her to marry his friend's wife. He also made a few appearances as a common entertainer and fed Christians to the lions. Name this Roman Emperor that was actually out of town when Rome caught fire.

answer: Nero

END OF ROUND 6

GEORGIA ACADEMIC BOWL

MIDDLE SCHOOL ROUND 7

TOSSUP 1. LANGUAGE ARTS

Lafcadio, the Lion Who Shot Back, A Giraffe and a Half, A Light in the Attic and Where the Sidewalk Ends are among the children's works by--what American author?

answer: Shel Silverstein

BONUS 1. LANGUAGE ARTS

Identify these figures in the legend of King Arthur:

A. Pulling Excalibur from the stone meant that Arthur was the true heir of this king.

answer: Uther [oo-ther] Pendragon

B. This knight got to do battle with the Green Knight.

answer: Sir Gawain

TOSSUP 2. MATH

Pencils and paper ready! On a map, if 1/3 inch equals 4 miles, how far apart are two cities that are 5 2/3 inches apart on the map?

answer: 68 miles

BONUS 2. MATH

Pencils and paper ready! A pair of variables x and y are related by the equation y = Ax + B.

A. Calculate A when B is zero, x is 12 and y is -96.

answer: -8 (-96 = 12A)

B. Calculate x when A is 12, y is 4 and B is -8.

answer: 1 (4 = 12x - 8)

TOSSUP 3. SCIENCE

What term is used to describe a volcano that has neither erupted or shown any activity in the recorded history of man?

answer: extinct (not dormant)

BONUS 3. TECHNOLOGY

A. This is the air resistance to an airplane's flying forward.

answer: drag

B. A plane's so-called "black boxes" that record flight data are really this color.

answer: orange

TOSSUP 4. SOCIAL STUDIES

On which of the four major Japanese islands is the capital city of Tokyo?

answer: Honshu

BONUS 4. SOCIAL STUDIES

Answer these about regions of the U.S.:

A. The Quad Cities of Davenport, Bettendorf, Moline and Rock Island are located in Illinois and this neighboring state.

answer: Iowa

B. The Tri-Cities of Bristol, Kingsport and Johnson City are located in Tennessee and this neighboring state.

answer: Virginia

TOSSUP 5. MISCELLANEOUS

The words, "Three-and-two. Finley runs. The payoff pitch. A swing and a drive to deep center…" were heard by thousands of listeners to San Francisco radio station KNBR in 2006, and then a microphone went dead just as –what baseball slugger hit his 715th career home run?

answer: Barry Bonds (prompt on "715th homer" or equivalents; do not accept Babe Ruth)

BONUS 5. MISCELLANEOUS

Name the American folk song that talks about:

A. A girl riding six white horses.

answer: She'll Be Coming 'Round the Mountain

B. A sister helping to trim the sail.

answer: Michael, Row the Boat Ashore

TOSSUP 6. SCIENCE

Since a baby learns to regulate its autonomic nervous system by contact with its mother, one theory says it results when babies who sleep alone simply have their heart or lungs stop functioning. Name this condition that kills about 2,000 babies each year, currently for no known reason.

answer: Sudden Infant Death Syndrome or SIDS

BONUS 6. SCIENCE

Name these specific types of wind:

A. The warm, dry winds on the east side of the Rocky Mountains.

answer: Chinook

B. The hot wind that blows dust from the Sahara Desert to the Mediterranean Sea.

answer: sirocco [sa-ROCK-o] or scirocco

TOSSUP 7. LANGUAGE ARTS

"East is east and west is west, and never the twain shall meet" is just one famous line by—what British writer who also gave us the line, "The female of the species is more deadly than the male" and The Jungle Book?

answer: Rudyard Kipling

BONUS 7. LANGUAGE ARTS

William Strunk's 1918 book "The Elements of Style" was studied by generations of English students. Spell these words from that book's list of commonly misspelled words:

A. immediately

answer: I-M-M-E-D-I-A-T-E-L-Y

B. marriage

answer: M-A-R-R-I-A-G-E

TOSSUP 8. MISCELLANEOUS

Author Daniel Handler is best-known as--what creator of the 13-book series about the Baudelaire orphans called A Series of Unfortunate Events?

answer: Lemony Snicket

BONUS 8. MISCELLANEOUS

It was conceived when Bell Labs figured out how to send signals over telephone lines that don’t interfere with the signals used for voice transmission.

A. Name this type of high-speed Internet connection.

answer: DSL or Digital Subscriber Line

B. The speed of that connection depends on one important thing—how far away you are from this.

answer: the provider's central office (or main office)

TOSSUP 9. SOCIAL STUDIES

Native Americans of the Northwest Coast are known for commemorating dead relatives or important events by carving animals, plants, or other objects into --what large posts?

answer: totem poles

BONUS 9. SOCIAL STUDIES

Name the African countries long run by these leaders:

A. Moammar Khadafi [ca-DOFF-ee].

answer: Libya

B. Hosni Mubarak [moo-BAR-uk]

answer: Egypt

TOSSUP 10. MATH

Pencils and paper ready! One integer is 6 greater than another one. Find the smaller of the two integers if three times the smaller one is four more than the larger one.

answer: 5 (3x = x + 6 + 4, so the 2 numbers are 11 and 5. Don't accept 11 as an answer)

BONUS 10. MATH

Pencils and paper ready! You want new carpet in your bedroom, which is 11 feet wide and 14 feet long. But you can only buy carpet in one-square-yard amounts at $8 per square yard.

A. How many square yards of carpet do you need to cover the whole floor?

answer: 18 (11 x 14 / 9 = 17.1, so 18 needed)

B. How much does that carpet cost?

answer: $144

TIEBREAKER TOSSUP. SCIENCE

It is easier to get blood infections if this is removed. Name this 5-inch-long organ, consisting mainly of white pulp and red pulp, that destroys your old red blood cells.

answer: spleen

END OF ROUND 7

GEORGIA ACADEMIC BOWL

MIDDLE SCHOOL ROUND 8

TOSSUP 1. SCIENCE

The zombie, the jellybean, the fan, the date and the coconut are all types of—what tall tropical tree that lines many streets in Los Angeles?

answer: palm tree

BONUS 1. SCIENCE

Answer these about Charles Darwin:

A. On his trip aboard the ship Beagle, he read a classic book by Charles Lyell about this branch of earth science.

answer: Principles of Geology

B. Darwin's book on "natural selection" avoided using this now-controversial 9-letter word, often used today in describing his theories.

answer: evolution

TOSSUP 2. SOCIAL STUDIES

What European country was divided among Russia, Prussia and Austria by a series of three partitions between 1772 and 1795?

answer: Poland

BONUS 2. SOCIAL STUDIES

Identify these mountains:

A. It erupted in 79 AD, causing much loss of life in Italy.

answer: Mount Vesuvius [va-SOO-vee-us]

B. Its official name is Mount Godwin-Austen, but most people refer to it by this nickname.

answer: K2

TOSSUP 3. MISCELLANEOUS

Tux the Penguin is the primary symbol of --what computer operating system that was developed as a free version of UNIX to run on Intel platforms?

answer: LINUX

BONUS 3. MISCELLANEOUS

Give these two-word phrases added to the Merriam-Webster dictionary in 2006:

A. A large warehouse store, like WalMart or Costco.

answer: big box

B. A teenage girl who overreacts about everything.

answer: drama queen

TOSSUP 4. MATH

Pencils and paper ready! In lowest terms, calculate the slope of the line 2x - 16y = 96.

answer: y = 1/8 x - 6

BONUS 4. MATH

Pencils and paper ready! Give the two solutions of the quadratic equation x2 + 3x - 10 = 0.

answer: 2 and -5

TOSSUP 5. LANGUAGE ARTS

The name of the rock band Mötley Crüe has a pair of dots called an “umlaut” [OOM-lout] over both the o and the u. Spell the word “umlaut”.

answer: U-M-L-A-U-T

BONUS 5. LANGUAGE ARTS

Listen carefully to the following sentence so you can identify the parts of speech it contains: "I buzzed needlessly early and incurred the wrath of my teammates." Now identify the:

A. Coordinating conjunction.

answer: and

B. Two adverbs.

answer: needlessly and early

TOSSUP 6. MISCELLANEOUS

Pencils and paper ready! In a high-school cross-country race where each team has 5 members and every score is counted, what is the best possible score a winning team can receive?

answer: 15 points (person who wins race gets 1, second 2, etc., so a team could go 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5)

BONUS 6. MISCELLANEOUS

In 2006, the major-league baseball promotion "Hometown Heroes" let fans vote for their favorite all-time players. Name the teams whose fans could vote for these legends of the game:

A. Bob Gibson, Stan Musial [MEW-zhul] or Albert Pujols [POO-holse].

answer: St. Louis or Cardinals

B. Yogi Berra, Lou Gehrig [GAIR-ig] or Mickey Mantle.

answer: New York Yankees (prompt on "New York")

TOSSUP 7. SCIENCE

Unlike diamond, it is a good conductor of electricity, a good lubricant and very soft. Name this stable form of carbon, commonly called "lead" and used in school pencils.

answer: graphite

BONUS 7. SCIENCE

A. Some scientists think this explosive event gave rise to the universe we know today.

answer: Big Bang

B. The 7 main stars in this constellation all have Arabic names.

answer: the Big Dipper (accept Great Bear or Ursa Major)

TOSSUP 8. SOCIAL STUDIES

Three answers required here! Name the 3 states that use the Colorado River as part of their border.

answer: Nevada / California / Arizona

BONUS 8. SOCIAL STUDIES

Answer these questions about the U.S. in the 1840's:

A. Independence, Missouri, was the traditional starting point of this route to the West Coast taken by many pioneers.

answer: Oregon Trail

B. The Oregon Treaty established this geographic parallel as the border between the U.S. and Canada.

answer: 49th parallel

TOSSUP 9. LANGUAGE ARTS

His TV series features the same characters as his books, including Francine, Mary Alice (nicknamed "Muffy"), Binky, Buster, and of course, D.W. Name this aardvark created by Marc Brown.

answer: Arthur

BONUS 9. LANGUAGE ARTS

His 2006 biography Myself and the Other Fellow tells how he met his American wife Fanny.

A. Name this Scottish author of A Child's Garden of Verses.

answer: Robert Louis Stevenson

B. This classic novel of his came from a map he drew for his stepson.

answer: Treasure Island

TOSSUP 10. MATH

Pencils and paper ready! Voters in a certain state agree to raise their state's minimum wage by 20% from the current federal minimum of $5.15 per hour. What is the state's new minimum wage?

answer: $6.18 ($5.15 + $1.03)

BONUS 10. MATH

Pencils and paper ready! A 100-gallon water tank has three inlet pipes and one outlet pipe. Pipe W adds 2 gallons per minute, pipe X adds 3 gallons per minute, pipe Y adds 5 gallons per minute, and pipe Z removes water at 6 gallons per minute. How long does the tank take to fill up if:

A. Only Pipe W is used?

answer: 50 minutes (100/2)

B. All 4 pipes are turned on at the same time when the tank is empty?

answer: 25 minutes (4 gal/minute net input)

TIEBREAKER TOSSUP. COLLEGES

Its motto is German for "The wind of freedom is blowing" and appears on its school seal. Name this college, begun by a California railroad tycoon, whose alumni include Chelsea Clinton, John Elway and the founders of Google.

answer: The Leland Stanford, Junior University

END OF ROUND 8

GEORGIA ACADEMIC BOWL

MIDDLE SCHOOL ROUND 9

TOSSUP 1. LANGUAGE ARTS

Jesus Christ is said to have used the Holy Grail shortly before his death, at-- what Passover meal?

answer: the Last Supper

BONUS 1. LANGUAGE ARTS

I'll name an author who has won the Nobel Prize in Literature within the past 15 years. You name the country where that writer was born.

A. Gao Xingjian [gow zing-ZHON]

answer: China (now lives in France)

B. Imre Kertesz [im-ray cur-TEZH]

answer: Hungary

TOSSUP 2. MATH

Pencils and paper ready! When multiplying the two binomials (2x + 5) and (x - 7) by the FOIL method, what term results from the L in FOIL?

answer: -35 (multiply the two "last" terms, 5 and -7)

BONUS 2. MATH

Complete these sentences that were part of Euclid's ancient geometry:

A. The ends of a line are [these].

answer: points

B. [This adjective] describes straight lines which, being in the same plane and indefinite in both directions, do not meet one another in either direction.

answer: parallel

TOSSUP 3. SCIENCE

Give the term for the drops of liquid that develop on the sides of a cold drink when it is set out at room temperature.

answer: condensation

BONUS 3. SCIENCE

Answer these about limestone:

A. It is classified as this major type of rock.

answer: sedimentary

B. Pure limestone is this color.

answer: white

TOSSUP 4. SOCIAL STUDIES

Chichen Itza [chee-CHEN eet-ZAH] was one of the main cities of --what ancient Central American civilization?

answer: Mayan

BONUS 4. SOCIAL STUDIES

Name the country whose major cities include:

A. Nakuru [na-KOO-roo], Kisumu [kiss-OO-moo] and Mombasa [mom-BOSS-a].

answer: Kenya

B. Cebu [say-boo], Davao and Quezon [kay-ZONN] City.

answer: the Philippines

TOSSUP 5. MISCELLANEOUS

The Tomb of the Unknowns at Arlington Cemetery, the Parthenon and the Taj Mahal are all made of—what metamorphic white rock?

answer: marble

BONUS 5. MISCELLANEOUS

You would have known he died in 2006 just by seeing the word "Crikey!" in his obituary.

A. Name this late Australian "Crocodile Hunter."

answer: Steve Irwin

B. Name the marine animal that killed him by shooting the barb from its tail into his heart.

answer: stingray

TOSSUP 6. SCIENCE

The red mineral known as "hematite" [HEEM-a-tite] is the main ore of-- what metallic element that turns the soil reddish wherever it is present in large quantities?

answer: iron

BONUS 6. SCIENCE

You are getting very sleepy—or you may, after this bonus on sleep:

A. Besides "still awake", there are normally this many stages in a typical human sleep cycle.

answer: five

B. If you suffer from sudden "sleep attacks", where you fall asleep no matter what you are doing, you could just be really tired—or you could have this ailment.

answer: narcolepsy

TOSSUP 7. LANGUAGE ARTS

The word "xeriscape" [ZEER-a-scape] was copyrighted by the city of Denver and means "a type of landscape designed to need very little watering." Spell the word "xeriscape".

answer: X-E-R-I-S-C-A-P-E

BONUS 7. LANGUAGE ARTS

Give these English words originally taken from Dutch:

A. A leather case you wear to carry a gun.

answer: holster

B. A large spear with a barb, thrown at a whale to catch it.

answer: harpoon

TOSSUP 8. MISCELLANEOUS

His taking exception to an insult got him kicked out of the last game where he represented his country. Identify this French soccer player, ejected from the final World Cup game of 2006 for head-butting his opponent.

answer: Zinedine Zidane [ZIN-a-deen za-DAN]

BONUS 8. MISCELLANEOUS

Give the full terms represented by these computer acronyms:

A. CPU

answer: Central Processing Unit

B. HTML

answer: HyperText Markup Language

TOSSUP 9. SOCIAL STUDIES

Which member of the President’s Cabinet is first in the line of presidential succession among Cabinet members?

answer: Secretary of State

BONUS 9. SOCIAL STUDIES

Tell which Constitutional Amendment:

A. Gives the President only 2 terms in office.

answer: 22nd

B. Is the most recent to be added.

answer: 27th

TOSSUP 10. MATH

Pencils and paper ready! Calculate, in lowest terms, the product of the four fractions 4/7, 14/25, 3/8 and 5/9.

answer: 1/15

BONUS 10. MATH

Pencils and paper ready! Using conversion factors to two decimal places, give, to the nearest whole number, the number of :

A. Liters in 5 gallons.

answer: 19 (5 x 3.78 = 18.9)

B. Kilometers in 7 miles.

answer: 11 (7 x 1.61 = 11.27)

TIEBREAKER TOSSUP. SOCIAL STUDIES

The country of Holland is surrounded by dikes that keep the surrounding sea from flooding the country. What general term is used to describe the large areas of land kept dry by the dikes?

answer: polder(s)

END OF ROUND 9

GEORGIA ACADEMIC BOWL

MIDDLE SCHOOL ROUND 10

TOSSUP 1. SCIENCE

It generates about half of the pulpwood harvested annually in the Midwest. Name this species of tree whose two main biological divisions are the "bigtooth" variety and the "trembling" or "quaking" variety.

answer: aspen tree

BONUS 1. SCIENCE

Name these types of glaciers:

A. These obviously-named glaciers can be found in the Andes, Alps and Himalayas.

answer: mountain glaciers

B. This type ends at a body of water influenced by the moon, such as an ocean.

answer: tidewater glaciers

TOSSUP 2. SOCIAL STUDIES

In geography, what eight-letter term describes each of the 24 half-circles between the North Pole and South Pole used as longitude lines on a map?

answer: meridian

BONUS 2. SOCIAL STUDIES

One reason that America has lasted for more than two centuries is the idea of "checks and balances" between the three branches of government. Name any two of the three branches of government listed in the U.S. Constitution.

answer: legislative, executive, judiciary

TOSSUP 3. MISCELLANEOUS

Lavender, bamboo, chilled grapefruit, oak moss and pepper are among the ingredients in the new perfume "Driven", created by—what star shortstop for the New York Yankees?

answer: Derek Jeter (GEET-ur) (prompt on "Driven")

BONUS 3. MISCELLANEOUS

He gave only 30 public concerts in a 30-year career; fortunately, his works like the "Minute Waltz" were far more numerous.

A. Name this 19th-century composer who left his native Poland at age 20.

answer: Frederic Chopin [sho-PAN]

B. All of his pieces were written for this instrument, either by itself or in combination.

answer: piano

TOSSUP 4. MATH

Pencils and paper ready! For all integers except zero, calculate the product of an integer's opposite and that integer's reciprocal.

answer: -1 (for an integer x, multiply -x by 1/x)

BONUS 4. MATH

Pencils and paper ready! A 12,000-seat basketball stadium is divided into three seating levels: "Premium" at $75 per seat (which is 35% of the stadium), "Students" at $5 per seat (which is 10% of the stadium), and "Club" at $30 per seat (which is the rest of the stadium). Calculate:

A. The number of seats in the "Club" level.

answer: 6,600 (12,000 x 0.55)

B. The amount of revenue from a single game where the "Premium" section is two-thirds full and everything else is empty.

answer: $210,000 (2,800 x 75)

TOSSUP 5. LANGUAGE ARTS

He answered the riddle of the Sphinx and was offered the hand of the late king's widow, allowing him to unknowingly marry his mother. Name this literary character.

answer: Oedipus (ed-a-pus) (or Oedipus Rex or Oedipus Tyrannus)

BONUS 5. LANGUAGE ARTS

Identify the works containing these characters:

A. Tumnus the Fawn and the White Witch

answer: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

B. Fernand Mondego and Edmond Dantes [daunt]

answer: The Count of Monte Cristo

TOSSUP 6. MISCELLANEOUS

What type of sculpture often displays a grotesque creature, made out of the same material as the rest of a Gothic building?

answer: gargoyle

BONUS 6. MISCELLANEOUS

Answer these about the artist Michelangelo:

A. He put this Biblical figure on the tomb of Pope Julius.

answer: Moses

B. This is the common term for Michelangelo's statue that shows Mary holding the body of Jesus.

answer: Pieta [pie-a-TAW]

TOSSUP 7. SCIENCE

What scientific term, already defined in geology as "a body of igneous rock formed by consolidation of magma", was re-defined in 2006 by astronomers as "a planet whose orbit lies beyond the orbit of Neptune"?

answer: pluton

BONUS 7. SCIENCE

They are caused by the moon's gravitational effect on the earth.

A. Identify this phenomenon that causes the level of the ocean near a beach to vary from higher to lower at regular intervals.

answer: tides

B. This "high" type of tide occurs when the moon, the earth and the sun form a straight line.

answer: spring tide

TOSSUP 8. SOCIAL STUDIES

It was discovered on January 1, 1502 by a Portuguese explorer. Name this second-largest city of Brazil that is home to Sugar Loaf Mountain and a 130-foot statue of Jesus.

answer: Rio de Janeiro

BONUS 8. SOCIAL STUDIES

Name these world cities:

A. Once called “a city for beavers” by Ralph Waldo Emerson, this Italian city is famous for its Grand Canal.

answer: Venice

B. Islamabad [iz-LOMM-a-bod] is the capital of Pakistan, but this city has Pakistan's largest population.

answer: Karachi [ca-ROTCH-ee]

TOSSUP 9. LANGUAGE ARTS

Listen to the following sentence and identify the gerund [JAIR-und]: "When we go to the movies, buying a big box of popcorn is absolutely necessary."

answer: buying

BONUS 9. LANGUAGE ARTS

Identify these Charles Dickens works from their characters:

A. Mr. Brownlow and Fagin [FAY-gun]

answer: Oliver Twist

B. Miss Havisham [HAVE-a-shum] and Joe Gargery [GAR-ja-ree]

answer: Great Expectations

TOSSUP 10. MATH

Pencils and paper ready! Solve for y in the equation 5y - 2 = -2y - 23.

answer: -3 (7y = -21)

BONUS 10. MATH

Pencils and paper ready! In 1829, James Madison estimated that the U.S. population would follow the equation y = 0.029x2 - 1.39x + 42, where y is the population in millions in x years after 1829. Use the equation to calculate:

A. The population in 1829.

answer: 42 million (x = 0)

B. The population in 1929.

answer: 193 million (x = 100)

TIEBREAKER TOSSUP. LANGUAGE ARTS

What 7-letter word that comes from French refers to "a small hard square of bread, often tossed into a salad" ?

answer: croutons [KROO-tonn]

END OF ROUND 10

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