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Middle School Tournament

2001

ROUND TWELVE

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

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

*1. If the area of one face of a cube is 16 square centimeters, including units, what is the length of the edge of the cube?

4 centimeters

2. What is the scale of hardness on which talc registers one and diamond ten?

Mohl’s scale

3. Where in New York City would you go to visit the Immigration Museum?

Ellis Island

4. What rapper recorded the 1998 hit “Gettin’ Jiggy Wit It”?

Will Smith

5. What was the name of the dioxin-containing defoliant used by the US Army during the Vietnam War?

Agent Orange

6. Which Bronte character married her employer, Mr. Rochester?

Jane Eyre

7. In 1784 he published Reason, the Only Oracle of Man, believed to be the first anti-Christian book published in America. Who was this former leader of the Green Mountain Boys?

Ethan Allen

8. From which mythical creatures was Odysseus protecting his sailors when he stuffed their ears with wax?

Sirens

9. What kind of grammatical error occurs in the following sentence: Behind the store sits an abandoned car and several bicycle parts.

(Subject-verb) agreement

10. Which South American vulture can have a wingspan of up to three meters and a body weight of up to thirteen kilograms?

Condor

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ROUND TWELVE

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

*1. If angle A measures fifty-seven degrees and forty minutes, in degrees and minutes, what is the measure of its supplement?

122 degrees 20 minutes

Bonus: A box contains five green marbles, six blue marbles and two yellow marbles.

A) What is the probability that either a blue or green marble will be chosen?

B) A marble is drawn and not replaced. Then another marble is drawn. In lowest terms, what is the probability that both are green?

A) 11/13 B) 5/39

2. Consider the sentence: Joe Namath, who had all the right moves, could not be stopped. What is the subject of the verb had?

Who

Bonus: Who wrote each of the following?

A) Journey to the Center of the Earth

B) War and Peace

A) Jules Verne B) Leo Tolstoy

3. What is the pneumonia-like disease that was named after the people who caught it while attending an American Convention in Philadelphia in 1976?

Legionnaire’s Disease

Bonus: Name the type of rock for each of the following:

A) Granite

B) Shale

A) Igneous B) Clastic Sedimentary

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4. He composed four operas based on the Norse myths of Siegried and Brunhilde in Ring of the Nibelung. Who was he?

Richard Wagner

Bonus: Name the musical instrument associated with each of the following

A) James Galway

B) Liberace

A) Flute B) Piano

5. The play Pygmalion premiered, US troops seized Vera Cruz, Pope Pious X died, and Arch Duke Fraz Ferdinand was assassinated. In what year did these events occur?

1914

Bonus: Three of the Five Civilized Tribes were Creek, Choctaw, and Cherokee. Name the other two.

A) Chickasaw B) Seminole

6. What is the name of the small opening or pore in a leaf that allows gases and water in and out of the plant?

Stoma ( accept stomata)

Bonus: Answer the following space questions.

A) Which planet is covered by sulfuric acid?

B) What is the brightest known comet in our solar system?

A) Venus B) Haley’s Comet

7. We usually think of Persistence of Memory and Salvador Dali when someone mentions Spanish artists. However, they aren’t the only painters of note. Identify this Spanish court painter to Charles III and Charles IV who is known for such works as Third of May and Maja Nude.

Francisco Jose de Goya

Bonus: Identify the following architecture styles based on their characteristics.

A) Soaring ceilings, pointed arches, and flying buttresses, popular between 1140 and 1560

B) Ornate style, often described as rococo, with elaborate carvings and decorations using gilt, plaster, and paint, popular between 1600 and 1770

A) Gothic B) Baroque

8. Who created the cartoon character Steamboat Willie?

Walt Disney

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Bonus: Answer these questions about flags.

A) What color is the central strip on the French flag?

B) What color is the cross on the Greek flag?

A) White B) White

9. Into which of the Great Lakes does the St. Lawrence River flow?

Lake Ontario

Bonus: How good is your geography?

A) In area, what is the 2nd largest country in the world?

B) What is the largest Greek isle?

A) Canada B) Crete

10. Which mythical monster has the body, tail and hind legs of a lion, and the head, forelegs, and wings of an eagle?

Griffin

Bonus: Identify the sign if the Zodiac represented by each of the following.

A) Scales of justice

B) Ram

A) Libra B) Aries

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ROUND TWELVE

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. Integer

2. Injunction

3. Iwo Jima

4. Independence Hall

5. Indiana

6. Iberian

7. Iceland

8. Ibuprofen

9. Isabella

10. IA

11. Irrational

12. Incisor

13. Inch

14. Idaho

15. Iamb

16. Iraq

17. Islamabad

18. Ivory

19. Impressionism

20. Inca

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

*1. In a right triangle, the hypotenuse measures 25, and one leg is 15. What is the length of the other leg?

20

2. Lysine, phenylalanine and tryptophan are examples of the basic molecular building blocks of life. What term refers to these organic molecules that combine to form proteins?

Amino acids

3. What was the name of the Thracian slave who led an ultimately successful gladiator revolt against Rome in 73 BC?

Spartacus

4. Spell the word rites in the following sentence: The religious rites of many tribes are an impressive part of their culture.

R-I-T-E-S

5. We all know that Henry VIII had six wives. Name the wife who was mother of Elizabeth I.

Ann Boleyn

6. This force was investigated by Archimedes and prompted him to shout “Eureka” when he stepped into his bath. What is this force that causes objects to float?

Buoyancy

7. Regarded as the finest form of ceramic, this material was invented AD 800 in China and reinvented in 1710 in Europe. Often used in making dinnerware and dolls, what is this hard white material called?

Porcelain

8. What is the name of the magic land that C. S. Lewis created?

Narnia

9. Snowflakes are symmetrical. How many sides do they have?

Six

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10. Consider this sentence: They had been seen leaving the movie together. What is the voice of the verb?

Passive

END OF ROUND TWELVE

Emergency toss-ups:

1. Although idolized by his troops, his ruthlessness made him unpopular with the Northern newspapers. Who was this general who captured Atlanta during the American Civil War?

William Sherman

2. What Bram Stoker fictional character is said to be based on Vlad the Impaler, a Transylvanian King of Wallachia?

Dracula

Emergency bonus:

Identify these famous lovers.

A) The film star who married Prince Ranier III of Monaco (Must give last name.)

B) The English king who abdicated his throne in order to marry Wallis Simpson. (Must give reginald number.)

A) Grace Kelley B) Edward VIII

ROUND TWELVE WORKSHEET I

________________________1. Whole numbers and their opposites

________________________2. Formal court order directing a party to refrain from performing a specific act

________________________3.Volcanic Pacific island captured March 1945 by US Marines at great cost

________________________4. Philadelphia building where the Declaration of Independence was proclaimed

________________________5. US state whose nickname is “Hoosier State”

________________________6. Peninsula on which Spain and Portugal are located

________________________7. Country whose capitol is Reykjavik

________________________8. Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug that reduces pain, fever, inflammation

________________________9. Queen of Castille who was patron for Christopher Columbus

________________________10. Postal abbreviation for Iowa

________________________11. Numbers that cannot be written as a ratio of two integers

________________________12. In humans, the front teeth between the canines

________________________13. One-thirty-sixth of a yard

________________________14. US state that is home to North America’s deepest gorge

________________________15. A poetic foot made of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable

________________________16. Country that borders Kuwait on the north

________________________17. Capitol of Pakistan

________________________18. Type of dentin found only in elephants

________________________19. Style of painting begun by Renoir, Monet, Sisley, Cezanne, and Pissaro

________________________20. Pre-Columbian empire in Western South America

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