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Round 10Middle Grades – 2016-17 Governor’s Cup Practice QuestionsAlong with her husband, Space Shuttle Commander Mark Kelly, she co-founded the advocacy group, Americans for Responsible Solutions. In 2011, while meeting her constituents at an event called Congress on Your Corner, she was seriously wounded in an assassination attempt. Identify this former Arizona Congresswoman.(GABRIELLE) (GABBY) GIFFORDS A sculptor uses this technique when he makes his work so realistic that the viewer mistakes it for the original subject. In painting, the artist renders objects in extremely fine detail to emphasize their textures and implied forms. What is this technique, whose name is French for "fools the eye"?TROMPE L'OEIL [trawmp LOO-yuh] Beginning with the letter "E", this is a machine that converts thermal energy into mechanical energy. It can be synonymous with motor or turbine, and is in effect the opposite of a generator. Identify the machine which commonly uses steam or gasoline to produce force and motion.ENGINE Correct the following sentence's grammar, if necessary: The reason for all these recent tornadoes are unknown. CHANGE "ARE" TO "IS" (Accept equivalents)A bag contains four green marbles, three red marbles, two blue marbles, and one yellow marble. Two marbles are selected randomly, sequentially, and without replacement. As a fraction, what is the probability that the first marble is green, and the second marble is red?2/15 [TWO-FIFTEENTHS] [Accept: TWO OVER FIFTEEN]At the Battle of Hattin [HAH-tin], this man's forces triumphed over the European Crusaders, contributing to Jerusalem's capture. Although he couldn't defeat King Richard the First's armies during the Third Crusade, he did negotiate a truce allowing for continued Muslim control of Jerusalem. Who was the most famous Islamic military hero?SALADIN Identify the following sentence's indirect object: Elizabeth gave the homeless man a cup of coffee. MAN After hearing the works of minimalist composer Philip Glass, this man explored his own "post-minimalism" in Shaker Loops. He earned a Pulitzer Prize for his choral and orchestral work dedicated to 9/11, On the Transmigration of Souls. Name this composer, perhaps best known for his operas The Death of Klinghoffer and Nixon in China.(JOHN) ADAMS A cylinder has a volume of 51 cubic feet. In cubic feet, what is the volume of a cone that has the same radius and height as this cylinder? 17 (CUBIC FEET) Eighty percent of known green plants are of this type. The plants' seeds are enclosed by an ovary, usually a fruit. Give the term, from the Greek for "seed container," for plants that have flowers.ANGIOSPERM(S) Southern India experiences this tropical climate, in which most of the year’s rain falls during the wet season. Broad grasslands with few trees also characterize this climate, which in Africa lies south of the Sahara Desert. Identify this wet-dry tropical climate.SAVANNA In this memoir's title poem, the speaker describes a life-changing moment in Mrs. Purdy's class. It explores the Cold War, feminism, and racial tension through the eyes of a girl growing up during the Civil Rights movement. Give the title of this Coretta Scott King Honor Book by Marilyn Nelson.HOW I DISCOVERED POETRY Pasteurization helps neutralize this type of microorganism. It is a generic name for a virus, microbe, or bacterium. What is the name, beginning with "P," for any disease- or infection-causing agent?PATHOGEN(S) In a specialty type of this instrument, known as the pianoforte, a keyboard operates beaters that pluck its strings. Its European and Appalachian versions evolved from the psaltery and the zither, respectively. Identify this instrument which, depending on its type, is hit with small hammers or plucked with a quill.DULCIMER A dress, originally priced at one hundred dollars, is on sale at a twenty-percent discount. Lynn has a coupon for thirty percent off the discounted price. Disregarding sales tax, and in dollars, how much does Lynn pay for the dress?FIFTY-SIX (DOLLARS) Ruminant animals will sometimes chew on this partially digested food. It is brought up from their first stomach for further grinding by their teeth. What is this food material that sheep and cows rechew to aid digestion?CUD In some mythological accounts, this word named the father of the monster Typhon. It's not Hades, but it gradually became the moniker for the entire Underworld. Give this word, which referred to the deepest region of the world, in which the gods imprisoned the Titans.TARTARUS [TAR-tuh-rus] In this novel, John Holbrook loves Mercy, and Prudence learns from a silver hornbook during secret tutoring sessions. Kit Tyler moves from Barbados to Puritan New England, where she befriends a fellow outcast, the Quaker Hannah Tupper. Give the name of this Newbery-winning novel by Elizabeth George Speare.(THE) WITCH OF BLACKBIRD POND The island members of this tribal group were nearly wiped out, but about 15,000 mainland members still live in Guyana. One branch, the Taino [TIE-noh], was the first native tribe encountered by Europeans. What group inhabited the area from the Greater Antilles to the Bahamas?ARAWAK(S) A geometric sequence has a first term of 9 and a third term of 81. What is the second term of the sequence? 27 In this portrait, a brownish-gray floor sits beneath four large pieces of furniture. A small brown dog naps near a young child, who fidgets in her overstuffed seat. Give the title of this Mary Cassatt [kuh-SAT] portrait.LITTLE GIRL IN A BLUE ARMCHAIR In this novel, Sonny Boy Beaucoup owns the title area, which the Farrow Gang of wild hogs hopes to possess. Chap teams up with raccoon brothers J'miah and Bingo to wake the title creature, who can protect their home from Alligator World Wrestling Arena and Theme Park's developers. Give the title of this National Book Award Finalist by Kathi Appelt [AP-elt].(THE) TRUE BLUE SCOUTS OF SUGAR MAN SWAMP The Center for Disease Control and Prevention states that the best way to prevent the spread of this virus is to prevent mosquito bites. This disease is linked to birth defects, and the CDC warns that pregnant women should not travel to areas affected by this virus. With no specific medicine or vaccine to treat or prevent it directly, name the virus that has had a recent outbreak in Brazil.ZIKA (VIRUS) This archaeological site near Monroe, Louisiana, dates to between 4000 and 3000 BC. This makes this site the earliest of the mound complexes discovered in North America. What is this collection of eleven mounds on the banks of the Ouachita [wah-CHEE-tah] River?WATSON BRAKE Calculate the following sum in simplest radical form. What is the sine of forty-five degrees, plus the cosine of forty-five degrees? RADICAL TWO [Accept: SQUARE ROOT OF TWO]This architect designed the central branch of Washington D.C.'s Public Library, named in memory of Martin Luther King Jr. His Barcelona Pavilion and Crown Hall exemplify the sleek modernism valued by the International Style. Name this architect also responsible for Farnsworth House and Lake Shore Drive.(LUDWIG) MIES VAN DER ROHE [MEEZ van der ROH-uh] In this story, Uncle Khosrove frequently bellows, "It is no harm, pay no attention to it." Mourad [moo-RAHD] and Aram [ah-RAHM] spend two weeks with the title animal before returning him to neighbor John Byro's barn. What story about two boys from an honest Armenian tribe was written by William Saroyan [suh-ROI-uhn]?(THE) SUMMER OF THE BEAUTIFUL WHITE HORSE This case began when five civilians were arrested and convicted by a military court. The court ruled that it is unconstitutional to try civilians in a military tribunal except when civil courts are no longer functioning in a theater of war. Give this 1866 Supreme Court decision, made immediately after the Civil War.EX PARTE MILLIGAN These individual parts form a flower's corolla. They are actually modified leaves, and attract pollinators by surrounding the flower's reproductive organs. Name these often brightly-colored segments.PETAL(S) Consider the function Y equals X squared, plus six X, plus eight. What is the minimum value of this function over the domain of real numbers? (Y EQUALS) NEGATIVE ONE This artist abandoned Impressionism in favor of realism, which he tested in Woman with Plants, a portrait of his mother. He depicted the rolling green hills of his home state in Fall Plowing, Spring Turning, and Haying. Who placed three dour matrons at the center of Daughters of Revolution?(GRANT) WOOD It's not the protagonist, but Scout Finch, Huck Finn, and Ishmael all serve this literary role in their respective novels. He or she may be unreliable, and can be a character in the story or just someone looking in on the action. What do we call the person who tells a story?NARRATOR This European city was the medieval capital of Bohemia. In 1918, it became the capital of Czechoslovakia. Name this city, which remains the cultural, political and commercial heart of the Czech Republic.PRAGUE This chemical term refers to the multiple crystalline forms an element may take. It derives from words describing variations of physical properties without any change in substance. What term can describe both diamonds and graphite, variations of the element carbon?ALLOTROPE(S) [AL-uh-trohp] Find the value of x that satisfies the following system of equations: three x plus five y equals thirty-seven, and two x plus five y equals thirteen. (X EQUALS) 10 Give your answer in the base 2, or binary number system. Express the decimal number 13 as a binary number. 1-1-0-1 [ONE-ONE-ZERO-ONE] This explorer arrived in the New World virtually penniless, as he had taken initial vows as a Jesuit. He requested and was granted release in 1667, then sought to expand the fur trade for France. What explorer canoed from what is now Peoria, Illinois, to the Gulf of Mexico, naming the region Louisiana and claiming it for France?(ROBERT DE) LA SALLE (Accept: (REN?-ROBERT CAVELIER, SIEUR DE) LA SALLE)This Baroque composer created incidental music for Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, which he entitled The Fairy Queen. His biggest claim to fame is his one-act opera, the first of the genre written in English. Identify the composer of Dido and Aeneas.(HENRY) PURCELL Take these English words based on the same Greek root. Synchronize, chronology, chronometer. The word doesn't really exist in English, but if you were guilty of "chronocide," what would you be killing?TIME This is an extremely bright astronomical object found in the centers of some galaxies. The brightest examples may be visible from billions of light-years away. Identify these objects, whose nearly starlike appearance earned them the name "quasi-stellar radio sources."QUASARS [KWEY-zahrz] End of First Half – Begin Three-Minute Inquiry PeriodRound 10 - Second HalfMiddle Grades – 2016-17 Governor’s Cup Practice QuestionsThis form of taxation almost always raises the price of imported goods, making them less attractive than domestic goods. In our nation's early history, they helped emerging industries compete against less expensive European goods. What do we call such taxes that discourage free trade among nations?(PROTECTIVE) TARIFFS This dance, which originated in Trinidad and Tobago, was often performed at wakes, and reenacted slaves crossing under low spaces on ships. In the 1950s, its slow, solemn nature morphed into an upbeat performance to calypso music. What is this dance, in which performers bend and twist to pass under a successively lower horizontal bar?(THE) LIMBO This is the weakest known force in nature. It controls the paths taken by bodies in the solar system. What is this force, which produces your weight right now?GRAVITY (Accept: GRAVITATION)The first part of this compound word means "twisted filaments or fibers … used for sewing." The second half is a synonym of "naked" or "undisguised." Give this compound word meaning "poor" or "shabby."THREADBARE In square inches, calculate the surface area of a sphere with a radius of 3 inches. 36 PI (SQUARE INCHES) This nation contains abundant glacial ice, many volcanoes, and large beds of lava. Abundant hot geysers provide heat for many of the country's homes. Name this island nation that sits above the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, and has its capital at Reykjavik [RAKE-yuh-vik].ICELAND This property of rock and soil is measured in millidarcies [MIL-uh-dahr-sees]. It is affected by the pressure in a rock, not necessarily its density. What property of a rock, sediment, or soil is defined as its ability to transmit fluids?PERMEABILITY (Accept word forms)This kind of song is short, repetitive, and rhyming to hold the audience's attention and help the performer remember it. It promotes bonding, listening skills, language development, and perhaps most importantly, sleep. Give the genre of songs like "Rockabye Baby" and "Hush, Little Baby."LULLABY Let F of X equal X squared, plus three X, minus seven. Let G of X equal two X, minus five. In standard form, what polynomial is equal to F of X minus G of X?X SQUARED PLUS X MINUS TWO This character, who aspires to be a pirate when she grows up, befriends her obedient neighbors Annika and Tommy. The world's strongest girl, she lives unsupervised in a house with a horse and a monkey named Mr. Nilsson. Identify this mischievous heroine, known for her braided red pigtails, and created by Astrid Lindgren.PIPPI LONGSTOCKING (Accept either or both)This naval fleet's defeat allowed England and other European nations to establish their own colonies in the New World. England overpowered this supposedly invincible force by using long-range weapons and lighter, quicker ships. Give the name of King Philip's naval force, the world's largest at the time.SPANISH ARMADA This leader is noted for his humility, exemplified by his choice to live in a two-room apartment, rather than the palace enjoyed by his predecessors. His interfaith outreach, care for the poor, and "who am I to judge?" mantra helped earn him Time Magazine's 2013 Person of the Year designation. Identify this first Jesuit and first Latin American pope.(POPE) FRANCIS (THE FIRST) This question requires a two word answer. A less common way for these types of organisms to obtain energy is chemosynthesis. Most of them use photosynthesis to produce their own food. What is the alliterative term for these self-sustaining organisms, also known as autotrophs?PRIMARY PRODUCER(S) This fable ends with the villagers promising to help the title character search for missing animals. That youth twice amuses himself by fooling the villagers, only to be left alone when an actual predator threatens his flock. Identify this Aesop fable illustrating that "nobody believes a liar, even when he is telling the truth."(THE) BOY WHO CRIED WOLF Solve the inequality for x: 5 minus 3x is less than 38. X IS GREATER THAN NEGATIVE 11 (Accept: NEGATIVE 11 IS LESS THAN X)This Ohio lawyer, who later became president, served as a federal judge, and then as Secretary of War under Theodore Roosevelt. After leaving the White House, he was appointed Chief Justice of the Supreme Court by President Harding. Identify this president, who lost his reelection bid when Theodore Roosevelt entered the race in the Progressive Party.(WILLIAM HOWARD) TAFT This kind of conjunction introduces adverbial clauses. In fact, it joins any kind of dependent clause with an independent one. Identify the conjunction class of "because," "although," and "as long as."SUBORDINATING (CONJUNCTION) This taxonomic rank includes the entries Artiodactyla [ahr-tee-oh-DAK-til-uh], Carnivora [kahr-NIV-er-uh], Rodentia [ro-DEN-shuh], and Primate. The groups in this rank are further divided into families. Identify the classification rank directly below class.ORDER This musical's hits include "Doin' What Comes Natur'lly," "Anything You Can Do," and "There's No Business Like Show Business." The title character falls in love with sharpshooter Frank Butler, who begins working for a rival business after she eclipses his popularity in Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. Name this Irving Berlin musical, based on the life of actual sharpshooter Annie Oakley.ANNIE GET YOUR GUN Suppose Y varies inversely as X. When X equals ten, Y equals seven. What is the value of Y when X equals fourteen?(Y EQUALS) FIVE This painter depicted biblical and mythological scenes in The Tower of Babel and Landscape with the Fall of Icarus. He turned to allegory in The Triumph of Death, but is most celebrated for his genre paintings of his contemporaries. Name the artist of The Peasant Wedding and Hunters in the Snow.(PIETER) BRUEGEL [BROY-gull] (THE ELDER) This novel's protagonist collects people's fingerprints, a hobby that helps him defend Luigi and Angelo against murder charges. Roxy switches her son, Chambers, with her master's son, Tom, to prevent her child from being sold down the river to a crueler slave owner. Give the title of this later Mark Twain novel.(THE TRAGEDY OF) PUDD'NHEAD WILSON This political party was sharply criticized in the Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions. Their primary rivals were the Democratic-Republicans. Name this early American political party, which was led by Alexander Hamilton.FEDERALIST (PARTY) The five-point data summary for a set of data is as follows: 35, 56, 64, 76, 98. What is the interquartile [IN-turr-QUART-isle] range for this set of data? 20 This two-word phrase was used to help define the Kelvin temperature scale. When talking about H-2-O, it describes conditions in which ice, water, and steam can co-exist in a state of balance. What is the term for the temperature and pressure at which three different phases of a substance are all at equilibrium with one another?TRIPLE POINT This poet collected his verse in Bar Room Ballads, Red Cross Man, and Songs of a Sourdough. His time living and working in the Yukon inspired his two most famous poems. Who is remembered for "The Shooting of Dan McGrew" and "The Cremation of Sam McGee"?(ROBERT W.) SERVICE Two-word answer required. When trying to identify an organism, this type of tool can lead you to the answer. It consists of a series of choices, always given in pairs. What method of sequential step identification is commonly used to determine the genus or species of trees?DICHOTOMOUS [die-COT-uh-mus] KEY This political unit formed when growing ancient Greek towns joined with nearby villages and farms. It included an acropolis and a marketplace, and its government consisted of an assembly of citizens, a council, and magistrates. Give the term for this community and its surrounding farmlands, the best known of which were Athens and Sparta.CITY-STATE This religion teaches that life's suffering results from attachment to things, but can be overcome by following a life path. That path, or dharma, is represented by an eight-spoked wheel for correct view, speech, intention, action, livelihood, mindfulness, effort, and concentration. Name this Eastern religion, based on the teachings of Siddhartha Gautama [sih-DART-uh GOW-tuh-muh].BUDDHISM The reciprocal of this mathematical prefix is "mega," and it is one thousand times larger than pico. What prefix denoting one-millionth comes from the Greek for "small"? MICRO This punctuation mark is sometimes incorrectly paired with S to make regular nouns plural. Plurals of single letters require it, and so do common and proper nouns that show possession. Name the punctuation that's also present in contractions.APOSTROPHE This prehistoric Greek city was celebrated by Homer as "broad-streeted" and "golden." The adjective form of its name is used to describe the Late Bronze Age of mainland Greece. Identify this city, which was the dominant power in the Aegean [uh-JEE-un] Sea area around 1200 B.C.MYCENAE [my-SEE-nee] (Accept: MYCENAEAN [my-si-NEE-uhn] EMPIRE)While Elias Howe invented this device, Isaac Singer made it a household name. The first type, invented in the 1850s, used a two-threaded lock-stitch method. Name the device that has a needle plate, foot peddle, bobbin winder, and a spool pin, and is used for stitching together pieces of cloth.SEWING MACHINE This two-word phrase names the lounge in a broadcasting studio or theater that actors use when they are not onstage. What space, despite its name, is often tan or white? GREEN ROOM What is the degree measure of each exterior angle of a regular pentadecagon? 24 (DEGREES) This story's narrator has heightened senses that cause him to commit a crime and, ultimately, to confess to it. He places a bed on top of an old man with a "vulture eye" before cutting up the man's body and hiding it under the floorboards. Identify this Edgar Allan Poe story.(THE) TELL-TALE HEART This state of gently rolling hills or flat plains produced more than two and a half billion bushels of corn in 2015, ranking No. 1 among states. It is also where the first caucuses to select presidential candidates take place. Identify this state, which has the Mississippi River as its eastern border and the Missouri River as most of its western border.IOWA This work, traditionally grouped into suites in F major, D major, and G major, was performed four times at its 1717 premiere. Originally written for fifty musicians, its lively dance movements lent themselves to outdoor performance. Name this work, which premiered on King George's river barge, by Handel.WATER MUSIC With respect to this plant response, roots exhibit a positive one. Shoots display a negative response because they grow upward, away from gravity's pull. Give the word for the directional growth of a plant part in response to gravity.GEOTROPISM (Accept: GRAVITROPISM)What is the result when seven hundred twenty-nine, is raised to the five-sixths power? 243 End of Second Half – Begin Three-Minute Inquiry PeriodExtra QuestionsLA-1Two answers required. These two Greek words appear in Revelation 22:13, in which Jesus calls Himself "the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End." Give the words for the first and last letters of the Greek alphabet. ALPHA (AND) OMEGA AH-2When this god's mother, Semele [suh-MEE-lee], was struck by lightning, his father, Zeus, sewed him into his thigh, making him twice born. He was honored by hymns known as dithyrambs [DITH-uh-ramz], and his Athenian festivals included competitions for comedies and tragedies. Name this Greek god of fertility and wine.DIONYSUS [dye-uh-NYE-sus] SS-3This structure was one of the two Wonders of the Ancient World located in Africa. It stood more than 350 feet tall on the island of Pharos [FAIR-os]. What kind of structure was this building, located in the harbor of Alexandria to guide ships?LIGHTHOUSE SC-4Woodlice and copepods (CO-puh-pods) belong to this mainly aquatic class of organism. Part of the arthropod phylum, they have a hard shell, a segmented body, and jointed appendages. Name this class of animal that also includes barnacles, shrimp, crabs and lobsters.CRUSTACEAN(S) (Accept: CRUSTACEA)M-5What is the sum of the first six positive integers? 21 ................
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