Test Your Knowledge with Practice Questions
Practice Questions
Question 1
This country is both the world’s leading producer and consumer of
coal. Qinghai (ching hii) and Fujian are provinces in this country that’s home to
mountains like Lhotse and Makalu in its disputed region of Tibet. This country and its
neighbor Mongolia are the homes to the Gobi Desert. This country is home to a
namesake “great wall” that was constructed in the Ming Dynasty.
Answer
Answer: China
Question 2
This artist painted five women in African masks in his work Les
Demoiselles d'Avignon (Lay day moi sells de avey nyon). This artist painted The Old
Guitarist in his Blue Period, which lasted from 1901 to 1910. This man portrayed the
ruined city of Guernica, after this Basque town was bombed and destroyed. For ten
points, name this painter and leader of the Cubist movement.
Answer
Answer: Pablo Picasso
Question 3
One character in this book is given the nickname “X-Ray,” which is
pig-Latin for his actual name. X-Ray gets a day off from work for turning in a lipstick
tube. One character in this book, Kissin’ Kate Barlow, robs banks across Texas after a
mob kills Sam. In this novel, Hector Zeroni is the one who actually stole a pair of objects
from Clyde Livingston. For ten points, name this book in which Stanley Yelnats is sent
to Camp Green Lake to dig the title things, after being falsely accused of stealing shoes.
Answer
Answer: Holes
Question 4
This federal agency was first founded in 1906 and is today part of the
Department of Health and Human Services. In 2021, this agency strongly urged people
not to take ivermectin, used to treat worms in farm animals, as a cure for Covid-19. For
ten points name this agency, which promotes public health by overseeing prescription
drugs, vaccines, and the products we eat.
Answer
Answer: FDA or Food and Drug Administration
Question 5
Frederick Muhlenberg was the first holder of this position, and the
holder of this position tells the Sergeant at Arms when to enforce rules. Holders of this
position often employ the Hastert Rule, preventing votes on unpopular motions. After
the president and vice president, this position is next in line for presidential succession,
and the holder of this position decides when bills come to vote in the House of
Representatives. For ten points, name this position, usually given to the senior
leadership of the majority party in the House.
Answer
Answer: Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
Question 6
Elastic scattering is used to detect these objects that, if not bound to
anything, will decay in about fifteen minutes. Superdense stars, named for these
objects, are known to rotate more than 700 times per second and spew electromagnetic
radiation. These subatomic objects were found by James Chadwick and the number of
them differentiates regular hydrogen from tritium, deuterium, and other isotopes. For ten
points, name these objects with no charge that help make up the nucleus of an atom.
Answer
Answer: Neutron
Question 7
These objects, with a positive charge, also help make up the nucleus of an
atom. The number of them determines an element's place on the periodic table.
Answer
1: Proton
Question 8
One type of this art form is called raku and originated in
Japan. Earliest evidence of this artform dates back at least 9,000 years to ancient
Turkey, where artisans used slabs and coils of material to craft containers. For ten
points, what is this art form, where clay is molded, decorated, and heated into its final
form?
Answer
Answer: Pottery (accept ceramics or making stuff with clay before the word clay is
used)
Question 9
Man-made lakes on this river include Lake Seminole and West Point
Lake, which were created to generate hydroelectric power and provide flood control.
This river is named for the Muskogee words meaning “rock-marked” or “rock-painted”
and floods caused by this river in 2009, affected Sweetwater Creek, and the Oconee
River. This river’s headwaters are near Towns and Union counties. For ten points, name
this longest river in Georgia that makes up part of the Georgia-Alabama border.
Answer
Answer: Chattahoochee River
Question 10
Bonus: Name two more things about Chattahoochee for ten points each.
1. This tallest mountain in Georgia is in the Chattahoochee National Forest. It’s
called “Enotah” by the native Cherokee.
2. The Chattahoochee River separates this county from Forsyth and Fulton
Counties. It’s the second most populous county in Georgia after Fulton.
Answer
Answer:
1. Brasstown Bald
2. Gwinnett County
Question 11
This author’s final novel was published in 1949. This man’s dystopian
work depicts a world in which Oceania is in a perpetual state of war with Eurasia and
Eastasia. This author created the character Winston Smith who works at the Ministry of
Truth rewriting history to fit the needs of the Party. For ten points, name the author who
created an ominous Big Brother in the novel 1984.
Answer
Answer: George Orwell
Question 12
Math! Pencil and paper ready. Coach Smart wants to know how many
total students are in a gym class. Students in the gym class are required to run a mile
under 12 minutes. 25% of the students did not finish in time, but 375 students did. If
375 students did complete the mile in time, but 25% of the class didn’t, how many total
students started the run?
Answer
Answer: 500
Question 13
Bonus: Swiftly done! Now answer these math questions for ten points each.
1. The product of two consecutive odd whole numbers is 255. What is the
greater of the two numbers?
2. 72 people attempted to get tickets to a concert by The Wiggles. That was 60%
more than the number of tickets available. How many tickets were available?
Answer
Answer:
1. 17
2. 45 tickets
Question 14
This vitamin consists of several different derivatives of a plant
chemical called methyl-napthoquinone (NAP-THO-KEE-KNOWN). This vitamin was
isolated and analyzed structurally in 1939 by Danish biochemist Henrik Dam. Leafy
greens like kale and broccoli are good sources of this vitamin, as are eggs and
fish. Named for the first letter of the Danish spelling of ‘coagulation’, what vitamin is
needed by the body to properly allow for blood to clot and to store calcium in the bones?
answer
Answer: Vitamin K
Question 15
Bonus: Answer the following questions about other benefits of leafy green vegetables
for ten points each.
1. Ascorbic acid is normally associated with citrus fruits like oranges, but many
leafy greens also contain large amounts of this vitamin that is needed for
wound healing, collagen formation, and iron storage in red blood cells. What
vitamin is also known as ascorbic acid?
2. Mustard greens, collards, and similar vegetables contain material that cannot
be digested. What is the general term for this type of material that is vital to
good intestinal health and a “regular” schedule?
Answer
Answer:
1. Vitamin C
2. Fiber, (Or Dietary Fiber, Cellulose, Roughage, Bulk)
Question 16
If two parallel lines are intersected by a transversal, what will be the
sum of the eight angles that are formed?
Answer
Answer: 720 degrees
Question 17
Bonus: Answer these questions about the angles formed when parallel lines are
intersected by a transversal for ten points each.
1. If the measure of an angle is 47 degrees, what is the measure of the
corresponding angle of its vertical angle?
2. If the measure of an exterior angle is 47 degrees, what is the measure of the
consecutive interior angle of its vertical angle?
Answer
Answers:
1. 47 degrees
2. 133 degrees
Question 17
Tossup: In one of this man’s poems, he states that “April is the cruelest
month,” and in another work says, “This is the way the world ends, not with a bang but
with a whimper.” This author of The Wasteland and The Hollow Men is perhaps better
known today for his more cheerful work about felines. For ten points, identify the author
who created Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats, the source of the musical Cats.
Answer
Answer: T.S. Eliot
Question 18
Bonus: For ten points each, answer these questions about literary cats.
1. What author created the Cheshire Cat, a mysterious animal whose smile
remains as the animal disappears?
2. What is the first name of the girl who owns a cat named Buttercup, which is
despised by her sister Katniss?
Answer
Answer:
1. Lewis Carroll (accept Charles Lutwidge Dodgson)
2. Primrose Everdeen
Question 19
(BK)Toss-up: One senator from this state won the Iowa Republican caucus in 2016,
becoming the first Hispanic to win a presidential primary. That senator from this state,
one of the few Cuban Americans in the Senate, came to prominence after a 21-hour
filibuster against Obamacare. This state’s governor has been in a wheelchair since
being struck by a falling tree in 1984. For ten points, name this state home to Ted Cruz
and Greg Abbott
Answer
Answer: Texas
Question 20
Bonus: Name two more things about the politics of Texas for ten points each.
1. This capital city of Texas was home to a famous filibuster by Wendy Davis.
Rick Perry called this city a “blueberry in tomato soup,” meaning it’s famously
liberal in a conservative state.
2. Who served two terms as the President of the Republic of Texas, from 1836
to 1838 and again from 1841 - 1844?
Answer
Answer:
1. Austin
2. Sam Houston
Question 21
Toss-up: This city was called Lutetia by the Romans and was originally
inhabited by a Gallic people. In the 5th Century this city became the capital of the
Merovingian Dynasty, and still serves as a European national capital city. This city
hosted the Summer Olympics in 1900 and 1924 and will host them again in 2024. For
ten points, name this French capital city.
Answer
Answer: Paris
Question 22
Bonus: Tres bien! Now answer these other questions about Olympic cities for 10
points each.
1. Paris will be hosting its third Olympics in 2024. What city hosted the Olympics
in 1932, 1984, and will again host in 2028?
2. Australia hosted the Olympics in Sydney in 2000. Name either one of the
other two Australian cities to host the Olympics, one in 1956, the other not until
2032.
Answer
Answer:
1. Los Angeles
2. Melbourne or Brisbane
Question 23
Toss-Up This failed invasion was led by the Brigada 2056, a group of refugees
trained by the CIA. The code name for this disastrous assault was Operation Zapata
and led to the firing of CIA Director Dulles. For ten points, name this 1961 invasion that
failed to overthrow the government of Fidel Castro in Cuba.
Answer
Answer: Bay of Pigs
Question 24
Bonus: For ten points each, answer these questions about Cuba and the Bay of Pigs.
1. Although Dulles was fired after the failed invasion, he later got an airport
named after him outside this major US city. What city is home to Dulles Airport?
2. The United States still controls 46 square miles of territory in Cuba and uses it
as a detention center and naval base. What is the name of the U.S. base in
Cuba?
Answer
Answers:
1. Washington DC
2. Guantanamo Bay Naval Base
Question 25
Toss-up: This SMS was first released to the public by a San Francisco
company called Odeo in 2006. This short messaging service rejected a variety of
names including Friend Stalker and settled on something that reminded its creators of
bird sounds. For ten points, what social network uses “tweets” to communicate short
messages?
Answer
Answer: Twitter
Question 26
Bonus: For ten points each, answer these questions about Twitter.
1. What is the maximum number of characters permitted in a single tweet?
2. What noted American was banned from Twitter on January 8, 2021 for
messages that allegedly incited violence?
Answer
Answer:
1. 280
2. Donald J. Trump
Question 27
Toss-up: Competing in this sport, Cat Osterman won one Olympic gold medal
and two silvers before retiring in 2021. Other stars in this sport have included Dot
Richardson, Lisa Fernandez, and Jennie Finch. Japan defeated the USA in this sport at
the Olympics in 2021. For ten points name this sport, with 60-foot long basepaths and a
pitcher 43 feet from home.
Answer
Answer: women’s softball
Question 28
Bonus: That question was no softball! Now answer these sports questions for 10
points each.
1. What sport uses a device invented by Fred Morrison in the 1950’s and
marketed by the Wham-O corporation? This sport is played on a field 40 yards
wide and 120 yards long.
2.What sport that combines elements of badminton, table tennis, and tennis uses
solid paddles made of wood or composite materials to hit a perforated polymer
ball, much like a wiffle ball, over a net?
Answer
Answer:
1. ultimate frisbee (accept either word)
2. pickleball
Question 29
Toss-up: Math! Pencil and paper ready. What whole number is equal
to 24 x 42? (read as 2 to the 4th power times 4 to the 2nd power).
Answer
Answer: 256
Question 30
Bonus: For ten points each, answer these math questions.
1. Mrs. Crawford is training for a 2,500-meter run. She runs that distance twice a
day for 5 days. How many kilometers did she run?
2. A giraffe in a zoo casts a shadow 63 feet long, while a tall hippopotamus casts
a shadow 21 feet long. If the hippo is 7 feet tall, how tall is the giraffe?
Answer
Answer:
1. 25 kilometers
2. 21 feet
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Question 1 This country is both the world s leading producer and consumer of coal. Qinghai (ching hii) and Fujian are provinces in this country that s home to mountains like Lhotse and Makalu in its disputed region of Tibet. This country and its neighbor Mongolia are the homes to the Gobi Desert. This country is home to a namesake great wall that was constructed in the Ming Dynasty.
Answer Answer: China
Question 2 This artist painted five women in African masks in his work Les Demoiselles d'Avignon (Lay day moi sells de avey nyon). This artist painted The Old Guitarist in his Blue Period, which lasted from 1901 to 1910. This man portrayed the ruined city of Guernica, after this Basque town was bombed and destroyed. For ten points, name this painter and leader of the Cubist movement.
Answer Answer: Pablo Picasso
Question 3 One character in this book is given the nickname X-Ray, which is pig-Latin for his actual name. X-Ray gets a day off from work for turning in a lipstick tube. One character in this book, Kissin Kate Barlow, robs banks across Texas after a mob kills Sam. In this novel, Hector Zeroni is the one who actually stole a pair of objects from Clyde Livingston. For ten points, name this book in which Stanley Yelnats is sent to Camp Green Lake to dig the title things, after being falsely accused of stealing shoes.
Answer Answer: Holes
Question 4 This federal agency was first founded in 1906 and is today part of the Department of Health and Human Services. In 2021, this agency strongly urged people not to take ivermectin, used to treat worms in farm animals, as a cure for Covid-19. For ten points name this agency, which promotes public health by overseeing prescription drugs, vaccines, and the products we eat.
Answer Answer: FDA or Food and Drug Administration
Question 5 Frederick Muhlenberg was the first holder of this position, and the holder of this position tells the Sergeant at Arms when to enforce rules. Holders of this position often employ the Hastert Rule, preventing votes on unpopular motions. After the president and vice president, this position is next in line for presidential succession, and the holder of this position decides when bills come to vote in the House of Representatives. For ten points, name this position, usually given to the senior leadership of the majority party in the House.
Answer Answer: Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
Question 6 Elastic scattering is used to detect these objects that, if not bound to anything, will decay in about fifteen minutes. Superdense stars, named for these objects, are known to rotate more than 700 times per second and spew electromagnetic radiation. These subatomic objects were found by James Chadwick and the number of them differentiates regular hydrogen from tritium, deuterium, and other isotopes. For ten points, name these objects with no charge that help make up the nucleus of an atom.
Answer Answer: Neutron
Question 7 These objects, with a positive charge, also help make up the nucleus of an atom. The number of them determines an element's place on the periodic table.
Answer 1: Proton
Question 8 One type of this art form is called raku and originated in Japan. Earliest evidence of this artform dates back at least 9,000 years to ancient Turkey, where artisans used slabs and coils of material to craft containers. For ten points, what is this art form, where clay is molded, decorated, and heated into its final form?
Answer Answer: Pottery (accept ceramics or making stuff with clay before the word clay is used)
Question 9 Man-made lakes on this river include Lake Seminole and West Point Lake, which were created to generate hydroelectric power and provide flood control. This river is named for the Muskogee words meaning rock-marked or rock-painted and floods caused by this river in 2009, affected Sweetwater Creek, and the Oconee River. This river s headwaters are near Towns and Union counties. For ten points, name this longest river in Georgia that makes up part of the Georgia-Alabama border.
Answer Answer: Chattahoochee River
Question 10 Bonus: Name two more things about Chattahoochee for ten points each. 1. This tallest mountain in Georgia is in the Chattahoochee National Forest. It s called Enotah by the native Cherokee. 2. The Chattahoochee River separates this county from Forsyth and Fulton Counties. It s the second most populous county in Georgia after Fulton.
Answer Answer: 1. Brasstown Bald 2. Gwinnett County
Question 11 This author s final novel was published in 1949. This man s dystopian work depicts a world in which Oceania is in a perpetual state of war with Eurasia and Eastasia. This author created the character Winston Smith who works at the Ministry of Truth rewriting history to fit the needs of the Party. For ten points, name the author who created an ominous Big Brother in the novel 1984.
Answer Answer: George Orwell
Question 12 Math! Pencil and paper ready. Coach Smart wants to know how many total students are in a gym class. Students in the gym class are required to run a mile under 12 minutes. 25% of the students did not finish in time, but 375 students did. If 375 students did complete the mile in time, but 25% of the class didn t, how many total students started the run?
Answer Answer: 500
Question 13 Bonus: Swiftly done! Now answer these math questions for ten points each. 1. The product of two consecutive odd whole numbers is 255. What is the greater of the two numbers? 2. 72 people attempted to get tickets to a concert by The Wiggles. That was 60% more than the number of tickets available. How many tickets were available?
Answer Answer: 1. 17 2. 45 tickets
Question 14 This vitamin consists of several different derivatives of a plant chemical called methyl-napthoquinone (NAP-THO-KEE-KNOWN). This vitamin was isolated and analyzed structurally in 1939 by Danish biochemist Henrik Dam. Leafy greens like kale and broccoli are good sources of this vitamin, as are eggs and fish. Named for the first letter of the Danish spelling of coagulation , what vitamin is needed by the body to properly allow for blood to clot and to store calcium in the bones?
answer Answer: Vitamin K
Question 15 Bonus: Answer the following questions about other benefits of leafy green vegetables for ten points each. 1. Ascorbic acid is normally associated with citrus fruits like oranges, but many leafy greens also contain large amounts of this vitamin that is needed for wound healing, collagen formation, and iron storage in red blood cells. What vitamin is also known as ascorbic acid? 2. Mustard greens, collards, and similar vegetables contain material that cannot be digested. What is the general term for this type of material that is vital to good intestinal health and a regular schedule?
Answer Answer: 1. Vitamin C 2. Fiber, (Or Dietary Fiber, Cellulose, Roughage, Bulk)
Question 16 If two parallel lines are intersected by a transversal, what will be the sum of the eight angles that are formed?
Answer Answer: 720 degrees
Question 17 Bonus: Answer these questions about the angles formed when parallel lines are intersected by a transversal for ten points each. 1. If the measure of an angle is 47 degrees, what is the measure of the corresponding angle of its vertical angle? 2. If the measure of an exterior angle is 47 degrees, what is the measure of the consecutive interior angle of its vertical angle?
Answer Answers: 1. 47 degrees 2. 133 degrees
Question 17 Tossup: In one of this man s poems, he states that April is the cruelest month, and in another work says, This is the way the world ends, not with a bang but with a whimper. This author of The Wasteland and The Hollow Men is perhaps better known today for his more cheerful work about felines. For ten points, identify the author who created Old Possum s Book of Practical Cats, the source of the musical Cats.
Answer Answer: T.S. Eliot
Question 18 Bonus: For ten points each, answer these questions about literary cats. 1. What author created the Cheshire Cat, a mysterious animal whose smile remains as the animal disappears? 2. What is the first name of the girl who owns a cat named Buttercup, which is despised by her sister Katniss?
Answer Answer: 1. Lewis Carroll (accept Charles Lutwidge Dodgson) 2. Primrose Everdeen
Question 19 (BK)Toss-up: One senator from this state won the Iowa Republican caucus in 2016, becoming the first Hispanic to win a presidential primary. That senator from this state, one of the few Cuban Americans in the Senate, came to prominence after a 21-hour filibuster against Obamacare. This state s governor has been in a wheelchair since being struck by a falling tree in 1984. For ten points, name this state home to Ted Cruz and Greg Abbott
Answer Answer: Texas
Question 20 Bonus: Name two more things about the politics of Texas for ten points each. 1. This capital city of Texas was home to a famous filibuster by Wendy Davis. Rick Perry called this city a blueberry in tomato soup, meaning it s famously liberal in a conservative state. 2. Who served two terms as the President of the Republic of Texas, from 1836 to 1838 and again from 1841 - 1844?
Answer Answer: 1. Austin 2. Sam Houston
Question 21 Toss-up: This city was called Lutetia by the Romans and was originally inhabited by a Gallic people. In the 5th Century this city became the capital of the Merovingian Dynasty, and still serves as a European national capital city. This city hosted the Summer Olympics in 1900 and 1924 and will host them again in 2024. For ten points, name this French capital city.
Answer Answer: Paris
Question 22 Bonus: Tres bien! Now answer these other questions about Olympic cities for 10 points each. 1. Paris will be hosting its third Olympics in 2024. What city hosted the Olympics in 1932, 1984, and will again host in 2028? 2. Australia hosted the Olympics in Sydney in 2000. Name either one of the other two Australian cities to host the Olympics, one in 1956, the other not until 2032.
Answer Answer: 1. Los Angeles 2. Melbourne or Brisbane
Question 23 Toss-Up This failed invasion was led by the Brigada 2056, a group of refugees trained by the CIA. The code name for this disastrous assault was Operation Zapata and led to the firing of CIA Director Dulles. For ten points, name this 1961 invasion that failed to overthrow the government of Fidel Castro in Cuba.
Answer Answer: Bay of Pigs
Question 24 Bonus: For ten points each, answer these questions about Cuba and the Bay of Pigs. 1. Although Dulles was fired after the failed invasion, he later got an airport named after him outside this major US city. What city is home to Dulles Airport? 2. The United States still controls 46 square miles of territory in Cuba and uses it as a detention center and naval base. What is the name of the U.S. base in Cuba?
