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'13 Quizbowl Round 1
Practice Questions/Toss-ups
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What's the thyroid cartilage often called? | Adam's apple |
| How many U.S. states border the Gulf of Mexico? | 5 |
| What's the ballet term for a 360-degree turn on one foot? | Pirouette |
| What is the least popular month for U.S. weddings? | January |
| What railway linked Moscow and Irkutsk in 1900? | Trans-Siberian Railway |
| What musical instrument's sales escalated from 228,000 in 1950 to 2.3 million in 1971? | Guitar |
| What part of your body has the most sweat glands? | Feet |
| What's a water moccasin often called, due to the white inside its mouth? | cottonmouth |
| What is the zygomaticus muscle used for? | Smiling (to smile) |
| What Great Lake state has more shoreline than the entire U.S. Atlantic seaboard? | Michigan |
| What is classified by the A B O system? | Blood types |
| Who was the first country artist to sell over 10 million copies of an album? | Garth Brooks |
| What continent has the fewest flowering plants? | Antarctica |
| What location once registered 134 degrees, the highest temperature ever in the U.S.? | Death Valley |
| What was the first organ successfully transplanted from a cadaver to a live person? | a kidney |
| Shakespeare wrote "Cruel only to be kind" in what play? | Hamlet |
| What nation's military attached dynamite packs to Dobermans before sending them into Palestinian guerilla hideouts? | Israel |
| What national holiday in Mexico has picnickers munching chocolate coffins and sugar skulls? | The day of the dead |
| What is credited as Shakespeare's first published work? | Venus and Adonis |
| What ingredient in fresh milk is eventually devoured by bacteria, causing the sour taste? | lactose |
| The moons of what planet are named after Shakespeare's characters? | Uranus |
| What do these Shakespeare characters - Antony, Romeo, Othello - all have in common? | death by suicide |
| What patriotic song was originally titled "The Defense of Fort McHenry? | The Star Spangled Banner |
| What play is set in Venice and Cyprus | Othello |
| Which Shakespeare character says "Blow winds and crack your cheeks"? | King Lear |
| What jazz trumpeter was dubbed the "Prince of Darkness"? | Miles Davis |
| Whose assassination was Sam Seymour the last living witness to, until his death in 1956? | Abraham Lincoln |
| What jazz musician got his nickname by shortening "Satchel Mouth"? | Louis Armstrong |
| What card game did Dwight D. Eisenhower play fanatically while planning for D-Day? | bridge |
| What is the minimum number of musicians a band must have to be considered a "big band"? | ten |
| What three words did George Bush say before "no new taxes" in 1988? | "Read my lips" |
| What U.S. state gave the world Louis Armstrong, Fats Domino, Mahalia Jackson and Jelly Roll Morton | Louisiana |
| What's the only remaining European territory on the South American continent? | French Guiana |
| What Mississippi town name provides the answer to the Arizona town of Why? | Why Not |
| Who did Abraham Lincoln promote to major general of volunteers after he captured Fort Henry and Fort Donelson? | Ulysses S. Grant |
| What Memphis, Tennessee mansion was opened to the public in 1982? | Graceland |
| What milk product did the U.S. Agriculture Department propose as a substitute for meat in school lunches, in 1996? | Yogurt |
| One of Jean Sibelius' most famous compositions became the national anthem of what country? | Finland |
| Exodus and which other Bible book list the ten commandments? | Deuteronomy |
| Black-eyed peas are not actually peas. What are they? | beans |
| What is the cosine of 360 degrees? | 1 |
| What southeastern state boasts the cities of Frog Jump, Only, and Sweet Lips? | Tennessee |
| If y squared - 81 equals 0, what are the 2 values of y? | 9 and -9 |
| What is the only essential vitamin not found in the white potato? | Vitamin A |
| In what play by Thornton Wilder does the stage manager have an especially visible role? | Our Town |
| What animals milk is used to make authentic Italian mozzarella cheese? | water buffalo |
| Vatican City is an independent city-state within what city? | Rome |
| What verb that rhymes with "nape" means "to stare with open mouth"? | gape |
| These are chapter headings in a text book on what general subject? -Valence Shell Electron Pair Repulsion Theory -Hybrid Orbitals -Acids and Bases | chemistry |
| What integer equals 4 to the 3/2 power? | 8 |
| Name the chemical reaction in which a chemical bond is split by the action of water. | hydrolysis |
| (A x B) x C = A x (B x C) represents what property of multiplication? | associative |
| In what play does this quote appear? The quality of mercy is not strain'd. | Merchant of Venice |
| Approximately 100 miles southeast of the Peloponnesus lies what major island? | Crete |
| Who commanded the "Agamemnon" in the Battle of Toulon, the "Vanguard" in the Battle of the Nile, the "Elephant" in the Battle of Copenhagen, and the "Victory" in the Battle of Trafalgar? | Horatio Nelson |
| She served as assistant director of the office of civilian defense, delegate to the U.N. Assembly, chairperson of the U.N. Human Rights Commission, and U.S. representative to the General Assembly. Who was this first lady? | Eleanor Roosevelt |
| Find the distance between these points. (3,-5) and (-1,2) | square root of 65 |
| Carbonaceous chondrites contain organic compounds and what kind of acids? | amino acids |
| What noun used in the physical sciences may be modified by these adjectives? atomic , heat , radiant , potential chemical , kinetic | energy |
| Who received a reported $25 million for a 1995 boxing match that lasted 89 seconds? | Mike Tyson |
| Which author wrote Gulliver’s Travels? | Jonathon Swift |
| When is "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" sung by the crowd at a baseball game? | The 7th inning stretch |
| Who wrote the Great Gatsby? | F Scott Fitzgerald |
| Who was it that said said "I have had a talent for irritating women since I was 14"? | Marilyn Monroe |
| What was Muhammad Ali said to float like? | a butterfly |
| In Gone with the Wind, what was the name of the plantation? | Tara |
| Which finger on a pitcher's throwing hand controls a curve ball and slider? | middle |
| in finance, what does APR stand for? | Annual Percentage Rate |
| The Gold Coast has become known as what? | Ghana |
| Who did Joe Frazier say he wanted to fight "like a hog wants slop"? | Muhammad Ali |
| In the comic Peanuts, what color is Woodstock? | yellow |
| Which American novelist wrote For Whom the Bell Tolls? | Ernest Hemmingway |
| What is the Newbery Medal given annually for ? | Best Children's Book |
| What was Stephen King's first published novel? | Carrie |
| Cyclops Polyphemus was blinded by whom? | Odysseus |
| Who, in Greek mythology, created man? | Promethus |
| What current branch of the U.S. military was a corps of only 50 soldiers when World War I broke out? | Air Force |
| What famous document begins: "When in the course of human events..."? | Declaration of Independence |
| Who was the last president of the Soviet Union? | Mikail Gorbachev |
| What modern vehicle was invented to circumvent trench warfare? | tank |
| What political system was gradually dismantled in South Africa, starting in 1989? | Apartheid |
| What was 11th-century Spanish military leader Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar better know as? | El Cid |
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