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2016 A-Team Practice
60+ Quizbowl practice questions
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| This character threatens to shoot Tootles with an arrow and teaches John, Michael and Wendy how to fly. Name him. | Peter Pan |
| The wing of a butterfly and the wing of a bird, share the same purpose, but have different evolutionary orgins. What type of structures are these? | analogous |
| A perfume sold in a rectangular glass bottle is known as this designer's Number 5. Name this French desginer nicknamed CoCo. | Chanel |
| In 1969 a vice squad entered a Christopher Street bar and arrested those not wearing "gender appropriate" clothing. Name these riots considered the start of the gay rights movement. | Stonewall riots/uprising |
| What term refers to a fluids resistance to flow? | viscosity |
| An atom or molecule that has lost or gained electrons is called what? | an ion |
| The alternative forms of a gene at the same locus on homologous chromosomes are called what? | alleles |
| The term "bardolatry" indicates excessive admiration and veneration for what playwright and poet | William Shakespeare |
| What are rings of muscle which close body openings such as the lips called? | spihncters |
| Name the author who wrote about Robert Lebrun's affair with Edna Pontellier in The Awakening. | Kate Chopin (or Katherine O'Flahery) |
| This president reprimanded his secretary of war, William Belknap, for opposing construction of the Eads Bridge. Name this president who succeeded Andrew Johnson. | Ulysees S. Grant |
| In this novel, a joker writes the word "blood" in wine on a wall. Name this novel where Sidney Carton sacrifices his life at the guillotine, by Charles Dickens. | A Tale of two cities |
| What type of curve is created by a line that encircles a cylinder at a constant rate? | helix |
| Leon Festinger proposed what state of psychic distress arising from simultaneously holding two contradictory beliefs? | cognitive dissonance |
| What Russian physiologist conducted experiments on dogs that showed how a predictable response can comes automatically from a stimulus? | Pavlov |
| Baton Rouge and what other US state capitol rest on the Mississippi River? | St. Paul |
| The octet rule in chemistry says that this is the stable number of valence electrons to reach a noble gas electron configuration. | 8 |
| What process in all living things releases carbon dioxide as a waste product? | respiration |
| In biology, what is the term used to describe the appearance of an individual without regard to its heriditary makeup? | phenotype |
| The Einherjar were heroes chosen by what god to fight the Tittans at the end of the world? | Odin |
| What genetic term describes the situation when part of a chromosome is broken off and lost? | chromosomal deletion |
| This cell organelle has 2 types: rough and smooth Name it. | Endoplasmic Reticulum (E.R.) |
| The control of the human body's water content is called what? | osmoregulation |
| About 2 quarts of what juice with a pH of 1.5 to 2.5 is secreted by the glands in the lining of the stomach each day? | gastric |
| What molecule is the energy source for virtually all of the work done by the cell? | ATP |
| The islets of Langerhans secrete what hormone? | insulin |
| The 2 types of extradition include interstate and inter-what? | international |
| Name the John Steinbeck novel bases on the biblical story of Cain and Abel. | East of Eden |
| The immune system normally discriminates between antigens labeled self and -------- | non-self |
| Ions of magnesium have a 2+ charge which means what? | it loses 2 (valence) electrons |
| What characteristic of a wave radically increases as a tsunami approaches the shore? | amplitude or height |
| Name the gas law in chemistry that states the volume of a gas tends to increase as the temeperature increases if the pressure remains constant. | Charles or Gay-Lussac |
| Name the carrier of DNA's genetic message outside of the cell's nucleus. | mRNA (messenger RNA) |
| Who is credited with creating the first periodic table | (Gregor) Mendeleev |
| Cholesterol, testosterone and estrogen are all examples of what | steroids |
| The eyeballs in vertebrates is bounded anteriorly by what convex, transparent object? | cornea |
| DNA present in a structural gene that does not seem to have a specific coding function and is eventually removed during RNA splicing is known as what? | introns |
| Name the form of chemical bonding in molecules in which electrons are shared? | covalent |
| The Homestead Steel Strike of 1892 took place in what US state? | Pennsylvania |
| Halide anions are formed from what group on the periodic table? | Halogens or Group 7A or Group 17 |
| The biological process of going from RNA to protein is called what? | translation |
| The 2nd Constitutional amendment grants US citizens the right to what? | bear arms |
| What biological term describes the loss of water vapor by plants? | transpiration |
| The 4th Constitutional amendment protects US citizens from what? | unreasonable search and seizure (of your home and property) |
| A clogging of the bile duct interferes with the digestion of what category of food? | Fats or Lipids |
| Before a vaccine was created in 1796, what disease was so prevalent in China that newborns were not named until after they had survived it? | smallpox |
| Give the chemical name for the compound formed when pure iron and pure sulfur are mixed together and heated | Iron Sulfide or Iron II Sulfide or Ferrous Sulfide |
| The 10th Constitutional amendment states that powers not delegated to the federal government are reserved for whom? | states |
| Name this set of rights: You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law. You have the right to an attorney. If you cannot afford an attorney, one will be provided for you. | Miranda rights |
| Topographic maps depict all water features in blue and relief in contours of brown. What color is used to represent works of man? | black |
| Toxins that attack the nervous system are known as what? | neuortoxins |
| Name the main European social and economic system during the eleventh century. | feudalism |
| A relationship between 2 variables, described as when the value of 1 increases , the value of the other decreases and vice versa | inverse(ly) proportional |
| Newton's 2nd law of motion states that forces equals what? | mass times acceleration |
| An outdoor playing area for sports like soccer are known by what "baseball" term in Great Britain and Australia? | a pitch |
| Freedom of religion is guaranteed by which US Constitutional amendment? | 1st |
| Which US Constitutional amendment abolished slavery? | 13th |
| The cell theory says that all cells come from where? | other cells (or preexisting cells) |
| The 26th US Constitutional amendment lowered the voting age from what age down to 18? | 21 |
| The 27th US Constitutional amendment banned members of Congress from doing what right before the next electron? | raising their salaries |
| An NGO is a non-profit group organized outside of institutionalized political structures to pursue certain social objectives. What does NGO stand for? | Non-Government Organization |
| The 25th US Constitutional amendment created what? | line of succession (for the presidency) |
| The process of advancing one's career by earning promotions is climbing the corporate what? | ladder |
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