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We’ll play three rounds of questions. with a minute break between each round. Now, if the scorekeeper is reads,
let’s begin ROUND ONE OF SCIIOOLRFACII!
40-POINT SNAPSTART To ROUND ONE
1. What large broadcasting system was created in 1936?
A.
CANADIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION (CBC)
2. What term refers to muscles that straighten joints?
A.
EXTENSORS
3. In what year did the Second World War end?
1945
A.
4. Who wrote the collection of verse entitled “Alligator Pie”?
A.
DENNIS LEE
30-POINT OPEN QUESTION
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THE BODY
5. What do we call a light-sensitive layer at the back of the eyeball?
A.
RETINA
6. What term refers to chemical substances made and released by the glands?
A.
HORMONES
7. What is another word for high blood pressure?
A.
HYPERTENSION
40-POINT OPEN QUESTION
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GEOMETRY
8. An angle measuring more than 90 degrees and less than 180 degrees is called what?
A.
AN OBTUSE ANGLE
9 A solid that has eight faces is known as what?
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AN OC’l Al IEDRON
10. A triangle with one angle greater than 90 degrees is known as what?
A.
AN OBITTSE TRIANGLE
11. How many sides does a decagon have?
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QI ESTlON in PART ONE. is then eligible for the remaining ten-point questions in PAR] I WO.
PART ONE: Scramble for five points.
12. Which term refers to any of numerous animals that feed chiefl on flesh?
A.
CARNIVORE
PART TWO: SCORE TEN POIN1 S FOR FACII CORRECT ANSWER
Fhe remaining questions deal with carnivores.
13. One family of carnivores is the felidae. What are felidae commonly called?
A.
CAF
14. Specifically. what is the largest living land-carnivore?
A. KODIAK (BROWN) BEAR (accept ALASKAN GRIZZLY)
15. Lions are carnivores that live in groups known as what?
A.
PRIDES
20-POINT SPECIAL
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COLOURS
16, What are the primary colours for pigments, as used by artists?
A. RED, YELLOW, BLUE
80-POIN1 ASSIGNED QUESTION
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POP MUSIC
here is an ASSIGNED QUESTION in which each member of each team is assigned a ten-point question. If you
miss your question, then your counterpart on the opposing team will have a chance at it for ten points.
Name the band associated with the following:
FEAM A’
17. Featuring Meg and Jack
A.
THE WHITE STRIPES
18. 1 he album Brothers
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THE BLACK KEYS
19. Fergie and will.i.am
A.
THE BLACK-EYED PEAS
20. Championed by Andy Warhol and his artistic scene,u this group had the initials VU
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VELVET UNDERGROF TD
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21 Q I he brothers Noel and Liam Gallagher
A
OASIS
22. Supergroup of the I 960s and 70s; disbanded when their drummer John Bonham died in 1980.
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LLD ZEPPI LIN
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24. Made only one album. but in the late I 970s invented a new musical movement
A.
THE SEX PISTOLS
30-POINT OPEN QUESTION
Punk
SCIENCE
25. Who invented bifocal lenses for eyeglasses?
A.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
26. Poor conductors are good what?
A.
INSULATORS
27. Every 76.3 years, what appears in the sky?
A.
HALLEY’S COMET
40-POINT SNAPPERS TO END THE ROUND
28. Whatever the environmental temperature, which kind of animal can keep its body temperature constant?
A.
WARM BLOODED
29. What is the largest living land animal
A.
ELEPHANT
30. The sun and everything which is held by its gravity is called’?
A.
SOLAR SYSTEM
31. The waters of what western river are controlled by the Dixon Dam?
A.
RED DEER
ONE-MINUTE BREAK TO ROUND TWO
40-POINT SNAPPERS TO START ROUND TWO
32. In 1997. after 156 years, the British gave up control of which crown colony?
A.
HONG KONG
33. Name the famous bicycle race that was instituted in 1903.
A.
TOUR DE FRANCE
34. The United States Postal Service uses the zip code. What do the letters ZIP represent?
A.
ZONE IMPROVEMENT PLAN
35. Which leader carried out a purge of many of his followers in 1934’s “Night of the Long Knives”?
A.
ADOLF HITLER
40-POINT W1-1() AM I QUESTION
36. This question is worth 40 points if you guess the answer on the first clue and 10 points less with each
succeeding clue, until either team answers the question correctly.
CLUE A. I was horn in 1769 on an island in the Mediterranean Sea. hut moved to France to go to school.
WHO AM I?
CLUE B. I joined the Republican army and by the time I was 24. 1 was a Brigadier-General. WHO AM I?
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CLUE C. Military victories in Italy and Austria gave me a reputation as an invincible general. WHO AM I?
CLUE D. In 1799. I imposed a military dictatorship on France and pushed through a new constitution.
WHO AM I?
A.
N.\POLEON (BONAPARTE)
30-POINT OPEN QUESTION
CONSTELLATIONS
\\ hat are the popular names that represent the following constellations?
37. Cygnus.
A.
THE SWAN
38. Aquarius.
A.
THE WATER BEARER
39. Lupus,
A.
THE WOLF
40-POINT TEAM QUESTION
In this two-part TEAM QUESTION, whichever team is first to answer correctly the ten-point SCRAMBLE
QUESTION in PART ONE. is then eligible for the remaining ten-point questions in PART TWO.
40. In the home or office. what device is referred to in terms of monitor, keyboard and hard drive?
A.
A COMPUTER
PART TWO: The remaining questions deal with computers.
SCORE TEN POIN
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Tell me what the initials of these computer terms stand for:
41. GIF.
A.
GRAPHICS (GRAPHICAL) INTERCHANGE FORMAT
42. MID!.
A.
MUSICAL INSTRUMENT DIGITAL INTERFACE
43. CD ROM.
A.
COMPACT DISK READ ONLY MEMORY
40-POINT OPEN QUESTION
QUADRILATERALS
Give the name fOr each of the tbliowing quadrilaterals.
44. A quadrilateral with opposite sides equal and all angles of 90
A.
RECIANGLE
45. A quadrilateral with all sides equal
A.
RHOMBUS
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46. A quadrilateral with all sides equal and all angles equal to 900
A.
SQUARE
47. A quadrilateral with two disjoint pairs of congruent adjacent sides.
A.
KITE (accept DELTOID)
40-POINT SNAPOUT TO ENI) ROUND TWO
48. What country gave the Statue of Liberty to the United States?
FRANCE
A.
49. Name the physician who developed the first safe and effective vaccine for polio.
A.
JONAS EDWARD SALK
50. Name the oldest university in the United States.
A.
HARVARD
51. Name the premier of the Soviet Union during the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962.
A.
NIKITA KHRUSCHEV
ONE-MINUTE BREAK TO ROUND THREE
40-POINT SNAPSTART TO ROUND THREE
52. What is the name of the skirt traditionally worn by men in Scotland?
A.
KILT
53. What two word term refers to a fully automatic firearm that fires rounds in quick succession?
A.
MACHINE GUN (AUTOMATIC)
54. Using a large weapon with elastic springs, what feat did a woman named Zazel introduce to the circus?
A.
HUMAN CANNON BALL
55. in what community was the first nuclear facility in Canada?
A.
CHALK RIVER (ONTARIO)
40-POINT TEAM QUESTION
In this two-part TEAM QUESTION.. whichever team is first to answer correctly the ten-point SCRAMBLE
QUESTION in PART ONE. is then eligible for the remaining ten-point questions in PART TWO.
PART ONE: Scramble for ten points:
56. What term describes a house with the floor level of one part about a half-stoiy above the other?
A.
SPLIT-LEVEL
SCORE TEN PO1NTS FOR EACH CORRECT ANSWER.
PART TWO: The remaining questions deal with the word “split”.
57. What terms means an extremely small period of time?
A.
SPLIT SECOND
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58. In what sport ouId you try to avoid a 7-10 split?
A.
(TEN-PIN) BOWLING
59. What term refers to a work period divided into to parts by an interval longer than a normal rest break?
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SPLIT-SHIFT
40-POIN I OPEN QL ES! ION
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\Vhat are the names of the ministers who currentl\ occup the fblloing portfolios in Canadas fderal cabinet?
60. Minister of Finance
A.
JIM FLAHERTY
61. Minister of National Defense
A.
PETER MACKAY
62. Minister of the Environment
A.
PETER KENT
63. Minister of Ilealth and Minister of the Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency
A.
LEONA AGLUKKAQ
40-POINT WHAT AM I QUESTION
64. This question is orth 40 points if you guess the answer on the first clue and 10 points less with each
succeeding clue, until either team answers the question correctly.
CLUE A: I can only be found under certain temperature conditions. WHAT AM I?
CLUE B: I help preserve things. WHAT AM I?
CLUE C: I used to be delivered to people’s homes. WHAT AM I?
CLUE D: I can be found in various shapes and sizes, crushed and even “dry”. WHAT AM I?
A.
ICE
20-POIN I OPEN QUESTION
NUMBERS
65, If two sides of a right-angled triangle are three centimetres and four centimetres how long is the hypotenuse?
A
FIVE CEN’I IMF FRES
66 If six mer can dig six holes in six minutes. how long will it take ten men to dig ten holes?
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SINMIM IFS
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67. Born March 6. 1475. which Italian artist had an unparalleled influence on Western isua1 culture?.
A.
MICI 1EISNGEL()
68. On March 6. 1924. the IFtg)ptian government opened the mumm> case discoered by lloard Carter just tvo
years earlier. ldentiI the mummt
A.
KING 11 ‘lANKI i.\Mi:N (accept KING TI’T
69. On March 6. 1836. which fortified outpost fell to the Mexican arm)?
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I lilt AlAMo
70. On March 6. 1853. the opera 1s iraiauC premiered in Wnice. Name the composer.
A.
VER[)i
100-POINT SNAPOL ‘T TO FINISH lifE GAME
71 What Massachusetts ton is associated with witches?
A.
SALEM
72.Who invented the steam engine?
A.
JAMES WAlT
73. in a popular version of the game of Hearts. stat is worth 13 points?
A.
THE QUEEN OF SPADES
74. In what cit would I find Wilfred Laurier University?
A.
WATERLOO
75. What does the acronym UNICEF stand for?
A.
ACCEPT: UNITED NATIONS INTERNATIoNAL CHILDREN’S FMERGENCY FUND or
UNITED NATIONS CHILDREWS Ft ‘ND
76. Baffin Island is part of what country?
A.
CANADA
77. In what language did Alexander Dumas write the novel we know as ¶I’he Three Musketeerfl
A.
FRENCH
78. In which city would you find Carnegie Hall?
NEW YORK CITY
A.
79. Albumen is the white part of wiiai?
A.
EGG
80. In Greek mythology. what was the object ofJaso&s long search?
A.
TIlE GOLDEN FLEECE
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