SCHUYLKILL ACADEMIC LEAGUE 2010-11
NOVEMBER 2011
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In Discovering English Grammar, Richard Beit says it's okay to sometimes split what?
Ans. Infinitive
What is the name of Lord Nelson's flagship that is preserved in drydock at Portsmouth,
England?
Ans. H.M.S. Victory
What word is called out by a movie director ordering actors to begin playing a scene?
Ans. Action
The raising of an object into the air using supernatural power is called what?
Ans. Levitation
The amphibious hero of "Wind in the Willows" lived where?
Ans. Toad Hall
On which continent did the early Mound Builders live?
Ans. North America
Which British playwright’s set response when asked how his plays were doing was,
"Some peter out, some pan out?"
Ans. James Barrie
In 1873, the Supreme Court ruled that which majority group could be barred from the
legal profession; in 1948, that they could be prevented from becoming bartenders, and in
1961, that they could be kept off juries?
Ans. Women
What is the error that occurs when two grammatically complete sentences are joined with
no punctuation mark between them?
Ans. Run-on sentences (or fused or blended sentences)
Terminal buds develop at the end of stems. What kind of buds form throughout the
length of stems along the sides?
Ans. Lateral buds