2013-2014
Intermediate
Pack
#24
Executive Director: Paul G. Russell
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Bill Davis : Upper Cloverdale
Jonathan Fuller: Toronto
Ivan Gombos ; Montreal
Torn Ingram : Winnipeg
Elizabeth Jewlal : London
Brandon Judd: London
Clinton kam : Burnaby
Solomon Klein : Toronto
Michael Lyons : Toronto
Brian Mckenzie : Pinawa
Maft Morrissette : Brandon
David Penco : Toronto
Gary SeMss: Petawawa
Tom St. Amand : Sarnia
Olivia Vipond : Toronto
Harry Wang : Toronto
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INTERMEDIATE SCHOOLREACH
PACK #24
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2013-2014
quizmaster for this game between [school #1]
HOST: Welcome to SCHOOLREACH. I’m
[player #2]
In this match, we have [player #11
and [school #21
[player
against
pitted
[school
#11
#4]
[player
#11
[player #3]
of [school #2]
[player #4]
[player #3]
[player #2]
We’ll play three rounds of questions, with a minute break between each round. Now, if the scorekeeper is ready,
leCs begin ROUND ONE OF SCHOOLREACH!
40-POINT SNAPSTART TO ROUND ONE
I. In 1981, what Egyptian president was assassinated ata military parade in Cairo?
ANWAR SADAT
A.
2. In chemistry, what is the term for a solution that conducts a certain amount of current?
ELECTROLYTE
A.
3 In “The Simpsons,” what is the name of the family dog?
SANTA’S LITTLE HELPER
A.
Staten
Island forms part of what U.S. city?
4.
NEW YORK
A.
30-POINT OPEN QUESTION CANADIAN HISTORY
5. What was the name of the first successful French settlement in what is now maritime Canada?
PORT ROYAL
A.
6. Which French explorer founded Port Royal in 1605?
SAMUEL DE CHAMPLAIN
A.
7. What was the name of the French settlement founded by Samuel de Champlain in 1608?
QUEBEC
A.
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40-POINT OPEN QUESTION DRAKE
8. Give the full name of the rapper, songwriter and actor known as Drake.
AUBREY DRAKE GRAHAM
A.
9. In what city was Drake born?
TORONTO
A.
10. What character did Drake play on the television series “Degrassi: The Next Generation”?
JIMMY BROOKS
A.
11. Drake is featured in the track “Moment 4 Life”, by what female musician?
NICKI MThJAJ
A.
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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.
12. What comic-strip sailor called his father “Pappy”?
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A.
POPEYE
PART TWO: The remaining questions deal with POPEYE.
SCORE TEN POFTS FOR EACH CORRECT ANSWER
13. Who is described as having a swan neck, a pickle nose and the measurements of 19-19-19?
A.
OLIVE OYL
14. Called Brutus in the comic strip, what name did Popeye’s enemy have in films and on television?
A.
BLUTO
15. Which friend of Popeyes was born in a hamburger joint in Ocean Pier Park, California?
WIMPY
A.
20-POINT SPECIAL
16. Name one of the two South American countries that do not share a border with Brazil.
A.
CHILE, ECUADOR
80-POINT ASSIGNED QUESTION CITY NICKNAMES
Here is an ASSIGNED QUESTION on CITY NICKNAMES 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.
Give the city associated with each of the following nicknames or references.
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TEAM A:
17. The Windy City.
A.
CHICAGO
18. The Eternal City.
A.
ROME
19. The City of Lights.
A.
PARIS
20. The River of January.
A.
RIO DE JANEWO
TEAM B
21. Hogtown.
A.
TORONTO
22. City by the Bay
A.
SAN FRANCISCO
23. The Big Apple.
NEW YORK
A.
24. Queen of the Adriatic.
A.
VENICE
30-POINT OPEN QUESTION ANIMALS
25. On which type of animal would I find fur called astrakhan?
A.
LAMB/SHEEP
26. What type of creature is an Arctic char?
A.
FISH
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27. What relative of the camel lives in South America?
A.
LLAMA (Accept VICUNA, ALPACA or GUANACO)
40-POINT SNAPPERS TO END THE ROUND
28. Using the Mohs Scale of Hardness, which substance is considered hardest?
DIAMOND
A.
29. What is the third sign of the zodiac, symbolized by twins?
GEMINI
A.
30. In biology, what is the term for an organism that can survive in wide-ranging habitat?
A.
GENERALIST
physics,
what is the term for the distortion of space due to the presence of mass?
31. In
GRAVITATIONAL FIELD
A.
ONE-MINUTE BREAK TO ROUND TWO
40-POINT SNAPPERS TO START ROUND TWO
32. What is the date of All Saints’ Day?
NOVEMBER 1ST
A.
33. In which sport would I find jammers breaking out of the pack?
A.
ROLLER DERBY
34. Which useful household item is made from naphthalene?
MOTHBALLS
A.
35. On the periodic table, what is the symbol for Phosphorous?
P
A.
40-POINT WHO 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 a general and friend of a powerful Roman leader and then co-consul with him until his death.
WHO AM I?
CLUE B: I was on the winning side at the 2 battles of Philippi in Macedonia. But then, I lost it all at the naval
battle of Actium on Sept. 2, 31 BC.
WHO AM I?
CLUE C: A popular young singer is named after me.
WHO AM I?
CLUE D: Shakespeare made me famous when he wrote a speech for me in one of his plays: “Friends, Romans,
countrymen..
WHO AM I?
A.
MARK ANTONY
30-POINT OPEN QUESTION
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MOUNTAIN PASSES
37. What is the most important pass between Afghanistan and Pakistan?
KHYBER
A.
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38. Becoming a major border in 1919, what pass links Innsbruck in Austria with Bolzano. Italy?
A.
BRENNER
39. A route through the Rocky Mountains between Alberta and B.C., what pass carries the highest stretch of the
Canadian Pacific Railway?
A.
IUCKII’JG HORSE
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.
40. Who served as Canada’s Prime Minister from 1968 to 1979 and again from 1980 to 1984?
A.
PIERRE ELLIOT TRUDEAU
PART TWO: The remaining questions deal with TRUDEAU
SCORE TEN POThJTS FOR EACH CORRECT ANSWER
41. What political party did Trudeau lead?
A.
THE LIBERAL PARTY
42. In 1980, Trudeau appointed the first woman Speaker of the House of Commons. What was her name?
A.
JEANNE SAUVE
43. Prior to his position as prime minister, what was Trudeau’s profession?
A.
LAWYER
40-POINT OPEN QUESTION SPELLING
41. It is a decorative hanging light with branches for several light bulbs or candles. Spell ‘chandelier’.
A.
CHANDELIER
45. It means “to take the place of’. Spell ‘supersede’.
A.
SUPERSEDE
46. It refers to a second-year university or high school student. Spell ‘sophomore’.
A.
SOPHOMORE
47. It is a deep-bodied South American freshwater fish. Spell ‘piranha
A.
PIRANHA
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40-POINT SNAPOUT TO END ROUND TWO
48. In geology, what is the term for the resistance of a mineral to being scratched?
A.
HARDNESS
49. What is the capital of Afghanistan?
A.
KABUL
50. In geology, what is the term for the large, continental landmass that existed about 300 million years ago,
and included most of the continental lithosphere at that time?
A.
PANGAEA
51. Which country music trio made a hit with “Goodbye Earl”?
A.
DIXIE CHICKS
ONE-MINUTE BREAK TO ROUND THREE
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40-POINT SNAPSTART TO ROUND THREE
52. What name refers to the Jewish Day of Atonement?
A.
YOMKPPUR
53. What innovation did John Molson, as chairman of the Montreal Gas Company, introduce to his city’s
streets in 1836?
A.
GAS LAMPS
54. What U.S. southern playwright wrote “A Streetcar Named Desire”?
A.
TENNESSEE WILLIAMS
many
How
sides does a heptagon have?
55.
SEVEN
A.
40-POINT TEAM QUESTION
In this two-past 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 do we call a group of fixed stars within an imaginary outline?
A.
CONSTELLATION
PART TWO: The remaining questions deal with CONSTELLATIONS.
SCORE TEN POINTS FOR EACH CORRECT ANSWER.
57. What is the common name for Orion?
A.
THE HUNTER
58. What is the common name for Leo?
A.
THE LION
59. What is the common name for Gemini?
A.
THE TWINS
40-POINT OPEN QUESTION COLOURFUL NAMES
All answers include a colour or a shade.
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60. What is the better-known name of the game sometimes called “Twenty-One”?
A.
BLACKJACK
name of a dangerous type of wasp.
This
is
the
6J.
YELLOWJACKET
A.
62. Name the international organization that cares for the sick, especially in times of disaster.
A.
RED CROSS
63. Give the slang expression for too much attention being paid to details and to filling out forms, usually
associated with government agencies or large corporations.
A.
RED TAPE
40 POINT WHAT AM I QUESTION
64. 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.
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CLUE A: The largest of me was found in the southwestern U.S.A. at an amazing height o 15-metres.
WHAT AM 1?
CLUE B: My seeds may lie in the ground for years before developing.
WHAT AM I?
CLUE C: The biggest of me is the saguaro.
WHAT AM I?
CLUED: My skin stretches to store water, which is necessary in the desert climate in which I live.
WHAT AM I?
A.
I AM A CACTUS
20-POINT OPEN QUESTION THREES
65. What were the names of Peter Rabbit’s three siblings?
A.
FLOPSY, MOPSY and COflONTAW
66. What were the professions of the three men in the tub?
A.
BUTCHER, BAKER and CANDLESTICK MAKER
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ONE-MINUTE BREAK TO ROUND FOUR
40-POINT OPEN QUESTION
All answers begin with “pol.”
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“POE”
67. A country in northern Europe.
A.
POLAND
68. Showing good manners.
A.
POLITE
69. A white bear.
A.
POLAR (BEAR)
70. A paralyzing disease.
A.
POLIO
100-POINT SNAPOUT TO FINISH THE GAME
71. What is the decimal equivalent of 3/8?
A.
0.375
72. Who became the first ruling monarch to attend the Queens Plate horse race in Toronto?
A.
GEORGE VI
73. Which island in the Mediterranean was awarded the George Cross in 1942 for its inhabitants courage in the
face of heavy German air attacks?
A.
MALTA
74. In biology, what is the term for the period during which mammalian mothers cease to feed young ones?
A.
WEANThJG
75. In physics, what is the term for (he process of connecting a charged object to Earth to remove the object’s
unbalanced charge?
A.
GROUNDII\TG
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76. Name the instrument that measures altitude above the sea level and is used mostly on aircraft.
A.
ALTUVIETER
77. What is the profession of the P.G. Wodehouse character named Jeeves?
VALET (ACCEPT BUTLER)
A.
78. What is the name of the vehicle which travels on a cushion of air above water?
A.
HOVERCRAFF
79. In biology, what term can refer to organisms that require molecular oxygen to survive?
AEROBIC
A.
80. In which country was Albert Einstein born?
A.
GERMANY
END OF GAME
TIE-BREAKERS IF NEEDED
1. What is the traditional colour of a New York taxicab?
A.
YELLOW
2. Brook, Dolly Varden, and Rainbow are all types of what fish?
A.
TROUT
3. In physics, what is the term for the property of space around a charged object that causes forces on other
charged objects?
A.
ELECTRICAL FIELD
4. If someone has an irrational fear of heights, what is the name of their phobia?
A.
ACROPHOBIA
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