SCHUYLKILL ACADEMIC LEAGUE 2011-12
FEBRUARY 2012
MATCH 4
1.
What finally went out of fashion in ancient Rome, prompting people to begin wearing short pants
called feminalia?
Ans. The Toga
2.
What is the most important book in the Moslem religion?
Ans. Koran
3.
Where is the lowest point of the western hemisphere?
Ans. Death Valley, California
4.
What measurement is calculated by dividing mass over volume?
Ans. Density
5.
Who is the nobel prize winner in the field of peace?
Ans. Barak Obama
6.
What country did Greek historian Herodotus dub "the gift of the Nile"?
Ans. Egypt
7.
Who was Robin Hood's girlfriend?
Ans. Maid Marian
8.
The Missouri joins the Mississippi just north of which city?
Ans. St. Louis
9.
What amphibians belong to the order Anura (meaning "tail-less")?
Ans. Frogs
10.
How many squares are there on a chess board?
Ans. 64
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FANFARE 1
1.
Who was the Arizona Congresswoman that resigned her seat in Congress on January 25, 2012?
Ans. Gabrielle Giffords (accept Gabby Giffords)
2.
Which disease reduced the population of Europe by one third in the period from 1347 to 1351?
Ans. Black Death
3.
Who wrote The Last of the Mohicans?
Ans. James Fenimore Cooper
4.
What is the name for the youngest people working in Congress? They can also be found in a
book.
Ans. Pages
5.
What type of charge does a proton have?
Ans. Positive
6.
Who starts first in chess?
Ans. White
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FANFARE 2
1.
What was the name of the cruise ship that slammed into a rock and capsized near the island of
Giglio, which is off the coast of Italy?
Ans. The Costa Concordia
2.
Which house, symbolized by the red rose, won England's 'War of the Roses?
Ans. The House of Lancaster
3.
Who wrote The Great Gatsby?
Ans. F. Scott Fitzgerald
4.
What is the snouted-animal name for bills introduced by members of Congress that only benefit
people in their home states?
Ans. “Pork barrel” [legislation]
5.
“Dry ice” the solid state of what compound?
Ans. Carbon dioxide
6.
How many dots are there on two dice?
Ans. 42
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ROUND 2
1.
What European country uses its Latin name, Helvetia, on its stamps?
Ans. Switzerland
2.
What John Steinbeck novel was named from a line in the Battle Hymn of the Repiublic?
Ans. The Grapes of Wrath
3.
What interstate highway connects Boston and Seattle?
Ans. I-90
4.
What U.S. state boasts a town called Captain Cook?
Ans. Hawaii
5.
What horoscope sign has a crab?
Ans. Cancer
6.
Which supersonic jet made its first trial flight on January 1, 1969?
Ans. Concorde
7.
What Aldous Huxley novel was named from a line in The Tempest by William Shakespeare?
Ans. Brave New World
8.
Which is the only US state to have been an independent republic?
Ans. Texas
9.
Which transparent front part of the eye that covers the iris, pupil, and anterior chamber receives
no blood at all?
Ans. Cornea
10.
What cowboy tune is the official song of Kansas?
Ans. Home on the Range
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FANFARE 1
1.
What national food chain recently announced that it will stop using “pink slime”?
Ans. McDonald’s
2.
What's the Greek name for hell?
Ans. Hades
3.
What story by Sir Walter Scott begins with the line “In that pleasant district of merry England
which is watered by the river Don, there extended in ancient times a large forest?”
Ans. Ivanhoe
4.
Which New York island was originally called Gibbet Island?
Ans. Ellis Island
5.
The hottest temperature ever recorded in the United States was 134oF. Where was it?
Ans. Death Valley, California on July 10, 1913.
6.
How many colored balls are there in billiards?
Ans. 15
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SCHUYLKILL ACADEMIC LEAGUE 2011-12
FEBRUARY 2012
MATCH 4
FANFARE 2
1.
Name 2 of the 4 candidates running for the Presidency?
Ans. Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich, Rick Santorum, Ron Paul
2.
What country is only bordered by Spain?
Ans. Portugal
3.
What story by Charlotte Bronte begins with the line “There was no possibility of taking a walk
that day?”
Ans. Jane Eyre
4.
What is the name for the introduction to the Constitution?
Ans. Preamble
5.
Dinosaurs became extinct during the last period of the Mesozoic Era. What is the name of the last
period?
Ans. Cretaceous
6.
How many months have 31 days?
Ans. 7
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ROUND 3
1.
What do the Chinese call kwai-tsze, or "quick little fellows"?
Ans. Chopsticks
2.
Who wrote The Catcher in the Rye?
Ans. JD Salinger
3.
How many Great Lakes do not border Michigan?
Ans. One
4.
What does an entomologist study?
Ans. Insects
5.
What New Orleans soup has a name derived from the Bantu word for okra?
Ans. Gumbo
6.
What European country uses its Latin name, Helvetia, on its stamps?
Ans. Switzerland
7.
What was Mark Twain's real name?
Ans. Samuel Clemens
8.
What state volunteered to drop the moniker Hog and Hominy State?
Ans. Tennessee
9.
What island nation is a must for anyone wishing to see 40 species of lemurs?
Ans. Madagascar
10.
What is the highest score in a gymnastics exercise?
Ans. 10
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FANFARE 1
1.
Punxsutawney Phil is the famous groundhog from Pennsylvania that predicts his yearly forecast
every year in February. What is the name of the hill where the event is held?
Ans. Gobbler's Knob
2.
Where was the first modern Olympiad was held in 1896?
Ans. Athens
3.
In which state is F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby set?
Ans. New York
4.
How many articles are in the Constitution?
Ans. 7
5.
Monarch butterflies travel at an average of 20 miles per day during what relocation activity?
Ans. Migration
6.
How long is a round in boxing?
Ans. 3 minutes
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FANFARE 2
1.
Angelo Dundee recently died at the age of 90. He was a legendary trainer for which great boxer?
Ans. Muhammad Ali
2.
The very first bomb dropped by the Allies on Berlin during World War II killed the only
pachyderm where?
Ans. Berlin Zoo [Accept zoo]
3.
How did Hermione manage to take several classes at the same time during her third year at
Hogwarts?
Ans. She used a time turner
4.
How many times has the Constitution been amended?
Ans. 27
5.
What do we call a scientist who studies fossils from dinosaurs?
Ans. Paleontologist
6.
What's the hardest rock?
Ans. Diamond
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