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Academic Olympics


The team will be competing in the Northwest Kiwanis tournament in March 2007. The tournament is a standard Quiz Bowl tournament with trivia from all subjects and categories. Interested students should see the advisor, Mr. Bartels, in room 124.

If you like trivia and have an encyclopedic memory, maybe this team is for you!

Sample questions:

  1. What is the title of the national anthem of Canada?

  2. What is the name of the individual who created the cartoon strip Beetle Bailey?

  3. Many are in the form of arch bridges, and some, such s the Pont du Gard at Nimes, France, still survive. Name there artificial channels for the movement of water that the ancient Romans built.

  4. These carnivals, beginning some time before shrove Tuesday, are held in various places, including Rio de Janeiro and New Orleans. What is the French name for Shrove of "fat" Tuesday?

  5. The five grades are chevalier, officer, commander, grand officer, and grand cross. Name this highest French award for civil and military service that was created by Napoleon I in 1802.

  6. What is the name of the currency of South Korea?

  7. Of the four articles of impeachment drawn up against President Clinton, how many were approved by the House of Representatives?

  8. Our nation's highest civilian award is called the Medal of what?

  9. What do only the letters C, D, I, M, L, V, and X have in common?

  10. Eight states touch Tennessee and eight states touch Missouri, name a state that touches Tennessee and Missouri.

  11. The sum of what two squares is equal to the prime number 61?

  12. Who split the AFL to form the CIO in 1935?

  13. What is the capital of Argentina?

  14. Here are four documents important in American History: Northwest Ordinance, Declaration of Independence, Constitutional Amendment ending slavery in the U.S., Versailles Treaty. Now arrange in the correct chronological order.

  15. The modern marathon is exactly 26 miles, 385 yards in length. To the nearest whole number, how many kilometers is this?

  16. What is the derivative of 5?

  17. Not all battles are military or naval battles. Who beat whom in the famous biblical battle that took place in the valley of Elah?

  18. On the stage, any inanimate objects that don't come under the heading of costume, stage or furniture are called what?

  19. The symbol for micron is a Greek letter. Name it.

  20. What three substances pass through the stomata of leaves

 

 

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Answers

   
 
  1. "O, Canada!"

  2. Mort Walker

  3. aueducts

  4. Mardi Gras

  5. Legion of Honor

  6. won

  7. two

  8. Freedom

  9. they are all Roman Numerals

  10. Kentucky or Arkansas

  11. 36 and 25

  12. John L. Lewis

  13. Buenos Aires

  14. Declaration, Northwest, Slavery, Versailles

  15. 42

  16. 0

  17. David beat Goliath

  18. props

  19. Mu

  20. water, Carbon dioxide, oxygen

How did you do?

If you got them all right maybe you should join the Academic Olympics Team!

See Mr. Bartels in Room 124