2004-09 Practice Questions

        Coaches who want to participate may e-mail a round of practice questions in tournament format to mhouse@cgrove417.org. Please include your name, school address, and phone number. As soon as I receive your questions, I will e-mail you a user id and password which you may use to access the full archive by following this link. Practice questions are available for download here. The "2004," "2005," "2006," "2007," and "2008" links will take you to submitted questions for those school years. Questions submitted for the 2009-10 school year are available now under the "2009" link.

        Practice Question Archive

        The following is a sample of the questions you might find in the Practice Question Archive.

        Submitted By
        Council Grove High School
        129 Hockaday
        Council Grove, KS 66846
        mhouse@cgrove417.org
        (Martha House & Karen Vondemkamp)

        LANGUAGE ARTS

        1. Name the Shakespearean character who is the father of Goneril, Regan, and Cordelia.
        ANS: KING LEAR

        2. Who is the author of the short story "The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber," concerning big game hunting?
        ANS: EARNEST HEMINGWAY

        3. Name the two children in Henry James' story, "The Turn of the Screw."
        ANS: MILES AND FLORA

        SOCIAL SCIENCE

        4. Name the financial predator of the late 1860s and early 1870s who looted the Erie Railroad and caused a financial panic when he attempted to corner the gold market.
        ANS: JAY GOULD

        5. Name the English theologian and evangelist who founded Methodism and spread the gospel through itinerant preachers who rode through the countryside on horseback.
        ANS: JOHN WESLEY

        6. Name the frontiersman and Revolutionary War soldier who became commander of the Green Mountain Boys who seized Fort Ticonderoga in 1775.
        ANS: ETHAN ALLEN

        MATH

        7. If the volume of a cylinder is 90¼ square inches, and the height of the cylinder is 10 inches, what is the diameter of the cylinder?
        ANS: 6 inches

        8. Find the log base three of one over two hundred forty-three.
        ANS: -5

        9. If the sine of theta is the square root of three over two and the angle is in the first quadrant, what is the secant of theta?
        ANS: 2

        SCIENCE

        10. How many neutrons are in the nucleus of an atom of tungsten-184 which has an atomic number of 74?
        ANS: 110

        11. What is the name for the lower jawbone in vertebrates?
        ANS: mandible

        12. If an object has a mass of 5 kg and is moving along at a rate of 2 meters per second, how much kinetic energy does it have?
        ANS: 10 Joules or 10 kg-m2/s2

        FINE ARTS

        13. Name the city in which Keith Lockhart became conductor of the orchestra in 1995. The orchestra had previously been led by Arthur Fiedler and John Williams.
        ANS: BOSTON

        14. Name the art form common in the early days of the United States which involved an embroidered display of several different stitches.
        ANS: SAMPLER

        15. Translate the following to English: Konnen Sie mir helfen? Puede usted ayudarme? Pouvez-vous mÕaider?
        ANS: CAN YOU HELP ME?

        CURRENT EVENTS

        16. Who is the David Letterman cast member that popularized the words "schwag" and "dank" and recently was convicted of violating his probation on marijuana selling charges?
        ANS: MANNY THE HIPPIE

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