Sports
What is the mascot for Lawrence High School?
Chesty Lion
What addictive online word game went viral this year and was bought by The New York Times?
Wordle
What is the name of the
Kansas state song?
Home on the Range
Which heritage Group is celebrated in May?
Answer: Asian American and Pacific Islander. However. If they say Jewish American Heritage Month-that is also true.
Little Saigon Cafe on 23rd Street serves a popular type of soup called pho (pronounced "fuh"). Pho is considered the national dish of what southeast Asian country?
A) Korea B) Vietnam C) Japan D) India
B) Vietnam
Which football player, who some refer to as the GOAT, retired after playing with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers only to announce two months later that he would return?
Tom Brady
Which Netflix original series ends this summer, due to some of the cast having outgrown their teenage characters by almost ten years?
Stranger Things
What is the approximate
population of Lawrence, Kansas?
A) 34,000
B) 78,000
C) 103,000
D) 96,000
D) 96,000
How many books were challenged to library, school, and university materials and services in 2021?
A. 156 Challenges. B. 729 Challenges.
C. 1,000 Challenges D. 100 Challenges
B. 729 challenges.
Dandelions are not native to North America but were brought here by humans traveling to North America from which continent?
Eurasia. (Accept Europe or Asia as well).
Which NBA team used to play in Kansas City?
The Kings
What music festival ended last week after performances from Billie Eilish, Harry Styles, and Doja Cat?
Coachella
What are the three elementary schools
that feed into Billy Mills Middle School
and what are their mascots?
Schwegler Elementary School Cubs;
Prairie Park Elementary School Bobcats;
Broken Arrow Elementary School Eagles)
*10 Points for each school with a mascot
correctly identified*
What company is Elon Musk trying to buy? Bonus: For how much?
A. America's Space Program. B. Twitter.
C. Trump Towers. D. Tik Tok.
Bonus: For how much?
C. Twitter
If they can tell how much extra 10 points. ($43 Billion)
According to the Washington Post, "the ongoing failure to protect the world's largest rainforest from rapacious cattle ranching is no longer Brazil's alone." What country is the second-biggest buyer of Brazilian beef and thereby contributing to the destruction of a tropical rainforest?
A. Argentina. B. Bolivia C. Costa Rica D. USA
D. USA
Which KU basketball player has had the most wins during his career?
Mitch Lightfoot
Mark Zuckerberg, who owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, recently renamed his company what?
Meta (or "Metaverse")
What program will be starting at
New York Elementary School
next school year?
A) A Band Program
B) A Montessori Program
C) An AVID Program
D) A Choir Program
B) A Montessori Program
What state met for the first time, 100% renewable energy (electricity usage)?
A. Kansas. B. California. C. Florida. D. Utah.
B. California with 2/3's of it being SOLAR-Yeah California
Two planets appeared to be so close in our early morning sky, so close on May 1st that some astronomers made jokes about the planets kissing. Really the planets are over 600 million miles apart. One of these planets is named after the Roman goddess of love and the other, the largest planet in our solar system, is named after the Roman god of the sky and thunder and the king of gods in ancient Roman religion. Which 2 planets are these?
Venus and Jupiter
Which sport at BMMS has the longest season?
Cheerleading
Name 5 television shows in the Marvel Cinematic Universe that have premiered on Disney+.
(10 points each). Possible answers: Loki, Wandavision, Hawkeye, Falcon & Winter Soldier, Moon Knight, What If?...
Free State High School Seniors Serena
Rupp and John Marshall became
National Champions last week in which
of the following:
A) Debate
B) Scholars Bowl
C) Forensics
D) Robotics
A) Debate
The Severe weather season is in full swing in the US. Which two regions will be hit the hardest this week according to the National Weather service?
A. Southern & Northeastern Regions.
B. Western & Southern Regions.
C. Central & Southern Regions.
D. Central & Northeastern Regions.
C. Central & Southern Regions
What phase is the moon in this week? A) waxing crescent, B) waxing gibbous, C) full moon D) waning crescent
A) waxing crescent