Language Arts
This author for young people grew up in Honolulu, Hawaii. She wrote The Science of Breakable Things. Who won a Newbery Medal for When You Trap a Tiger?
(TAE) KELLER
The time signature in "My Country Tis of Thee" is three-four. What type of notes receive one beat in this song?
QUARTER (NOTES)
These two mathematical operations are related. Both of the operations can use the commutative property. With what two operations can the commutative property be used?
ADDITION, MULTIPLICATION
Everything in the universe is made of this, including all atoms. This substance takes up space and has volume. What term is defined as something that can be a solid, a liquid, or a gas?
MATTER
Home to such notable locations as The Red Mile, the Kentucky Horse Park, and Keeneland, this city is popularly called the “Horse Capital of the World”. What city in Kentucky, is the commonwealth’s second largest by population?
LEXINGTON (KENTUCKY)
In this picture book, a young girl travels with her family through Ohio in an old Pontiac. Along the way, she and her family stop to gather watercress by the side of the road. What is the name of this picture book by Andrea Wang?
WATERCRESS
This style of music originated in Spain and parts of South America. The tango and salsa are examples of this music style. What style of music also includes mariachi music from Mexico?
LATIN AMERICAN
This type of data can be found in newspapers or on the Internet. It is quicker to gather than having to collect the data yourself. What is data that has already been collected and published by someone else?
SECONDARY (DATA)
This is a measure of change in motion for an object. It can be the result of increasing or decreasing speed. What term describes the change in velocity over time.
ACCELERATION
On June 1 in this year, the United States admitted its first state west of the Appalachian Mountains, the 15th state to join the young country. In what year did Kentucky officially become a state?
1792
Poems are sometimes classified by the number of lines they contain. For example, a sonnet contains fourteen lines. What term refers to a poem consisting of exactly five lines?
CINQUAIN [sin KANE]
This is called the music of the people. It is passed down orally through generations. What type of music is American bluegrass?
FOLK MUSIC
Since 26 and 34 are equidistant from a multiple of ten, you can calculate the value of the product quickly. What is the value of 26 times 34?
884 (EIGHT HUNDRED EIGHTY-FOUR)
This type of electromagnetic radiation is found at the middle of the spectrum. This type of light energy can come in colors such as red, green, or blue. What do we call light that we can see?
VISIBLE (LIGHT)
This kind of map concentrates on an area's human-made features. What type of map might include the streets, cities, and borders of states or countries?
POLITICAL (MAP)
This book contains numerous pictures from the subject's life. These pictures are accompanied by text that describe the events portrayed in the pictures. Name this book about our 16th president that received a Newbery Medal for Russell Freedman.
LINCOLN (A PHOTOBIOGRAPHY)
Two-word answer required. This free reed instrument has a keyboard. It is played by forcing air through a series of tubes. What instrument is often used in church music?
PIPE ORGAN
Happy's Hot Dogs used 1/3 of a bag of buns at lunch. They used 2 times as many buns at dinner. How many bags of buns did they use for dinner?
2/3 (TWO-THIRDS BAG)
Somewhat confusingly, this two-word phrase also applies to fog, sleet, snow, and hail. It occurs because burned fossil fuels release carbon, nitrogen, and sulfur oxides into the atmosphere. What is this harmful precipitation that can kill freshwater organisms, leach minerals from soil, and damage stone buildings?
ACID RAIN
This colonial leader believed Native Americans should be paid for the land on which the English settled. He lived for a time with the Narragansett [nair-uh-GAN-set] people and, after buying land from them, established Providence Plantations. Give the name of this Rhode Island founder.
(ROGER) WILLIAMS
When Emily Dickinson wrote "I heard a fly buzz," she was using this literary device. If you describe the splish splash of rain, you are using this device. The song "Old MacDonald Had a Farm" is filled with what types of words that imitate sound?
ONOMATOPOEIA
Students at Balboa High School started this dance in 1952. It is a variation of the Conga line. What is this dance that might be performed by the Easter Rabbit?
BUNNY HOP
Blue detergent liquid contains 80 ounces. According to the ingredient list, it contains 40 percent water. How many ounces of water are in the container?
32 (THIRTY-TWO OUNCES)
This type of earthquake wave pushes the earth back and forth as they travel. These waves are the fastest type of seismic wave. Which earthquake waves arrive first?
P WAVES (ACCEPT: PRIMARY WAVES)
This man named Canada and was one of the first Europeans to winter there. He failed to find gold, spices, and the Northwest Passage, but he sailed near what would become Quebec. Name this French explorer who sailed into the Gulf of St. Lawrence and the St. Lawrence River.
(JACQUES) CARTIER [ZHOCK car-TYAY]