Academic Bowl 1
The meaning of Calligraphy and the country it was derived from.
What is "beautiful writing" from the Greek language.
The amount of quarters in twenty dollars.
What is eighty?
The waste product of photosynthesis.
What is oxygen?
The member of The Souls that loves the theatre.
Who is Ethan?
The first name of the author Mrs. Konigsburg.
What is Elaine?
The portion of the North Atlantic Ocean that is noted for its abundance of seaweed.
What is the Sargasso Sea?
The length of time one man can paint an eight feet by twelve feet wall in one half hour, this is how long it would take three men to paint a wall that is eight feet by twenty-four feet.
What is twenty minutes?
The three major food groups.
What are proteins, carbohydrates, and fats?
The best man at Nadia's grandfather's and Ethan's grandmother's wedding.
Who is Noah?
Birth city of e. l. konigsburg.
What is New York City?
The four American women that are associated with the following places in New York State - Seneca Falls, Homer, Rochester, and Auburn.
Who were Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Amelia Jenks Blumer, Susan B. Anthony, Harriet Tubman
The famous father of Queen Elizabeth I of England.
Who was King Henry VIII?
The first president to live in the White House.
Who was John Adams?
The member of "The Souls" that came up with the name of "The Souls."
Who was Nadia?
Books written and illustrated by Konigsburg.
What is "Samuel Todd's Book Great Colors"; "Samuel Todd's Book of Great Inventions"; and "Amy Elizabeth Explores Bloomingdale's."
The country in which masterpiece by the artist Rembrandt was recently stolen which also happens to be his native country.
What is The Netherlands?
The origin of the phrase 'to meet one's Waterloo."
What is Napoleon Bonaparte's last battle at Waterloo in Belgium where he was defeated by the Duke of Wellington in 1815?
The first Spanish explorer to reach Florida.
Who is Ponce de Leon?
The member of "The Souls" whose house is where the team met for tea.
Who is Julian?
The universities attended by Ms. Konigsburg.
What is Carnegie-Mellon University and the University of Pittsburgh?
The parts of the human eye in the order that light reaches them.
What are the cornea, aqueous humor, pupil of iris, vitreous humor, and retina?
The tribe associated with their following North American leaders Sequoyah, Tecumsah, Osceola, and Geronimo.
What is Cherokee, Shawnee, Seminole, and Apache?
The acronym for SOund NAvigation Ranging.
What is SONAR?
The person who saw that "The Souls" would be a good fit and guided them.
Who is Mrs. Olinski?
The other Newberry Medal book written by Konigsburg.
What is "The Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler?