Math
Multiple answer A line segment crosses the x-axis. Both of its endpoints have positive x-
coordinates. If one y-coordinate is positive and the other negative, in what two quadrants are
the end points located?
FIRST, FOURTH (ACCEPT:1 AND 4)
This type of geologic feature typically names a place where a river experiences a rapid
decrease in elevation. Below one, you'll usually find a deep hole and strong, unpredictable
currents. What type of geologic features includes ones named Victoria, Angel, and Niagara?
(WATER)FALL(S)
Different types of this sheet music symbol look like a 7, a black box, and a chicken's beak.
Each one has the same time value as the note that shares its name. Name these symbols that
mean a musician should be quiet for a given length of time.
REST(S)
This illustrator earned her first Caldecott Medal for her collaboration with Lindsay
Mattick. Her second Caldecott came for a book she wrote and illustrated. Who is this creator of
Hello Lighthouse?
(SOPHIE) BLACKALL
This physicist conducted research on radioactivity. She coined the term radioactivity to
describe her observations. Who was the first woman to receive a Nobel Prize and the only
person to receive two prizes in two different science fields?
(MARIE) CURIE
Consider the data set {12, 7, 14, 20, 16} What is the range of the data?
13 (THIRTEEN)
Winners of this event include Mystik Dan, American Pharoah, Affirmed and Secretariat.
The Triple Crown goes to winners of the Belmont, Preakness and this race. What is this race for
three-year-old horses, held in Louisville?
(THE KENTUCKY) DERBY
Special models of this instrument include the euphonium, helicon, and sousaphone. The
player holds this instrument upright and blows a large volume of air into its mouthpiece while
holding down one or more of its valves. Identify this largest and lowest-pitched orchestral brass
instrument.
TUBA
In this novel, the protagonist's family includes her mother Ana, her father Enrique, and
her older brother Roli. She must babysit her cousins and deal with her grandfather's Alzheimer's
diagnosis, all while maintaining a B+ average at school. Name this Newbery-winning novel by
Meg Medina.
MERCI SUĂREZ CHANGES GEARS
A swim noodle in water exhibits this force. What force allows objects to float or rise
when they are submerged in a liquid?
BUOYANCY
Triangle RST and Triangle WXY are similar. What is the measure In degrees of angle XWY,
if the measure of angle SRT is thirty degrees?
30 (THIRTY DEGREES)
This important geographic landmark, near the place where Kentucky, Virginia and
Tennessee meet, was created by flowing water. Thomas Walker discovered it in 1750. What is
this natural pass that opened up American exploration of Kentucky and points west?
CUMBERLAND GAP
This sheet music symbol consists of two vertical bars with two vertical dots either to
their left or right. If two of these symbols surround a passage, the direction applies only to that
passage. What is this indication that a section or a whole piece should be performed again?
REPEAT (SIGN)
This poem uses imagery by mentioning, quote, "the sweep / Of easy wind and downy
flake." In it, the speaker and his horse pause by a forest before continuing their journey. Identify
this wintertime poem by Robert Frost.
STOPPING BY WOODS ON A SNOWY EVENING
Radio waves have the longest, and gamma rays have the shortest of these. What is the
measurement from the top of one wave to the top of the next wave?
WAVELENGTH
The sum of two numbers is 317.34. One of the numbers is 213.50. What is the other
number?
103.84 (ONE HUNDRED THREE POINT EIGHTY-FOUR)
This economics term refers to people who buy or use goods or services to fulfill a need
or want. What general economics term, the opposite of "producer," refers to people who buy
products?
CONSUMER(S)
To celebrate a war's end, this composer wrote Royal Fireworks Music. His Water Music
premiered on a barge in London's River Thames [TEMZ]. Identify the Baroque composer of
Messiah.
(GEORGE FRIDERIC) HANDEL
This novel's title location is a swamp community populated by former slaves. Homer and
Ada reach it, but he eventually returns to Southerland Plantation to rescue their mother. Give
the title of this Newbery Medal-winning Amina Luqman [LUKE-mahn]-Dawson novel.
FREEWATER
Two word answer. Weathering and erosion are part of this cycle, creating sediment. The
sediment forms sedimentary rock in this cycle. What is this slow process of rocks changing into
new types of rocks?
ROCK CYCLE
Two points are graphed on the coordinate plane and connected with a line segment. The
two points are (3, 4) and (-3, 4). What axis is crossed by the line segment?
Y (AXIS) (ACCEPT: VERTICAL (AXIS))
During this event of the 1930s, the sun was sometimes blocked by windborne soils in so-
called "black blizzards." Erosion, drought and poor agricultural practices led to what disastrous
event in the U.S. Great Plains from roughly 1930 to 1936?
DUST BOWL
Members of this instrument family are called chordophones. The balalaika [bah-luh-LIE-
kuh], sitar, and mandolin are three of its members. Identify this family of the lute and lyre.
STRING (FAMILY)
This word comes from the Greek for "actor who plays the first part." It is a synonym of
"hero" or "heroine." Give this word for a literary work's leading character.
PROTAGONIST
The tails of these celestial objects are due to interactions with the heat from the sun.
What are these icy bodies, like Halley's, that orbit the sun?
COMET