Science
Pencils and paper ready! A ball rolling at constant speed moves 35 meters within 5 seconds. Calculate its speed in meters per second
7 m/sec
Webster's Dictionary defines it as happening "in a single place without a break in time." Typically, another one begins if either the location or time changes. Give the drama term for this part of an act that usually ends with all characters offstage.
Scene
This character is told by a fox, "You become responsible forever for what you've tamed." This character journeys to planets where he meets a king with no subjects and a businessman who counts stars. Name this character created by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry who is a small person of royal birth.
Little Prince
H Pencils and paper ready! $20 can buy you 8 loaves of bread, 4 dozen donuts, or 10 dozen cookies. How much are one loaf of bread, one dozen donuts and one dozen cookies together?
$9.50
Professional events in this sport include the Monte Carlo Masters, the Davis Cup, and the U.S. Clay Court Championships. Name this sport where the first 3 points in a game are called 15, 30, and 40.
Tennis
One website defines it as "an involuntary action responding to a stimulus." Give this term, often exhibited when a doctor taps below your knee and your lower leg moves.
Reflex
Name these symbols used in written music: This type of note looks like a quarter note with two extra flags.
Sixteenth Note
From the MENSA For Kids guide to Greek myth: "Gaia and Uranus had a bunch of kids. First, they had a bunch of monsters, including [this one-eyed monster]…"
Cyclops
Pencils and paper ready! A right triangle has a hypotenuse of 32 units and a base of 30 units. The triangle's height can be found with a theorem named for this ancient Greek.
Pythagoras
When he celebrated his 30th anniversary in the talk show business, many of his "Dittohead" fans called in to congratulate him. What conservative radio personality's "Southern Command" in Florida is the broadcast home of his Excellence in Broadcasting network?
Rush Limbaugh
Identify which of Newton's Laws of Motion is exemplified in these situations: A car's weight pushes down on a garage floor; the floor must be pushing back on the car, or else the car would fall through the floor
Newtons Third Law
Name these symbols used in written music: This capital letter is sometimes used to indicate four-four time.
C "common time"
From the MENSA For Kids guide to Greek myth: "Gaia and Uranus had a bunch of kids."You need to remember that this Titan was the strongest and best one of all."
Cronus
Pencils and paper ready! A right triangle has a hypotenuse of 26 units and a base of 24 units. Give the height, which is the square root of the difference between the square of the hypotenuse and the square of the base.
10 Units
Give these terms from football: The open space around a quarterback while he looks to throw
Alcoholism may cause severe damage to this organ when it hardens and develops cirrhosis [sa-ROE suss]. Name this organ of your body whose other disorders may include jaundice [JON-duss] and hepatitis.
Liver
Called a "black" in French and Spanish and a "crotchet" in England, it doesn’t have a flag but does have a long straight stem that may point up or down. Identify this type of musical note that is usually held for two counts in six-eight time and one count in four-four time.
Quarter Note
E First and last name needed! A 1904 stage play and a 1911 novel are both based on this boy who loses his shadow and who is typically played onstage by a woman. What James Barrie character who becomes friends with Wendy serves as leader of the Lost Boys but refuses to grow up?
Peter Pan
Pencils and paper ready! Divide 4.922 by 2.3 and give your answer to 2 decimal places
2.14
Depending on the computer you use and how you set it, it can look like an underscore, a filled-in rectangle, the letter I, or a vertical line. Give the term for this object, seen on a computer screen, that lets you know where your next character will be typed.
Cursor
Identify which of Newton's Laws of Motion is exemplified in these situations: A box of eggs on the front seat of a car keeps moving and bounces off the dashboard when the driver jams on the brakes.
Newton's First Law
A staff using the bass clef has 5 lines and 4 spaces. Counting from the top, tell which note is the: First line
A
Trevor Noah's book Born a Crime and Richard Wright's book Black Boy are examples of this genre, along with Maya Angelou's I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. Name this genre in which the main character tells the real story of his own life.
Autobiography
Pencils and paper ready! Do these problems that are based on some used by MathCounts: A. A plant 2 inches tall doubles in height every 5 days. How tall will the plant be after 15 days?
16 inches
S Answer these about classic video games: The game "Pong" was made by this company.
Atari