Math
What is the value of the sum: 1.3 + 5.2 + 9.7?
16.2
In what year did the first British immigrants arrive in Massachusetts?
1620
The City of Boston was founded in 1630
How many sports seasons does Sharon High School offer?
Three
SHS offers Fall, Winter, and Spring sports.
All living organisms are made up of which basic unit?
Cells
Cells were first discovered by a monk.
How many billion people live on Earth?
8 billion
Although the population is still increasing, it is actually increasing at a decreasing rate.
Nox has a box with side lengths 3, 4, and 5cm. What is the volume of his box?
60 cm3
Which major sport was invented in Springfield, Massachusetts in the 1890s?
Basketball
How many kilometers is a typical varsity cross country race?
5
5 kilometers is approximately equal to 3.1 miles
Table salt is made up of which two highly dangerous elements?
Sodium and Chlorine
These two dangerous elements become stable once they form NaCl, better known as table salt.
The EEE virus is transmitted via which common pest?
Mosquitos
Mosquitos are the animal which causes the most deaths each year.
How many yards is 900 inches?
25 yards
There are 12 inches in a foot and 3 feet in a yard.
Which major sport was invented in Holyoke, Massachusetts as an alternative to another sport invented in Massachusetts?
Volleyball
Volleyball was invented from a concern that the other sport was too violent.
What sports league is Sharon High School in?
The Hockomock league
Which phenomenon occurs near the North Pole due to charged particles hitting the Earth’s atmosphere?
Aurora Borealis or Northern lights
The colors of the Northern lights come from the various elements in the Earth's atmosphere. Green comes from oxygen, while purple comes from nitrogen.
Which grade occupies the most recently built part of Sharon Middle School?
6th
The sixth grade wing and the Early Childhood Center were added to the middle school after its construction.
What is the reminder when 9345 is divided by 27?
In which Massachusetts city was the first printing press set up?
Cambridge
Today, Cambridge continues its academic legacy, as it is home to MIT and Harvard, two globally acclaimed universities.
What is the only SHS sport offered for two seasons each year?
Sailing
The sailing team is active in the Fall and Spring
Which geological event, 20,000 - 15,000 years ago, caused the various small lakes and eskers common to New England?
The glaciers/ice age
Glaciers often pick up rocks as they move along, carving out parts of the ground below.
What is the longest unbridged river in the world?
the Amazon
The Amazon is also sometimes considered to be the longest river in the world, and supports the world's largest rainforest.
How many factors does 200 have?
The factors of 200 are 1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 10, 20, 25, 40, 50, 100, and 200
What is the modern name for the landform originally called “Massachusett”?
Great Blue Hill/Blue Hills
An accurate translation of Massachusett would be "near the big hill"
What sport has a game at Taunton High School today?
Which of Newton’s laws relates force with mass and acceleration?
2nd.
Newton's second law states that force is equal to mass times acceleration (F=ma)
If a line is in the form y = mx + b, what does m represent?
slope
x and y represent the coordinates of any point on the line, m represents the slope, and b represents where the line intersects the y-axis.