Math
Kelly was fifth in line. Harry was first in line. What type of numbers are fifth and first?
ORDINAL (NUMBERS)
Cities in this geographic region include Frankfort, Lexington and Louisville. What Kentucky geographic region shares its name with a type of music featuring the fiddle and banjo?
BLUEGRASS (GEOGRAPHIC REGION)
Despite being a sequel to 2018's Rebound, this novel was published in 2014. Josh and Jordan Bell lead their middle school's basketball team before dealing with their father's untimely death. Identify this Newbery-winning verse novel by Kwame [KWAH-mee] Alexander.
(THE) CROSSOVER
This musical element can be thick or thin. Examples include monophony [muh-NAH-fuh-nee] and polyphony [puh-LIF-uh-nee]. Identify this musical element that shares its name with an element of art.
TEXTURE
This type of energy depends on the position of an object. A spring that is stretched has more of this type of energy than a spring that is not stretched. What type of stored energy is called the energy of position?
POTENTIAL (ENERGY)
Middle may help you remember this statistics term. What term refers to the middle element in a data set when the elements are arranged in ascending order?
MEDIAN
This military base's website calls itself "Our Nation's Gold Standard Army Home." What base, located near Elizabethtown, Kentucky, also adjoins a place where the U.S. stores precious metals?
(FORT) KNOX
One inspiration for this Caldecott-winning book was South Dakota's Standing Rock Reservation. Its heroine is a young Ojibwe girl who fights the so-called "black snake" of an oil pipeline. Give the title of this book written by Carole Lindstrom.
WE ARE WATER PROTECTORS
Unlike the earlier Baroque, this musical era's pieces have a clear melody. It gave way to the Romantic Era, but Beethoven lived and worked during both of those periods. Identify this time during which Haydn [HI-den] and Mozart wrote.
CLASSICAL (ERA)
If a boy rides his bicycle to school, this term means how far the bicycle moved. It is often measured in miles or kilometers. What is defined as the total length of the path the bicycle traveled?
DISTANCE
A box of copy paper costs $48.00. There are 12 reams in the box. What is the cost of each ream of paper?
$4.00 (FOUR DOLLARS)
Sometimes called a "river of grass," this expansive marshland is being plagued by invasive species like pythons. Home to a national park, what is this area covering 4300 square miles in Florida?
(THE FLORIDA) EVERGLADES
This writer adapted the Kenneth Grahame novel The Wind in the Willows into a play. He also wrote the poetry collections Now We Are Six and When We Were Very Young. Name the creator of Christopher Robin and Winnie-the-Pooh.
(A(LAN) A(LEXANDER)) MILNE
This instrument's Neapolitan and Milanese models resemble their ancestor the lute. Its eight strings are tuned in pairs to the same pitches as the violin. Identify this instrument that Bill Monroe popularized in bluegrass music.
MANDOLIN
This thin layer of the Earth is only about 3 to 25 miles thick. It is made of large sections called tectonic plates. What is the outermost layer of the Earth?
CRUST
The instructions on Hank's worksheet said to shade 3/4 of the circle. The circle was divided into twelve sectors. How many sectors should Hank shade?
9 (NINE) (SECTORS)
Almost 80 percent of this nation is covered by an ice sheet. Its discoverer was the father of Leif Erikson, one of the first Europeans to view North America. West of Iceland and east of Canada, name this island discovered by Erik the Red
GREENLAND
This book's settings include the Doldrums, Dictionopolis, and Digitopolis. Milo meets the Humbug and Tock the watchdog as he works to rescue Princesses Rhyme and Reason. Name this fantastical ode to learning written by Norton Juster.
(THE) PHANTOM TOLLBOOTH
This Romantic composer wrote a fantasy overture for Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. He called for cannon fire in his 1812 Overture. Identify the composer of The Nutcracker.
(PYOTR) TCHAIKOVSKY [chigh-KAWF-skee]
This farming practice involves planning and planting to keep soil fertile, healthy and full of nutrients. What is this practice in which farmers often change what they plant in a particular field?
CROP ROTATION
Every basket of bouncy balls contains balls in the ratio of 3 red balls and 8 blue balls. How many red balls would be in a basket with 16 blue balls?
6 (SIX) (RED BALLS)
This Spaniard is credited with being the first European to reach Florida. Who is associated with a search for a legendary spring that would rejuvenate those who drank from it, the so-called Fountain of Youth?
(JUAN PONCE) DE LEON [WAHN POHNCE day lay-OWN]
Works in this broad genre include self-help books, travel guides, memoirs, and histories. Give the word for literature consisting of fact-based, rather than imagination-based, narrative prose.
NONFICTION
This dance shares its name with a tall drum. It was a traditional Carnival dance that Latin American slaves performed at the end of the sugarcane harvest. Identify this line dance in which people kick their legs to the side.
CONGA
This process of the water cycle occurs in the troposphere. In what process does water vapor turn into water droplets that form clouds?
CONDENSATION