OSAPS - School Subject (Gr. 6-12)

Math

100

What is the value of x in the following equation: 

3x = 33

HINT: 3 x ___ = 33

What is 11?

200

What is the formula for the area of a circle?

What is πr²?

300

What comes next in the following Sequence? 

2, 4, 8, 64, ____

What is 4096?

400

At what points would the parabola cross the x-axis in the following equation? 

y = (x-3)(x+9)

What is 3 and -9?

500

Solve the following: 

(tan 45^o) + (csc 30^o)

What is 3?

Science

100

What is the powerhouse of a cell?

What is a Mitochondrion?

200

What is the name for what is in this Chemical Formula: 

C₈H₁₈

What is Octane?

300

This law states that energy cannot be created or destroyed, only transformed. What is it?

What is the Law of Conservation of Energy?

400

This type of bond involves the sharing of electron pairs between atoms. What is it called?

What is a covalent bond?

500

This subatomic particle is found in the nucleus, has mass, but no electrical charge. What is it called?

What is a neutron?

Social Science

100

Who was the first president of the United States of America?

Who is George Washington?

200

Which country was blamed for starting World War I (WWI)?

What is Germany?

300

This United States Document begins with,

 "we the people"

Which document is it?

What is the constitution?

400

This event in 1867 marked the birth of Canada as a self-governing nation. What is it called?

What is Confederation?

500

The 1970 crisis that led to martial law and the use of the War Measures Act in Quebec is named?

What is the October Crisis?

English/Literature

100

Who is the author of Romeo and Juliet?

Who is Shakespeare?

200

The main character in a story is called the ________.

What is a protagonist?

300

What is the official literary theories name for when a comic book uses sounds as an image (e.g. "buzz," "BOOM," etc...)?

What is an onomatopoeia?

400

What is the opposite of a synonym?

What is an antonym?

500

This type of irony occurs when the audience knows something the characters do not. What is it called?

What is Dramatic Irony?

U.S. Geography

100

Which State is closest to Ottawa Sports Academy?

What is New York?

200

What are the 3 states known as the "west coast" states?

What is California, Oregon, Washington?

300

Which US state is made up entirely of Islands?

What is Hawaii?

400

This U.S. state borders four of the five Great Lakes. Which state is it?

What is Michigan?

500

This U.S. territory is located in the western Pacific Ocean and was acquired in 1898. What is it called?

What is Guam?