2011 gallaudet university national academic bowl preliminary match sample round 1
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2011 GALLAUDET UNIVERSITY NATIONAL ACADEMIC BOWL PRELIMINARY MATCH SAMPLE ROUND 1. ACADEMIC BOWL ROUND ONE. 1 LANGUAGE & LITERATURE. Is the –ing phrase in the following sentence used as a noun, adjective, adverb, or verb: I heard him practicing his singing. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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2011GALLAUDET UNIVERSITY
NATIONAL ACADEMIC BOWL
PRELIMINARY MATCHSAMPLE
ROUND 1
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ACADEMIC BOWL
ROUND ONE
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LANGUAGE & LITERATURE
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Is the –ing phrase in the following sentence used as a noun, adjective, adverb,
or verb: I heard him practicing his singing.
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Is the –ing phrase in the following sentence used as a noun, adjective, adverb,
or verb: I heard him practicing his singing.
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adjective
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HISTORY AND GOVERNMENT
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This is the place where George Washington and
11,000 of his troops spent a harsh winter in 1777-
1778.
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This is the place where George Washington and
11,000 of his troops spent a harsh winter in 1777-
1778.
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Valley Forge
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DEAF STUDIES
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Who is the deaf person associated with the
invention of the football huddle?
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Who is the deaf person associated with the
invention of the football huddle?
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Paul Hubbard
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GEOGRAPHY
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Name the world’s largest desert.
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Name the world’s largest desert.
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Sahara
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MATHEMATICS
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Differentiation:f(x) = 2x²+xf’(x) = _____
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Differentiation:f(x) = 2x²+xf’(x) = _____
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4x+1
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GEOGRAPHY
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This is the largest country in Africa by land area.
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This is the largest country in Africa by land area.
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Republic of the Sudan
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THE ARTS
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This artist is known as the abstract painter who
splattered his canvasses
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This artist is known as the abstract painter who
splattered his canvasses
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Jackson Pollock
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LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
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In The Arabian Nights, which poor man finds the
treasure of the thieves in a cave?
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In The Arabian Nights, which poor man finds the
treasure of the thieves in a cave?
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Ali Baba
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HISTORY AND GOVERNMENT
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Who were the two Vice Presidents to serve
under Richard Nixon?
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Who were the two Vice Presidents to serve
under Richard Nixon?
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Spiro Agnew and Gerald Ford
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POPULAR CULTURE,LEISURE, AND SPORTS
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This former Head Coach for North Carolina State
University is remembered for running up and down the
court after winning the 1983 NCAA Basketball
Championship. In 1993 he delivered an ESPY Awards
speech 8 weeks before succumbing to cancer.
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This former Head Coach for North Carolina State
University is remembered for running up and down the
court after winning the 1983 NCAA Basketball
Championship. In 1993 he delivered an ESPY Awards
speech 8 weeks before succumbing to cancer.
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Jimmy Valvano
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SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
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Give the term defined as “the amount of heat
required to melt one gram of a substance.”
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Give the term defined as “the amount of heat
required to melt one gram of a substance.”
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heat of fusion
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MATHEMATICS
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How many times does the graph of the parabola
y = x² – 6x +11 intersect the x-axis?
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How many times does the graph of the
parabola y = x² – 6x +11
intersect the x-axis?
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0 or zero
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SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
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What is a genus of rod-shaped bacteria known as?
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What is a genus of rod-shaped bacteria known as?
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bacillus
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MATHEMATICS
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Integration:f(x) = 8x+4
∫f(x) dx=
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Integration:f(x) = 8x+4
∫f(x) dx=
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4x²+4x
accept
4x²+4x+c
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CURRENT EVENTS
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This Senator from Massachusetts recently
passed away after serving more than 40 years.
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This Senator from Massachusetts recently
passed away after serving more than 40 years.
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Ted Kennedyor
Senator Edward Kennedy
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END OFROUND 1
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WABL2010-2011
MATCH #3
ROUND 2
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QUESTION1
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Find the 4 consecutive odd numbers that sum to 120.
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27, 29, 31, 33
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QUESTION2
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A wind speed scale created in 1805 to register 0 to 12, then expanded in 1946 to register 0 to 17.
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Beaufort scale
QUESTION3
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If she ___________ about his financial situation, she would have helped him out.
A. knewB. had been knowingC. had knownD. have known 0:020:030:040:050:060:070:080:100:110:180:190:200:160:150:140:130:120:170:090:01
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C. or had known
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QUESTION4
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In 5 centimeters, there are how many millimeters?
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50
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QUESTION5
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In February of this year, a devastating earthquake hit which South American country? This was the second major earthquake to hit the region.
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Republic of Chile
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QUESTION6
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Who was the youngest man to become a U.S. President
at the age of 42?
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Theodore Roosevelt
QUESTION7
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At the age of 18, this NBA player was selected in
2003 as the number one pick in the NBA draft by
the Cavaliers and signed a $90 million shoe contract
with Nike before his professional debut.
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LeBron James
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QUESTION8
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This country includes a region above the Arctic
Circle known as the “Land of the Midnight Sun.”
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Norway
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QUESTION9
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Which work offers this warning, “Let the ruling
class tremble at a communist revolution. The proletarians have nothing to lose but their chains”?
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The Communist Manifesto
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QUESTION10
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Who was an American artist famous for his paintings of the sea?
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Winslow Homer
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QUESTION11
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Solve:
׀3-4׀
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1
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QUESTION12
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In which work by Mark Twain do two men known as the Duke and the King
pretend to be royalty?
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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
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QUESTION13
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Factor:
x² - 4x + 3 = 0
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(x - 3) (x - 1)
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QUESTION14
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The European country whose capital is Bern.
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Switzerland
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QUESTION15
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Find the kinetic energy in joules for a 10 kilogram
object moving at a rate of 3 meters per second.
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45 joules
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QUESTION16
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The author of the novelThe Last of the Mohicans.
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James Fenimore Cooper
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END OF ROUND 2
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WABL2010-2011
MATCH #3
FINAL ROUND
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CATEGORY:
GEOGRAPHY
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Identify the most populous city in each state.
Example: California
Los Angeles
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1. Maryland
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2. Kentucky
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3. Louisiana
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4. Nebraska
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5. Nevada
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6. Washington
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7. Illinois
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8. North Carolina
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9. Montana
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10. New Hampshire
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1. Maryland
Baltimore
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2. Kentucky
Louisville
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3. Louisiana
New Orleans
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4. Nebraska
Omaha
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5. Nevada
Las Vegas
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6. Washington
Seattle
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7. Illinois
Chicago
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8. North Carolina
Charlotte
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9. Montana
Billings
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10. New Hampshire
Manchester
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END OFMATCH #3
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