Elementary – Round 13 2013-14 Governor’s Cup Practice Questions



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Elementary – Round 13

2013-14 Governor’s Cup Practice Questions


  1. This crop was introduced and developed in the United States by Eliza Lucas Pinckney. It is the basis for the classic color of denim "blue-jeans." Identify the crop, grown predominantly in the American south, that allows for the creation of a blue-violet dye?

INDIGO



  1. This nursery rhyme mentions the master, the dame, and the little boy who lives down the lane. The title character has three bags full of wool. Name this poem about a dark-colored animal.

"BAA, BAA BLACK SHEEP"




  1. This property represents the resistance of an object to being accelerated by a force. In Newtonian physics, it represents the amount of matter present. What physical property is represented by the letter M in such equations as E equals M C squared?

MASS



  1. This three-letter word refers to the largest divisions of a play, which include scenes. Which word also names what a performer does?

ACT



  1. Two angles are supplementary if the sum of their measures is 180 degrees. Suppose two supplementary angles are in the ratio of 5 to 1. What is the measure of the larger of the two angles?

150 (DEGREES)




  1. This civil-rights leader helped organize the Montgomery Bus Boycott and the 1963 March on Washington. He later went to Memphis, Tennessee, to support a strike by city sanitation workers, where he was assassinated by James Earl Ray on a motel balcony. Which man's 1963 speech at the Lincoln Memorial contained the line: "I Have A Dream"?

(MARTIN LUTHER) KING (JR.) [(Accept: DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING (JR.)]




  1. This material is used to make ships' sails. In painting, it is placed on a wooden frame called a stretcher. Identify this material on which many paintings are created.

CANVAS



  1. This term describes the vertical plates on the underside of a mushroom cap. Which term more commonly names the respiratory organs of mollusks, crustaceans, some amphibians, and all fish?

GILLS



  1. This three-letter prefix means "wrong" or "incorrectly." Identify this prefix found in the word misspell.

MIS- (Accept stated or spelled)




  1. Two squares are similar with side lengths in the ratio of three to one. Find the area, in square units, of the smaller square if the side length of the larger square is 12 units.

16 (SQUARE UNITS) (ACCEPT: UNITS SQUARED)




  1. In 1972, he was elected a U.S. senator from Delaware. He ran for president in 2008, but after losing, joined the Democratic ticket as vice president. Who was re-elected vice president of the United States in 2012?

(JOSEPH "JOE") BIDEN




  1. The word KENTUCKY is written on cardboard, and each of the letters is cut out to form cards whose shapes are identical rectangles. The cards are placed face down and mixed, and a card is drawn at random. As a fraction, find the probability that a card with the letter K is drawn.

ONE-FOURTH




  1. This compound word is another name for woodchuck. Perhaps the world's most famous one is Punxsutawney [puhngk-suh-TAW-nee] Phil. According to legend, what burrowing rodent's shadow determines whether we have six more weeks of winter?

GROUNDHOG




  1. This early twentieth-century art movement was marked by bright colors with bold outlines. Its name comes from the French for "wild beast." Identify this movement associated with Henri Matisse [ahn-REE ma-TEES].

FAUVISM [FO-viz-um] (ACCEPT: FAUVIST)




  1. This term designates all the chemical processes that occur in a living organism's cell. These processes provide energy for making new organic material. Identify this term, which dieters complain of being too slow.

METABOLISM




  1. They should be used with the title of a poem or short story. What punctuation marks are also used to show the exact words of the speaker?

QUOTATION MARKS




  1. This amendment contains a clause forbidding the federal government from defaulting on its debt. It also addresses equal protection under the law, due process, and citizenship of people born in the United States. What is this amendment, which was passed during Reconstruction?

FOURTEENTH (AMENDMENT) (Accept: (AMENDMENT) FOURTEEN)




  1. This mural shows Jesus and the twelve disciples sitting down to an important meal. What is this fifteenth-century painting, preserved on an Italian church wall, by Leonardo da Vinci?

(THE) LAST SUPPER




  1. This type of energy is possessed by a baseball as it passes the batter, but not when it is in the catcher's mitt. What is the energy of motion?

KINETIC (ENERGY)




  1. What would be the seventh item in the following pattern? A, 2, C, 4, … and so on.

G


  1. In 1759, this philosopher published the Theory of Moral Sentiments. Seven years later, he published The Wealth of Nations, which introduced the concept of the invisible hand. What Scottish philosopher is regarded as the father of modern economics?

(ADAM) SMITH




  1. Mom baked a cake today. What is the direct object in the preceding sentence?

CAKE



  1. This term can refer to a council or conference among Native Americans. Give this six-letter word for a ceremony at which Native Americans gather to sing, dance, and celebrate their cultural traditions.

POWWOW



  1. This unit is equivalent to one joule per second. What unit of power was named for the British scientist who invented a commercially viable steam engine?

WATT



  1. Two is to five as fourteen is to what number?

THIRTY-FIVE




  1. Name, not date, please. This holiday was not celebrated by Vicksburg, Mississippi, from 1863 until World War Two. It is celebrated with hot dogs, family reunions, and fireworks. Name the American holiday celebrated on July 4.

INDEPENDENCE DAY




  1. The man who lives next door mowed his lawn. What was the noun phrase in the preceding sentence?

THE MAN WHO LIVES NEXT DOOR




  1. This cartoon's catchphrase is, "Good grief." He searches for adventure with his friends Peppermint Patty, Lucy, and Linus. Who is this protagonist of the Peanuts comic strip and owner of Snoopy?

CHARLIE BROWN




  1. This unstable form of oxygen is used as a powerful bleaching agent. What layer of gas in the atmosphere absorbs most harmful ultraviolet radiation from the sun?

OZONE (LAYER)




  1. What is one-half of one-half?

1/4
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Round 13 - Second Half

2013-14 Governor’s Cup Practice Questions


  1. A cardboard box holds a number of notebooks. If twenty-three notebooks are removed from the cardboard box, there would be fifty-nine notebooks still in the box. How many notebooks were originally in the box?

EIGHTY-TWO (NOTEBOOKS)




  1. He was the son of a self-made Saudi Arabian billionaire, but went to Afghanistan to fight the Soviets. In 2011, he was killed in his Pakistani residence by Navy SEAL Team Six. Name the founder of al-Qaeda, the group that launched the September 11 attacks.

(OSAMA) BIN LADEN




  1. Spelling required. The buoy bobbed up and down in the gentle tide. Spell the word in the preceding sentence that means a device to warn boats about dangerous water.

B-U-O-Y



  1. This sculpture is the only work its artist ever signed. It depicts the Virgin Mary cradling Christ's dead body in her arms. What is this marble work by Michelangelo?

PIETÀ [pee-ey-TAH]




  1. William Herschel suggested this name for a type of celestial object in 1802, using Greek roots meaning "like a star." Although they were too small to have a visible disk like a planet, they were found to be in orbit around the sun, mostly between Mars and Jupiter. What word refers to the small bodies, including Ceres, Pallas, Juno, and Vesta, that orbit the sun inside the orbit of Jupiter?

ASTEROID(S)




  1. This astronomer discovered that the moon's surface is rough, and drew its monthly phases. He also discovered sunspots, as well as the four moons of Jupiter. Which Italian scientist's discoveries helped confirm the heliocentric theory?

GALILEO (GALILEI)




  1. This fifteen-year-old heroine develops a crush on Royce McNabb, and plays the Virgin Mary in her school's Christmas pageant. She spends a year in rural Illinois with Grandma Dowdel. Who is the protagonist of Richard Peck's novel A Year Down Yonder?

MARY ALICE




  1. This musical symbol resembles a lowercase B. Name this symbol, which lowers a note by one half-step.

FLAT



  1. This natural park is home to its own species of blind, albino shrimp. It comprises 400 miles of paths that weave through limestone. Identify the longest cave system known in the world.

MAMMOTH CAVE




  1. You do not need the exact calculated value to correctly answer this question. How many decimal places are in the product of two point four times one point three times zero point one?

THREE



  1. This book links four unrelated stories through their shared use of trains and newspapers. It earned the 1991 Caldecott Medal. Which David Macaulay work includes two contrasting colors in its name?

BLACK AND WHITE




  1. This event is the first in a series called the Triple Crown. One and a quarter miles long, it is known as "The Most Exciting Two Minutes in Sports." Name this horse race, often called "The Run for the Roses," held on the first Saturday in May at Churchill Downs.

(THE KENTUCKY) DERBY




  1. This metamorphic rock is formed from limestone or dolomite. Because the calcite allows some light to pass through it, the stone has a waxy look, especially when polished. What stone covers the Taj Mahal in India, and was used by Michelangelo to sculpt the statue of David?

MARBLE



  1. This term names a movie's recorded sound accompaniment. Which term also names a CD that features songs used in a movie or TV show?

SOUNDTRACK




  1. Tom's new truck is advertised to average 25 miles per gallon of gasoline. After driving 506 miles, Tom fills the tank with 22 gallons of gas. How many miles per gallon less did Tom's truck average than what was advertised?

TWO (MILES PER GALLON)




  1. This body of water is named for a giant in Greek legend who held the Earth on his shoulders. Its features include the Gulf Stream, and is was historically part of the Columbian Exchange. What is the second largest ocean in the world?

ATLANTIC (OCEAN)




  1. This muscular portion of the eye lies between the cornea and the lens. Its muscles constrict or dilate the pupil in response to light stimuli. Give the term for the colored part of the eye.

IRIS



  1. This plucked string instrument usually has six strings, but may have as many as twelve. It has a long, fretted neck, and a violin-shaped body with a resonating hole in the middle. What is this instrument, which may be acoustic or electric?

GUITAR



  1. This poem describes a place where "the grass grows soft and white" and "the sun burns crimson bright." It encourages the reader to "walk with a walk that is measured and slow, / And watch where the chalk-white arrows go." Identify this poem, which also names a collection of poems by Shel Silverstein.

WHERE THE SIDEWALK ENDS




  1. Two answers required. A recipe calls for three-eighths of a cup of chocolate chips and one and one-half cups of sugar. If the recipe is doubled, how many cups of chocolate chips and how many cups of sugar are required?

THREE-FOURTHS (CUPS OF CHOCOLATE CHIPS)(AND) THREE (CUPS OF SUGAR) (EITHER ORDER)




  1. This author wrote numerous fantasy novels, including The Twits and Matilda. Who wrote such books as The Witches, James and the Giant Peach, and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory?

(ROALD) DAHL




  1. This composer's Transcendental Etudes [AY-toodz] are extraordinarily difficult for pianists. Identify the composer who celebrated his homeland with Hungarian Rhapsodies.

(FRANZ) LISZT




  1. This man-made geographic feature first appeared in Mesopotamia and the Indus Valley. Examples include New York, London, and Tokyo. What is the term for a large, permanent settlement?

CITY



  1. This organism is also called a polliwog. It has a broad tail and internal gills that develop into limbs and lungs. Identify the aquatic larval stage of toads and frogs.

TADPOLE



  1. What is the least common multiple of twelve and thirty?

SIXTY



  1. The total land area of Germany is 357,021 square kilometers. To the nearest ten thousand, estimate the total land area of Germany in square kilometers.

360,000 (SQUARE KILOMETERS)




  1. This economic activity threatened the populations of seals and sea otters. It was the primary reason that New Netherland and the Hudson Bay Company were founded. What industry dealt with the acquisition of animal hides, often from Native Americans?

FUR TRADING (Accept other forms "trading")




  1. This element of fiction can be round, flat, static, and even dynamic. What literary term is given to the main players in a story?

CHARACTER




  1. This kind of dance is closely related to Irish step dancing. In which type of dance does the performer wear wooden, heavy-soled shoes to beat out the rhythm?

CLOG(GING)




  1. This part of a plant includes a cap, hairs, and the dividing cells of the apical meristem [AY-pick-uhl MARE-ih-stem]. It can be tap or fibrous. What part anchors a plant and absorbs water and nutrients from the soil?

ROOT
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Extra Questions
LA-1 This American folk hero is known for his brawls, as well as his boating skills. Who was called the "king of keelboaters"?
MIKE FINK
H-2 This dancer got his start in vaudeville with his sister, Adele. He performed in the movie musicals Top Hat and Easter Parade, and danced on the walls and ceiling in Royal Wedding. Identify this dancer famed for partnering with Ginger Rogers.
(FRED) ASTAIRE
SS-3 This group supported Oliver Cromwell against King Charles during the Commonwealth period of British history. What group, well-known for its plain and strict lifestyle, fled England to establish faith-based colonies in North America?
PURITAN(S)
SC-4 This piece of scientific equipment can be mercury or aneroid [AN-uh-royd]. Identify the device used to measure atmospheric pressure.
BAROMETER
M-5 Zane is running a two kilometer race. Zane just passed the six hundred meter point. In meters, how far is Zane from the finish line?
1400 (METERS)


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