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Middle School Scholar Bowl Pre-Test
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Three square windows can be seen in the back of this painting, and the back
of a chair takes up its lower center portion. The central figure is wearing red
and blue with his hands on a table; to his right is an effeminate figure
believed to be the Apostle John. Judas clutches a bag of silver in, for 10
points, what Leonardo da Vinci painting that depicts Christ's final meal with
his disciples? - -The Last Supper
-The "law of" these objects states that the torque ("tork") on one side is
equal to the torque on the other side. These objects can be classified as first
class, second class, or third class depending on the location of the fulcrum.
For 10 points, name these simple machines, familiar examples of which
include a wheelbarrow and see-saw. - -Levers
-The DNA in this organelle ("or-guh-NELL") is inherited only from the mother.
The inner membrane of this organelle contains folds known as cristae
("CRISS-tay") and encloses its matrix. This organelle is the site of oxidative
phosphorylation ("ox-ih-DAY-tiv FOSS-for-ill-AY-shun"), which occurs at the
end of the electron transport chain. For 10 points, name this organelle
responsible for cellular respiration, which produces ATP and thus provides
energy for the cell. - -Mitochondria
-Policies during this war included the "strategic hamlet" program and the
use of Agent Orange as a defoliant. The Battle of Khe Sanh ("KAY SAWN")
was fought during this war, which ended with the fall of Saigon, a city that
was renamed after the victorious side's leader, Ho Chi Minh ("HO CHEE
MIN"). For 10 points, a memorial wall in Washington, DC lists the American
casualties of what conflict in Southeast Asia? - -Vietnam War
-This man composed a ballet called The Creatures of Prometheus ("pro-MEE-
thee-us"), and Leonato is a major character in his opera Fidelio ("fih-DAY-lee-
oh"). His third symphony was originally written to honor Napoleon and was
called Eroica ("air-OH-ih-kuh"). A later symphony by this man borrows from
Schiller's "Ode to Joy" for its choral final movement. For 10 points, name this
composer whose fifth symphony begins with a fate knocking at the door
theme and who went deaf. - -Beethoven
-The Euler ("OIL-er") line passes through the orthocenter ("OR-tho-SEN-ter"),
circumcenter, and centroid ("SEN-troyd") in this figure. The area of this
polygon can be found by halving the product of two sides and the sine of the
angle opposite of the third side or by simply using Heron's formula. It is the
, only polygon that cannot be concave, because its angles must add to 180
degrees. For 10 points, name this polygon with three sides. - -Triangle
-In the buildup to this battle, the losing commander set up a fortification at
Gloucester ("GLAU-ster") shortly after retreating from Williamsburg. A key
turning point in this battle was the arrival of reinforcements under Count
Rochambeau ("RO-sham-BO"). British naval forces under Thomas Graves
failed to break through the French blockade. For 10 points, name this final
Revolutionary War battle, after which Lord Cornwallis surrendered. - -Battle
of Yorktown
-One theory of this entity's creation states that a Mars-sized body named
Theia ("THEE-uh") collided with its parent planet. This object exhibits
synchronous ("SIN-kro-nuss") rotation with its parent planet, and that
rotation results in the namesake "dark side" of this object. The Sea of
Tranquility lies on, for 10 points, what astronomical body responsible for the
Earth's tides, its largest natural satellite? - -Moon
-This man wrote about an animal who steals from the farmers Boggis, Bunce
and Bean in The Fantastic Mister Fox. He also wrote about a girl with psychic
powers who reads every book in the library and then loses her powers in
Miss Honey's class in his book Matilda. A better known book by this man sees
its title fruit get stuck on top of the Empire State Building. For 10 points,
name this author of James and the Giant Peach. - -Ronald Dahl
-He fulfilled a prophecy by accidentally killing his grandfather Acrisius ("uh-
CRIZZ-ee-us") with a discus. Acrisius had imprisoned his mother, Danae
("duh-NAY-ee"), but Zeus visited her as a golden shower. This man borrowed
the invisibility cap of Hades, the reflective shield of Athena, and the winged
sandals of Hermes. He slew a sea monster that was about to consume
Andromeda, whom he made his wife. For 10 points, name this figure who
beheaded Medusa. - -Perseus
-The Andean type of these entities occurs beneath a continental plate, and it
is at these sites that about 20% of Earth's crust has been consumed. This
antithesis ("an-TITH-uh-sis") of the mid-oceanic ridge is usually typified by
lines of volcanoes running parallel near an oceanic trench. For 10 points,
identify this region where tectonic ("tec-TON-ick") plates collide, and one
goes underneath the other. - -Subduction Zone
-This state has the fewest members in its state legislature; it is also the only
state with a unicameral one. It was the northern of two territories mentioned
in an 1854 act introducing popular sovereignty. The western part of this
state contains Chimney Rock. When it became a state in 1867 it renamed its
capital after a recently assassinated president. For 10 points, name this state
whose largest city is Omaha. - -Nebraska
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