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. 1 SOCIAL STUDIES. The fervent patriotism of this man who died in 1919 earned him the nickname “ The Star Spangled Scotchman ” ?. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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2011GALLAUDET UNIVERSITY
NATIONAL ACADEMIC BOWL
PRELIMINARY MATCHSAMPLE
ROUND 1
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SOCIAL STUDIES
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The fervent patriotism of this man who died in 1919 earned him the nickname
“The Star Spangled Scotchman”?
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The fervent patriotism of this man who died in 1919 earned him the nickname
“The Star Spangled Scotchman”?
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Andrew Carnegie or Carnegie
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DEAF STUDIES
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?
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?
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1880
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SOCIAL STUDIES
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What city is home to the Swiss Parliament?
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What city is home to the Swiss Parliament?
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Bern or Berne
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MATHEMATICS
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How many teaspoons are in one tablespoon?
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How many teaspoons are in one tablespoon?
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THE ARTS
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This 17th Century Dutch painter Van Rijn is more
commonly known by what first name?
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This 17th Century Dutch painter Van Rijn is more
commonly known by what first name?
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Rembrandt
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LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
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Arthur Miller’s The Crucible is set in 1692 in
this town?
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Arthur Miller’s The Crucible is set in 1692 in
this town?
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Salem
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LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
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This murderous barber has a chair that can suddenly
drop a victim via trap door into a cellar?
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This murderous barber has a chair that can suddenly
drop a victim via trap door into a cellar?
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Sweeney Todd or Todd
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POPULAR CULTURE,LEISURE, AND SPORTS
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If you weighed up to 126 pounds you be what class
of boxer?
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If you weighed up to 126 pounds you be what class
of boxer?
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featherweight
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SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
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This reddish-orange metal was first used around 5000
BC?
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Atomic Number 29, this reddish-orange metal was first used around 5000 BC?
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copper
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MATHEMATICS
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?
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SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
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How many humps does a Bactrian camel have?
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How many humps does a Bactrian camel have?
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2
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POP CULTURE
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What web-based movie won 5 awards, the most for
one film this year, in January at the Golden
Globes?
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What web-based movie won 5 awards, the most for
one film this year, in January at the Golden
Globes?
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The Social Network
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END OFROUND 1
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BREAK TIMER
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2011GALLAUDET UNIVERSITY
NATIONAL ACADEMIC BOWL
PRELIMINARY MATCH TEMPLATE
ROUND 2
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QUESTION1
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France got this territory back in 1800 and turned around and sold it to the US a few years later?
A. AlaskaB. Puerto RicoC. MexicoD. Louisiana
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D. or Louisiana
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QUESTION2
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What Polynesian word is used to say goodbye, hello, but it can also mean love?
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Aloha
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QUESTION3
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The name for the art movement Impressionism is taken directly from this artists painting title “Impression, Sunrise”?
A. George SeuratB. Claude MonetC. Edgar DegasD. Paul Cezanne
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B. or Monet
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QUESTION4
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Fly High with this colorless, odorless and tasteless gas, atomic
number of 2?
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Helium
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QUESTION5
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If you are considered a Gleek, what tv show are
you a super-fan of?
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Glee
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QUESTION6
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On May 1, 1963, Jim Whittaker became the first American and 10th person to reach the summit of this mountain?
A. KilimanjaroB. FujiC. EverestD. Kenya
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C. or Everest
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QUESTION7
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Where is the National Theater of the Deaf located?
A. Hartford, CTB. New York, NYC. Washington, DCD. West Hartford, CT
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D. or West Hartford, CT
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QUESTION8
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This word for a feeling of great fear or terror comes from the old high German for “to fear”?
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dread
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QUESTION9
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This state has the largest congressional district in area?
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ALASKA or AK
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QUESTION10
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What math term means points that lie within the
same plane?
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coplanar
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QUESTION11
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This Pennsylvanian town is the “weather capital of the world” not just on Feb 2nd.
A. PunxsutawneyB. Philadelphia C. AllentownD. Erie
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A. or Punxsutawney
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QUESTION12
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Using the formula d=rt.How far will a motorcycle traveling at 25 mph go in
½ and hour?
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12.5 miles
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END OF ROUND 2
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BREAK TIMER
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2011GALLAUDET UNIVERSITY
NATIONAL ACADEMIC BOWL
PRELIMINARY MATCH TEMPLATE
FINAL ROUND163
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CATEGORY:
Language and Literature
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INSTRUCTIONS: Name the literary term
being described.
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1. A literary device that is a specific reference to a person, place or event that audiences would
widely recognize?
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2. A pattern of sounds that includes the
repetition of a consonant.
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3. A figure of speech that is a grossly exaggerated description or statement.
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4. When animals, ideals or objects are given human
like characteristics.
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5. A type of figurative language that makes a
comparison between two things using “like” or
“as”.
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6. A figure of speech that constructs an analogy between two things.
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7. A word that imitates or suggests the source of the
sound that it describes.
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8. A device often used in drama whereby a
character relates his or her thoughts and feelings to him/herself and to the
audience without addressing any of the
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9. A figure of speech used in rhetoric in which a
thing or concept is not called by its own name,
but by the name of something intimately
associated with that thing or concept.
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10. A rhetorical device, literary technique, or
situation in which there is a sharp incongruity or discordance that goes beyond the simple and
evident intention of words or actions.
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1. A literary device that is a specific reference to a
person, place or event that audiences would widely
recognize?
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1. allusion
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2. A pattern of sounds that includes the repetition of a
consonant.
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2. alliteration
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3. A figure of speech that is a grossly exaggerated description or statement.
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3. hyperbole
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4. When animals, ideals or objects are given human
like characteristics.
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4. personification
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5. A type of figurative language that makes a
comparison between two things using “like” or “as”.
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5. simile
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6. A figure of speech that constructs an analogy between two things.
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6. metaphor
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7. A word that imitates or suggests the source of the
sound that it describes.
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7. Onomatopoeia
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8. A device often used in drama whereby a
character relates his or her thoughts and feelings to him/herself and to the
audience without addressing any of the
other characters.
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8. Soliloquy
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9. A figure of speech used in rhetoric in which a thing or concept is not called by its own name, but by the
name of something intimately associated with
that thing or concept.
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9. Metonymy
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10. is a rhetorical device, literary technique, or
situation in which there is a sharp incongruity or discordance that goes beyond the simple and
evident intention of words or actions.
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10. irony
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END OFPRELIMINARY MATCH
TEMPLATE
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TIMEOUT TIMER
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