7th Grade Quick Recall

Blue Grass Academic Conference

2015

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7th Grade Quick Recall Round 1 First Half Page 11 . OceanographyIn what ocean is the Azores Current?

Atlantic 2 . The Sound BarrierName the audible phenomenon that accompanies the breaking of the sound barrier by aircraft.

sonic boom 3 . Colonial AmericaOriginally established in 1629, what British colony in coastal America was divided into two colonies in 1729 that eventually became two U.S. states?

Carolina Colony 4 . Animal ProductsWhat is the common name for pig fat used in cooking and soap manufacture?

lard 5 . AcousticsName the acoustic phenomenon that results from the repetition of sound waves by their reflection from a surface.

echo

6 . British GovernmentMost new members of which house of the British Parliament are appointed and not elected?

House of Lords 7 . PoemsWhat kind of poem is this? Autumn moonlight- a worm digs silently into the chestnut.

haiku 8 . InspirationsSuzanne Collins said that the main inspiration for her Hunger Games trilogy came from the myth of Theseus and what monster that was half man and half bull?

Minotaur 9 . IntersectionsA line and a surface can intersect at how many points?

infinite 1 0 . AnglesThe maximum obtuse angle must be less than how many degrees?

180

7th Grade Quick Recall Round 1 First Half Page 21 1 . BricksName the sun-dried mud or clay brick used in wall construction.

adobe 1 2 . HailHail is formed when what kind of air currents in a thunderstorm carries water droplets aloft?

updrafts 1 3 . Ocean NamesThe name for the ocean separating North and South America from Europe and Africa was derived from the name of what Greek mythical god?

Atlas 1 4 . VocabularyWhat verb used in government that rhymes with "unbend" means "to change in a formal way"?

amend 1 5 . African HistoryWith what country are Nelson Mandela, F.W. de Klerk, the African National Congress, the Sharpeville massacre, Transvaal, and apartheid associated?

South Africa

1 6 . BirdsIn the Andes, what are the heaviest birds of prey?

condors 1 7 . U.S. RepresentationWhich state bordered in part by the Colorado River has the greatest number of members in the U.S. House of Representatives?

California 1 8 . SettingsLois Lowry's novel, "Number the Stars," is set in what Scandinavian country during World War II?

Denmark 1 9 . Naval VictoriesA series of U.S. naval victories in the War of 1812 caused great rejoicing in America and corresponding dejection in what other country?

Great Britain (England) 2 0 . Speed ProblemsIn miles per hour, which is the average speed of a truck that went 281 miles in 4 hours and 41 minutes?

60 mph

7th Grade Quick Recall Round 1 First Half Page 32 1 . Animal FarmIn "Animal Farm," the original 6th commandment was that "No animal shall kill any other animal." But later, what phrase was added to it?

without cause 2 2 . PunishmentsThese are all historical methods for delivering what category of punishment? crushing by an elephant being thrown to the lions trampling by horses burning at the stake crucifying stoning

capital punishment 2 3 . AfflictionsThese are disorders of what body system? pharyngitis, pneumococcal pneumonia, laryngitis, bronchitis

respiratory system 2 4 . PalindromesWhat word completes this three-word palindrome? Too far ...

afoot 2 5 . OffensesThese are examples of what offense which, depending on the dollar value of the damage, can be classified either as a misdemeanor or a felony? salting lawns, putting glue in locks, tagging, keying paint, ransacking a property, defacing political posters

vandalism

2 6 . Fictional CharactersWhat literary character is "the lord of the jungle"?

Tarzan 2 7 . Short StoriesWhat famous story by Hans Christian Andersen begins with this? Most terribly cold it was. It snowed, and was nearly quite dark, and evening, the last evening of the year. In this cold and darkness there went along the street a poor little girl, bareheaded, and with naked feet.

The Little Match Girl 2 8 . Court DecisionsIn the 1962 Supreme Court case of Engel v. Vitale, school prayers were found to violate the constitutional prohibition separating church and what?

state 2 9 . PeaksThere are over one hundred mountains exceeding 23,000 feet in what mountain range?

Himalayas 3 0 . NarrationWhat nominative personal pronoun is used for the narrator when he or she is cast as a participant?

I .

7th Grade Quick Recall Round 1 First Half Page 43 1 . CitiesName the largest city in Hawaii.

Honolulu 3 2 . Medical EtymologyWhat term for a period of isolation for disease prevention was derived from the Latin word, "quaranta," meaning "forty"?

quarantine 3 3 . Electrical CircuitryWhat is said to occur when an electrical current bypasses the load in a circuit?

a short (short circuit) 3 4 . Trunk AnatomyName the area between the bottom of the ribs and the top of the thighs.

abdomen 3 5 . Driving ForceWhat means of propulsion was used by these famous vessels? Endurance Kon-Tiki Mayflower Cutty Sark Golden Hind

wind

3 6 . WarsWhat "war to end all wars" ended in 1919?

World War I 3 7 . Algebraic ExpressionsGiven that p = 5 and q = -3, what is the value of 4pq - 3p + q?

-78 3 8 . Angle AdditionAdd these two angles. 118 degrees 29 minutes 25 seconds 140 degrees 42 minutes 29 seconds

259 degrees 11 minutes 54 seconds 3 9 . AtmospheresWhat two terrestrial planets have gravities strong enough to retain substantial amounts of heavier gases in their atmospheres?

Venus, Earth 4 0 . The Law of the LandThe original U.S. Constitution was written on what material prepared from sheep skins?

parchment

7th Grade Quick Recall Round 1 Second Half Page 11 . JudgesWho said this? I had no idea when I was appointed the first woman on the U.S. Supreme Court how much it would mean to many people around the country. People saw the appointment as a signal that there are virtually unlimited opportunities for women.

Sandra (Day) O'Connor 2 . Math TechniquesName the process used in the multiplication and division of fractions which involves the taking out of common factors in the numerator and denominator before dividing out.

cancellation 3 . Time ZonesWhat time zone is between Mountain Standard Time and Eastern Standard Time?

Central Standard Time 4 . EnergyWhat everyday, common devices convert chemical energy to electrical energy?

batteries 5 . WordinessWhat phrase could be omitted from this sentence without any loss of meaning? Noxious weeds have taken over the area because of the fact that farmers cannot afford to plant their fields.

of the fact that

6 . Military ResourcesIn the 18th century, what country hired Hessians to serve in its military?

England (Great Britain) 7 . Compass DirectionsFrom where you are standing, Kazoo City is 100 miles due north and Bogville is 100 miles due west. Kazoo City is at what compass heading from Bogville?

northeast (45 degrees NE) 8 . LegendsApparently Mason Locke Weems could tell a lie. It was Weems who concocted the tale about George Washington and what kind of tree?

cherry tree 9 . KiplingThis is from what work by Rudyard Kipling? A black shadow dropped down into the circle. It was Bagheera the Black Panther, inky black all over, but with the panther markings showing up in certain lights like the pattern of watered silk.

Jungle Book 1 0 . Venomous ReptilesName any of the three U.S. states that today have no natural population of any venomous reptiles.

Alaska, Hawaii, Maine

7th Grade Quick Recall Round 1 Second Half Page 21 1 . AdagesWhat proverb about feathered bipeds has a meaning opposite of this one? Opposites attract.

Birds of a feather flock together. 1 2 . PolygonsIf one side of a regular decagon is 8 inches, what is its perimeter?

80 inches 1 3 . The OlympicsThe first Olympics were held in 776 B.C. In what year were the 10th Olympics held?

740 B.C. 1 4 . Montana HistoryThe land in Montana east of the continental divide was part of what real estate deal of 1803?

Louisiana Purchase 1 5 . MonumentsIn what city can you see Gustave Eiffel's greatest engineering achievement?

Paris

1 6 . Platypus PercentagesJust 2% of the platypuses in a park were males, while 49 of the platypuses were females. What was the total platypus population in the park?

50 1 7 . Planetary ExplorationIn 2013, around the anniversary of its first full year on the Martian surface, what NASA rover began its journey to the base Mount Sharp?

Curiosity 1 8 . Big CitiesWhich of the ten biggest cities in the U.S. is in Illinois?

Chicago 1 9 . OrgansName either of the paired organs in the abdominal cavity.

kidneys, adrenal glands 2 0 . PeoplesName the native people whose homelands are immediately west of the Bering Sea.

Eskimos (Inuits)

7th Grade Quick Recall Round 1 Second Half Page 32 1 . PeninsulasIn what U.S. state would you find the Seward Peninsula and the Kenai Peninsula?

Alaska 2 2 . LinesName the shortest line segment that can be drawn from a point to a line.

a perpendicular 2 3 . EquationsSolve this equation for L. A = WL

L = A/W 2 4 . Number ConversionConvert 7/4 to a percent form.

175% 2 5 . Word UseWhat word could be used to replace the blank in each sentence? -It was found on a sand ----. -I'll play one ---- of the song. -Be sure to buy a ---- of soap. -The lawyer passed his ---- exam.

bar

2 6 . SettingsThese books are all about what country? In a Sunburned Country The Last Continent Dingoes at Dinnertime Mutant Message Down Under Koala Lou

Australia 2 7 . Algebraic FractionsW equals one-half, X equals one-third, Y equals two-fifths, and Z equals five sixths. In lowest terms, the value of W minus X minus Y plus Z is what?

3/5 2 8 . French ScoutsWhat explorer claimed the entire Mississippi Basin for France?

(Rene-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de) La Salle 2 9 . BoomsA sonic boom results when an object exceeds what speed?

speed of sound (Mach 1) 3 0 . EnergyWhat common device stores chemical energy and then, on demand, converts it to electrical current?

battery

7th Grade Quick Recall Round 1 Second Half Page 43 1 . Weight ProblemsThe total weight of material on a barge was 40 tons. The grain weighed four times the coal and the lumber was five tons less than the grain. What was the weight of the lumber?

15 tons 3 2 . Skeletal SystemWhat is composed of eight cranial bones and 14 bones of the face?

skull (cranium, head) 3 3 . Fictional CharactersWho is the central character in this series of stories by Rick Riordan? The Lightning Thief The Sea Monsters The Titan's Curse The Battle of the Labyrinth The Last Olympian

Percy Jackson 3 4 . Antonymic Figures of SpeechWhat figure of speech is the opposite of hyperbole?

unders ta tement 3 5 . PrepositionsWhat preposition in missing in this line? We've gotten ourselves a real pickle.

into (in)

3 6 . CirclesThe length of the longest possible chord in a circle equals twice the what?

radius 3 7 . Heavenly ObjectsWhat is the more proper name for a shooting star?

meteor 3 8 . Science HistoryWhat process that prevents metals from rusting was named for the Italian scientist, Luigi Galvani?

galvanizing (galvanization) 3 9 . Legal InstitutionsWhat government institutions are empowered to deal with legal disputes and make decisions relating to civil and criminal justice?

courts 4 0 . Heavy CoinGiven that a dime weighs 2.7 grams, what is the value of 54 kilograms of dimes?

$2000

7th Grade Quick Recall Round 2 First Half Page 11 . SongsThis is the chorus to a song that was popular during what conflict? Oh, Jimmy, farewell! Your brothers fell Way down in Alabammy, I thought they would spare A lone widder's heir, But they grafted him into the Army.

Civil War 2 . GodsWho in ancient Greece was god of the sky, the father of some mortals, and king of the gods?

Zeus 3 . Military SongsSites on what two continents are indicated in the first line of the U.S. Marine Corps Hymn?

North America, Africa 4 . RiversName the largest river that flows through the heart of Alaska's interior.

Yukon 5 . CardsYou pull 1 card randomly from a standard deck. What are the chances it is a black card?

1/2 (or 26/52)

6 . Criminal PunishmentDan Dillinger has only served 7 years of his 14-year sentence. Because he has been a model prisoner and is deemed unlikely to return to crime, he is being released, providing he continues his good behavior. He is being freed on what?

parole 7 . TechnologyThe subfield of computer science that focuses on creating computer software that imitates human learning and reasoning is called artificial what?

intel l igence 8 . Sea LanesThe Northwest Passage is a sea route through what ocean?

Arctic Ocean 9 . First Aid SynonymsIn relation to first aid, what is a synonym for a litter?

stretcher 1 0 . AntecedentsWhat word is the antecedent in this statement? Remember that pronouns agree with their antecedents in gender, number, and person.

pronouns

7th Grade Quick Recall Round 2 First Half Page 21 1 . ClimatesThe two dry climate types are semiarid and what other?

arid 1 2 . Height ProblemsFrank is three times taller than Igor while Vlad, who is two feet tall, is half the height of Igor. How tall is Frank?

12 feet 1 3 . Legislative LeadersWhat is another title for the president of the U.S. Senate?

vice president (of the United States) 1 4 . AbbreviationsThe abbreviation, U.S.A., stands for a country or what military body?

United States Army 1 5 . Borrowed WordsWhat is the meaning of the second word in this Latin phrase? aurora borealis

northern

1 6 . SymmetryRadial symmetry is characteristic of what mammals?

none 1 7 . MatterWhat is the name for the ordered, three-dimensional patterns that characterize such substances as pyrite, table salt, quartz, snowflakes, gypsum, hoarfrost, and amethyst?

crystals (or lattice) 1 8 . ShapesWhat noun for the shape of the fertile region in which Assyria, Babylonia, and Phoenicia developed is also used as an adjective describing the figure of the moon as it appears in its first or last quarter?

crescent 1 9 . U.S. CitiesThese are cities and towns in what U.S. state? Cloudcroft, Ruidoso, Tularosa, Alamogordo, Truth or Consequences, Socorro

New Mexico 2 0 . Split IslandsWhat island of northwest Europe contains an entire country and part of another larger one?

Ireland

7th Grade Quick Recall Round 2 First Half Page 32 1 . Special JourneysWhat is the term for a journey to a shrine or site of particular importance to someone's religious beliefs?

pilgrimage 2 2 . RatiosPoints x, y, and z are on a straight line, and y is equidistant from x and z. What is the ratio of the distance from x to y to the distance from x to z?

1 to 2 2 3 . Business MathAuks-R-Us bought an original auk statuette for $16 and marked it up 25%. Then, when it didn't sell, the item was marked down 50%. What was its price then?

$10 2 4 . Mountain TopsThe summits of Gannett Peak and Grand Teton are the two highest points in what state?

Wyoming 2 5 . Fables"Revile not things beyond your reach" is the moral to an Aesop fable which includes what small carnivorous mammal as the central character?

fox

2 6 . ReciprocalsWhat is the reciprocal of x?

1/x 2 7 . Algebraic EvaluationEvaluate the following if x equals 8. (2x+5) / 3

7 .2 8 . Plant PestsOne day, Farmer Ron was wandering through his orchard when he noticed that most of the leaves on his prized plum trees were severely curled. Close inspection of the leaves revealed huge numbers of what tiny green wingless insects?

aphids 2 9 . PunishmentIn law, what is the term for a decree of punishment?

sentence 3 0 . PrepositionsIdentify two prepositions beginning with the letter "t."

through, throughout, till, to, toward(s)

7th Grade Quick Recall Round 2 First Half Page 43 1 . LinesLines that are not parallel meet eventually. When they do, the form how many angles?

4 .3 2 . EnergyWhat kind of energy is the source of the heat that liquifies the rock that becomes lava?

geothermal energy 3 3 . AnatomyWhat is composed of your epidermis and dermis?

skin (integument) 3 4 . PluralsWhat is the plural of "mother-in-law"?

mothers- in- law 3 5 . ArthropodsThese are differences between what two types of insects? One flies mostly during the day and the other at night. One rests with wings folded up over its body while the other with its wings flat at its sides. One has antennae ending in knobs while the other has featherlike antennae tapering to points.

butterflies, moths

3 6 . ConquistadorsVasco Balboa is especially remembered for his crossing of a narrow strip of land. Name this type of landform.

isthmus 3 7 . Frontier CookingWhat two ingredients did American pioneers need to make hardtack?

flour, water 3 8 . Forms of LiteratureWhat is the name for a daily record of personal events written for the satisfaction of the writer and usually not for publication?

diary (journal) 3 9 . Algebraic SumsWhat is the sum of these expressions? -3p, 6p, -5p, 2p

0 .4 0 . Ecological FiascosWhat furry little quadrupeds that were released for sport hunting in Australia in 1859 resulted in an environmental disaster for the country?

rabbits

7th Grade Quick Recall Round 2 Second Half Page 11 . SyllogismsComplete this syllogism. Either it is green and has a prehensile tongue or it is not slimy. It is not slimy. Therefore, it ...

is green and has a prehensile tongue 2 . SurveyingSince a section includes 640 acres, how many acres are in the north half of a southeast quarter of a section?

80 3 . Government RolesSomeone on the city council in Birmingham, Alabama is a member of which branch of government?

legislative branch 4 . MisdemeanorsDisorderly conduct is also known as disturbing what?

the peace 5 . TornadoesName either of the two months during which the fewest tornadoes usually occur in the U.S.

December, January

6 . TreesIn the Northern Hemisphere, the tree line is generally lowest on the slope of a mountain facing what direction?

north 7 . Law Enforcement OrganizationsIn 2014, what federal law enforcement agency was overwhelmed by tens of thousands of undocumented children coming into the U.S. through Mexico?

Border Patrol 8 . PrepositionsWhat preposition usually begins a prepositional phrase that follows these nouns? concern, desire, fondness, hope, respect

for 9 . ElectricityWhat general kind of energy derived from wind or flowing water is used in generators to produce electricity?

kinetic (mechanical) energy 1 0 . Bodily OrgansWhat organs are about the size of a person's fist and lie on each side of the backbone, just about waist level?

kidneys

7th Grade Quick Recall Round 2 Second Half Page 21 1 . CapitalsWhat is the capital of the country in which Campeche, Oaxaca, and Guadalajara are located?

Mexico City 1 2 . Elected Service"Staggered six-year terms" indicates the term of office for members of which U.S. legislative body?

Senate 1 3 . ExplosivesExplosives are materials capable of suddenly releasing energy and forming a huge volume of what state of matter?

gas 1 4 . Constitutional ProtectionsO.J. Simpson can never be retried for the murder of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman because the Fifth Amendment guarantees protection against double what?

jeopardy 1 5 . Change of StateWhen sufficient heat is removed from gases, a change of state occurs. Name this change.

condensat ion

1 6 . EnergyWith an electric appliance, a large fraction of the energy supplied to it is lost in overcoming electrical resistance within the device, which ends up as what other form of energy?

heat 1 7 . Animals in LiteratureIn various stories, these are names of what kind of animals? Gub-Gub, Hen-Wen, Freddie, Wilbur, Babe

pigs 1 8 . Skin ProblemsWhat condition that can usually be controlled simply by daily shampooing causes millions of people to think twice before donning basic black outfits?

dandruff 1 9 . LightningLightning produces a tremendous heat when it flashes through the air. This heat joins oxygen to what other gas to form nitrates that are valuable fertilizers for the soil?

nitrogen 2 0 . ParodiesThese lyrics from a 1920s tune about gangland Chicago parody what song? And the pistols' red glare, Bombs bursting in air Give proof through the night That Chicago's still there.

The Star-Spangled Banner (national anthem)

7th Grade Quick Recall Round 2 Second Half Page 32 1 . AfflictionsRashes, acne, blisters, and sunburn directly affect which body system?

integumentary system (skin) 2 2 . Native American PaintingsIn a painting by an Indian who fought at the Little Bighorn, the artist shows Kicking Bear, Rain-in-the-Face, Crazy Horse, and Sitting Bull standing over what dead cavalry commander?

George Custer 2 3 . PopulationsThis is about what country? Among its twelve cities with populations in excess of one million people are Kanpur, Nagpur, Lucknow, Ahmadabad, Bangalore, Kolkata, Mumbai, and Delhi.

India 2 4 . Prior Experience RequiredThis is about whom? To lead the new army, the Second Continental Congress selected a surveyor from Fredericksburg, Virginia, who had served superbly in the British military during the French and Indian War.

George Washington 2 5 . Algebraic Word ProblemsSubtracting 3 from half of what number equals 67?

140

2 6 . HabitatsWhat biome is home to ermines, musk oxen, snowy owls, caribou, and Arctic foxes?

tundra 2 7 . RowingWhen you row a boat, the oars exert a force against the water and the water exerts an opposite force against the oars. Who formulated a law of physics that applies to this phenomenon?

Isaac Newton 2 8 . PresidentsThe Kennedy assassination put Lyndon Johnson into the presidency. What conflict eventually caused him to not seek reelection in 1968?

Vietnam War 2 9 . Earth's PlatesThese cities are located on which of Earth's great tectonic plates? Doha, Riyadh, Aden, Muscat, Mecca

Arabian plate 3 0 . Literary GenresWhat literary form consists of dialogue and monologue plus stage direction?

drama

7th Grade Quick Recall Round 2 Second Half Page 43 1 . Letter WritingHow are these phrases classified with respect to business letters? Very truly yours Faithfully yours Sincerely yours Respectfully yours

complimentary closings 3 2 . ElectricityOf the two kinds of electrical currents, which one flows from a car battery or from a battery in a flashlight?

direct current 3 3 . Health ProblemsName the condition involving the depletion of body fluids to the point of illness.

dehydrat ion 3 4 . City LegendsAccording to legend, the Italian city of Rome can be traced back to two orphans and what kind of carnivorous quadruped?

wolf 3 5 . Sentence PartsWhat kind of grammatical constructions are these? -during the mayhem -for Mr. Magoo -through Transylvania -on the tennis team

prepositional phrases

3 6 . SetsWhat kind of mathematical set includes all the 12-year-old males who legally vote in U.S. national elections?

null (empty) set 3 7 . TrianglesIn triangle RST, what is the angle included between RS and ST?

angle s 3 8 . PronounsRestate this sentence using a first-person pronoun. They have no guts.

I have no guts. 3 9 . Subatomic PhysicsThe name of what subatomic particle begins with "q"?

quark 4 0 . Weapons of Mass DestructionAlthough it claims to be enriching uranium for peaceful purposes, Western nations remain concerned that what Mideast country is well on its way to producing a nuclear bomb?

Iran

7th Grade Quick Recall Round 3 First Half Page 11 . ZoologyWhat is a collective name for animals without backbones?

invertebrates 2 . LandformsCirques, kames, eskers, moraines, and hanging valleys are landforms created by what natural phenomenon?

glacier 3 . PhilatelyA U.S. stamp depicts a battleship that blew up in Havana Harbor in 1898. The inscription on the stamp reads, "Remember the" what?

Maine 4 . DiamondsMost of the world's diamonds come from what continent?

Africa 5 . Island NationsWhat enormous body of water is immediately southwest of Indonesia?

Indian Ocean

6 . PlateausName the largest canyon on the Colorado Plateau.

Grand Canyon 7 . PassingsJudge Roy Bean of Langtry, Texas, died in the same year as what frontierswoman and companion of Wild Bill Hickok died in Deadwood, South Dakota?

Calamity Jane 8 . HealersName the traditional healers among Native Americans.

medicine men (shaman) 9 . Historical PoemsThis verse is about an incident in what Arizona town? Now, Virgil and Morgan were downright disgusted / And took up guns and badges to stop all the killing / So Wyatt and Doc backed the Earp brothers' play / And showed a courage that was fierce and chilling.

Tombstone 1 0 . QuotientsWhat quotient results from dividing the sum of a set of numbers by the number of addends?

mean (average)

7th Grade Quick Recall Round 3 First Half Page 21 1 . GrammarWhat part of speech is the last word in this line? I used to think I was indecisive, but now I am not sure.

adjective 1 2 . MetamorphosisThe metamorphosis of a maggot results in what adult creature?

a fly 1 3 . Song SynonymsWhat word in the chorus of "Home on the Range" means disheartening, miserable, somber, grim, or depressing?

discouraging 1 4 . Marine MistakesWhy is the term "jellyfish" a misnomer?

Jellyfish are not fish (vertebrates). 1 5 . Waste ProductsWhat kind of waste consists of blood-soaked bandages, discarded surgical gloves, used syringes, and removed body tissue and organs?

medical waste

1 6 . Ancient CivilizationAn early kingdom developed near the fertile Yellow River around 1500 B.C. in a region that became what country?

China 1 7 . Folk SongsIn the song, "I've Been Working on the Railroad," what stringed musical instrument is mentioned in the lyrics?

banjo 1 8 . StoriesComplete this line from the novel, "National Velvet." "I don't like people," said Velvet. "I only like ..."

horses 1 9 . TransitionsWhat is a two-letter transitional adverb suggesting cause an effect that is synonymous with thus, hence, therefore, and consequently?

so 2 0 . VerbsWhat is the first interjection in "The Star-Spangled Banner" lyrics?

oh

7th Grade Quick Recall Round 3 First Half Page 32 1 . SkinExposure to the ultraviolet radiation in sunlight causes an increase in the production of melanin in the skin. What is the term for clusters of these concentrations?

freckles 2 2 . Political GroupsWhat term that rhymes with "fraction" indicates a group of people who share similar political views?

faction 2 3 . SlaveryIn 1619, slavery began in the British colonies of North America when twenty Africans were first brought to what town in colonial Virginia?

Jamestown 2 4 . Character Anagrams"Tom Marvolo Riddle" is an anagram for this sentence about what central character in the Harry Potter stories? I am ...

Lord Voldemort 2 5 . ElectronicsWhat apparatus is used to transmit and receive electromagnetic waves?

antenna (aerial)

2 6 . Colonial CropsThis is from a brief report about what early American agricultural product? There is an herb called uppowoc. Its leaves are dried, made into powder, and then smoked into the stomach and head. The fumes purge superfluous phlegm and gross humors from the body by opening all the pores and passages. It preserves the body and keeps the natives in excellent health.

tobacco 2 7 . AllusionsWhat character from the story of Cinderella has come to refer to a person who helps someone achieve something important?

fairy godmother 2 8 . LawIn court, what is the term for something that provides or helps to provide proof?

evidence 2 9 . HondurasUntil it became independent in 1821, Honduras was under the control of what European country?

Spain 3 0 . Mesopotamian EngineeringIn order to control the destructive seasonal flooding of the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers, the ancient Sumerians constructed raised earthen embankments that kept floodwaters channeled. Name these barriers.

levees

7th Grade Quick Recall Round 3 First Half Page 43 1 . GemsAmorphous gem material includes jet, amber, and what hard, smooth, yellowish-white substance from the dentin of creatures such as walruses and elephants?

ivory 3 2 . MeasurementYou have three jars, A, B, and C, that hold 28, 76, and 3 cups respectively. You need exactly 25 cups. What is the simplest equation that shows how you can end up with exactly that amount?

A - C = 25 3 3 . ElectricityWhat is the name for any material through which an electric charge is not readily transferred?

insulator 3 4 . CirclesIn a circle with a radius of nine centimeters, what is the longest possible chord?

18 cm 3 5 . MachinesWhat simple machine is routinely used to hold a hammer or axe head on its handle?

wedge

3 6 . Algebraic OperationsThe product of -5 and what number is 30?

-6 3 7 . ParodiesThese verses are from a parody of what poem? He took his Aryan Horde in Hand Long Time the Gestapo He taught Then rested He by the Baltic Sea And stood awhile in Thought. And as a Polish Oath they swore The Grabberwock, with Lies aflame Came Goering down the Corridor and Goebbled as it came.

Jabberwocky 3 8 . Mountain RangesThe Blue Ridge Mountains are part of what much larger mountain range?

Appalachians 3 9 . SnakesWhen aroused, what American venomous snake coils and threatens the intruder with its mouth wide open, exposing its fangs and the white lining of its mouth?

cot tonmouth 4 0 . Eye InjuriesSnow blindness can usually be prevented by wearing eye protection that blocks what kind of radiation?

UV (ultraviolet radiation)

7th Grade Quick Recall Round 3 Second Half Page 11 . Song HistoryKatherine Lee Bates included these lines in what song? -amber waves of grain -purple mountain majesty above the fruited plain -from sea to shining sea

America the Beautiful 2 . StatuesThe statues of George Washington and Robert E. Lee were contributed to Statuary Hall by what state?

Virginia 3 . Hymn TropesWhat are the two metaphors in these lines from a hymn? A mighty fortress is our God, A bulwark never failing.

fortress, bulwark 4 . Big BlastsThe Mount St. Helens eruption of 1980 ejected four cubic kilometers of material. The eruption of Mt. Tambora in 1815 ejected eighty cubic kilometers of material. The Tambora eruption was how many times larger than the St. Helens eruption?

20 times 5 . Metric PrefixesIn the metric system, 1000 is to kilo as 1/1000 is to what?

milli

6 . Fictional Character HomelandsWhat central character in a book featuring Dorothy Gale, a scarecrow, and a lion surprises everybody when he says this? I am an old Kansas man myself, born and bred in the heart of the Western Wilderness.

the Wizard of Oz 7 . Important Food MilestonesIn 1875, what kind of chocolate was invented in Vevey, Switzerland, when chocolate was first mixed with sweetened condensed milk?

milk chocolate 8 . Art HistoryMost Paleolithic art is found on the walls of what?

caves 9 . TensesName the three perfect tenses.

present perfect, past perfect, future perfect 1 0 . InventionsWho devised a machine in 1793 that revolutionized cotton production and made it a cash staple of Southern agriculture?

Eli Whitney

7th Grade Quick Recall Round 3 Second Half Page 21 1 . NumbersWhat ordinal number completes this line? A year contains 12 months of which October is the ...

10th 1 2 . Power PoliticsA person occupying what position in the U.S. has his finger on the nuclear button?

president 1 3 . The Electoral CollegeOf the U.S. states adjacent to the Gulf of Mexico, which two have the largest number of votes in the Electoral College?

Florida, Texas 1 4 . Historical PeopleThese people are all directly associated with the history of what country? Pierre Trudeau Jacques Cartier John Macdonald Leif Ericson

Canada 1 5 . TidesWhat body in the solar system has an effect on Earth's tides that is about 2.2 times less than that of the Moon?

the Sun

1 6 . Military SongsWhat term in the official U.S. Air Force song means "the far distance"?

yonder 1 7 . Greek LiteratureWhat ancient Greek writer completed each of his tales with a teaching such as "Don't trust flatterers" or "Appearances may deceive"?

Aesop 1 8 . FaintingTo help someone who has fainted, you are generally advised to elevate what part of the victim's body?

legs 1 9 . WritingWhat are incomplete sentences called?

fragments 2 0 . PlantsMore than 90 percent of most plant tissues are composed of what compound?

water

7th Grade Quick Recall Round 3 Second Half Page 32 1 . WildlifeThe name for what small, North and South American mammal with a tough, leathery shell was derived from a Spanish word meaning "little armored one"?

armadillo 2 2 . Substitution CiphersGiven that L substitutes for O, X for P, and G for R, decode this cipher. XLLG XLX

poor pop 2 3 . VolumeWhat is the volume of a cube if the area of each face of the cube is 64 square inches?

512 cubic inches 2 4 . WaterWater that has been evaporated by boiling and then condensed to remove any impurities has gone through what process?

distillation 2 5 . OrgansWhich organ has a systole and diastole?

heart

2 6 . Island ConflictsBattles on Bougainville, Kiska, Guadalcanal, and Wake occurred during what war?

World War II 2 7 . Ancient PeoplesThese were ethnic groups of what continent? Magyars, Thracians, Scythians, Iberians, Etruscans, Ilyrians, Minoans

Europe 2 8 . DiscoveriesIn 1820, Hans Christian Oersted connected a wire to a battery and noticed that the needle on a nearby compass moved. He thus discovered that there is a relationship between electricity and what?

magnetism 2 9 . NegotiationsIn 2014, how many detainees from Guantanamo Bay were released in exchange for Bowe Bergdahl?

5 .3 0 . Grammatical VoiceIf you restate the following sentence in the passive voice, what word functions as the simple subject? Lions eat wildebeest.

wildebeest

7th Grade Quick Recall Round 3 Second Half Page 43 1 . Nice NeighborsJohn Robie is a successful cat burglar. His neighbor, Clem Clouseau finds out and tells John that he will give his evidence to the cops unless John forks over $50,000. Clem has committed what crime?

blackmail (extortion) 3 2 . MountainsWhat continent has the greatest number of peaks in excess of twenty thousand feet?

Asia 3 3 . Historical PaintingsThese paintings are about events in the history of what modern country? -Death of Montezuma -The Capture of Tenochtitlan -Arrival of Cortes in Vera Cruz

Mexico 3 4 . 20th-Century ConflictsDuring the Cold War, Western nations attempted to contain countries that had adopted what system of government?

communism 3 5 . NovelsIn this novel, Claudia Kincaid decides to run away, wants to run to somewhere comfortable, beautiful, and elegant, and ends up at the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art. There she finds an angel statue that had been sold to the museum by whom?

Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler

3 6 . AntecedentsWhat is the antecedent in this example? No old clams will be sold at this restaurant because they reduce the size of the tips left for the waiters.

clams 3 7 . MagnetsWhat kind of magnets are used in loudspeakers, doorbells, and generators, and to lift massive metallic objects or levitate the cars of maglev trains?

e lect romagnets 3 8 . VenezuelaWhat is the capital of Venezuela?

Caracas 3 9 . Book PartsIn a book, what is the term for each side of each leaf?

page 4 0 . PerimetersWhat is the length of a side of an equilateral triangle with a perimeter of 39 centimeters?

13 centimeters

7th Grade Quick Recall Round 4 First Half Page 11 . RepresentativesJohn Dingell of Michigan served continuously in the U.S. House of Representatives since the 84th Congress beginning in 1955 through the 113th Congress beginning in 2013. How many times was he elected?

30 2 . ProseThese prose works all fit into what literary genre? Economics in One Lesson The Frontier in American History The Autobiography of Mark Twain Objectivism: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich

nonfiction 3 . Explorer EpithetsSamuel de Champlain is known as "The Father of New" what?

France 4 . ExilesThe Dalai Lama is the exiled spiritual leader of what region in central Asia?

Tibet 5 . SoundTuba, kettle drum, trumpet, and piccolo players are standing side by side. If they play a note simultaneously, which will you hear first at a distance of 100 meters?

The sounds are all heard at the same time.

6 . InfinitivesAs what part of speech is the infinitive used in this example? To not try was never an option.

noun 7 . Constitutional MandatesThe Constitution requires that what kind of governmental enumeration occurs decennially in the United States?

census (taking a census) 8 . Gas LawsWhat happens to the temperature of a gas when the pressure is reduced?

lowered (cooler, drops) 9 . ElectionsIn an election, the candidate with the best chance of being elected is called what kind of runner?

frontrunner 1 0 . HomophonesWhat two words are homophones in this line? How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?

would, wood

7th Grade Quick Recall Round 4 First Half Page 21 1 . Earth's LayersThe lithosphere is composed of the brittle upper portion of the mantle and what other layer?

crust 1 2 . ErosionAgents of erosion such as running water and glaciers derive their destructive energy from what?

gravity 1 3 . SetsOne set includes politicians who were impeached. Another includes people who have driven vehicles on the Moon. These are what kind of sets?

disjoint 1 4 . Spanish Inquisition StatisticsIf 2000 heretics were burned at the stake in Spain between 1480 and 1530, that amounted to an average of how many heretics per year?

40 1 5 . Metal MusicWhat kind of metal is indicated in this chorus from a song? She's only a bird in a gilded cage, A beautiful sight to see

gold

1 6 . AdjectivesWhat superlative adjective completes this line by Robert Louis Stevenson? Make the most of the best and the least of the ...

worst 1 7 . EcologyThis illustrates what ecological relationship? At a certain lake, osprey feed on pike that feed on perch that eat bleak that feed on freshwater shrimp that eat phytoplankton.

food chain (or predator-prey) 1 8 . Geothermal EnergyWhat that merely flows onto the surface could be described as a geyser without pressure?

hot spring 1 9 . European HistoryWhat broad historical period in Europe occurred between medieval and modern culture?

Renaissance 2 0 . Algebraic AdditionWhat is the sum of 7b + 4b?

11b

7th Grade Quick Recall Round 4 First Half Page 32 1 . AcidsWhat dilute acid is used in Italian salad dressing?

vinegar 2 2 . FaultingThanks to movement along what fault, Los Angeles will reach San Francisco's latitude in about 10 million years?

San Andreas fault 2 3 . Important ProductsWhat can you make by pouring water through wood ashes, mixing this water with fat, and boiling the mixture until it becomes thick?

soap 2 4 . LiteratureWhat literary form is illustrated by this book written by Katherine Hepburn? Me: Stories of My Life

autobiography 2 5 . Revolutionary RidesIn 1775, William Dawes went on a late-night ride to alert what American militia?

the minutemen

2 6 . Medieval AccommodationsWhile medieval nuns lived in nunneries, monks lived in what facilities?

monaster ies 2 7 . Body of Water GeographyWhat is the term for a narrow extension or inlet of water from a much larger body of water?

arm 2 8 . Federal AgenciesThe National Security Council is part of which branch of U.S. government?

executive branch 2 9 . Air MassesThe leading edge of a moving cold air mass is a cold what?

front 3 0 . Algebraic ExponentsWhat does q to the 5th power equal if the value of q is -2?

-32

7th Grade Quick Recall Round 4 First Half Page 43 1 . Colonial Name ChangesJust before it was captured and renamed by the British, the colony of New York had what other name?

New Netherland 3 2 . Heat TransferName the heat transfer mechanism by which solar energy reaches the Earth.

radiation 3 3 . Children's LiteratureThis is from which Harry Potter story? He lowered the egg beneath the foamy surface, and opened it and this time, it did not wail. A gurgling song was coming out of it, a song whose words he couldn't distinguish through the water.

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire 3 4 . PrintingWhat is the name for a complete set of printing characters of a given size and design?

font 3 5 . Federal FractionsWhat fraction of the U.S. Senate is elected every two years?

1/3

3 6 . InjuriesWhat is the collective name in medicine for a type of injury in which skin is torn, cut or punctured?

wound 3 7 . Scientific ProfessionalsWhat kind of scientist is particularly intrigued by these kinds of questions? Who were the ancestors of Homo sapiens? What are the behavioral, social, and cultural traits of different groups of people?

anthropologist 3 8 . Chemical CompoundsCalcium carbonate consists of oxygen, calcium, and what other element?

carbon 3 9 . Geometry VocabularyWhat geometric concept or figure is formed at the precise intersection of two straight lines?

point 4 0 . Adventure NovelsThis is from what story? What was the sensible thing to do? There was no Piggy to talk sense. There was no solemn assembly for debate nor dignity of the conch.

The Lord of the Flies

7th Grade Quick Recall Round 4 Second Half Page 11 . SettingsWhat kind of worlds are these? Lloyd Alexander's Pridain Katherine Paterson's Terabithia J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth J.M. Barrie's Neverland L. Frank Baum's Oz

fantasy (constructed) worlds 2 . PerimetersA square piece of steel was cut exactly in half to form two rectangles. If the perimeter of each of the two rectangles is 18 centimeters, what was the perimeter of the original square?

24 centimeters 3 . Ship QuotesThese words were spoken aboard what kind of vessel in 1916? The bow of the British steamer cut across the zero line of my periscope - now the forecastle - the bridge - the foremast - funnel. "Fire!" A slight tremor went through our boat.

submarine (U-boat) 4 . Velocity RatiosSimplify this ratio. 40 miles per hour to 1 mile per minute

2 to 3 5 . Mathematical ReasoningIf A = B and C = D, then A + C equals what?

B + D

6 . Air CurrentsThe major jet streams on Earth generally flow toward what cardinal direction?

east 7 . Earth's InteriorWhich is the thinnest layer of the Earth?

crust (or lithosphere) 8 . Doubling TimeThe time it takes for the human population to double can be computed by taking the annual growth rate and dividing it into 70. So, at 2% annual growth, the world's population of 6 billion in 2000 will be 12 billion in what year?

2035 9 . Chemical CompoundsWhat is the term for the smallest possible particle of rust, dry ice, water, or salt?

molecule 1 0 . Portuguese PossessionsWhat was Portugal's geographically largest colony?

Brazil

7th Grade Quick Recall Round 4 Second Half Page 21 1 . ExplosivesWhat device used to fire an explosive charge is essentially a long cord of waterproofed fabric with a core of gunpowder?

fuse 1 2 . SeasWhat sea forms the northern border of the desert that is partially located in Eritrea, Mali, Niger, Sudan, and Mauritania?

Mediterranean Sea 1 3 . WarsThese people and places are all related to what North American war? Edward Braddock, Fort Ticonderoga, James Wolfe, Fort Necessity, Quebec, Fort Niagara, William Pitt, Fort Frontenac

French and Indian War 1 4 . OpacityAn opaque material is neither translucent nor what?

transparent 1 5 . ClimatesThese biomes are found in which of the Earth's three major climate zones? tropical rain forest tropical desert tropical savanna

tropical zone

1 6 . Algebraic SimplificationSimplify the following. -7ap + 8ap

ap 1 7 . MigrationsAfter the Holocaust, there was a marked increase in Jewish migration to the British protectorate of Palestine, which became what modern state?

Israel 1 8 . Ancient EgyptWhat title was held by these ancient Egyptians? Sneferu, Khufu, Menkaure, Mentuhotep, Amenhotep, Thutmose, Tutankhamen

pharaoh 1 9 . Time ZonesTime zones run in the same direction as what other standard lines on a globe?

longitude 2 0 . Operations with VariablesFrom 5p, subtract (-3p).

8p

7th Grade Quick Recall Round 4 Second Half Page 32 1 . PoemsWhat poem by Robert Browning is directly related to these legends? Hurdy-Gurdy Player Abducts Children The Dancing Children of Erfurt The Rats in Neustadt-Eberswalde The Ratcatcher of Korneuburg Avicenna and the Mouse Plague at Aleppo The Ratcatcher The Children of Hamlin

The Pied Piper of Hamlin 2 2 . Senate RulesIn order for a vote to be taken in the Senate, at least how many senators must be present?

51 2 3 . Angle SubtractionFrom 70 degrees subtract 18 degrees 42 minutes and 34 seconds.

51 degrees 17 minutes 26 seconds 2 4 . Perimeter ProblemsGail's garage is 30' by 40' while Gwendolyn's garage is 40' by 40'. The perimeter of Gwen's garage is how many feet longer than Gail's?

20' 2 5 . SolutionsName the process of adding more solvent to a solution to lower its concentration.

dilution

2 6 . Music NotationName the sign on sheet music indicating that a note or rest is to be held.

pause (caesura) 2 7 . Historic VoyagesIn 1807, she made her first voyage up the Hudson river, traveling upstream 150 miles on the Hudson River from New York to Albany in 32 hours and returning in about 8 hours. Name this early steamboat.

Clermont 2 8 . OffensesAn all-expense-paid Hawaii vacation given to a city councilman in Georgia to influence his vote on an upcoming zoning ordinance is called a what?

bribe 2 9 . PoisonsWhat kind of tissues are destroyed or damaged by neurotoxins?

nerve (nervous) tissues 3 0 . PoisoningTo warm themselves up, some hunters climbed into their camper and lit the burners of the propane stove. They died soon afterward from the effects of what colorless, odorless gas?

carbon monoxide

7th Grade Quick Recall Round 4 Second Half Page 43 1 . Law EnforcementA person who has been detained and taken into custody by a police officer to answer for a crime has been what?

arrested (apprehended, busted, seized) 3 2 . Gold!In "Treasure Island," gold coins are called pieces of what?

eight 3 3 . CountermeasuresHydrophones and depth charges were developed in World War I to counter what vessels produced by Germany?

submarines 3 4 . LongitudePhiladelphia, Pennsylvania, is at a longitude of 75 degrees west. It is how many degrees east of the International Date Line?

105 3 5 . EnginesWhat kind of engines powered sternwheelers, sidewheelers, and paddle wheelers?

steam engines

3 6 . PlanetsWhat planet is also called the "morning star"?

Venus 3 7 . PublicationsWhat is the collective name for such publications as these? Good Housekeeping Sports Illustrated Popular Mechanics Entertainment Weekly

periodicals 3 8 . DinosaursThe extinction of dinosaurs some 65 million years ago cleared the way for what other class of animals to become the dominant life form on Earth?

mammals 3 9 . ZoologyThe 25-gram pigmy shrew and the 100,000-kilogram blue whale both belong to what biological class?

mammal 4 0 . PhrasesWhat kind of phrase follows the word "based" in this line by Miguel Cervantes? A proverb is a short sentence based on long experience.

prepositional phrase

7th Grade Quick Recall Round 5 First Half Page 11 . IslandsWhat is the most extensive island in the Caribbean?

Cuba 2 . SolidsWhat solid has one circular face and one vertex?

cone 3 . Construction PhysicsWhy does a nail become hot as you hammer it into a board?

friction 4 . NovelsName the novel by Carl Hiaasen in which young Roy Eberhardt moves into Coconut Grove, Florida and joins with others to block construction of a restaurant that would destroy a colony of burrowing owls.

Hoot 5 . Algebraic MultiplicationWhat is the product? P(1 + rn)

P + Prn

6 . Legislative BodiesWhat federal body includes a chaplain, parliamentarian, clerk, sergeant at arms, doorkeeper, and speaker?

House of Representatives 7 . AviationRoutinely found on military planes are what kind of seats that, during an emergency, can be propelled by an explosive charge or rocket motor to free the pilot from the aircraft?

ejection seats 8 . PetroglyphsFrom its root word, we know that petroglyphs are always executed on what material?

rock 9 . InequalitiesIf three times a number plus one cannot exceed ten, then the number must be equal to or less than what value?

3 .1 0 . NounsWhat is the adjectival noun in this example? The good are often interred with their bones.

good

7th Grade Quick Recall Round 5 First Half Page 21 1 . Patriotic SongsWhat words complete this verse of a George M. Cohan song? You're a grand old flag, You're a high flying flag, And forever in peace may you wave. You're the emblem of The land I love, The home of the ...

free and the brave 1 2 . Other BasesExpress as a binary numeral the duration of a Greek Olympiad.

100 1 3 . InjuriesWhat kind of bleeding occurs when damage toan artery or vein allows blood to escape the circulatory system and collect inside the body?

internal bleeding 1 4 . Sentence AnalysisWhat is the simple predicate in this line? For moderately large values of two, two plus two equals five.

equals 1 5 . Geographic NicknamesBecause there are actually 11,842 lakes over ten acres in size, what state is known as the Land of 10,000 lakes?

Minnesota

1 6 . WordsWhat is the term for words to which suffixes may be attached?

stems (root words) 1 7 . AcronymsThe acronym for the National Organization for Women is NOW. The acronym for the Bay Area Rapid Transit is BART. What is the acronym for Strategic Arms Limitation Talks?

SALT 1 8 . Aviation HistoryThe airship developed by Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin was vulnerable to explosion because it was filled with what gas?

hydrogen 1 9 . Atmospheric StuffWhat airborne carbonaceous matter resulting from burning organic material is found in both smog and smaze?

smoke 2 0 . WarsWhat is the name for the series of religious wars between 1095 and 1291 that pitted Muslim and Christian forces against one another?

Crusades

7th Grade Quick Recall Round 5 First Half Page 32 1 . Changing AllegiancesWhat is the term for a person who moves to another country for permanent residence?

immigrant (alien) 2 2 . Algebraic ExpressionsWhen an algebraic term contains both a number and a variable such as "5x," what is the number part called?

coefficient 2 3 . Early U.S. LegislationDuring what decade did the Continental Congress pass this resolution? Resolved, that the Flag of the thirteen United States be thirteen stripes, alternate red and white: that the union be thirteen stars, white on a blue field, representing a constellation.

1770s 2 4 . WeaponryDisarmament is what kind of control?

arms control 2 5 . Big LakesLocated in southwest Nicaragua, name the largest lake in Central America.

Lake Nicaragua

2 6 . Low PointsTied at 23 feet below sea level, the two lowest points in western Europe are in Denmark and what other country?

the Netherlands 2 7 . LinesHow many straight lines can be drawn through two distinct points?

1 .2 8 . Ancient KingsNebuchadnezzar built magnificent stepped gardens overlooking what city?

Babylon 2 9 . ElectionsWhat two national offices are never filled during midterm elections?

president, vice president 3 0 . Special MaterialsWhat is the term for a porous material through which a liquid or gas is passed to separate the fluid from suspended particulate matter?

filter

7th Grade Quick Recall Round 5 First Half Page 43 1 . Water WeightUsing W for the weight, V for volume, and k for the weight of one unit of volume of water, what is the linear equation for the weight of any volume of water?

W = kV 3 2 . Fractured QuotationsWhat American as a young colonial student might have said this? I only regret that I have but one brain to give for my final.

Nathan Hale 3 3 . 16th-Century EmperorsKilled by strangulation at the hands of Pizarro's conquistadors, Atahualpa was the 13th and last emperor of what people?

Inca 3 4 . Wave SpeedIf an anchored channel buoy rises and falls every six seconds as wave crests pass that are 25 meters apart, the velocity of the waves is how many meters per minute?

250 meters per minute 3 5 . European SailingA ship sailing from Lisbon to any Mediterranean port would have to go through what strait?

Strait of Gibraltar

3 6 . Presidential ProclamationsIn 1823, the Monroe Doctrine declared what hemisphere to be off limits to new European colonization?

Western Hemisphere 3 7 . NovelsIn "Hatchet" by Gary Paulsen, young Brian Robeson is the sole survivor of what calamity?

plane crash 3 8 . SensationMost animals have photoreceptors that are sensitive to what?

light 3 9 . Wars of the 1840sThe land fought for in the Mexican War lay between the Red River and what other river?

Rio Grande 4 0 . Science FictionEoin Colfer wrote a series of science fiction fantasy novels featuring a teenage criminal mastermind whose name is reminiscent of a term applied to chickens, turkeys, geese, and ducks. His name is Artemis who?

Artemis Fowl

7th Grade Quick Recall Round 5 Second Half Page 11 . Story MotifsThe theme of "the one forbidden thing" is found often in literature. With Adam and Eve, it is an apple. In the myth about Pandora, it is a box. What is it in the story of Bluebeard?

a room 2 . PhrasesName the prepositional phrase in this sentence. The gnarled old slithergadee slowly slipped into the sea.

into the sea 3 . Matter PropertiesWhich of the three states of matter has dimensions?

solids 4 . HomonymsWhat word that as a verb means to make a deep resonant sound is used as an adjective to indicate a town undergoing rapid economic and population growth?

boom 5 . NovelsWhat post-apocalyptic novel by Suzanne Martel is about people who have long lived in an underground city that is running out of supplies and a couple of teenagers who decode a hidden message that provides a route to return to the outside world?

The City Under Ground

6 . Fictional CreaturesThese are characteristics of what creatures created by H.G. Wells? -descended from humans -suited to a subterranean habitat -ape-like with large eyes and grey fur -no melanin in their skin

Morlocks 7 . ObservatoriesIn 1675, the Royal Greenwich Observatory was founded in what country?

England 8 . Non-nativesWhat word describes someone who resides in a country other than that of one's birth without being a citizen there?

alien 9 . SettlementsFounded in the future state of Kentucky by Daniel Boone, one of the first English-speaking settlements beyond the Appalachians was called what?

Boonesboro 1 0 . Air Quality EquipmentWhen Mitzi Farschimelt is home, her nose usually feels dry and she has frequent nosebleeds. What device could she purchase to increase the amount of moisture in her house?

humidifier

7th Grade Quick Recall Round 5 Second Half Page 21 1 . Colonial NovelsIn the novel, Johnny Tremain's hand is badly burned by a bowl of molten what?

silver 1 2 . Art FormsName the art form in which the best practitioner's can form all of these. lark's head knot, flower knot, star knot, square knot, half-hitch

macrame 1 3 . Mail AdvancesIn 1732, who revolutionized the colonial postal service to improve circulation of his "Almanack" and "Pennsylvania Gazette"?

Benjamin Franklin 1 4 . Chemical CompoundsWhat two elements are in a molecule of CuCl?

copper, chlorine 1 5 . Word SquaresWhat is the second word of a word square if the first is "eve" and the third is "eel"?

vie

1 6 . AdjectivesName either plural possessive adjective.

our, their 1 7 . SurgeryName the surgery in which a small, worm-like appendage attached to the colon is removed.

a p p e n d e c t o m y 1 8 . FrescoesOne of Michelangelo's frescoes on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel depicts life being given to what biblical character?

Adam 1 9 . PunishmentWhat phrase from the Eighth Amendment describes punishments that are abusive, brutal, unconventional, and bizarre?

cruel and unusual 2 0 . KeyboardsIn relation to computer keyboards, what letter comes next in this series? Q W E R T ...

Y .

7th Grade Quick Recall Round 5 Second Half Page 32 1 . Algebraic DivisionDivide -27y by -3y.

9 .2 2 . Waterproofing MathIt costs 50 cents per square yard to waterproof canvas. What is the total cost to waterproof a canvas awning 15 feet by 24 feet?

$20 2 3 . DisordersWhat is the collective name for all these disorders caused by the invasion and multiplication of pathogenic microorganisms? pinkeye, botulism, chickenpox, appendicitis, swine flu, rabies, mononucleosis, pneumonia

infections 2 4 . Mideast ConflictsThe Gulf War began in 1990 when Iraqi forces invaded what Persian Gulf country?

Kuwait 2 5 . Scientific MethodWhat is the term for tentative statements that assert a relationships between variables?

hypotheses

2 6 . Fictional HomicidesWhose parents were murdered by the evil Lord Voldemort?

Harry Potter's 2 7 . Dramatic SynonymsWhat is a synonym for the part played by a performer in a play?

role 2 8 . WorryWhat adverb completes this thought? Today is the tomorrow you worried about ...

yesterday 2 9 . Executive PowersWhat term derived from Latin that literally means "I forbid" means that a chief executive has the right to unilaterally stop a certain piece of legislation?

veto 3 0 . CapitalsIn 1790, the U.S. Congress voted to establish a new capital on the banks of what river?

Potomac

7th Grade Quick Recall Round 5 Second Half Page 43 1 . Mathematical PropertiesWhat mathematical property is illustrated by this pair of equations? 5 + 9 = 14 9 + 5 = 14

commutative property (of addition) 3 2 . Science FictionWhat British author wrote this? "Clearly," the Time Traveller proceeded, "any real body must have extension in four directions: it must have Length, Breadth, Thickness, and Duration.

H.G. Wells 3 3 . Ancient AstronomyAccording to the Ptolemaic System, Mars and Jupiter orbited what other heavenly body?

Earth 3 4 . FaminesThis is from an account of the Soviet famine of 1932 to 1933 about what abhorrent practice? Survival is a moral as well as a physical struggle. I am not yet one of them, but am not sure I shall not be by the time this letter reaches you. Almost all who have refused to eat corpses have died.

cannibalism 3 5 . Speed ProblemsIf a motorcycle goes 40 miles in 35 minutes, to the nearest tenth, what is its speed in miles per hour?

68.6

3 6 . DisastersIn 1960, 61 people were killed in Hilo, Hawaii, as the result of what phenomenon generated by an 8.5 earthquake in Chile the previous day?

tsunami 3 7 . LandscapesHorns, cirques, aretes, hanging valleys, and U-shaped valleys are all formed by what?

glaciers (alpine glaciers, valley glaciers) 3 8 . Governmental VerbiageWhat verb means to withdraw from a nation, alliance, or association?

secede 3 9 . DisplacementIf you place a one cubic meter brick in a full container of water, what volume of water will spill over the sides of the container?

one cubic meter 4 0 . Military ForcesName the army established by the Continental Congress in 1775.

Continental Army

7th Grade Quick Recall Round 6 First Half Page 11 . RatiosExpress this ratio in lowest terms. 1 3/4 to 7

1 to 4 2 . HomophonesSpell a homophone for a word indicating an aircraft that means "simple and unadorned."

plain 3 . Root WordsWhat is the meaning of the root word in "postscript" and "inscribe"?

write 4 . The Solar SystemOur solar system consists of one star, planets and all their moons, several thousand minor planets called asteroids, and an equally large number of what other kind of bodies?

comets 5 . Fictional ImmortalityWhat character in "Tuck Everlasting" ultimately decides not to drink from a vial of water that would make her immortal?

Winnie

6 . WatershedsPrecipitation in Minnesota can drain into either the Mississippi River ending in the Gulf of Mexico, the St. Lawrence Seaway ending in the Atlantic Ocean, or it may end up in what enormous bay?

Hudson Bay 7 . CallusesCalluses are most common on which two parts of the body?

hands, feet 8 . Stick HomonymsWhat name is used both for a short club carried by police officers and the stick used by orchestra conductors?

baton 9 . BirdsWhat kind of birds have heart rates often exceeding 1000 beats per minute?

hummingbird 1 0 . Folklore PoetryThe term for what race of elves is missing in this verse? In a shady nook one moonlit night, A ---- I spied, In a scarlet coat and cap of green, A cruiskeen by his side. 'Twas tick, tack, tick, his hammer went, Upon a weeny shoe.

leprechaun

7th Grade Quick Recall Round 6 First Half Page 21 1 . SettingsThese books are set in what country? Kiwi Wars Call of the Kiwi Kiwi Moon

New Zealand 1 2 . LyricsThis is a stanza from a song featuring what tropical fruit? Lift six foot, seven foot, eight foot bunch, Daylight come and me wan' go home Six foot, seven foot, eight foot bunch, Daylight come and me wan' go home.

bananas 1 3 . ProgressionsWhat is the common ratio in this geometric progression? 1, -5, 25, -125, 625

-5 1 4 . ShipsWhat did the Lusitania, the Andrea Doria, the Titanic, the Pinta, the Rainbow Warrior, the Bounty, the Bismarck, the Akagi, and the U.S.S. Maine do that Old Ironsides did not?

sink 1 5 . TalesThis describes the plot of a story concerning what central, villainous character? Shortly after his marriage, he must leave on a trip and he gives the keys of the castle to his new wife, telling her to do what she likes but not to enter a certain room. Of course, she enters it and finds the murdered bodies of her husband's former wives.

Bluebeard

1 6 . Empty PlacesWhat is the name for a region from which all gases have been removed as completely as possible?

vacuum 1 7 . CattleWhat breed of cattle is known for its characteristic horns that can extend up to seven feet from tip to tip?

longhorn 1 8 . LegendsSir Kay broke his sword and sent a young boy to get him another. The boy found one embedded in a rock. He pulled it out and suddenly everybody began kneeling before him. Name this legendary lad.

Arthur 1 9 . CirclesWhat aspect of a circle is more than three times the length of its diameter?

circumference 2 0 . Bad GrammarWhat part of speech is unnecessarily used in each of these examples? Where did you get this at? Take your shoes off of the bed. Where did she go to? They will go later on.

preposit ion

7th Grade Quick Recall Round 6 First Half Page 32 1 . Opening LinesWhat story by Katherine Paterson begins with this? Ba-room, ba-room, ba-room, baripity, baripity, baripity, baripity -- Good.

Bridge to Terabithia 2 2 . TimeWhat time zone is between the Mountain Standard Time Zone and the Eastern Standard Time Zone?

Central Standard Time Zone 2 3 . SetsWhat type of sets are illustrated if set A equals {p, q, and r} and set B equals {t, u, and v}?

disjoint (non-overlapping) 2 4 . StingersYellow jackets are a type of what stinging insects?

wasps (hornets) 2 5 . ShadowsThe longest shadow will be cast by a flagpole if the angle between it and the source of the light is how many degrees?

90

2 6 . BalladsThese are words from a song from what part of the United Kingdom? Hark when the night is falling, / Hear! hear the pipes are calling, / Loudly and proudly calling Down thro' the glen. / There where the hills are sleeping, / Now feel the blood a-leaping, / High as the spirits of the old Highland men.

Scotland 2 7 . SpeleologyWhat formations in caverns often begin as soda straws?

stalactites 2 8 . Bullet SpeedHow many feet per second must a bullet travel to cover one-half mile in two seconds?

1320 2 9 . Medical EquipmentWhat equipment is absolutely necessary for a physician who practices acupuncture?

needles 3 0 . Consecutive NumbersDetermine two consecutive integers whose sum is 127.

63 and 64

7th Grade Quick Recall Round 6 First Half Page 43 1 . Statistical RangesWhat is the range of these scores? 962, 449, 728, 131, 642, 519, 884

831 3 2 . Legendary FruitsWhat fruit is part of the stories about William Tell, Isaac Newton, and Eve?

apple 3 3 . Ancient CitiesThere were cities of what ancient land? Argos, Thermopylae, Delphi, Corinth, Salamis, Mycenae

Greece 3 4 . Fictional CharactersCharles Dickens considered "Little Fred" and "Tiny Mick" as names for a character in "A Christmas Carol" before choosing what other name?

Tiny Tim 3 5 . Plural RulesTo form the plurals, what do you add to the end of words that end with "sh" or "ch"?

es

3 6 . Food PreservationA technique for processing what everyday food found in a grocery store was developed by Louis Pasteur?

milk 3 7 . Coastal WildlifeWhat coastal mammals are usually seen in beds of giant kelp, often floating on their backs and breaking clams with stones?

otters (sea otters) 3 8 . LandscapingWhat agricultural practice involves cutting a series of successive flat surfaces onto steep slopes?

terracing 3 9 . Literary TechniquesWhat word completes this passage illustrating epistrophe? Youth is not enough. And love is not enough. And success is not enough. And if we could achieve it, enough would not be ...

enough 4 0 . DyesWhat dye with a color between blue and violet was formerly extracted from the leaves of plants of the genus Indigofera?

indigo

7th Grade Quick Recall Round 6 Second Half Page 11 . Astronomical AdjectivesWhat adjective means "having the Sun as the center"?

heliocentric 2 . PoemsIn Longfellow's poem, what "fell to earth I knew not where"?

an arrow 3 . Government AgenciesWhat U.S. federal agency was formed in response to the successful launch of Sputnik by the Soviet Union?

NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Admin.) 4 . Earthquake GeographyMany tens of thousands of people in what country were killed by these earthquakes? Messina in 1908 the Calambrian earthquakes of 1783 Sicily in 1693 Naples in 1455

Italy 5 . RiversWhat is the term for the joining of two tributaries?

conf luence

6 . RectanglesOn a sheet of plywood 2 feet wide and 4 feet long, how many non-overlapping 4 by 6 inch rectangles can be marked?

48 7 . Common ChemistryWhat element found in table salt is also routinely used in the purification of water?

chlorine 8 . Biological AdjectivesConsidering its root word, something that is viable is capable of what?

l iving (germinating, developing) 9 . Spoonerisms"Riddle of the mode" is a spoonerism for what political position?

middle of the road 1 0 . WordplayWhat form of wordplay is illustrated in these lines? -Two silk worms had a race. They ended up in a tie. -When fish are in schools they sometimes take debate. -Those who get too big for their britches will be exposed in the end.

pun

7th Grade Quick Recall Round 6 Second Half Page 21 1 . Volcanic MountainsGlass Mountain in northeastern California is a nearly treeless outcropping named for its abundance of what volcanic rock?

obsidian (or pumice) 1 2 . CubesWhat is the sum of the faces, edges, and corners of a cube?

26 1 3 . Marine ResourcesMuch like grease is rendered from frying bacon, what did 18th and 19th century sailors put into their try pots to obtain oil??

blubber 1 4 . Double NegativesThe faulty sentence, "I couldn't never find her," can be corrected either by saying, "I couldn't ever find her" or by saying what?

I could never find her. 1 5 . HomographsWhat homograph means a blockage or jelly?

jam

1 6 . Parts of SpeechIn these titles, adjectives function as what part of speech? The Naked and the Dead The Departed The Young and the Restless

nouns 1 7 . Library ScienceFiction books in the library are arranged alphabetically according to what?

author's last name 1 8 . Mass ProductionIn 1914, whose assembly line cut production time for building a car from 12.5 hours to 93 minutes?

Henry Ford's 1 9 . RiversWhat is the world's most extensive river basin?

Amazon 2 0 . Physical PropertiesThese adjectives can be used to describe what physical property of a surface? pitted, pliable, polished, potholed, prickly ragged, ribbed, ridged, rough, rutted firm, flat, fluffy, fluted, foamy, fuzzy scaled, scored, scratched, silky, slimy, stiff

texture

7th Grade Quick Recall Round 6 Second Half Page 32 1 . AnglesIn one-half hour, the minute hand on a clock turns how many degrees?

180 degrees 2 2 . Stacks o' CubesYou have a stack of cubes two rows wide, eight rows long, and six rows high. Disregarding the top and bottom faces, how many labels are needed to label each cube face that is facing out?

120 2 3 . Mideast HistoryIn 1956, the Egyptian president Gamal Nasser seized what British-controlled, artificial waterway in his country?

Suez Canal 2 4 . Foiled AgainIn J.K. Rowling's stories, who is Harry Potter's foil?

Draco Malfoy 2 5 . Bad BacteriaPlaque, a substance largely consisting of bacteria, produces acids that eat into what hard surface material of teeth?

enamel

2 6 . PercentIf your company produced 7.5 million left-handed screwdrivers in 2009 and 9 million in 2012, what is the percent of increase?

20% 2 7 . Novel QuotationsIn what story by William Golding are these quotations found? -Maybe there is a beast. Maybe it's only us. -What are we? Humans? Animals? Or savages? -We've got to have rules and obey them. After all, we're not savages. We're English and the English are best at everything.

Lord of the Flies 2 8 . SubstancesWhat common transparent substance is actually a super-cooled liquid or a solid solution?

glass 2 9 . Algebraic DivisionDivide 6ab by 2a.

3b 3 0 . Temporary SilenceIn 1963, there was a shocked and silent weekend when everything seemed to stop except feverish news from Dallas and a slow, somber funeral procession. What had happened?

Kennedy assassinated

7th Grade Quick Recall Round 6 Second Half Page 43 1 . Name ChangesIn 1997, the name of Zaire was changed to the Democratic Republic of the what?

Congo 3 2 . The EarthWhat part of the Earth's interior is believed to have a temperature of about 5400 degrees Celsius, which is about the same as the surface of the Sun?

core (inner core) 3 3 . ExponentsWhat number equals three times the quantity two cubed?

24 3 4 . Atmospheric ProblemsStratospheric chlorine has caused a thinning of what layer of the atmosphere above Antarctica?

ozone layer 3 5 . Bayside CitiesThese American cities are in the immediate vicinity of what bay? Fremont, Pleasanton, Sausalito, Palo Alto, Santa Clara, Alameda, Walnut Creek, Berkeley

San Francisco Bay

3 6 . StatehoodDuring what century did Colorado, Utah, Nevada, Washington, and Oregon join the Union?

19th century 3 7 . Kipling's CharactersIn "Rikki-Tikki-Tavi," what kind of animals are Nag and Nagaina?

cobras 3 8 . Famous FoundersIn what Rhode Island city that he founded is the Roger Williams National Memorial located?

Providence 3 9 . Colonial NovelsThese passages are from what novel set in American colonial times? -Don't touch me with that dreadful hand! -Friends! Brethren! Countrymen! The worst of plagues, the detested tea shipped for the port by the East India Company, is now arrived.

Johnny Tremain 4 0 . Musical InstrumentsWhat instrument consists of a bag, a chanter, a blowpipe, and drone pipes?

bagpipes

7th Grade Quick Recall Round 7 First Half Page 11 . PetrologyWhich general category of rock is illustrated by mudstone, siltstone, and claystone?

sedimentary rock 2 . TropesTransform the simile "She's as light as a feather" into a metaphor.

She's a feather. 3 . WordinessWhat word could be eliminated from this sentence without a loss of meaning? She is currently homeless and destitute.

currently 4 . FracturesWhat is the most common facial fracture?

broken nose 5 . Continental HistoryThese names are all associated with the history of what continent? John Davis, Charles Wilkes, James Clark Ross, Nathaniel Palmer, Ernest Shackleton, Richard Byrd, Robert Scott, Roald Amundsen,

Antarctica

6 . Medicinal DiscoveriesJacques Cartier found that a tea made from the leaves of the eastern white cedar cured his men of scurvy. Those leaves are rich in what vitamin?

vitamin C 7 . BiomassHow does the collective biomass of carnivores in a given region compare to the biomass of producers?

It is less. (smaller) 8 . ConspiraciesIn 1780, what American traitor provided the British officer, John Andre, with civilian clothes and a passport, along with documents showing how the British army could take the fort at West Point?

Benedict Arnold 9 . Power Line PhysicsOverhead power cables droop more on hot days than cold ones because heat causes metals to do what?

expand 1 0 . SequencesWhat number follows in this sequence? 144, 121, 100, 81, 64, ...

49

7th Grade Quick Recall Round 7 First Half Page 21 1 . DirigiblesWhat is provided to dirigibles by helium or hydrogen?

lift 1 2 . ParticiplesWhat are the present and past participles of the verb "shake"?

shaking, shaken 1 3 . ConstitutionsThe main parts of a constitution called what?

articles 1 4 . DisastersA similar kind of disaster at Three Mile Island in 1979 also occurred at what site in the Ukraine in 1986?

Chernobyl 1 5 . Presidential AppointmentsGeorge Washington appointed Alexander Hamilton as the first secretary of what?

secretary of the treasury

1 6 . CeramicsName the step of exposing a clay object to heat in a kiln to harden it.

firing 1 7 . Special AdjectivesA word that modifies a noun, that derives from a proper noun, and is written in English with an initial capital letter is what kind of adjective?

proper adjective 1 8 . Geologic ProcessesUnlike erosion which involves the movement of rocks and sediments to new locations, what is the term for the breaking down of rocks in place, with no appreciable movement?

weathering 1 9 . Costly SkirmishesIn April of 1775, after finding few arms in Concord, more than 70 British troops were killed and over 200 wounded during their retreat to what city?

Boston 2 0 . Maxim ModifiersWhat adjective begins the maxims with these endings? -day is a new beginning -man has a price -rule has its exception -dog has its day -cloud has a silver lining

every

7th Grade Quick Recall Round 7 First Half Page 32 1 . Agricultural GeographyIn the 18th and 19th centuries, the region around what sea produced some 90 percent of Western Europe's sugar?

Caribbean Sea 2 2 . ShipwrecksIn what year were the sunken remains of the U.S.S. Arizona first located?

1941 2 3 . FuelsWhat amorphous material with a biotic origin is the most extensively used solid fuel?

coal 2 4 . HomonymsWhat term can mean either a type of insect with long antennae and legs suited for leaping or a game played with bats, balls, and wickets?

cricket 2 5 . NovelsThese are lines from what novel? -Stay gold, Ponyboy. Stay gold. -Greasers will still be greasers and Socs will still be Socs.

The Outsiders

2 6 . Plant ReproductionWhat category of plant life consists of plants that reproduce by making cones?

conifers 2 7 . Natural PhenomenaThis is about what? Water fills a deep crack in the ground near some very hot rock. The heat from the rock raises the temperature of the water until it turns to steam. This forces the water above upward, emptying the crack.

geysers 2 8 . PaleontologyUnlike dinosaurs which had only scales covering their bodies, the archaeopteryx had what else?

feathers 2 9 . Old West BeginningsThe cattle industry of the American Old West began with what kind of bovines with horns sometimes up to seven feet across?

longhorns 3 0 . NonfictionThese nonfictional works belong to what genre? No Ordinary Time: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt The Wives of Henry VIII The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller Ronald Reagan: How an Ordinary Man Became an Extraordinary Leader Helen Keller: A Life

biography

7th Grade Quick Recall Round 7 First Half Page 43 1 . Mathematical PropertiesAB = BA is the commutative property for multiplication. What is the commutative property for addition?

A+B = B+A 3 2 . Life ClassificationsWhat is the taxonomic classification for cold-blooded vertebrates that spend some time on land but breed and develop into adults in water?

amphibian (Amphibia) 3 3 . PrefixesIf the prefix "dia" means through, what does the prefix "di" mean?

two 3 4 . MauritaniaThe westernmost border of Mauritania is formed by what body of water?

Atlantic Ocean 3 5 . MariachisMariachi ensembles usually consist of violins, guitars, bass guitars, and what brass instruments?

trumpets

3 6 . BattlesWhat nation opposed the United Kingdom during the Battle of Britain?

Germany 3 7 . Mapping the WorldOn a globe, what lines are circles parallel to the equator?

lines of latitude 3 8 . Health AnalogiesDiabetes and emphysema are to chronic as measles and chickenpox are to what?

acute 3 9 . Time ReckoningThe date 2014 A.D. is equivalent to what "Common Era" date?

2014 C.E. 4 0 . KingsBoth Bleda and his brother, Attila, were kings of what nomadic people who lived in Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, and Central Asia?

Huns

7th Grade Quick Recall Round 7 Second Half Page 11 . AircraftWhat kind of tethered aircraft was used in Benjamin Franklin's experiment that proved lightning is electricity?

kite 2 . MotionIf velocity equals distance divided by time, how do you define distance?

velocity times time 3 . ModifiersWhat is the intensifier in this line by Anne Frank? In spite of everything, I still believe that people are really good at heart.

really 4 . MalapropismsWhat word should have been used in this? John Speke is remembered for his exhibition to the headwaters of the Nile.

expedit ion 5 . Stage PerformancesIn what form of theatrical presentation is dramatic speech routinely sung?

opera

6 . IndependenceBrazilians celebrate a national holiday on September 7th, which marks the day of their independence from what country?

Portugal 7 . TrialsIn 1868, Chief Justice Salmon Chase presided over whose impeachment trial?

Andrew Johnson's 8 . PrimesWhat is the largest prime number less than 127?

113 9 . Points of ViewWhat point of view is a narrator employing when he uses pronouns such as me, mine, myself, and I?

first person 1 0 . Rhythmic StressHow many accents are in this excerpt? From dusk till dawn the livelong night She kept the tallow dips alight

8 .

7th Grade Quick Recall Round 7 Second Half Page 21 1 . HardshipsWashington and the Continental Army endured the terrible winter of 1777 where in eastern Pennsylvania?

Valley Forge 1 2 . Science FictionWhat story includes three mysterious characters called Mrs. Whatsit, Mrs. Who, and Mrs. Which?

A Wrinkle in Time 1 3 . SceneryWhat is the term for the scenery constructed for a dramatic presentation?

set 1 4 . LatitudesName the geographically largest country through which the Arctic Circle runs.

Russia 1 5 . NutritionPhosphorus and what other element are essential for building bones and teeth?

calcium

1 6 . Shop EquipmentWhat device uses energy produced in a coal-burning power plant two hundred miles away to mash atmospheric gases into a small container that then travels by hose to an impact wrench to loosen rusty lug bolts last tightened by a sumo wrestler in 1955?

air compressor 1 7 . Skin DisordersInstead of blisters, mild rubbing over extended time may cause what to form on the skin?

calluses 1 8 . Polynesian WatercraftWhat kind of canoe used by Polynesians has a long, thin float attached parallel to the hull by projecting spars to prevent capsizing?

outrigger 1 9 . AnniversariesIn 2012, who celebrated her 60th anniversary as England's monarch?

Elizabeth II 2 0 . FactoriesThis is about an industrial plant set up by whom in 1910? A huge conveyor moved thousands of parts. Axles were assembled along the lines that met the lines on which the car frames were assembled. Assembled wheels joined the line to be fastened to the ends of axles.

Henry Ford

7th Grade Quick Recall Round 7 Second Half Page 32 1 . PetrologyStrata and beds are the most characteristic features of which major category of rock?

sedimentary 2 2 . FlagsThe flag of what nation first flew at the North Pole?

United States 2 3 . DecadesThis is about what decade in world history? The first years of the decade were the darkest in modern times. A savage and militarily awesome German dictatorship conquered most of Western Europe and put England under furious aerial bombardment. Moscow and Leningrad were under siege.

1940s 2 4 . MammalsWoodchucks are also known by what other name?

groundhogs (marmots) 2 5 . Lord of the RingsThis is about what withering, unsleeping character of Middle Earth? The Eye was rimmed with fire, but was itself glazed, yellow as a cat's, watchful and intent, and the black slit of its pupil opened on a pit, a window into nothing.

Sauron

2 6 . Element NamesWhat element was named for the Greek god of the Sun?

helium 2 7 . PanhandlesWhich state of the lower 48 has the northernmost panhandle?

Idaho 2 8 . Borrowed WordsThese words came into English from what language? entrepreneur, envoy, espionage, etiquette

French 2 9 . PalindromesWhat adverb completes this palindrome? Won't I panic in a pit ...

now 3 0 . Lakeside CitiesBuffalo, New York, Erie, Pennsylvania, Toledo, Ohio, Monroe, Michigan, and Cleveland, Ohio are on the on the shores of which Great Lake?

Lake Erie

7th Grade Quick Recall Round 7 Second Half Page 43 1 . Historic Ship PassagesIn 1914, the SS Ancon made the first 40-mile trip on what man-made waterway that cut the length of her journey by some 7000 miles?

Panama Canal 3 2 . ConquistadorsThe arrival on the coast of Mexico of Spaniards led by whom in 1519 spelled the beginning of the end of what empire?

Aztec Empire 3 3 . Folk Music HistoryWhat kind of traditional singing that originated in the European Alps was used to communicate between villages or by herders to call their stock?

yodeling 3 4 . Mixed NumbersTransform 13.375 to a mixed number in lowest terms.

13 3/8 3 5 . Fishy MathCarolyn caught three fish. The mass of her grouper was five kilograms which was twice the mass of her barracuda which was five times more massive than her grunion. The grunion weighed how many grams?

500

3 6 . California HistoryWhat road connected the missions established by Father Junipero Serra?

El Camino Real 3 7 . Sentence AnalysisName the kind of sentence parts that are joined by the conjunction in this example. The car is either at the boat loading ramp or somewhere at the bottom of the lake.

phrases 3 8 . LeadersThis was from a story about whom? Increasingly isolated since the fall of Communism in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union, he remains a charismatic personality, dedicated to the maintenance of the Cuban revolution.

Fidel Castro 3 9 . NovelsName the novel by Gary Paulsen in which Brian Robeson survives a plane crash in the Canadian wilderness with just an old windbreaker and a hatchet.

Hatchet 4 0 . SculptureWhat art form, often involving objects suspended from rods, is a type of kinetic sculpture using the principle of equilibrium?

mobiles

7th Grade Quick Recall Round 8 First Half Page 11 . AlkaloidsWhat alkaloid stimulant is an important component of drinks such as Red Bull, Jolt Cola, Full Throttle, Reload, 5-Hour Energy, and Rockstar?

caffeine 2 . WildlifeName the portion of a habitat that is defended by an animal against others of the same species.

territory 3 . BooksFrom what part of a nonfiction book was this taken? Speed average, 749 of glaciers, 311 of ocean waves, 373 of seismic waves, 171, 200-201 of wind, 437, 441

index 4 . Energy ResourcesIn 3.8 liters of plain water, there are enough hydrogen isotopes that, through atomic fusion, could equal the amount of energy generated by burning 1,140 liters of gasoline. So, what is the ratio of the energy potentially available from these isotopes in 1 liter of water in comparison to 1 liter of gasoline?

300 to 1 (or 300) 5 . MonstersWhat sea creature did Jules Verne describe in these words? It swam crossways in the direction of the Nautilus with great speed, watching us with its enormous staring green eyes. Its eight arms were twice as long as its body, and were twisted like the furies' hair.

giant squid

6 . NavigatorsActually, Juan Sebastian del Cano deserves the title of the world's first circumnavigator. When his expedition's leader was killed in the Philippines, he assumed command and sailed the Victoria across the Indian Ocean, around southern Africa, and back to Spain. Who was this expedition's original leader?

Ferdinand Magellan 7 . EmpiresDuring the first century, what empire expanded to include Mesopotamia, Arabia, and the Balkans?

Roman Empire 8 . OpeningsWhat is the common name for the anterior entry of the alimentary canal?

mouth (or throat) 9 . Newton's LawsAccording to Isaac Newton, for every action there is an opposite and equal what?

reaction 1 0 . ProfessionsAmong other accomplishments, Hipparchus, Sebastian Cabot, Leonardo da Vinci, Gerardus Mercator, James Cook, George Washington, and William Bligh were all cartographers, meaning they made what?

maps

7th Grade Quick Recall Round 8 First Half Page 21 1 . BalladsThis is the first verse of a ballad about what American merchant and financier? Come listen all unto my song; It is no silly fable; 'Tis all about the mighty cord They call the Atlantic Cable.

Cyrus Field 1 2 . WordplayWhat is the last word in this palindrome? A nut for a jar of ...

tuna 1 3 . RockThis line by Pliny the Elder written in the first century describes what kind of volcanic rock? Among the various forms of glass we may reckon Obsian glass, a substance very similar to the stone found by Obsius in Ethiopia.

obsidian 1 4 . Revolutionary BattlesThe Battle of Trenton took place on December 26, 1776, just after George Washington's crossing of what river?

Delaware River 1 5 . ComputersIn computing, what are the possible numeric values for a bit?

0, 1

1 6 . ItalyWhat Italian city was named for people who inhabited the region around the 10th century B.C. called the Veneti?

Venice 1 7 . RepublicsName the republic formed in 1861 by states that had seceded from the Union.

Confederate States of America (Confederacy) 1 8 . Literary Art MaterialsWhat term for a piece of material used to make a mosaic sounds a lot like the term for "a wrinkle in time" in a novel by Madeleine L'Engle?

tessera 1 9 . Electrical CircuitsNone of the connected devices will work if there is a break anywhere in what kind of electrical circuit?

series circuit 2 0 . FactoringCompletely factor 5y - 30.

5(y-6)

7th Grade Quick Recall Round 8 First Half Page 32 1 . NeighborsIn 1776, the U.S. was surrounded by territories owned by what three European countries?

England, France, Spain 2 2 . Criminal LawGrandma Kate awakened to find an armed burglar stuffing valuables into his bag. She grabbed her .44 magnum and yelled "Freeze!" When he lunged at her, she shot him. This is known as what kind of defense?

sel f -defense 2 3 . BirdsWhat New Zealand creature is the only bird with nostrils at the tip of its beak?

kiwi 2 4 . TicksThe tick has how many pairs of legs?

four 2 5 . SimilesWhat simile did the speaker mess up when he said this? I know your game like the back of a book.

like the back of my hand

2 6 . Bad DaysFranklin Roosevelt's "day of infamy" occurred in what month?

December 2 7 . Body CoveringsThe skin of what group of vertebrates lacks scales or hair?

amphibians 2 8 . Algebraic RepresentationUsing x as a person's age now, represent that person's age 40 years ago.

x-40 2 9 . Plane FiguresWhat is another name for an equilateral, equiangular quadrilateral?

square 3 0 . Life FormsAll life can be divided into two major categories including the producers and what other?

consumers

7th Grade Quick Recall Round 8 First Half Page 43 1 . Transportation TechnologyName the devices used to raise and lower boats between the different water levels of a canal.

locks 3 2 . ReciprocalsWhat is the reciprocal of 23/97?

97/23 3 3 . Dance MusicInstruments such as the ipu heke, pahu, Iliili, and ukulele often accompany what kind of traditional Hawaiian dance?

hula 3 4 . Musical MasteryComplete this thought by Johann Sebastian Bach with a reflexive pronoun. There's nothing remarkable about it. All one has to do is hit the right keys at the right time and the instrument plays ...

itself 3 5 . ZoologyThe bodies of arachnids include an abdomen, four pairs of legs, and what kind of thorax that is fused with the head?

cephalothorax

3 6 . Galloping MathVirgil and Wyatt rode off in opposite directions at speeds of 15 and 25 mph until they were 210 miles apart. How long did each brother ride?

5.25 hours 3 7 . Continued RatiosExpress this ratio in lowest terms. 12x to 10x to 8x to 2x

6 to 5 to 4 to 1 3 8 . Biological DiscoveriesIn 1831, British botanist Robert Brown studied plant cells and noticed that each one contains a dark spherical blob. What did he call that structure?

nucleus 3 9 . PrecipitationVery fine, fairly uniform, light precipitation that is stronger than mist but less than a shower is called what?

drizzle 4 0 . Historical SynonymsWhat adjective indicates the "Middle Ages"?

medieval

7th Grade Quick Recall Round 8 Second Half Page 11 . ReformersIn 133 BC, the Roman, Tiberius Gracchus, proposed redistributing the lands of the rich to the poor. This is somewhat reminiscent of what legendary British figure?

Robin Hood 2 . Vital SignsPulse rate can be measured at the wrist, ankle, or neck by feeling the appropriate arteries, or it can be measured by listening directly to the heartbeat using what instrument?

stethoscope 3 . FruitsThe nectarine began as a mutation of what other fruit?

peach 4 . VegetablesThe potato was brought to Europe in the 16th century from where it was first domesticated in the region of what mountain range?

Andes 5 . Native DwellingsSimilar Native American dwellings that begin with "w" include wetus, wickiups, and what other?

wigwams

6 . WritingWhat word completes this line by Bernard Baruch that illustrates parallel structure? Those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't ...

mind 7 . TropicsWhich two U.S. states are closest to the tropic of Cancer?

Hawaii, Florida 8 . Early Federal ProgramsIn 1800, when the seat of U.S. government was being transferred to Washington D.C., legislation appropriated $5000 "for the purchase of such books as may be necessary for the use" of the legislative branch. What institution was thus established?

Library of Congress 9 . EcologyThe interconnected food chains in an ecosystem make up a food what?

web 1 0 . WordplayWhat form of wordplay is used in this introduction to a fairy tale? Tunce upon a wime in a corin funtry there was a cuge hassle, home of a prandsome hince who was a bonely lachelor. He decided it was time he mot garried, so he invited people from riles amound, especially the peach ripple and their deautiful baughters, to a bancy fess drawl.

spoonerism

7th Grade Quick Recall Round 8 Second Half Page 21 1 . ElectionsIn the event that the initial vote tally during an election is very close, officials may call for a repeat tabulation of votes to determine the correctness of the initial results. What is this procedure called?

recount 1 2 . Ian FlemingWhat novel by Ian Fleming is subtitled, "The Magical Car"?

Chi t t y -Ch i t t y -Bang-Bang 1 3 . PrefixesWhat is the meaning of the prefix in these words? carnage, carnival, carnivorous

meat 1 4 . The AtmosphereThese are characteristics of what layer of Earth's atmosphere? Its average depth is 11 miles. It is deeper in the tropics and shallower near the poles. Friction with the Earth's surface influences air flow within it. The tropopause is just above it. About 80% of the atmospheric mass is in it.

t roposphere 1 5 . Coin CountingIf a roll of nickels is worth $2 and a roll of dimes is worth $5, how many rolls of dimes are worth 30 rolls of nickels?

12

1 6 . ImmigrantsA small number of immigrants from what Mediterranean island organized the Mafia in the United States in the 1880s?

Sicily 1 7 . SurgeryWhat is the term for the surgical removal of a limb?

amputation 1 8 . AnglesThere are five angles around a point. What is the fifth angle if the others measure 63, 75, 50, and 110 degrees?

62 degrees 1 9 . CitiesName the largest city in the United Kingdom.

London 2 0 . TenseWhat tense is used in this line? Will you love me tomorrow?

future

7th Grade Quick Recall Round 8 Second Half Page 32 1 . LegendsAt least one historian claims that a legendary contest involving what central character could not have occurred at the Big Bend Tunnel because railroad records do not show a steam drill being used there?

John Henry 2 2 . Lens ShapesIf concave means "hollowed out," what corresponding term means "rounded"?

convex 2 3 . Antimagic SquaresAn antimagic square of order three contains the natural numbers from 1 to 9 such that all rows, columns, and diagonals have different sums. What is the third row of this example? 789 612

543 2 4 . NovelsIn Lucy Montgomery's story set on Prince Edward Island, what color are the gables of the house in which Anne lives?

green 2 5 . PoemsWho is the central character in the poem from which these lines were taken? I, said the Rook, with my little book. I, said the Lark, if it's not in the dark. I, said the Dove, I mourn for my love. I, said the Thrush, as she sat on a bush.

Cock Robin

2 6 . ConventionsWhat kind of convention would be organized to rewrite a nation's fundamental laws?

constitut ional convention 2 7 . GutenbergJohann Gutenberg invented movable what?

type 2 8 . The Supreme CourtThrough judicial review, the Supreme Court may rule that a law violates the Supreme Law of the Land and declare it what?

unconstitutional (void) 2 9 . Medical RevolutionariesFlorence Nightingale revolutionized what medical profession?

nursing 3 0 . BaysThe Bay of Biscay is adjacent to what ocean?

Atlantic (or North Atlantic)

7th Grade Quick Recall Round 8 Second Half Page 43 1 . TreesWhat tree commonly raised in the Mediterranean region is a major source of oil?

olive tree 3 2 . Survival StoriesIn the story, "Hatchet," 13-year-old Brian has to survive alone in the wilds of Canada as a result of what calamity?

a plane crash 3 3 . AmphibiansWhat kind of amphibians make up the order Anura, a name that literally means "without tail"?

frogs (and/or toads) 3 4 . Productive PeopleWhat former citizen of New Jersey said this? I never did anything worth doing by accident, nor did any of my inventions come by accident. They came by work.

Thomas Edison 3 5 . NovelsThe plot of what novel involves a pair of shoes that had been donated to an orphanage by Clyde "Sweet Feet" Livingston?

Holes

3 6 . Materials HandlingName the device consisting of two or more pulleys between a continuous loop of material that moves items along a factory floor or transports bulk materials such as ores, grain, and coal.

conveyor belt 3 7 . Final FlagsOn the last day of December in 1999, U.S. troops lowered the American flag for the last time over a region which, from that point forward, would be administered by what Latin American country?

Panama 3 8 . HomesteadingIn the 1860s, a homesteader could augment his 160-acre parcel through preemption, by which he could purchase a minimum of 40 more acres at $1.25 per acre. Few settlers did this, because they could not come up with how much cash to do so?

$50 3 9 . PenaltiesWhat can be granted by a head of state that forgives a crime and cancels the penalty?

pardon 4 0 . Classifications of SentencesWhat kind of sentence either makes a request or gives a command?

imperative

7th Grade Quick Recall Round 9 First Half Page 11 . Animal PlightsBecause right whales, with an estimated population of less than 250 mature adults, continue to vanish at the rate of 20% within two generations, they are classified as what kind of species?

endangered 2 . SymbolsThese are examples of what kind of symbols used in the Old West? Flying H Diamond T Box L K Bar Running N Lazy A

brands (cattle brands) 3 . Types of ProseThese works all illustrate what kind of prose fiction? Watership Down The Last Unicorn Kingdom of Elfin The Hobbit The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe Alice in Wonderland

fantasies 4 . Argument"Pro" is to argue for as what term is to argue against?

con 5 . TrailsThe Overland Trail passed over what extensive ridge, on either side of which streams flow in essentially opposite directions?

Continental Divide

6 . RatiosThere are 840 Nirvana Night School students. The ratio of those taking pig Latin to those not taking pig Latin is 4 to 3. How many pig Latin students are there?

480 7 . Square Root EstimationThe square root of 39 is between what two integers?

6 and 7 8 . Presidential PurchasesUnder whose administration was the port of New Orleans purchased by the U.S. government?

Thomas Jefferson's 9 . Words to Write ByWhat figure of speech is illustrated here? Avoid annoying, affected, and awkward alliteration, always.

alliteration 1 0 . CapitalsLisbon is to Portugal as Stockholm is to what country?

Sweden

7th Grade Quick Recall Round 9 First Half Page 21 1 . NomadsWhat is the primary language of the Bedouin people?

Arabic 1 2 . EmotionWhat emotion is most obviously common among photophobics, hydrophobics, claustrophobics, demophobics, and Russophobics?

fear (anxiety, apprehension) 1 3 . Historical SynonymsWhat verb did Henry Stanley use in his famous greeting to David Livingstone in 1871 that is a synonym for reckon, surmise, conjecture, infer, intuit, and presuppose?

presume 1 4 . TrianglesFind the third angle of a triangle if the other two are 38 and 24 degrees.

118 degrees 1 5 . AreasA 4" by 4" rectangle is inside a triangle with a base of 12" and a height of 12". What is the area outside of the rectangle but inside the triangle?

56 square inches

1 6 . Page CalculationsIf the sum of four consecutive page numbers is 850, what is the largest of these page numbers?

214 1 7 . Sports PoetryThis is a verse from what poem? But Flynn let drive a single, to the wonderment of all, And Blake, the much despis-ed, tore the cover off the ball; And when the dust had lifted, and the men saw what had occurred, There was Jimmy safe at second and Flynn a-hugging third.

Casey at the Bat 1 8 . SetsName the set containing all the different elements from two sets, without repetition.

union 1 9 . CrittersIt does not bark but yelps and howls more like a wolf and especially likes to chow down on sheep. Name this creature of Australia.

dingo 2 0 . Running AwayImmediately upon Alexander Hamilton's death in 1804, what former U.S. vice president fled to Virginia and went into hiding?

Aaron Burr

7th Grade Quick Recall Round 9 First Half Page 32 1 . Military TrainingGraduates of what military academy served on both sides during the Civil War?

West Point 2 2 . Figures of SpeechWhat is the most common example of onomatopoeia regarding a locomotive?

choo-choo 2 3 . American RevolutionIn 1775, two lanterns hung from Boston's North Church indicated that the British were going to do what?

attack by sea 2 4 . PunsWhat word completes this quip? I did a theatrical performance about puns, but really, it was just a play on ...

words 2 5 . DisplacementAt least how many tons of water must a 40,000-ton ship displace to remain afloat?

40,000 tons

2 6 . Memorial StonesIn what Washington, D.C. memorial do the columns consist of Indiana limestone, the rock comprising the exterior of Colorado marble, and the statue itself of Georgia marble?

Lincoln Memorial 2 7 . GasesThis statement is about what gas? Enormous quantities of this gas are added to the atmosphere daily, but because it is used by green plants, the air content is kept down to approximately 0.03%.

carbon dioxide 2 8 . Foolish ExpressionsComplete this expression. Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice ...

shame on me 2 9 . Churchill's WordsIn his famous World War II speech in which Winston Churchill said, "We shall never surrender," name any place where he said the British people would fight.

beaches, streets, fields, hills, landing grounds 3 0 . Park PlacesIn what mountain system is the Swiss National Park located?

Alps

7th Grade Quick Recall Round 9 First Half Page 43 1 . U.S. PresidentsMany photographs of which U.S. president showed him using a long cigarette holder?

Franklin Roosevelt 3 2 . Gas DistillationIf you liquefy air and then let the nitrogen boil off, you are left with almost pure liquid what?

oxygen 3 3 . Blood VesselsWhat type of blood vessels permit food molecules and oxygen to pass from the blood to the body's cells?

capillaries 3 4 . RoyaltyBefore becoming the Duchess of Cambridge, the wife of Prince William was Kate who?

Middleton 3 5 . TrianglesWhat kind of triangle has exactly two congruent sides and two congruent angles?

isosceles triangle

3 6 . Short StoriesThere are two characters in Jack London's "To Build a Fire." One is a man. What is the other?

dog 3 7 . Pilots and PoliticiansWhat Navy pilot who spent five years as a POW in North Vietnam later became a U.S. senator from Arizona?

John McCain 3 8 . WeightA little green man who weighs 4 pounds on the Moon would weigh how much on Earth?

24 pounds 3 9 . ElectricityWhen you rub an inflated balloon on a wool sweater, what subatomic particles are picked up by the balloon?

electrons 4 0 . Heat TransferWhat kind of heat transfer can only occur within an object or between two objects that are in contact with each other?

conduct ion

7th Grade Quick Recall Round 9 Second Half Page 11 . Natural ShieldsThe atmospheric shield that protects Earth from harmful ultraviolet rays consists of what gaseous allotrope of oxygen?

ozone 2 . RiversThe mouth of what major North American river is associated with David Thompson, John Jacob Astor, and Meriwether Lewis?

Columbia River 3 . AntithesisWhat word completes this example illustrating antithesis? If we try, we might succeed; if we do not try, we cannot ...

succeed 4 . Linear EquationsIf 8 times a number is decreased by 5, the result is 123. What is the number?

16 5 . American LawThe adversarial structure under which American criminal courts operate, pits the defense against what?

the prosecution

6 . WeaponryNatives of Africa and South America use what tall, woody, tropical grass to make blowguns?

bamboo 7 . Advertising TechniquesWhat is the weasel word in this? Several leading physicians claim that a daily dose of Oogiefoogie might lead to a dramatic weight loss.

might 8 . Astounding PhenomenaIn its tenth-of-a-second lifetime, what generates enough energy to light up all of New York City and it heats the surrounding air to a temperature four times hotter than the surface of the Sun?

l ightning 9 . Competition TalesThese lines are from what story? They told Mrs. Olinski that they were The Souls long before they were a team, but she told them that they were a team as soon as they became The Souls. Then, after a while, teacher and team agreed that they were arguing chicken-or-egg.

The View from Saturday 1 0 . National ParksWhat U.S. national park boasts a grand canyon, abundant bears, bison, and elk, and the planet's largest concentration of geothermal features?

Yel lowstone

7th Grade Quick Recall Round 9 Second Half Page 21 1 . Famous StowawaysWhat bankrupt stowaway on an expedition to Central America led a march across the Isthmus of Panama and discovered the Pacific?

Vasco Balboa 1 2 . Art Form EtymologyThe name for what art form was derived from the Latin word "murus" meaning "wall"?

mural 1 3 . Perspectives on TaxesPrior to the American Revolution, James Otis stated that taxation without what is tyranny?

representat ion 1 4 . AntecedentsA pronoun is plural when its antecedent is two or more words joined by what conjunction?

and 1 5 . DisordersThese disorders affect what part of a particular organ? keratitis, corneal abrasion, corneal dystrophy

cornea

1 6 . LightWhat happens to light that is neither reflected or absorbed while passing through a medium?

It is transmitted. 1 7 . PronounsWhat is the objective form of the third-person plural pronoun?

them 1 8 . County CountsWith 254, what state can boast that it has more counties than any other?

Texas 1 9 . Time FractionsNineteen-twelfths of one hour equal how many minutes?

95 minutes 2 0 . Literary FormsWhat kind of imitative literary work is this? Hey diddle diddle The cat did a piddle Behind the kitchen door. The little dog laughed to see such fun So the cat did a little bit more.

parody

7th Grade Quick Recall Round 9 Second Half Page 32 1 . Italian Music VocabularyWhat is the collective term for these? prestissimo, vivace, allegro, moderato, andante, adagio, largo, lentissimo

tempos 2 2 . Community StatisticsA certain community of 16,000 has 320 medical providers. What is the number of medical providers per capita?

.02 2 3 . CrimesWhat kind of robbery is particularly associated with the waters of the Indian Ocean off the coast of Somalia and the Strait of Malacca off the coast of Singapore?

piracy 2 4 . Time ProblemsIf your chauffeur drives for 45 minutes at 80 miles per hour, what is the total distance traveled?

60 miles 2 5 . NonfictionThis describes the circumstances that led to what book? Elsa came into the lives of George and Joy Adamson in 1956 with her two sisters, Big One and Lustica, when George was forced to kill their mother during one of his game drives.

Born Free

2 6 . To FreedomIt is estimated that between 1850 and 1863 what railroad was responsible for helping some 70,000 slaves escape and journey safely north to Canada and freedom?

Underground Railroad 2 7 . TechnologyA new form of TV appeared in the 1990s called HDTV. What does "HD" stand for?

high definition 2 8 . American ConstitutionThe Bill of Rights includes how many amendments?

10 2 9 . NovelsIn a trilogy by Jean Craighead George, an Eskimo girl named Miyax, with an extraordinary affinity for wolves, is also given what other first name?

Julie 3 0 . Light SpeedA Zyborg spacecraft hurtling through space at 46,500 miles per second is traveling at what fraction of the speed of light?

1/4

7th Grade Quick Recall Round 9 Second Half Page 43 1 . PercentageWhat is sixteen percent of 2600?

416 3 2 . Costly FuelIn 2014, the Government Accountability Office reported that the Pentagon authorized payment for alternative jet fuel derived from algae. Since petroleum jet fuel was running about $2.50 per gallon at the time, and the cost of the algal fuel was $150 per gallon, about how many times more expensive was this alternative fuel?

60 3 3 . Marine LifeWhat gelatinous, free-swimming, tentacled organisms that have existed in the seas for up to 700 million years are regarded as the oldest multi-organ animal?

jellyfish 3 4 . InsectsWhat is the term for a group of social insects that cooperates in the construction of a nest, collection of food, and rearing of the young?

colony (hive) 3 5 . Borrowed WordsThese words came into English from what language? mana, pahoehoe, wahine, lanai, mahi-mahi, luau

Hawaiian

3 6 . Close AssociatesYou are never alone, since you share your body with hundreds of millions of microorganisms, most of which are what unicellular microorganisms?

bacteria 3 7 . HorsesThe walk, trot, canter, and gallop are varieties of the rhythmic movement of a horse's feet and legs called its what?

gait 3 8 . PoemsWhat creature is being wooed in this excerpt? "Sweet creature," said the spider, "You're witty and you're wise! How handsome are your gauzy wings, how brilliant are your eyes! I have a little looking glass upon my parlor shelf, If you'll step in one moment, dear, you shall behold yourself."

fly 3 9 . ShadowsThe smallest shadow will be cast by a telephone pole if the angle between it and the source of the light is how many degrees?

zero degrees 4 0 . Scientific ErrataIn the 18th century, the great French chemist Antoine Lavoisier was totally mistaken when he said that stones could not fall to the earth because there are no stones in the sky. But today, what do astronomers call such stones?

meteors (meteorites)

7th Grade Quick Recall Round 10 First Half Page 11 . WoundsWhat kind of wounds usually occur with wires, needles, bullets, and nails?

puncture wounds 2 . Earth's InteriorThe center of the Earth is about 6000 kilometers from its surface. The deepest hole ever drilled was about 13 ten-thousandths of that depth. To the nearest kilometer, how deep was that hole?

8 kilometers 3 . DiphthongsWhat word containing a diphthong appears in the proverb about cooks and broth?

spoil 4 . Military OperationsOperation Desert Storm was a combined United Nations action to eject the military forces of what country from Kuwait?

Iraq 5 . SensationsWhat relatively common sensation occurs when stability and spatial perception are disturbed by an inadequate blood supply to the brain, a loss of visual cues, or disorders of the inner ear?

dizziness

6 . Algebraic UnknownsWhat is q if the sum of q and 12 and 21 is 44?

11 7 . BabiesA joey is a baby of what animal?

kangaroo 8 . FactoringThe prime factors of 1092 are 2 times 2 times 3 times 7 times what?

13 9 . AntecedentsWhat is the antecedent of the second pronoun in this line? Boys are beyond the range of anybody's sure understanding, at least when they are between the ages of 18 months and 90 years.

boys 1 0 . AmphibiansThrough what process does a tadpole grow long legs and webbed feet and lose its long tail?

metamorphosis

7th Grade Quick Recall Round 10 First Half Page 21 1 . AmphibiaAmphibians begin life breathing through what structures?

gills 1 2 . FactoringWhat are the prime factors of 68?

2 x 2 x 17 1 3 . DominanceThe dominance of, or preference for, one hand over the other is called what?

handedness 1 4 . LegislationName the largest of the creatures defended by the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972.

whales (blue whales) 1 5 . Energy ConversionsThe windmills of Holland convert wind energy into what other form of energy?

mechanical energy

1 6 . StatisticsWhat is the mean of these scores? 73 85 90 64

78 1 7 . FantasiesThis quote is from what British fantasy? He took to writing poetry and visiting the elves. And though many shook their heads and touched their foreheads and said, "Poor old Baggins!" and though few believed any of his tales, he remained very happy to the end of his days, and those were extraordinarily long.

The Hobbit 1 8 . MelodramaWhat stock character in melodrama often has these characteristics? -impoverished -wears old worn out clothes -protective of an older, weak parent -needs help in frightening situations -goes through continual emotional torment -has some kind of guilty secret -is a beautiful pure-hearted young woman

heroine 1 9 . USA StatesName the only state with the letters "USA" in its name in that order, although not adjacent to one another.

Louisiana 2 0 . SubtractionSubtract -3q from 8q.

11q

7th Grade Quick Recall Round 10 First Half Page 32 1 . Scottish HistoryWhat Scandinavian seamen repeatedly raided Scottish monasteries in the 9th century?

Vikings (Norsemen) 2 2 . Car SafetyWhat passive automotive safety device both dissipates a driver's kinetic energy and distributes deceleration forces across much of the upper body?

air bag (or 3-point seat belt) 2 3 . Terms of OfficeA U.S. senator who has held office for six consecutive terms has served in that capacity for how many years?

36 2 4 . TherapyA prescribed course of nourishment in which the amount and kind of food, as well as the times at which it is to be eaten, are regulated for therapeutic purposes is called a what?

diet 2 5 . Circles30 degrees is what fraction of one revolution?

1/12

2 6 . Medical TreatmentFreddie stepped on a nail. When he got back, he told his buddies he had to get a technical shot. What kind of shot did he actually get?

tetanus shot 2 7 . LegendsWhat name is missing in this verse? In Arthur's court ---- did live, A man of mickle might; The best of all the table round, And eke a doughty knight. His stature but an inch in height, Or quarter of a span: Then think you not this little knight Was proved a valiant man?

Tom Thumb 2 8 . Earthy ChemistryWhat phases of matter are present in soil?

solid, liquid, gas 2 9 . Figurative LanguageThe student who wrote this line incorporated what figure of speech? He fell twelve stories, hitting the pavement like a Hefty bag filled with vegetable soup.

simile 3 0 . ReciprocalsWhat is the reciprocal of 7/15?

15/7

7th Grade Quick Recall Round 10 First Half Page 43 1 . Patriotic SongsThis is an excerpt from what song? You're the emblem of the land I love, The home of the free and the brave. Ev'ry heart beats true under Red, White and Blue, Where there's never a boast or a brag

You're a Grand Old Flag 3 2 . Anthem AnalysisWhat is the first prepositional phrase in the U.S. national anthem?

by the dawn's early light 3 3 . Percentage ProblemsA five-pound box of dried snail-darters was increased in price from $9.00 to $13.00. This represents an increase in price of what percent?

44% 3 4 . Fictional TownsIn the Harry Potter series, what is the only settlement in Britain inhabited solely by magical beings?

Hogsmeade 3 5 . Proofreading SymbolsYour writing assignment has just been returned to you and you notice that there are three short lines below a variety of letters in your paper. These marks indicate what kind of error?

capitalization

3 6 . Life on EarthToday, about 1.5 million species are known, but scientists estimate there may be as many as 30 million species on the planet. If this is so, what fraction of the total species is known?

1/20 3 7 . Country NamesWhat nation was named for Muhammed bin Saud?

Saudi Arabia 3 8 . GeometrySectors, arcs, and radii are parts of what plane geometric figures?

circles 3 9 . Dice ProbabilityOn a standard six-sided die rolled a single time, what is the probability that the number rolled is an odd number greater than 2?

1/3 (or 1 in 3) 4 0 . FolksongsAccording to the lyrics of an American folksong, in what land are old times there not forgotten?

Dixieland (or the land of cotton)

7th Grade Quick Recall Round 10 Second Half Page 11 . NounsHow is "boy" used in this sentence? Fred gave his boy a dog.

indirect object 2 . AnatomyThe esophagus connects the throat to what organ?

stomach 3 . ObservationsHe said, "No matter when you had been to this spot before, a thousand years ago or a hundred thousand years ago, or if you came back to it a million years from now, the scene would be generally the same." What was Neil Armstrong talking about?

the Moon 4 . ProbabilityOne midnight, during a California blackout, Jill walked into the kitchen where she knew her fruit basket contained three nectarines, two apricots, and five peaches. What is the probability that the first fruit she grabs will be an apricot?

1 in 5 (or .2 or 20%) 5 . Prime NumbersExpress the number 180 as a product of its primes.

2 x 2 x 3 x 3 x 5

6 . First AidReminiscent of a sauce for salads, what is the general name for material applied to a wound for protection or absorbency?

dressing 7 . City NamesThe translation of the capital city of what South American nation literally means "good airs"?

Argentina 8 . EmperorsThese were emperors of what country? Momozono Kokaku Ninko Taisho Hirohito

Japan 9 . Coming-of-Age NovelsCentral to what novel are the Book of Shaker, a boy mauled by a neighbor's cow, a Vermont farm, and the gift of a newborn pig?

A Day No Pigs Would Die 1 0 . BorrowingHow much interest will you pay if you borrow $5000 for 1 year at 7% simple interest?

$350

7th Grade Quick Recall Round 10 Second Half Page 21 1 . Art MalapropismsWhat word should have been used in this misbegotten sentence about the Reformation? Lutherans began to meet in little churches with large morals painted on their walls.

murals 1 2 . CubesWhat is the length of one side of a cube that contains a volume of 125 cubic feet?

5 feet 1 3 . NovelsIn what story does a maid named Martha tell Mary Lennox about a garden at her Uncle Archibald's house that has been locked up for ten years?

The Secret Garden 1 4 . MatterMatter is anything that occupies space and has what?

mass 1 5 . Algebraic ExpressionsTranslate this into an algebraic expression. five less than twice a number x

2x - 5

1 6 . OceanographyWhat is the term for a thick and wedge-shaped accumulation of sand and gravel in the zone of breaking waves?

beach 1 7 . ChartersWhat was the nationality of the sovereign who signed the Magna Carta in 1215?

English 1 8 . BearsWhich of the lower 48 U.S. states has the largest grizzly bear population?

Montana 1 9 . Bug ComputationHow many roaches are in a refrigerator containing 300 bugs if there are only roaches and centipedes in it, and the ratio of roaches to centipedes is 5 to 1?

250 2 0 . NovelsThis is from what science fiction tale? Hammond whined, "But what are you going to do to my animals?" "That's not really the question, Mr. Hammond," Muldoon said. "The question is, what are they going to do to us?"

Jurassic Park

7th Grade Quick Recall Round 10 Second Half Page 32 1 . Medical ProceduresWhat treatment is directed toward a patient who has become dehydrated?

rehydration (or hydration) 2 2 . BuffaloWhat kind of buffalo that is found throughout south and east Asia is vital to the existence of more human beings than any other domesticated animal?

water buffalo 2 3 . ParksGolden Gate Park is in what city?

San Francisco 2 4 . TradesName the trade of attaching stuffing, springs, cushions, and covering fabric to furniture.

upholstery 2 5 . DisordersName the common disorder that occurs when a person loses some of the cartilage between bones and where joints become painful, swollen, and stiff.

arthritis

2 6 . Illegal PracticesWhat illegal act is that of "obtaining, delivering, transmitting, communicating, or receiving information about the national defense with an intent that the information may be used to the injury of the United States or to the advantage of any foreign nation"?

espionage (spying) 2 7 . RadiationAbout 400 times more radiation than that produced by the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima was released in a 1986 nuclear power plant disaster near what city of the former U.S.S.R.?

Chernobyl (or Pripyat) 2 8 . Short StoriesIn a story by Edward Everett Hale, the character named Philip Nolan was convicted of treason and was described as a man without what?

a country 2 9 . ShapesWhat word describes the shape of a horizontal cross section of a rectangular pyramid?

rectangle 3 0 . AllusionsThe story of what two people is the basis for the allusion used in this line? She was breathtakingly beautiful, he knew that she was forbidden fruit.

Adam and Eve

7th Grade Quick Recall Round 10 Second Half Page 43 1 . Pirate TalesIn Robert Louis Stevenson's book, what Jim calls Treasure Island is given what other name by Captain Flint that refers to an anatomical structure?

Skeleton Island 3 2 . AnatomyWhat cords are contained in the larynx?

vocal cords 3 3 . DisplacementHow many cubic inches of water will spill over the sides of a full barrel if you place a bowling ball in it with a volume of 268 cubic inches?

268 cubic inches 3 4 . Identified Flying ObjectsWhat kind of flying object has two or more airfoil wings arranged so that its spinning through the air creates unbalanced aerodynamic forces that cause it to travel an elliptical path back to its point of launch.

boomerang 3 5 . World War IIIn what theater did the World War II battles at these sites occur? Tarawa, Kwajalein, Saipan, Wake Island, Midway, Tinian, Iwo Jima, Okinawa

Pacific Theater (Pacific Ocean Theater)

3 6 . Critters in LiteratureWhat kind of animals are these? Prince Terrien in "Bridge to Terabithia" Little Ann in "Where the Red Fern Grows" Jip in "Doctor Dolittle" Bodger in "The Incredible Journey" Buck in "Call of the Wild"

dogs 3 7 . American GovernmentWhich branch of American government neither makes laws nor enforces them?

judicial branch 3 8 . FolkloristsWhat German brothers published the story of "Rapunzel"?

(Jacob and Wilhelm) Grimm 3 9 . SolidsSolids have a definite size and what?

shape (form) 4 0 . FlagsWhich U.S. president issued the order for a new flag of 50 stars arranged in staggered rows to become official in July of 1960?

Dwight Eisenhower