Peoria Area Scholastic Bowl League Frosh-Soph Set #1

1. Social Science/History (4 parts)

Q: Identify the persons assassinated by the following:
1. Leon !olgols!
". Sirhan Sirhan
#. $arc%s &%ni%s 'r%t%s( )ai%s assi%s Longin%s and others
4. arl *eiss
+: 1. *illia, $c-inley
". .obert -ennedy
#. &%li%s aesar
4. H%ey Long
". Science/'iology (4 parts)
Q: Identify these ani,als of the /leistocene era:
1. Large cattle pre0alent in 1%rope. I,ages appear in ca0e paintings( and the last of the species died
in the 1233s
". Large elephant relati0es with c%r0ed t%s4s. 5iss%es of this wide ranging gen%s ha0e been
reco0ered fro, fro!en carcasses in .%ssia.
#. Large feline fo%nd in the +,ericas. 5heir gen%s na,e ,eans 64nife tooth7.
4. +n ar,adillo relati0e the si!e of a 8* 'eetle that has been fo%nd in the +,ericas.
+: 1. a%rochs
". ,a,,oths
#. s,ilodon or saber9toothed cats/tigers
4. glyptodont
#. :ine +rts//erfor,ing +rts (4 parts)
Q: Identify the ,%sicals gi0en the following songs:
1. 6Hard -noc4 Life7
". 6;o% $%st Lo0e $e7
#. 6$atch,a4er( $atch,a4er7
4. 6;o%<re the 5op7
+: 1. Annie
". Evita
#. Fiddler on the Roof
4. Anything Goes
4. $ath/+lgebra (4 parts)
Q: Sol0e these si,%ltaneo%s e=%ations:
1. "> ? y @ "1( #> ? 4y @ 44
". > ? y @ 1A( #> 9 y @ "1
#. "> ? #y @ 4"( A> 9 y @ "3
4. #> 9 "y @ B( > ? "y @ A
+: 1. > @ C( y @ A
". > @ D( y @ 2
#. > @ 2( y @ 13
4. > @ #( y @ 1
A. Lang%age +rts/'ritish Literat%re (4 parts)
Q: +nswer the following abo%t the story 6+ni,al :ar,7:
1. *hich pig was dri0en away fro, the far, and later bla,ed for s%pposed sabotageE
". *hat was the na,e of the loyal cart horse who was ha%led away to sla%ghter when he was inF%redE
#. *hat was the na,e of one of the two dogs whose p%ppies beco,e the fearso,e police for the r%ling pigsE
4. *hat was the original na,e of the far,E
+: 1. Snowball
". 'o>er
#. &esse or 'l%ebell
4. $anor :ar,
2. Science/he,istry (4 parts)
Q: Geter,ine the charge on each of the following ions:
1. Hinc
". +,,oni%,
#. /ero>ide
4. S%lfite
+: 1. ?"
". ?1
#. 9"
4. 9"
B. Lang%age +rts/*orld Literat%re (4 parts)
Q: +nswer the following abo%t the plays of Sophocles:
1. If his se0en s%r0i0ing plays( two were abo%t which title characterE
". *hich fa,o%s hero appears in two other playsE
#. and 4. 5wo plays< titles are the na,es of the ,ain fe,ale characters of each. *hat are the na,esE
+: 1. Iedip%s
". Herc%les
#. and 4. +ntigone and 1lectra
C. Social Science/History (4 parts)
Q: In any order( identify the fo%r Illinois go0ernors who ser0ed between .ichard Igil0ie and .od
'lagoFe0ich.
+: Ganiel *al4er
&i, 5ho,pson
&i, 1dgar
)eorge .yan
D. Lang%age +rts/+,erican Literat%re (4 parts)
Q: Identify the state in which the e0ents of the following wor4s ta4e place:
1. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
". Tortilla Flat
#. My Antonia
4. The Great Gatsby
+: 1. $isso%ri
". alifornia
#. Jebras4a
4. Jew ;or4
13. $ath/+lgebra (4 parts)
Q: *hat are the coefficients for each ter, in the e>pansion of (2> ? "y) c%bedE
+: "12
"12
B"
C
11. Science/1arth Science (4 parts)
Q: Identify the following geologic eras:
1. +ge of .eptiles
". +ge of $a,,als
#. +ge of :ishes
4. +ge in which +,phibians appeared
+: 1. $eso!oic
". eno!oic
#. /aleo!oic
4. /aleo!oic
1". Social Science/)eography (4 parts)
Q: Identify the co%ntry which possesses these nat%ral feat%res:
1. )alapagos Islands
". Ig%a!% :alls
#. the S%ndarbans
4. )reat 'arrier .eef
+: 1. 1c%ador
". 'ra!il or +rgentina
#. India
4. +%stralia
1#. $isc./.eligion (4 parts)
Q: Identify any fo%r of the aspects of the Joble 1ightfold /ath of '%ddhis,:
+: .ight %nderstanding (or 0iew)
.ight intention (or tho%ghts)
.ight speech
.ight action
.ight li0elihood
.ight effort
.ight ,indf%lness
.ight concentration
14. $ath/)eo,etry (4 parts)
Q: 5he 0erte> angle of an isosceles triangle ,eas%res D3 degrees and two sides ,eas%re 2 inches each.
:ind the following:
1. $eas%re of each base angle
". Height of the isosceles triangle
#. Length of the base of the triangle
4. +rea of the triangle 9 e>press as a ,i>ed n%,ber if necessary
+: 1. 4A degrees
". # ti,es the s=%are root of " inches
#. 2 ti,es the s=%are root of " inches
4. 1C s=%are inches
1A. $isc./Sports (4 parts)
Q: Identify the winners of these $aFor ,en<s tennis to%rna,ents in "332:
1. +%stralian Ipen
". *i,bledon
#. :rench Ipen
4. K.S. Ipen
+: 1. .oger :ederer
". .oger :ederer
#. .afael Jadal
4. .oger :ederer