Knowledge Bowl #5.

Junior scholastic.

Playing this Knowledge Bowl game is a fun and easy way for students to review key facts and ideas from Junior Scholastic this year. This game covers the February 21, March 14, and March 28 issues of JS.

To play, you will need to assign students to the following roles:

* Quizmaster: Reads each question;

* Players: Two three, or four teams of similar size;

* Scorekeeper.

PLAYING RULES:

* Players select a category and question number. If they answer the question correctly, they earn points for their team (see chart at right). If they answer incorrectly, the next team tries the same question (unless it has only two answers).

* Teams should take turns in order answering the questions. Players also take turns within their teams.

* The game lasts until all the questions have been answered.

QUESTIONS

NEWS SPECIAL

1. True or False? Child soldiers fight in 75 percent of all world conflicts. (True)

2. What 2001 law broadened the U.S. government's surveillance powers? (The USA Patriot Act)

3. In February, the Department of Homeland Security raised the U.S.'s risk of terrorist attack to what level? (High, or code orange)

4. In February, how many people around the world gathered to protest a possible U.S-led war in Iraq? (More than 10,000,000)

5. What technology uses "face cameras" and special software to identify suspected terrorists? (Biometric technology)

6. Which five countries are permanent members of the United Nations' Security Council? (Britain, China, France, Russia, and the U.S.)

WORLD

1. True or False? Peru's Q'ero Indians are descendants of the Inca people. (True)

2. Which country is larger in area: North or South Korea? (North Korea)

3. Which political party controlled all aspects of life in the former Soviet Union? (The Communist Party)

4. What is the name of the 2.5-milewide border between North and South Korea? (The Demilitarized Zone or DMZ)

5. The Russian army is fighting a war in which region? (Chechnya)

6. What woolly animals do the Q'ero Indians raise? (Llamas and alpacas)

AMERICAN/WORLD HISTORY

1. True or False? Before the Revolution, most Russians wanted to fight in World War I. (False; most Russians opposed the war.)

2. What natural disaster forced 2.5 million Irish people to immigrate to the U.S. in the mid-iBSOs? (The Great Famine)

3. In 1876, the U.S. government promised the Sioux Indians land in which current U.S. state? (South Dakota)

4. What corrupt political machine ruled New York City in the 19th and early20th centuries? (Tammany Hall)

5. Which two Sioux warriors led the Indian forces in the Battle of the Little Bighorn? (Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse)

6. After the Russian Revolution, the Bolshevik party soon gained control of the government. What does the word "Bolshevik" mean in Russian? (Majority)

GEOGRAPHY

1. True or False? The Amazon River empties into the Pacific Ocean. (False; the Amazon empties into the Atlantic Ocean.)

2. Russia is located on which two continents? (Europe and Asia)

3. What is the capital of North Korea? (Pyongyang)

4. Which mountain range runs along the length of South America? (The Andes)

5. Russia was the largest country in area in the former Soviet Union. What was the second largest? (Kazakhstan)

6. The border between North and South Korea lies near which line of latitude? (The 38th parallel)

USA/NEWS EXTRA

1. True or False? Most Sioux call themselves Lakota, Dakota, or Nakota. (True)

2. What percent of U.S. students have experienced some form of sexual harassment in school? (About 80 percent)

3. Astronaut Ian Ramon, a crew member on the Space Shuttle Columbia, was from which country? (Israel)

4. Between 1990 and 2000, what happened to the Sioux population on the Pine Ridge Reservation? (It increased by 28 percent.)

5. What are the three remaining ships in NASA's space-shuttle fleet? (Atlantis, Discovery, and Endeavour)

6. In 1999, what did the Supreme Court say about sexual harassment in U.S. schools? (The Court said schools may be liable if they do not act on harassment)

GRAB BAG

1. True or False? An autocracy is a government led by a religious figure. (False; an autocracy is a government ruled by one person with absolute power.)

2. What minority group is the largest in the U.S.? (Hispanics or Latinos)

3. Which constitutional amendment protects U.S. citizens from "unreasonable searches and seizures"? (The Fourth Amendment)

4. What is the capital of Peru? (Lima)

5. Maria Bochkareva led which volunteer Army during the Russian Revolution? (The Women's Death Battalion)

6. Which suspected terrorist was captured in Pakistan on March 1, 2003? (Khalid Shaikh Mohammed)

HOW TO SCORE

In each category, award the following points for each correct answer:


Question #1   5 Points
Question #2  10 Points
Question #3  15 Points
Question #4  20 Points
Question #5  25 Points
Question #6  35 Points