Knowledge Bowl.

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 our most-recent issues: April 10, April 24, and May 8.

To play, 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 correctly, they earn points for their team (see chart at right). If they answer incorrectly, the next team tries the same question (unless it is a True or False item).

* 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.

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             30 Points

QUESTIONS

WORLD

1. True or False? Before his death, Serbian leader Slobodan Milosevic was on trial for fraud. (false; for war crimes)

2. Who is Hamid Karzai? (Afghanistan's President)

3. Serbia and Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Slovenia, and Macedonia were once a single country called what? (Yugoslavia)

4. When U.S.-led forces invaded Afghanistan, what group ruled the country? (the Taliban)

5. The Balkans region is in which area of Europe? (southeastern)

6. Who were the mujahedeen? (Afghan rebels who resisted Soviet invaders)

AMERICAN HISTORY

1. True or False? The Dust Bowl affected the Southern Plains throughout the 1950s. (false; 1930s)

2. World War II began when Germany invaded which country? (Poland)

3. What does HUAC stand for? (House Un-American Activities Committee)

4. What program was launched to help Americans through the Great Depression? (New Deal)

5. Which country was the main U.S. opponent in the Cold War? (Soviet Union)

6. What date did President Franklin D. Roosevelt say would "live in infamy"? (December 7, 1941, date of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor)

WORLD HISTORY

1. True or False? Napoleon started the French Revolution. (false; he took power after the Revolution)

2. What type of sweet did Napoleon take on his military campaigns? (chocolate)

3. Napoleon made it to the capital of which country, yet failed to conquer it? (Russia)

4. What occurred at Waterloo in 1815? (Napoleon's final battle and defeat)

5. Where was Napoleon's first exile spent? (Elba)

6. Who led the British fleet al the Battle of Trafalgar? (Admiral Lord Horatio Nelson)

USA

1. True or False? Kwigillingok is in southwestern Alaska. (true)

2. What lawbreakers are sent to detention camps? (young people who commit crimes other than the most serious)

3. What is a GED exam? (General Education Development, taken to qualify for a high school equivalency diploma)

4. What is recidivism? (relapse into criminal behavior)

5. What language, besides English, is spoken in Kwigillingok? (Yup'ik)

6. What organized Alaskan sport--like a collection of gymnastic events--do people of Kwigillingok take part in? (Native Youth Olympics)

NEWS SPECIAL

1. True or False? A recent House bill proposed making it a felony to live in the U.S. illegally. (true)

2. Which world region has the highest rate of HIV/AIDS? (sub-Saharan Africa)

3. Amnesty is a pardon for what? (a crime)

4. What is ethanol? (fuel made from corn)

5. What are antiretrovirals? (medicines that help HIV-infected people ward off AIDS symptoms)

6. What powers hybrid cars? (electricity and gasoline)

GRAB BAG

1. True or False? The Senate recently raised the national debt limit to nearly $9 trillion. (true)

2. Which zoo animal recently gave birth to triplets? (polar bear)

3. Who was the first American Idol? (Kelly Clarkson)

4. What kind of animal has the longest-known life span? (giant Galapagos tortoise)

5. Where was the Mapman? (Malta)

6. Enceladus is a moon of which planet? (Saturn)