Knowledge bowl #4.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 January 10, January 24, and February 7 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 score·keep·er n. An official who records the score throughout a game or competition. score  keep . 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 1. True or False? Trent Lott is the Majority Leader of the U.S. Senate. (False; Bill Frist is the Senate Majority Leader.) 2. What is the nickname for the national missile defense National Missile Defense (NMD) as a generic term is a military strategy and associated systems to shield an entire country against incoming Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles (ICBMs). The missiles could be intercepted by other missiles, or possibly by lasers. system that President Bush wants to build? (Star Wars) 3. When is NASA NASA: see National Aeronautics and Space Administration. NASA in full National Aeronautics and Space Administration Independent U.S. astronaut and former teacher Barbara Morgan scheduled to blast off into space? (November 2003) 4. Who is the chief United Nations weapons inspector in Iraq? (Hans Blix) 5. Which President asked Lewis and Clark to explore the western U.S.? (Thomas Jefferson) 6. How many orangutans live on the Earth? (Fewer than 20,000) USA/NEWS SPECIAL 1. True or False? More than half of all U.S. homes are wired for Internet access today, (True) 2. Which bobsledder became the first African-American to win a gold medal at the Winter Olympics in February 2002? (Vonetta Flowers) 3. In which state were nine miners trapped underground for three days in July 2002? (Pennsylvania) 4. Which U.S. President led the nation during the Cuban Missile Crisis Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962, major cold war confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union. After the Bay of Pigs Invasion, the USSR increased its support of Fidel Castro's Cuban regime, and in the summer of 1962, Nikita Khrushchev secretly decided to ? (John F. Kennedy "John Kennedy" and "JFK" redirect here. For other uses, see John Kennedy (disambiguation) and JFK (disambiguation). John Fitzgerald Kennedy (May 29, 1917–November 22, 1963), was the thirty-fifth President of the United States, serving from 1961 until his assassination in ) 5. According to experts, what is one of the main causes of hunger in the U.S.? (Poverty) 6. Which law passed by Congress in 2001 gave the U.S. government new power to conduct many secret searches? (The USA Patriot Act USA PATRIOT Act [Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorists], 2001, U.S. ) AMERICAN HISTORY 1. True or False? The Declaration of Independence called for the creation of the U.S. Supreme Court. (False; the U.S. Constitution created the Court.) 2. Martin Luther King Jr. was inspired by which Indian leader to use peaceful means to protest injustice? (Mohandas Gandhi) 3. About how many black soldiers fought for the Union in the Civil War? (185,000) 4. Who was the first female Justice appointed to the Supreme Court? (Sandra Day O'Connor Sandra Day O'Connor (born March 26 1930) is an American jurist who served as the first female Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1981 to 2006. She was considered a strict constructionist. ) 5. Which U.S. President signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964? (Lyndon B. Johnson) 6. When did President Abraham Lincoln sign the Emancipation Proclamation? (January 1, 1863) GEOGRAPHY 1. True or False? The Mississippi River empties into, Lake Superior. (False; The Mississippi River empties into the Gulf of Mexico Noun 1. Gulf of Mexico - an arm of the Atlantic to the south of the United States and to the east of Mexico Golfo de Mexico Atlantic, Atlantic Ocean - the 2nd largest ocean; separates North and South America on the west from Europe and Africa on the east .) 2. What is the capital of Uganda? (Kampala) 3. Which U.S. state has the largest land area? (Alaska) 4. Islamabad is the capital of which South Asian nation? (Pakistan) 5. Mount Mitchell, the highest point in the Eastern U.S., is located in which state? (North Carolina) 6. The geographical center of the U.S. is located in which state? (South Dakota) WORLD 1. True or False? The majority of people in Kashmir are Muslims. (True) 2. Who is the current President of Uganda The President of Uganda is the head of state in Uganda. The role began as a largely ceremonial position, with the Prime Minister holding the true power. The first president was the king of Buganda, due to the power of the monarchist Kabaka Yekka party. ? (Yoweri Museveni) 3. Which three nations control parts of Kashmir? (India, Pakistan, and China) 4. Which rebel group has been fighting a civil war against the Ugandan government for the last 17 years? (The Lord's Resistance Army Noun 1. Lord's Resistance Army - a quasi-religious rebel group in Uganda that terrorized and raped women and kidnapped children who were forced to serve in the army ) 5. Kashmir has two capitals, one for summer and one for winter. What are they? (Srinagar is the summer capital; Jammu is the winter capital.) 6. What is the official language of Uganda? (English) GRAB BAG 1. True or False? The United States is divided into six separate time zones. (True) 2. J. Dennis Hastert, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, is from which U.S. state? (Illinois) 3. Which Supreme Court decision ruled that racial segregation in U.S. schools was unconstitutional? (Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas Brown v. Board of Education, 347 U.S. 483, 47 S. Ct. 686, 98 L. Ed. 873, was the most significant of a series of judicial decisions overturning segregation laws—laws that separate whites and blacks. ) 4. How many U.S. states are led by Democratic Governors? (24) 5. The first shots of the U.S. Civil War The U.S. Civil War, also called the War between the States, was waged from April 1861 until April 1865. The war was precipitated by the secession of eleven Southern states during 1860 and 1861 and their formation of the Confederate States of America under President Jefferson Davis. were fired in which state? (South Carolina) 6. Many Indians call Mohandas Gandhi the Mahatma mahatma (məhăt`mə, –hät`–) [Sanskrit,=great-souled], honorific title used in India among Hindus for a person of superior holiness. Mohandas Gandhi is the best-known figure to whom the title was applied. ." What does this name mean? (Great soul) 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 |
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