Knowledge bowl #5.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 (the fifth of six this school year) covers our most recent issues: February 25, March 10, and March 31. To play, 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 a 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. Placers also take turns within their teams. * The game lasts until all the questions have been answered. 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? The Vatican has a national military. (false; it is protected by Italy's) 2. Who painted the Sistine Chapel ceiling The Sistine Chapel ceiling, painted by Michelangelo between 1508 and 1512, is one of the most renowned artworks of the High Renaissance. The ceiling is that of the large Sistine Chapel built within the Vatican by Pope Sixtus IV, begun in 1477 and finished by 1480. ? (Michelangelo) 3. What is the Celtic Tiger? (Ireland during its economic boom) 4. Who is the current Pope? (Benedict XVI) 5. Who is Bertie Ahem a·hem interj. Used to attract attention or to express doubt or warning. ahem interj a clearing of the throat, used to attract attention or express doubt Noun 1. ? (Prime Minister of Ireland) 6. What natural disaster caused massive Irish emigration? (Irish potato famine Irish Potato Famine (1845–49) Famine that occurred in Ireland when the potato crop failed in successive years. By the early 1840s almost half the Irish population, particularly the rural poor, was depending almost entirely on the potato for nourishment. ) NEWS SPECIAL 1. True or False? Gun-control legal cases are based on the Second Amendment. (true) 2. Who is Cuba's new President? (Raul Castro) 3. Which candidate withdrew from the race two days after Super Tuesday? (Mitt Romney) 4. Name the political candidate assassinated just two months before Pakistan's national election. (Benazir Bhutto) 5. What religion do most Kosovars follow? (Islam) 6. The Heller court case concerns gun-control laws where? (District of Columbia District of Columbia, federal district (2000 pop. 572,059, a 5.7% decrease in population since the 1990 census), 69 sq mi (179 sq km), on the east bank of the Potomac River, coextensive with the city of Washington, D.C. (the capital of the United States). ) AMERICAN HISTORY 1. True or False? As President, John Adams worked to avoid war with Britain. (false; with France) 2. In U.S. history, the period following the Civil War is called what? (Reconstruction) 3. Who was President John Adams's Vice President? (Thomas Jefferson) 4. Whom did Judge Ward Hunt find guilty without a jury's verdict? (Susan B. Anthony) 5. Which U.S. President ended Reconstruction by pulling troops from the South? (Rutherford B. Hayes) 6. Which constitutional amendment guarantees women's suffrage? (the 19th) TEEN SCENE 1. True or False? The 2008 Summer Olympics will be held in China's capital. (true; in Beijing) 2. Scholastic Kid Reporter Hayley Livingston attended campaign events for which candidates? (John McCain and Hillary Clinton) 3. What are the Firefly, TicTalk, and Kajeet? (cell phones designed for tweens) 4. Where are teens most likely to see ads directed at them? (on TV) 5. Which type of twins is a boy/girl set likely to be? (fraternal) 6. Where is the world's largest twins festival held each summer? (Twinsburg, Ohio) GEOSKILLS/MAPQUEST 1. True or False? The predominant religion in India This article is about Republic of India's religious demographics. For religions originating in the Indian subcontinent, see Indian religions. Religion in India ranks among the world's most ancient and varied. is Hinduism. (true) 2. Most Australians observe which faith? (Protestant Christianity) 3. Serbia and Kosovo were once parts of which country? (Yugoslavia) 4. In which type of map projection do all lines of latitude and longitude latitude and longitude Coordinate system by which the position or location of any place on the Earth's surface can be determined and described. Latitude is a measurement of location north or south of the Equator. meet at right angles so as to form a right angle or right angles, as when one line crosses another perpendicularly. See also: Right ? (Mercator) 5. What is the capital of Serbia? (Belgrade) 6. Which Balkan country extends farthest north? (Slovenia) GRAB BAG 1. True or False? The Ninth Amendment lets each party choose its vice presidential candidate. (false; the 12th) 2. Which breed won Best in Show at the Westminster Kennel Club dog show The Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show is a two-day benched conformation show that takes place at Madison Square Garden in New York City every year. Dog owners from around the world come to show their dogs. Dogs are judged closely by eminent American Kennel Club (AKC) judges. ? (beagle beagle, breed of dog beagle, breed of small, compact hound developed over centuries in England and introduced into the United States in the 1870s. It stands between 10 and 15 in. (25.4–38.1 cm) high at the shoulder and weighs between 20 and 40 lb (9. ) 3. Who hopes to launch space tourism with SpaceShipTwo? (Richard Branson) 4. Who are Beibei the Fish and Nini the Swallow? (Beijing Olympic mascots) 5. What was the name of Elvis Presley's stillborn stillborn /still·born/ (-born) born dead. still·born adj. Dead at birth. stillborn, n an infant who is born dead. stillborn born dead. twin brother? (Jesse Garon Presley) 6. What is the Naga naga In Hindu and Buddhist mythology, a semidivine being, half human and half serpent. Nagas can assume either wholly human or wholly serpentine form. They live in an underground kingdom filled with beautiful palaces that are adorned with gems. Jolokia? (world's hottest chili pepper] |
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