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: October 17 & 24 (double issue), and October 31.

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

SPECIAL/NEWS SPECIAL

1. True or False? Countries like China and India that once lagged far behind the West have become economic powers. (true)

2. Name the hurricane that, a month after Katrina, struck the Texas-Louisiana coast. (Rita)

3. Last May, IBM cut thousands of jobs in the U.S. and Western Europe, while creating thousands of jobs where? (India)

4. According to historians, who suggested the name United Nations? (U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt)

5. Since 1945, what date has been celebrated as United Nations Day? (October 24)

6. The United Nations headquarters opened in 1951 in what city? (New York)

WORLD/WORLD IN FOCUS

1. True or False? The U.S. has borrowed billions of dollars from China. (true)

2. What is the term for the percentage of a population who can read and write? (literacy rate)

3. What European country has a rotating Chairman of the Presidency? (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

4. Where did Chinese leaders who fled from. Communist rule in 1949 set up a government? (Taiwan)

5. What is the world's second-most populous country? (India)

6. How many hours a day does Min Liu spend at school? (15; 7 a.m. till 10 p.m.)

WHO'S WHO AMONG GOVERNMENT LEADERS

1. True or False? Vladimir Putin is the Prime Minister of Ukraine. (false; President of Russia)

2. Who was President of the Democratic Republic of Congo before Joseph Kabila? (his father, Laurent Kabila)

3. Hamid Karzai is the first elected President of what country? (Afghanistan)

4. Who is Manmohan Singh? (Prime Minister of India)

5. A former metalworker known as Lula is President of what country? (Brazil)

6. Who once played in a rock band called Ugly Rumours? (Tony Blair, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom)

HISTORY (WORLD/AMERICAN)

1. True or False? The empire of Alexander the Great extended as far east as India. (true)

2. Before the Constitution took effect in 1789, the government of the United States was based on an agreement known as what? (the Articles of Confederation)

3. How many delegates to the 1787 Constitutional Convention would not sign the Constitution? (three)

4. Alexander the Great died in 323 B.C. in what ancient city? (Babylon)

5. Who wrote the amendments that became the Bill of Rights? (James Madison)

6. Alexander the Great believed that he was descended from Achilles, hero of what ancient story? (Homer's Iliad)

GEOGRAPHY/SKILLS

1. True or False? Alexander the Great's empire included parts of four continents. (false; three: Europe, Asia, Africa)

2. In pounds per person, what country consumes more chocolate than any other? (Switzerland)

3. What country occupies most of China's northern border? (Mongolia)

4. Which religious faith is observed by 33 percent of the world's people? (Christianity)

5. Where was the ancient city of Troy located? (Asia Minor)

6. What is another name for the Chang Jiang? (Yangtze River)

GRAB BAG

1. True or False? Scientists have proved that animals are able to predict a natural disaster. (false; it's being studied)

2. President Bush nominated Harriet E. Miers to fill whose Supreme Court seat? (Sandra Bay O'Connor)

3. The name of the festival called Samhain means what? (summer's end)

4. What did Christians of the 800s call the holiday they celebrated on November 1? (All Saints' Day or All Hallows' Day)

5. What was Harriet Miers's job at the time President Bush nominated her for the Supreme Court? (White House Counsel)

6. Scientists are using an "infrasonic vibration plate" to test animals' sensitivity to what kind of vibrations? (seismic tremors or earthquakes)