Examples of Quizbowl questions


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1 Name this level of taxonomical classification more general than Class and more specific than Kingdom.
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2 Angle B is an obtuse angle in parallelogram ABCD. What is the value of ‘cosine A’ divided by ‘cosine B’? Answer
3 What number is associated with the word Dodecahedron? Answer
4 In what cabinet-level department is the Internal Revenue Service? Answer
5 Put into simple radical form: the cube root of 81. Answer
6 In The United States, this substance is usually used as either ten percent or eighty-five percent of a solution. Name this hydrocarbon that is often combined with gasoline. Answer
7 Which state contains the towns of Winooski, Bellows, Rutland, Burlington, and Montpelier? Answer
8 There are 25 prime numbers less than 100. How many numbers less than 100 are prime or divisible by three? Answer
9 Give the term for groups of rocks that easily transmit water to wells or springs. Answer
10 This word can refer to an air current, a sketch, an unedited work, or a system of choosing new team members. Give this five letter word beginning with the letter D. Answer
11 Find the limit as x approaches four of the quantity four minus x end quantity divided by the quantity two minus the square root of x. Answer
12 Give the word defined as smallness in number in proportion to demands. Answer
13 How many sides does a convex polygon have if the number of diagonals is twice the number of sides? Answer
14 How much energy is stored in a two Henry inductor in a simple circuit that has been left on with a fifty Volt battery and a ten Ohm resistor? Answer
15 In Asian depictions, these creatures have some physical aspects similar to goats. Name these white creatures known for having a spiral object protruding from their heads. Answer
16 Name this Greek victory that followed soon after Thermopylae in 480 BC. Answer
17 What was the #1 hit for The Temptations that asks the question: “I guess you'd say what can make me feel this way? Answer
18 This began in 1999 as a site for sharing music and book reviews.Name this weblog community whose name starts with the letter X. Answer
19 Name this gypsy dancer who is loved by Quasimodo in Hugo’s The Hunchback of Notre Dame. Answer
20 How many sides does a regular polygon have if each internal angle is 170 degrees? Answer
21 Name these structures that line up chromosomes during metaphase and anaphase. Answer
22 Name this key which, unfortunately, is often pushed before Alt and Delete. Answer
23 Name this element with atomic number 92. Answer
24 Name the part of the cell between the cell membrane and the nucleus. Answer
25 His scientific writings include works on thunder and balloons, his political writings include supporting arguments for paper currency and the Albany Plan, and he wrote a very successful autobiography, among other things. Answer
26 Before 1959, its definition was based on oxygen, but it is now based on carbon in its ground state. Name this dimensionless quantity based on Avogadro’s Number. Answer
27 Rounded to the nearest whole number, how many grams of oxygen are created if water is decomposed to create one gram of hydrogen? Answer
28 Joe has only nickels and dimes. How many dimes does he have if he has fifteen coins worth a total of one dollar? Answer
29 Name this king who ended the War of the Roses and began the Tudor dynasty. Answer
30 Name this commercial character that keeps going and going and going and going. It always wears sunglasses and blue sandals. Answer
31 Find the area of the triangle enclosed by the lines in the coordinate plane x=6, y=8, and x+y=10. Answer
32 Which state contains the towns of Waterbury, Stamford, Bridgeport, New Haven, and Hartford? Answer
33 The second class has two heavy chains and makes up much of the thick filaments in muscles. Name this protein that works with actin to contract muscles. Answer
34 Round to the nearest whole number. Find the volume in liters of 273 grams of carbon dioxide gas at a temperature of 440 Kelvins and a pressure of 224 millimeters of Mercury. Answer
35 Name this man sometimes known as the laughing philosopher who wrote about indivisible elements he called atoms. Answer