Knowledge Bowl Practice Questions

113. Geographical Goofs
What is wrong with this statement made by the U.S. president in 2013? If we don't deepen our ports all along the Gulf - places like Charleston, South Carolina, or Savannah, Georgia, or Jacksonville, Florida - those ships are going to go someplace else.

These cities are on Atlantic coast.

Alt. 4. Betrayals
This is about an incident in what future state? General Thomas Jesup requested a truce conference, but when Osceola complied, he was treacherously taken captive and died in prison less than three months later.

Florida

69. Exiles
What former American vice president went into voluntary European exile to avoid going on trial for the murder of Alexander Hamilton?

Aaron Burr

88. Colonies
Before Trinidad and Tobago became a republic, they had been colonies of what country?

Great Britain (England, U.K.)

76. Ichthyology
What invasive jawless fish have become a major problem in the Great Lakes?

lampreys (sea lampreys)

36. Arm of the Mediterranean
What sea is immediately north of the Ionian Sea?

Adriatic Sea

28. Mixtures
How many pounds of candy worth 65 cents per pound must be mixed with 10 pounds of candy worth 90 cents per pound to make a mixture worth 70 cents per pound?

40 pounds

35. Europeans
What is the nationality of these people? Vidkun Quisling Henrik Ibsen Edvard Grieg Fridtjof Nansen Thor Heyerdahl Roald Amundsen

Norwegian

64. Mathematical Systems
Computers use the binary system. We ordinarily use the decimal system. But the ancient Babylonians used the sexagesimal system that used what number as its base?

60

25. Baseball Physics
Hold a baseball bat hanging down loosely between your thumb and index finger. Have someone begin gently tapping the bat with a hammer, starting at the fat end, and moving toward the handle. You will feel vibration everywhere except at a certain point. This is known as what spot in the bat?

sweet spot