Intermediate Questions

1.  Rory was born in 1994.  He wants to know in what year he will have his 18^th birthday.  In what ear will Rory turn 18?   2012

2.  Some people thought Kentucky’s new capital should be Lexington, some Louisville and other Danville.   A 1792 committee chose what city to be the capital of Kentucky?  Frankfort

3.  What force causes rivers to flow toward the ocean and glaciers to move down mountains?  gravity

4. Jason bought 15 stamps costing 33 cents each and paid with a five dollar bill.  How much change did he get?  5 cents

5.  What do we call a story that is handed down from generation to generation?  Folktale

6.  What do you call a long speech said by one actor?  Monologue

7.  Kelly ate 2/6 of the candy bar and Tina ate 3/6 of the candy bar.  How much of the candy bar was left?  1/6

8.  What branch of the United States government is headed by the president?  Executive

9.  Which state of matter can be poured?  Liquid

10. What is the relationship between the following words?  Big and Small.  They are antonyms/opposites

11.  On the food pyramid, what group are peanuts in?  meat or protein group

12.  How many nouns are in this sentence?  “Iron is a metal which has been useful to mankind for hundreds of years.”  4

13.  The primary colors are red, yellow and blue.  What do you get when you mix two primary colors together?  Secondary colors

14.  Charlie checked the temperature in his room.  The thermometer read 62 degrees Fahrenheit.  How many degrees above the freezing point is this?  30 degrees Fahrenheit

15.  What is the Kentucky state bird?  Cardinal

16.  What adaptation does a monarch butterfly use to blend into its surroundings?  Camouflage

17. The following words are examples of what category of words?  Inside, barnyard, downtown, dugout, tightrope.  Compound words

18.  Citrus fruits are important in nutrition because of their high content of which vitamin?  C

19.  In the production of a play, what do you call the painted background?  Scenery

20.  How is three hundred seventy-six thousand, one hundred forty-three written in standard form?  376,143

Extra Questions

1.  Find the distance between -6 and 13 on the number line.  19

2.  How many minutes will it take to go 125 miles at 50 miles per hour?  150

3.  Divide 52,480 by 2560.  20.5

4.  What is the next number in the sequence that begins with this? 

5   3   1   -1   -3   ………..    -5

5.  The Atlantic and Pacific are two of the five great oceans.  Name the others.  Antarctic, Arctic, Indian

6.  Since people spend about one-third of their lives sleeping, a 75-year-old person has spent how many year’s sleeping?  25

7.  A thick, obscuring cloud-like mass of water vapor near the ground is called…..fog

8.  Is the longest side of a right triangle called a leg or a hypotenuse?  Hypotenuse

9.  How many months of the year have 31 days?  7 months

10.  What is 6  divided by 4?   54

1.  Jordan’s cat had 8 kittens.  Each kitten was either all black, all white or all gray.  There were two black kittens, and there were twice as many gray kittens as white kittens.  How many gray kittens did Jordan’s cat have?    4

2.  What name indicating an article of clothing was used during the American Revolution is reference to a British Soldier?            Redcoat

3.  In which state of matter are the particles closest together?             Solid

4.  Emotional appeal, expert opinion, bandwagon and testimonial are what types of techniques?         Persuade/persuasive

5.  What part of your body is being referred to when people talk about flexibility?  Muscles

6.  What kind of noun always begins with a capital letter?           Proper nouns

7.  In dancing, what is the use of energy while moving?                   Force

8.  Michael has to read a 32 page book.  He has already read 12 pages.  What fraction of the pages did he read, in simplest form?      3/8

9.  Which continent other than Antarctica lies entirely south of the equator?  Australia

10. What is the second stage in the life cycle of a butterfly?     Larva

11. A written account of Ronald and Nancy Reagan’s life together as written by their daughter is what form of literature?     Biography

12. Joe has a box 5 inches long, 4 inches wide and 3 inches high.  What is the volume of the box?    60 cubic inches

13.  What is the name given to folktales that explain how things came to be?  Myth

14.  Daniel wants to plant tulips around the border of his garden.  What measurement will he need to know?                 Perimeter

15. What is determined by longitude and latitude? Absolute location

16.  Name the process in which green plants use the sun’s energy to produce food.  Photosynthesis

17. Name the words that appear at the top of each page in a reference work to indicate the first or last entry on the page.  Guidewords

 (headwords)

18. What food group does eggs belong to?     Meat/Protein group

19. What musical element means how fast or slow the music is sung or played?  Tempo

20.  Miguel wants to buy 3 bags of potato chips.  Each bag of potato chips costs $2.69.  If he uses a coupon for $1.00 off the price of one bag, how much will Miguel owe for the 3 bags of potato chips?  $7.07

Extra Questions

21.  These descriptions were taken from a table about what phenomenon? 

·        Not felt except y a very few

·        Felt by persons on the upper stories

·        Some windows broken

·        Motorcycles rocked noticeably

·        Heavy furniture moved

Earthquakes

22.  The Zenon star system includes 948 planets.  Twelve shuttles are dispatched such that each will explore an equal number of planets.  How many planets will each shuttle visit?                79

23.  What is the seventh number in this sequence:  23, 20, 17, 14, ……       5

24.  What is the sum of the odd numbers larger than 12 and less than 20?        64

25.  One is to seven as three is to ….          21

26.  What invisible waves are used by physicians to examine patients’ bones?  X-rays

27.  What is the common name for huge amount of condensed water vapor floating in air?               A cloud

28  What is 5 cubed?  125

29.  Deposits of sand and/or gravel along the coast of a lake or sea are called…..beaches

30.  What bird lays the smallest egg?  hummingbird

1.  Nathan bought 5 large pizzas and a case of soda for his baseball team party.  Each pizza cost $14.25, and a case of soda cost $4.99.  What was the total cost of the pizza and the soda?  $76.24

2.  What are the major landforms in eastern Kentucky?    Mountains

3.  Animals use oxygen to convert food into energy.  What gas is used by plants?  Carbon dioxide/CO2

4.  What is it called when you note the similarities and differences between two or more people or things?  Compare

5.  Sally had a peanut butter sandwich and milk for lunch.  Which one food group is missing from her lunch?  Fruit and vegetable group 

6.  The first spring 2 tulips bloom.  The next year 6 tulips bloom.  The third year 18 tulips bloom.  Following the same pattern, determine how many tulips will bloom in the fifth year.                      162

7.  What war formally began with the “shot heard around the world”?  American Revolution/Revolutionary War

8.  This term means the day to day variation in atmospheric conditions that includes temperature, winds, and precipitation.  What is this 7-letter words beginning with “w”?  weather

9.  A nonfiction work of literature written about himself by the author is an……autobiography

10.  What is the total number of days in June, July and August?    92 days (30 in June + 31 in July + 31 in August)

11.  Pottery, quilts, and baskets are created for what artistic purpose?  Functional

12. You order pizza with your friends.  The total is $24.45.  The three of you want to share the cost equally.  How much does each person owe?  $8.15 

13.  “To provide for the common defense”  is a goal specifically mentioned in what United States document?  Preamble to the Constitution

14.  What do meteorologists call their predictions of forthcoming weather conditions?  Forecasts 

15.  Why does the word Constitution begin with a capital letter?  Proper noun/names a historical document 

 16.  The right to communicate openly without fear of governmental restrain is called freedom of ……….  Speech (or expression) 

17.  A picture or diagram used to clarify or decorate the text in a book is called ……….  Illustration

18.  The pattern of beats in a piece of music is called?  Rhythm

19.  What is the simplest form of 25/3?  8 1/3

20.  There are 12 pints of milk left over from lunch.  How many quarts is this?  6

 Extra Questions 

21.  How many kiwi berries did Karen originally have in her bag if after giving 13 of them to Carl she still had 17 remaining?  30 

22.  A sum of money you give to another with the expectation of being repaid is called a ……  loan

23.  When you make a list of all the numbers between 1 and 100, how many times do you write the number 3?  19

24. What is the next number in this sequence?  219, 215, 211, 207, ….   203

25.  Of all the stars in the universe, which is the closest to Earth?  The Sun

26.  1n 1995, Dave’s grandparents celebrated 50 years of marriage.  In what year were they married?  1945

27.  The largest amount of stored fresh water on Earth is frozen in….glaciers 

28.  How many gallons are there in 256 fluid ounces?  2 gallons 

29.  How do you calculate the area of a square or rectangle?  Multiply length times width

30.  What is the result of 16 + 10 – 3 + 17 – 6?     34

1.  Michael spent 45 minutes each day for five days practicing piano.  How much time did he practice in all?  3 hours and 45 minutes

2.  A colonist during the Revolutionary War who felt a sense of loyalty and devotion to Great Britain was called a ______________.  Loyalist

3.  What major part of a green plant conducts H20 upward from the roots of the leaves?    Stem

4.  What punctuation mark shows where letters have been omitted in a contraction?  Apostrophe

5.  There are how many more syllables in “interchangeability” than in “ultrasonic”?  3

6.  Spell onomatopoeia.        onomatopoeia    

7.  The Virginia Reel is a dance from what period?        Colonial American

8.  There are 15 apple pies, 8 cherry pies, and 7 peach pies.  What fraction of the pies, in simplest form, is cherry?  4/15

9.  Which type of map would you use to locate the capital of South Dakota?  Political

10. Many animals move regularly from one place to another during the course of a year.  Name this adaptation.  Migration

11.  “Invent” includes what other word meaning “an opening”?              Vent

12.  What punctuation mark should be used after commands, interjections and emphatic statements?  Exclamation mark

13.  What chemicals may be added to foods to keep them from spoiling?  Preservatives

14.  What is the term used to describe picture or painting of things that do not move, like fruit or flowers?   Still life 

15.  Alma owes Tyler $21.37.  She gives him $8.64.  How much does she still owe?  $12.73

16.  What river in the United States has the greatest number of tributaries?  Mississippi River

17.  At what temperature on the Celsius scale does water freeze?  Zero

18.  What part of speech is “new” in this line?  In his backpack he carried his books along with his new gremlin.      Adjective

19.  What figurative language is used in this sentence?  The contestant’s knees were jiggly jelly as she stepped forward to take her turn.   A metaphor

20.  What is the name of the instrument family played by blowing into them either through a reed or across an opening?    Woodwinds

 Extra Questions

21.  Round 87,582 to the nearest hundred.  87,600

22. A body of land surrounded by water is an….island

23.  What color is most obsidian?  Black

24. Subtract 1/7 from 3/7.  2/7

25.  What is the greatest common denominator of these numbers?  400  256  64   16

26.  To convert pounds to ounces, you should multiply pounds by what factor?  16

27.  Perform these operations:  8/5 – 3/5 + 9/5 =                14/5 or 2 4/5

28.  Sometimes an artist will want you to look closely at a particular part of a piece of artwork.  The artist will use the elements of art to emphasize an area so your eyes are drawn to it.  What is this particular area?            Focal point

29.  What number equals the following?  (2 x 1000) + (3 x 10) + (5 x 1)          203530.  What river flows through the Grand Canyon?  Colorado

30.  What river flows through the Grand Canyon?     Colorado