High School Samples

Some things to note:
 

• Pronunciations provided for even moderately difficult words

• Each subset of five questions has one Math, one Science, one Social Studies, one Language Arts and one Humanities question--no "runs" of multiple questions from any one area

• The question "payoff" is found at the end of the question to reward in-depth knowledge

• Optional parts of the response are in parentheses

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1.         This Shakespearian play can be summarized as "one wedding ends up in three weddings."  Identify the comedy in which the line “Lord, what fools these mortals be!" is uttered by Puck.

                         (A) MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM

 2.        In this contemporary bestseller, TV anchorwoman Maddy Hunter is in denial until she joins the Commission on Violence Against Women.  Identify this novel by Danielle Steele.

                         JOURNEY

 3.        This muckraker wrote a scathing critique of the meat packing industry in 1906.  Identify this man who wrote The Jungle.

                         (UPTON) SINCLAIR

 4.         At zero degrees Celsius, what is it that has a speed of 742 miles per hour in air?

                         SOUND

 5.          Convert the decimal number 75 to its base 8 equivalent.

                         113

 6.        An angle measures 94 degrees, 7 minutes, 42 seconds.  What is the measure of the supplement of the angle?

                         85 DEGREES, 52 MINUTES, 18 SECONDS

 7.      He preached that God holds people over a pit of hell.  Who was this principal figure of the Great Awakening better known for "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God"?

                         (JONATHAN) EDWARDS

 8.       This genetic process can cause increases in mortality and morbidity. What is the genetics term for the breeding of organisms that have a very similar genotype?

                         INBREEDING

 9.       This author was known as the master of the macabre [mah-KAB-ruh].  Because his stories were written in first person, readers often believed he was as crazy, mad, or insane as his narrators.  Identify this author of  “The Black Cat”, “The Tell-Tale Heart” and "The Raven".

                         (EDGAR ALLAN) POE

 10.    The only Titan to retain power under Zeus, this Greek goddess appears in Shakespeare’s Macbeth.  Identify this goddess of witchcraft.

                         HECATE [HECK-it]

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