19-20 Governor's Cup Practice Test

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• What word, also meaning someone who protects or preserves, is the counterpart of 'parent' on many school forms and appears after 'The' in a London newspaper's name?
• What is the name of the Native American dance performed after warriors returned from battle, where women dance in concentric circles and medicine men beat drums and sang?
• The phenomenon described by clothes sticking together after a dryer and shocks from door knobs is called what?
• Which term describes the bones forming the spine?
• Which poet wrote 'Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening'?
• What is the correct description of the typical shape of an Erlenmeyer flask?
• Identify the complete predicate in the sentence: 'My parents have started painting my room'.
• In mosaic art, mosaics are most commonly seen on which surface?
• What word describes both a fee paid to secure professional services and an orthodontic device that holds teeth after braces are removed?
• What is the name of the early Kentucky settlement founded around 1775 by North Carolina pioneers?
• What is the Japanese term for the art of paper folding?
• Which member of the United States Congress is primarily responsible for originating revenue bills?
• What is the famous rallying cry associated with the Alamo?
• Name the river that flows past El Paso, Laredo, and Brownsville and marks the border between the United States and Mexico.
• Which writing style lacks rhyme and metrical structure and is neither drama nor poetry?
• Which author created Horton the Elephant and Yertle the Turtle?
• Which four-sided figure has opposite sides parallel and equal, and opposite angles equal, and is not limited to right angles?
• Identify the paired punctuation marks that enclose an independent sentence and are more rounded than brackets.
• The settlers known as Pennsylvania Dutch actually spoke which language?
• Which California landmark is made of nine tall white letters and was originally created as an advertisement for a real estate development?
• Name this 1960s British quartet consisting of Ringo Starr, George Harrison, Paul McCartney, and John Lennon.
• Which nursery rhyme features the refrain 'Hi-ho, the derry-o' and includes a cheese that stands alone?
• What is the term for an official who serves as a minor peace officer with limited arrest powers and may assist with traffic issues and issue warrants?
• Who wrote Last Stop on Market Street?
• Who created Silas, Miss Lupescu, and Jack Frost in The Graveyard Book?
• Which river passes through Pineville at Pine Mountain?
• What term describes color pairs opposite each other on the color wheel?
• What term describes movements that propel the body through space, such as walking, running, and jumping?
• Name the single-reed woodwind instrument commonly used in orchestras and jazz, pitched in B-flat.
• In Minnesota, a statue commemorates a lesser-known lumberjack who is Paul Bunyan's younger brother. What is his name?
• What literary element refers to the struggle that drives a story's plot?
• What is the collective name of the six instrumental works Bach wrote for a prince in the Holy Roman Empire?
• What is another common name for the season that comes after summer and before winter in the Northern Hemisphere?
• This figure has two equal angles opposite two equal sides. The third angle is not equal to the other two. What kind of triangle is it?
• What is the term for the rapid descent of an aircraft in a steep spiral, formed by the word parts tail and spin?
• Which accessory, commonly used by bass and guitar players, is typically made of felt for ukuleles to preserve the instrument's surface?
• What is the shared first name of the female leads in West Side Story and The Sound of Music?
• What term describes a speech in which a character talks to himself on stage?
• Which region near the southern shores of San Francisco Bay became a global technology hub?
• In the Caldecott-winning book by Phillip and Erin Stead, what is the name of the kind, patient zookeeper who befriends animals?
• What property describes a mineral's resistance to being scratched?
• Which author wrote Anne of Green Gables?
• What type of joint provides the greatest freedom of motion and is located in the shoulder and hip?
• Which surname is shared by the authors of the two Kentucky historical sketches?
• Which law states that the rate of change of a body's momentum is proportional to the force applied to it?
• In what year did Gandhi's Quit India movement take place?
• What is the name of the balance with three parallel beams and a pan?
• What type of sentence asks questions and collects information, often using the five W's?
• What was the religious reform movement in early America that sought to purify the Church of England and settled in Massachusetts Bay?
• What word means a return to a former condition or a witty reply, built from 'come' and 'back'?
• Identify the bird known for its bright iridescent tail plumage and relatively short flight, with tail feathers potentially making up 60% of body length.
• Name this landmark near Granada, southern Spain, with a fortress guarding the Moorish palace.
• Who was the 44th president of the United States, author of The Audacity of Hope and Dreams from My Father?
• Which symbol currently displays 50 stars and is associated with Betsy Ross?
• Which novel is set on Prince Edward Island and centers on an imaginative orphan girl adopted by Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert?
• Which process of breaking down food into substances usable by the body can be classified as either mechanical or chemical?
• Which term describes a sentence used to gather information, often beginning with who, what, when, where, why, or how?
• In the John Henry legend, what is the weight of the hammer he used?
• What do you call a triangle where one angle is 70 degrees and the other two are each smaller?
• On a topographic map, lines that indicate land elevation at regular intervals are called what?
• Which award did A Single Shard earn for Linda Sue Park?
• Which Mozart opera features Papageno and Tamino on a quest to reach the temple of Sarastro?
• What is the Chinese practice that literally means wind and water and helps determine the arrangement of space and graves?
• Which month did Congress choose for the presidential election in 1845?
• Which tall tale figure is associated with a branding iron and a Widow-Maker horse?
• The first English child born in the Americas was named?
• During his tenure as Chief Justice, who authored many opinions and is considered the founder of our system of constitutional law?
• Which major river flows into the Ohio River at Paducah, Kentucky and passes through Tennessee and Kentucky?
• Which term identifies the category that includes the sphere, cube, and pyramid?
• What is the type of sentence that begins with an interjection and ends with an exclamation point?
• What term refers to a community of living and non-living things that interact and function together?
• Who was the third Vice President of the United States?
• Which West Coast city sits beside one of the finest harbors and became a Gold Rush boomtown, home of the Giants?
• Who collaborated with illustrator Brett Helquist on the book 'Odd and the Frost Giants'?
• Which church's members established the colony of Maryland?
• What is the final novel in Madeleine L'Engle's Time Quartet?
• What is the name of the freed slave who allegedly died after defeating a steam drill in a race?
• Which safety equipment should be worn in the biology lab when heating substances or when using any chemicals, and when dissecting a specimen, to protect the eyes from injury?
• This father and son team was responsible for a two-volume historical sketches of Kentucky. The father first published it in 1847, and the son revised and updated it in 1874. Give the last name of these two historians.
• What is the term for the line that divides a figure into two mirror-image halves?
• The site that began as a Franciscan mission and became a rallying cry for Texas independence is called what?
• What do we call the 33 bones that form the spine?
• Which Jamaican music genre originated in the Caribbean and was popularized by Bob Marley?
• Which author wrote An Acceptable Time as the final novel in her Time Quartet?
• Spell the word in the sentence that means detach.
• In the scalp dance, who beat drums and sang?
• Which vocal technique, associated with early country and mountain singing, involves alternating between normal voice and high-pitched singing?
• Which county official's office issues vehicle licenses and stores deeds and marriage records, and oversees voter registration?
• This group of animals, the largest living reptiles, includes species such as the African Dwarf Crocodile and the Saltwater Crocodile.
• Which musical symbol is a curved line indicating legato articulation across notes of the same or differing pitches?
• In the electromagnetic spectrum, which waves are primarily used to broadcast radio and television signals?
• Name the ballroom dance with quick triple chasse steps and rock steps, originated in Cuba, with a repetitive rhythm.
• The art form whose name derives from the Italian word for 'scratching' and is often seen on bridges, sidewalks, or buildings is called what?
• What kind of sentence issues commands and can end with a period or exclamation point?
• Which amendment protects against self-incrimination?
• Spell the word that means 'required' as given, with each letter separated by hyphens.
• What is the molten rock called when it is beneath the Earth's surface, before it erupts as lava?
• The language historically called Pennsylvania Dutch actually refers to which language?
• Who wrote The Planet of Junior Brown?
• After the fall of Vicksburg, the Union gained control of which river?
• What is the artwork made from small pieces of glass and stone called?
• What term refers to a life story that a person writes about themselves?
• British scientist Robert Hooke observed cork under a microscope and identified the basic unit of structure and function of life. What is this unit called?
• Which punctuation resembles a period above a comma and is used to join two independent clauses when no coordinating conjunction is used?
• How many letters are in the Hollywood Sign?
• On school forms, what term is the counterpart of 'parent' and can also refer to someone who protects or preserves?
• Which leader delivered the Quit India speech in 1942 and advocated non-violence and unity between Hindus and Muslims?
• Identify the federal legislative body with 435 members that originates revenue bills and can impeach public officials.
• Contour lines on a topographic map indicate changes in what measurement?
• In music notation, what term describes a curved line that connects notes to indicate smooth articulation across pitches?
• Kente cloth is traditionally woven by women in which two West African countries?
• Which form of electromagnetic radiation has a frequency between radio waves and infrared and is commonly used in microwave ovens?
• The first part of the compound word is 'tell' in a common elementary school activity; the second part is the antonym of 'on'. Identify this word for someone who deliberately attracts attention.
• Which Michelangelo sculpture, created between 1501 and 1504, depicts David before his battle with Goliath?
• What do we call a family of stars such as the Milky Way?
• On what date did Japan attack Pearl Harbor, described by President Roosevelt as a "date that will live in infamy"?
• Who was the frontiersman who led the North Carolina pioneers to the Kentucky settlement known as Boonesborough?
• What is the best known name for the daughter of the Powhatan chief who saved a colonial leader?
• Which law of motion states that an object at rest stays at rest and an object in motion stays in motion unless acted on by a net external force?
• What term describes the gravitationally curved path of a space object around another body, such as the Earth's orbit around the Sun?
• Which dance originated in Buenos Aires, mixing South American, Spanish, and Cuban influences?
• Which term describes the division of the animal kingdom that includes about 95% of all animal species, including mites and the giant squid?
• On this scale, temperature is measured in one degree increments; what is the scale where water boils at 100 and freezes at 0?
• The Milky Way is classified as which type of galaxy?
• What is the title of the Caldecott-winning picture book memorializing Philippe Petit's 1974 high-wire walk between the New York Twin Towers?
• Which punctuation mark commonly connects prefixes like ex- and all-, and links compound adjectives such as twenty-one?
• Which woodwind instrument is a single-reed instrument commonly associated with Benny Goodman?
• What non-vascular plant forms dense green clumps in damp areas and lacks true vascular tissue?
• What do we call the simple multicellular animals whose bodies are full of pores and spend their lives attached to a surface underwater?
• Which term describes how strongly something is valued in a particular location?
• What type of stage is surrounded by the audience on three sides and often features a projecting catwalk?
• Which river drains much of the American Great Plains and has headwaters in southwestern Montana?
• Which name did Pocahontas adopt after marrying John Rolfe?
• Which Virginia Hamilton novel describes its title character as a giant black piano prodigy who hides in a secret room?
• Which skill used by Gene Autry and Jimmie Rodgers involves rapid switching between normal singing and falsetto?
• Who wrote Silent Spring and helped spur the establishment of the EPA?
• In mosaic art, the individual pieces are called what?
• Name the singer who won American Idol and has hits including Piece By Piece and Stronger, who also served as a judge on The Voice.
• This city, at the mouth of a major river, is the birthplace of jazz and home to Mardi Gras. Name it.
• In Gandhi's philosophy, what does the term ahimsa mean?
• Which choreographer studied at the American Ballet Theatre's school, partnered with Mikhail Baryshnikov, and created Amadeus, Ragtime, and Push Comes to Shove?
• Which poet wrote The Road Not Taken?
• Which dancer and choreographer, associated with the Ballets Russes, created The Afternoon of a Faun and The Rite of Spring?
• What is the more common name for the auxiliary verb used with a main verb to show mood or tense (examples include should, will, might)?
• Which class includes mites, ticks, scorpions, and spiders?
• Which Pluto moon shares its name with the mythological ferryman who carries souls across the River Styx?
• Which explorer and mapmaker is credited with mapping much of the coast of New England and was said to be rescued by Pocahontas?
• What term describes the condition when demand exceeds the available supply of a good?
• Besides solid, liquid, and gas, what is sometimes considered the fourth state of matter?
• In Mozart's The Magic Flu te, which character is a cheerful bird-catcher?
• Which person is associated with the flag that currently has 50 stars?
• Identify the Alamo defender described as a rough backwoods legislator who hunted bears in the winter.
• Which part of speech refers to a person, place, thing, or idea and is capitalized when proper?
• What is the name of the rare winter storm where lightning occurs during snow, making thunder difficult to hear?
• Which official handles voter registration and election-related duties?
• Who was the first American woman in space?
• Who sculpted the fourteen-foot-tall statue David, created in the early 1500s?
• What is the term for the biannual event when the Sun is above the Earth's equator, resulting in nearly equal day and night?
• The Hello Goodbye Window was illustrated by which artist?
• Which tall tale cowboy is said to have invented the branding iron and the lasso, and had a horse named Widow-Maker?
• In colonial America, the Puritan movement settled in which colony?
• Spell the word that means "area" or "zone."
• Which stage type is described as a design where the audience surrounds the performance on three sides and a catwalk extends into the audience?
• What term describes the visual elements of a theatrical production, such as scenery and costumes, commonly defined today as a public show on a large scale?
• In a musical ensemble, which instrument is typically tuned below the violin and serves as the tenor voice?
• Which term describes animals without a backbone?
• In colonial America, what term referred to a person who agreed to work for a set period in exchange for passage to America?
• Who wrote The Hello Goodbye Window?
• In an isosceles triangle, which statement best describes the base angles?
• Which member of The Beatles was the drummer?
• What suffix means 'one who does a specific action' and appears after tour, art, and solo?
• This nursery rhyme's famous line is 'The cheese stands alone' and features a farmer and various animals. Name the rhyme.
• What economic value is determined by the interaction of producers and consumers and reflects production resource costs?
• What term refers to any push or pull that can change the motion of an object?
• This dancer held the title of Prima Ballerina Assoluta at the Royal Ballet and performed with Rudolf Nureyev. Name her.
• Identify the National Historic Landmark steamboat that is the oldest Mississippi River–style steamboat in operation.
• Which Interstate highway travels from Bowling Green to Owensboro and was renamed as an auxiliary highway in 2019?
• Within the Alhambra, what is the name of the fortress that guarded the Moorish palace?
• Which early 20th-century ballerina is famed for The Dying Swan and made her American debut in Coppelia?
• Which Mississippi town, halfway between Memphis and New Orleans, was captured by Confederate forces and gave the Union control of the Mississippi River?
• Identify the dance style described by Gregory Hines and Savion Glover, characterized by light rhythm and heavy arm work, with shoes that have metal plates.
• Which musical symbol means gradually getting louder and is the opposite of diminuendo?
• In what year did the March on Washington occur, where the 'I Have a Dream' speech was delivered?
• In the John Henry legend, John Henry raced against which machine?
• The Pine Mountain ridge runs through Virginia, Kentucky, and Tennessee. Which state is not part of this ridge?
• In chamber groups, which instrument serves as the tenor voice and is slightly larger than a violin?
• Which Jamaican music genre originated in the Caribbean, heavily emphasizes the second and fourth beats, and was popularized by Bob Marley?
• The Brandenburg Concertos are by Johann Sebastian Bach from which musical period?
• What is the title of Linda Sue Park's Newbery Medal-winning novel set in 12th-century Korea?
• Which founding father published Poor Richard's Almanack and is known for bifocal glasses?
• Around World War I, which dance that originated in Buenos Aires spread to America and Europe?
• What is the largest moon of Pluto?
• Which four-sided figure is not necessarily a square or rectangle, with opposite angles equal and opposite sides equal and parallel?
• What is the upper layer of the rainforest formed by overlapping leaves and branches called?
• Which West Coast city is famous for its harbor and was a major Gold Rush boomtown in California?
• Which Kentucky region is known for loess soils?
• What is the term for the basic unit of life that forms the building blocks of tissues?
• Which medium is commonly used to create graffiti art?
• Identify the bird known for its bright tail feathers and the ability to short-fly despite tail length up to 60% of body.
• What term refers to the conservative Christian group known for using horse and buggy for transportation?
• The device used in Hamlet's "To be, or not to be" passage is what?
• Name the subatomic particle with a negative charge that is the lightest in the atom.
• Which U.S. president served during the Cuban Missile Crisis and signed the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty?
• What does the name mean? The cloth in question is named for its basket-like pattern.
• Benjamin Franklin is noted for his work in electricity; which famous experiment involved a kite during a storm?
• Which choreographer created the crossover ballet Push Comes to Shove and collaborated with Baryshnikov?
• Who was the fourth Chief Justice of the United States, often regarded as the founder of constitutional law?
• Nijinsky worked with which famous ballet company when he choreographed works such as The Afternoon of a Faun and The Rite of Spring?
• Which economic policy restricts governmental interference and comes from a French phrase meaning 'allow to do'?
• Name the force that keeps an object moving in a circular path.
• In a rainforest, which layer lies beneath the canopy and supports shade-tolerant plants?
• The setting of Anne of Green Gables is in which Canadian province?
• Which group includes both the African Dwarf Crocodile and the Saltwater Crocodile?
• In an experiment, the group that does not receive any treatment or changes is called what?
• Name the three basic states of matter.
• Which Kentucky region is the northern extent of the Gulf Coastal Plain located in western Kentucky?
• Which music style from the 1970s featured a fast tempo and was associated with a mirrored ball?
• Which amendment guards against unreasonable searches and seizures?
• Who was the first winner of American Idol, known for pieces including Piece By Piece and Stronger, and who later hosted a talk show?
• Which American musical form is known for improvisation and developed from ragtime and blues?
• The quantity representing an object's motion, equal to its mass multiplied by its velocity, is called what?
• Which western state is bordered by treaties with Spain and Britain and has a Continental Divide along its border with Montana?
• In what year was the Hubble Space Telescope launched?
• Which Norton Juster book features illustrations by Chris Raschka that earned a Caldecott recognition?
• Which president was assassinated in Dallas in 1963?
• Tiny vessels connecting arteries and veins are known as what?
• Which Newbery Medal-winning book by Matt de la Peña follows a boy and his grandmother on a city bus ride?
• In American folklore, who is the younger brother of Paul Bunyan and a famed lumberjack?
• Historically, which month was designated by Congress in 1845 as the month for presidential elections due to rural farming cycles?
• Which suffix, found in tourist, artist, and pianist, denotes a person who performs?
• Name the first and fifth governor of Kentucky.
• Which literary device uses deliberate exaggeration for humorous or dramatic effect?
• Which amendment protects you from being tried twice for the same crime?
• Which entertainer who goes by the nickname J.Lo performed in the 2020 Super Bowl Halftime Show and is a singer, dancer, and actress?
• Which NASA instrument launched in 1990 allows scientists to study high resolution images of deep space objects?