2011 GALLAUDET UNIVERSITY NATIONAL ACADEMIC BOWL PRELIMINARY MATCH SAMPLE ROUND 1

1. 2011GALLAUDET UNIVERSITYNATIONAL ACADEMIC BOWLPRELIMINARY MATCHSAMPLEROUND 1

2. 1SOCIAL STUDIES

3. The copy of it once purchased by Robert Kennedy was sold in 2010 for nearly $4 million—though itwas worth more than that to blacks living in America when it was published during the Civil War. Givethe common 2-word term for this document by Abraham Lincoln stating that slaves are “forever free.”

5. The copy of it once purchased by Robert Kennedy was sold in 2010 for nearly $4 million—though itwas worth more than that to blacks living in America when it was published during the Civil War. Givethe common 2-word term for this document by Abraham Lincoln stating that slaves are “forever free.”

6. Emancipation Proclamation Undo West East

7. 2DEAF STUDIES

8. Self Help for Hard of Hearing People is now called what?

10. Self Help for Hard of Hearing People is now called what?

11. Hearing Loss Association of America Undo West East

12. 3SOCIAL STUDIES

13. When it opened in 1869, it replaced the so -called Overland Route from Alexandria to the Red Sea.Name this structure seized by Egyptian ruler Gamar Abdel Nasser in 1956, who promptly blew up astatue of its French creator, Ferdinand de Lesseps.

15. When it opened in 1869, it replaced the so -called Overland Route from Alexandria to the Red Sea.Name this structure seized by Egyptian ruler Gamar Abdel Nasser in 1956, who promptly blew up astatue of its French creator, Ferdinand de Lesseps.

16. Suez Canal Undo West East

17. 4MATHEMATICS

18. If A and B are supplementary angles, compute angle A in degrees if angle A is five times as large as angle B. 0:15 0:02 0:03 0:04 0:05 0:06 0:07 0:08 0:10 0:18 0:19 0:20 0:16 0:27 0:14 0:13 0:12 0:17 0:09 0:01 0:21 0:26 0:25 0:30 0:29 0:28 0:24 0:23 0:22 0:11

20. If A and B are supplementary angles, compute angle A in degrees if angle A is five times as large as angle B.

21. 150° (A + B = 180; A = 5B) Undo West East

22. 5THE ARTS

23. The letters L and V can be seen with a magnifying glass in its right pupil and are thought to have beendeliberately placed there by its creator. Its subject is the wife of the 16 th-century Italian Francesco delGiocondo. Name this famous painting by Leonardo da Vinci.

25. The letters L and V can be seen with a magnifying glass in its right pupil and are thought to have beendeliberately placed there by its creator. Its subject is the wife of the 16 th-century Italian Francesco delGiocondo. Name this famous painting by Leonardo da Vinci.

26. The Mona Lisa Undo West East

27. 6LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE

28. It can mean “the material used by an artist to create an artwork.” It can also mean “a means of masscommunication”, such as a newspaper. It can even be a synonym for “psychic”, as it was for several years on TV. Give this six-letter word that also describes something not too large and not too small.

30. It can mean “the material used by an artist to create an artwork.” It can also mean “a means of masscommunication”, such as a newspaper. It can even be a synonym for “psychic”, as it was for several years on TV. Give this six-letter word that also describes something not too large and not too small.

31. Medium Undo West East

32. 7LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE

33. It tells how a scientist and a harpooner are taken inside a submarine and told they can never leave. But they do manage to escape the submarine and its Captain named Nemo. Name this adventure story, written by French author Jules Verne.

35. It tells how a scientist and a harpooner are taken inside a submarine and told they can never leave. But they do manage to escape the submarine and its Captain named Nemo. Name this adventure story, written by French author Jules Verne.

36. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea Undo West East

37. 8POPULAR CULTURE,LEISURE, AND SPORTS

38. Name the NFC 2011 champion city/team, coach and quarterback

40. Name the NFC 2011 champion city/team, coach and quarterback

41. Green Bay Packers; Mike McCarthy; Aaron Rodgers Undo West East

42. 9SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

43. Its day is less than 12 Earth hours long, but its year is more than 7 Earth years long. One of its satellitesfell out of orbit billions of years ago and crashed into it—or at least, that’s a new theory of how—whichplanet could have developed its famous rings?

45. Its day is less than 12 Earth hours long, but its year is more than 7 Earth years long. One of its satellitesfell out of orbit billions of years ago and crashed into it—or at least, that’s a new theory of how—whichplanet could have developed its famous rings?

46. Saturn Undo West East

47. 10MATHEMATICS

48. Give the value of the quantity (x + 3), factorial, when x = 2. 0:15 0:02 0:03 0:04 0:05 0:06 0:07 0:08 0:10 0:18 0:19 0:20 0:16 0:27 0:14 0:13 0:12 0:17 0:09 0:01 0:21 0:26 0:25 0:30 0:29 0:28 0:24 0:23 0:22 0:11

50. Give the value of the quantity (x + 3), factorial, when x = 2.