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Provincial Finals

Intermediate
Pack
#4

Executive Director: Paul G. Russell


Editorial: Jeremy Willard
National Director: Daniel Hill
Teacher Advisors: Dr. Carole Palmer & David Rose
National Coordinator : Frank Russell
Researchers:

Gerry Buccini-St. Abert Eric Poulin : Ottawa


Ian Campbel: Winnipeg Jullian Saddy London
Bill Davis : Upper Cloverdale Paulina Hernandez Sainz : Winnipeg
Ivan Gombos : Montreal Daniel Salisbury : Hamilton
Tom Ingram Winnipeg Evan Sauve : Waterloo
Elizabeth Jewllal : London Ben Smith : Ottawa
Geoffrey Lyall : Toronto Tom St. Amand : Sarnia
Brian McKenzie : Pinawa Allison Szenasi : Hamilton
Matt Morrisette : Brandon

National Office:
460 Palmerston Blvd., Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M6G 2P1
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TEAM # vs . TEAM #
TEAM NAME: TEAM NAME:
INTERMEDIATE SCHOOLREACH PROVINCIAL FINALS – 2020-2021
PACK #4

HOST: Welcome to SCHOOLREACH. I’m _________your quizmaster for this game between [school #1]
__________ and [school #2] _________. In this match, we have [player #1] __________, [player #2] _________,
[player #3] __________, [player #4] __________of [school #1]_________ pitted against [player #1] __________,
[player #2] ___________, [player #3] ___________, [player #4] ________ of [school #2]__________.

We’ll play three rounds of questions, with a minute break between each round. Now, if the scorekeeper is ready,
let’s begin ROUND ONE OF SCHOOLREACH!

40-POINT SNAPSTART TO ROUND ONE

1. What is the largest country entirely in the southern hemisphere?


A. AUSTRALIA
2. What is the perimeter of a rectangle with side lengths of 10 cm and 8 cm pairs?
A. 36 CM
3. What is the significance of Cape Columbia in Nunavut?
A. CANADA’S MOST NORTHERLY POINT
4. Who became the new president of France in May of 2017?
A. EMMANUELLE MACRON

30-POINT OPEN QUESTION – BIOLOGY

5. What do we call the outer layer of material common to all cells?


A. (CELL) MEMBRANE
6. What name is given to the fluid material inside cells?
A. CYTOPLASM
7. What general term beginning with the letter ‘O’ is used for the many specialised structures in a cell?
A. ORGANELLES

40-POINT OPEN QUESTION – LITERARY OCCUPATIONS


What is the primary occupation of the following literary characters?

8. Jane Eyre, in the novel that bears her name?


A. GOVERNESS
9. Bob Cratchit in A Christmas Carol?
A. CLERK (Accept: SECRETARY)
10. Jack Dawkins in Oliver Twist
A. PICKPOCKET
11. Sam Spade in the novel The Maltese Falcon
A. (PRIVATE) DETECTIVE

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40-POINT TEAM QUESTION
In this two-part TEAM QUESTION, whichever team is first to answer correctly the ten-point SCRAMBLE
QUESTION in PART ONE, is then eligible for the remaining ten-point questions in PART TWO.

PART ONE: Scramble for ten points.


12. What is the nineteenth letter of the alphabet?
A. S
____________________________________________________________________
PART TWO: The answers to the following questions begin with THE LETTER “S”.
SCORE TEN POINTS FOR EACH CORRECT ANSWER

13. What is the word for the visual method of sending messages using two flags?
A. SEMAPHORE
14. What is the word for a needle used on a phonograph turntable?
A. STYLUS
15. What word was first used by author Jack London to describe strike breakers?
A. SCAB

20-POINT SPECIAL – MATH

16. What is the value of five million, seven hundred thousand in scientific notation?
A. FIVE POINT SEVEN TIMES TEN TO THE SIXTH (5.7 x 106)

80-POINT ASSIGNED QUESTION – CLASSICAL MUSIC


Here is an ASSIGNED QUESTION on CLASSICAL MUSIC in which each member of each team is assigned a
ten-point question. If you miss your question, then your counterpart on the opposing team will have a chance at
it for ten points.
Name the classical composer responsible for these famous works.

TEAM A:
17. The opera AIDA.
A. VERDI
18. William Tell Overture
A. ROSSINI
19. The opera LA TRAVIATA.
A. VERDI
20. 1812 OVERTURE.
A. TCHAIKOVSKY

TEAM B
21. HUNGARIAN RHAPSODY
A. LISZT
22. MARRIAGE OF FIGARO
A. MOZART

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23. BOLERO
A. RAVEL
24. POMP AND CIRCUMSTANCE
A. ELGAR

30-POINT OPEN QUESTION – GRAMMAR

25. Give me an example of a coordinating conjunction.


A. Any one of: AND, BUT, NOR, OR, FOR
26. What is the subject of the sentence “Some compose with great ease”?
A. SOME
27. What is the subject of the sentence “Close the door”
A. (It’s presumed to be) YOU

40-POINT SNAPPERS TO END THE ROUND

28. Which famous university is found in Kingston, Ontario?


A. QUEEN’S UNIVERSITY
29. Otitis media is an inflammatory disease affecting what part of the human body?
A. EAR
30. Name the five American States that have a coastline on the Pacific Ocean?
A. HAWAII, ALASKA, WASHINGTON, OREGON AND CALIFORNIA
31. What is the name of the provincial park on the west coast of Newfoundland?
A. GROS MORNE

ONE-MINUTE BREAK TO ROUND TWO

40-POINT SNAPPERS TO START ROUND TWO

32. Which famous jazz trumpet player was best recognized by his nickname “Satchmo”?
A. LOUIS ARMSTRONG
33. The Sandwich Islands was the original name for what group of Pacific islands?
A. HAWAII (Accept: HAWAIIAN ISLANDS)
34. The Hollywood portmanteau name of Brangelina stands for what two celebrities?
A. BRAD PITT and ANGELINA JOLIE
35. In which Swiss city are the headquarters of the World Health Organisation?
A. GENEVA

40-POINT WHO AM I? QUESTION

36. This question is worth 40 points if you guess the answer on the first clue and 10 points less with each
succeeding clue, until either team answers the question correctly.

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CLUE A: I was born in Montreal in 1931 and after graduating from McGill in 1952 appeared with several
Canadian repertory theatre companies.
WHO AM I?
CLUE B: I appeared on Broadway in The World of Suzie Wong, A Shot in the Dark, and Brothers Karamazov.
None of these gained me any widespread fame. It was not until I was associated with real stars that I became
famous.
WHO AM I?
CLUE C: I had many television roles, including a policeman who trained rookies, and a bumbling Boston lawyer.
WHO AM I?
CLUE D: My greatest role of all is that of the Captain of a ship that travelled “where no man has gone before”.
WHO AM I?
A. I AM WILLIAM SHATNER

30-POINT OPEN QUESTION – CELEBRITIES “F”


All answers are famous people with surnames beginning with the letter “F”.

37. This famous sports car driver won the Indy 500 in 1961, 1964, 1967 and 1977. Name him.
A. A. J. FOYT
38. She was the American figure skating champion in the 1968 Olympics. Name her.
A. PEGGY FLEMING
39. This English television host interviewed and filmed a series of episodes with former U.S. President Richard
Nixon. Name him.
A. DAVID FROST

40-POINT TEAM QUESTION


In this two-part TEAM QUESTION, whichever team is first to answer correctly the ten-point SCRAMBLE
QUESTION in PART ONE, is then eligible for the remaining ten-point questions in PART TWO.

PART ONE: Scramble for ten points.


40. What film pioneer created the company that gave us animated classics like Cinderella and Fantasia as well as
the character Mickey Mouse?
A. WALT DISNEY

PART TWO: The remaining questions all deal with Walt Disney classics.
SCORE TEN POINTS FOR EACH CORRECT ANSWER

41. A popular song from Mary Poppins speaks of feeding what type of creatures?
A. BIRDS
42. In which Disney movie would we find a character named Baloo?
A. THE JUNGLE BOOK
43. What number appears in the title of the first Disney film that involved a particular breed of dog with black
spots?
A. 101 (DALMATIANS)

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40-POINT OPEN QUESTION – COMPUTER LANGUAGE
Identify the following computer definitions.

44. These are the programmes, or sets of instructions, procedural rules, and in some cases documentation, that
makes the computer function.
A. SOFTWARE
45. The acronym for this classic computer language stands for Beginner’s All-Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code.
A. BASIC
46. What company produces the operating system known as “Windows”?
A. MICROSOFT
47. The internal mechanism for storing information in a computer is known as what?
A. MEMORY

40-POINT SNAPOUT TO END ROUND TWO

48. What is the name of the United States Navy’s aerial demonstration team?
A. BLUE ANGELS
49. The Dog Who Wouldn’t Be is the creation of which Canadian author?
A. FARLEY MOWAT
50. What is the value of absolute zero in degrees Fahrenheit?
A. -459.67 (Accept: -459 OR -460)
51. The Pit and the Pendulum is a story written by which famous author?
A. EDGAR ALLEN POE

ONE-MINUTE BREAK TO ROUND THREE

40-POINT SNAPSTART TO ROUND THREE

52. This character in literature was determined to keep the Tara Plantation in the days of the American Civil War.
What was her name?
A. SCARLETT O’HARA
53. What Zodiac sign would someone with a birthday on November 10th possess?
A. SCORPIO
54. What is the official language of Martinique?
A. FRENCH
55. During which famous world event was the IMAX Film Projection System introduced?
A. (MONTREAL’S) EXPO 67

40-POINT TEAM QUESTION


In this two-part TEAM QUESTION, whichever team is first to answer correctly the ten-point SCRAMBLE
QUESTION in PART ONE, is then eligible for the remaining ten-point questions in PART TWO.

PART ONE: Scramble for ten points.


56. In 1908, the new “motorcar for the multitudes” was available at a special sale price of $850. What was the
model name of this car, nicknamed the “Tin Lizzie”?
A. MODEL T (FORD)

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____________________________________________________________
PART TWO: The remaining questions deal with events of THE YEAR 1908.
SCORE TEN POINTS FOR EACH CORRECT ANSWER

57. In June of 1908, 200,000 people gathered to hear Christabel Pankhurst speak about a woman’s right to vote. In
which London park did this event take place?
A. HYDE PARK
58. Published in Canada in 1908, this first novel in a long series followed the adventures of a red-haired Maritime
orphan. What was its title?
A. ANNE OF GREEN GABLES
59. In 1908, the largest earthquake recorded in European history killed 75,000 people and destroyed the second-
largest city on the island of Sicily. What is this city’s name?
A. MESSINA

40-POINT OPEN QUESTION – CELEBRITIES


From the description given, name the celebrity who owns each of the following homes.

60. A multi-million dollar home in Tarzana, California. The boyfriend of this Australian rapper is nicknamed
“Swaggy.”
A. IGGY AZALEA
61. A mansion in Hidden Hills, California. It was previously owned by Ellen DeGeneres and before that by
Jessica Simpson. The new owner won an Oscar in 2013 as Best Actress.
A. JENNIFER LAWRENCE
62. A lavish mansion in Rhode Island. She is a pop-country hybrid music performer.
A. TAYLOR SWIFT
63. A million dollar “bachelor pad” in Hollywood Hills. He became famous as a vampire and now designs
colognes.
A. ROBERT PATTINSON

40 POINT WHAT AM I? QUESTION

64. This question is worth 40 points if you guess the answer on the first clue and 10 points less with each
succeeding clue, until either team answers the question correctly.

CLUE A: It was likely the ancient Phoenicians who had the first idea for codifying me as a system.
WHAT AM I?
CLUE B: My Phoenician form was so successful that later versions, such as the Greek and Roman, are derived
from it.
WHAT AM I?
CLUE C: My Chinese version has more than 5,000 different signs – the Romans only used 23. Ours uses 26.
WHAT AM I?
CLUE D: Don’t forget your “A, B,C’s” when using me.
WHAT AM I?
A. I AM THE ALPHABET

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20-POINT OPEN QUESTION – SCIENCE TRIVIA

65. Volcanic features found underground are called what kind of features?
A. INTRUSIVE
66. At which specific location on the moon did the first moon landing occur?
A. SEA OF TRANQUILITY

40-POINT OPEN QUESTION – FACTORING


Factor the following quadratics fully.

67. x2 + 11x + 18
A. (X + 2)(X + 9)
68. x2 – 81
A. (X + 9)(X – 9)
69. x2 + 4x – 21
A. (X – 3)(X + 7)
70. x2 – 14x + 48
A. (X – 6)(X – 8)

100-POINT SNAPOUT TO FINISH THE GAME

71. What material is used to make pencil lead?


A. GRAPHITE (Accept: CARBON)
72. In which US state would you find Mt. St. Helens?
A. WASHINGTON
73. In terms of population, what is Canada’s smallest provincial capital?
A. CHARLOTTETOWN
74. What is the criminal term for when a person is married to two people?
A. BIGAMY
75. The French name for which seasonal beverage, often flavoured with nutmeg and rum or brandy, literally
translates as “milk of hen”?
A. EGGNOG
76. Give the name for a well or spring that flows continuously?
A. ARTESIAN
77. Name Han Solo’s ship in the first Star Wars film?
A. THE MILLENIUM FALCON
78. What trophy is given to the most valuable player on his team in the NHL playoffs?
A. CONN SMYTHE TROPHY
79. In the late 1970s, a train derailment in Mississauga, Ontario resulted in the release of what noxious gas?
A. CHLORINE
80. Which Academy Award-winning film was a musical set in post World War I Berlin?
A. CABARET

END OF GAME

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TIE-BREAKERS IF NEEDED

1. This politician was first to sign the Declaration of American Independence, and his name is often used as slang
for a signature. Who was he?
A. JOHN HANCOCK
2. What word, beginning with “b”, refers to a gift given in order to alter or corrupt conduct?
A. BRIBE
3. What province became part of Canada in 1949?
A. NEWFOUNDLAND (later called NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR)
4. What is the name of the calendar used in most of the Western world?
A. GREGORIAN

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