Scholars Bowl JV (Round 3)

S.S. During the French and Indian War, which fort that was the site of the first hostilities between the two belligerents was located at the site of the present-day downtown Pittsburgh?

• Ft. Necessity

• Ft. Duquesne

• Ft. Le Boeuf

• Ft. Niagara

S.S. Most often associated with the Italian leader Benito Mussolini, this one-party system in a country asserts control over individuals in finances, industry, and commerce, all with the intent of nationalist unity.

• Republic

• Theocracy

• Fascism

• Monarchy

S.S. Located in the Pacific Northwest, the Juan de Fuca Strait separates Washington's Olympic Peninsula from which Canadian Island?

• Vancouver Island

• Newfoundland

• Victoria Island

• Melville Island

L.A. Homonyms are words that sound alike, but are spelled differently. Spell the two homonyms that begin with the letter "r" and means 1) beams of light, and 2) to demolish.

• raise

• rays

• raze

• raize

L.A. The Jungle, Animal Farm, and The Faerie Queen are examples of what type of writing in verse or prose in which the people, things, and events represent abstract meanings?

• allegory

• allusion

• euphemism

• malapropism

L.A. In the Aristotilean methods of appealing to audience of ethos, pathos, and logos, which one is exemplified by the following sentence? Given my Ph.D. in the subject and years of experience, I would hope you have confidence in my work.

• ethos

• pathos

• logos

Math: Solve the following inequality for x: -5x + 28 ≤ 198.

• x ≥ -34

• x ≤ 23

• x ≥ 34

• x ≤ -23

Math: If the first term of an arithmetic sequence is 2, and the common difference is 4, what is the value of the 6th term?

• 6

• 12

• 22

• 64

Math: This question requires a 3 part answer: Identify the slopes and y-intercept in the following lines to determine how they are related to one another in space. use the terms "parallel," "perpendicular," or "coincidental" in your response. 2x+ 3y = 18 and 4x s+ 6y = 36.

• slope = 2/3; y-intercept (4,6); parallel

• slope = 1/3; y-intercept (2, 6); perpendicular

• slope = -2/3; y-intercept (0,6); coincidental

• slope = -1/2; y-intercept (2,4); parallel

Sci: Led by the United States, with participation from the United Kingdom and Canada, this controversial undertaking was commanded by Major General Leslie R. Groves, Jr., along with the physicist in charge of research, Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer. Give the code name of this project designed to develop the first atomic bomb.

• Operation Paperclip

• Operation Wrath of God

• The Manhattan Project

• Project 404