Middle School Quiz Bowl

Which organelle is known as the powerhouse of the cell?

• Nucleus

• Ribosome

• Mitochondria

• Chloroplast

In what year did the Titanic sink?

• 1905

• 1912

• 1918

• 1923

What is the formula for calculating the area of a circle?

• πr2\pi r^2πrr2

• 2πr2\pi r2πr

• πd\pi dπd

• r2/2r^2 / 2r2/2

What is the name of the process by which a gas turns into a liquid?

• Condensation

• Evaporation

• Sublimation

• Freezing

Who was the 16th President of the United States?

• George Washington

• Andrew Jackson

• Theodore Roosevelt

• Abraham Lincoln

What is the atomic number of carbon?

What is the sum of the angles in a triangle?

• 90 degrees

• 180 degrees

• 270 degrees

• 360 degrees

Which famous artist is known for painting the "Mona Lisa"?

• Vincent van Gogh

• Pablo Picasso

• Leonardo da Vinci

• Michelangelo

In which year did the United States land the first man on the moon?

• 1963

• 1965

• 1969

• 1972

Who wrote the novel 1984?

• Aldous Huxley

• J.D. Salinger

• Ray Bradbury

• George Orwell