Elementary Practice Questions - Round 5

In the 1970s and '80s, fusion musicians combined this genre with rock and Latin music. Swing, big band, and Dixieland were styles in this genre, which grew from spirituals, blues, and ragtime. Name this genre of Miles Davis and Louis Armstrong.

• Jazz

• Rock

• Blues

• Classical

Name the science fiction and fantasy author of 'A Wrinkle in Time'.

• J.K. Rowling

• Madeleine L'Engle

• Suzanne Collins

• C.S. Lewis

Old McDonald's farm is divided into 15 fields. He plants corn in two-thirds of the fields. How many fields are planted in corn?

• 5

• 10

• 12

• 15

What is the name of the high-pitched, German-named instrument with metal bars used in marching bands?

• Xylophone

• Glockenspiel

• Marimba

• Vibraphone

Who set dance moves to Billy Joel's music in Movin' Out?

• Martha Graham

• Twyla Tharp

• Mikhail Baryshnikov

• Bob Fosse

What is the class of macromolecules that includes fats, oils, and waxes?

• Proteins

• Carbohydrates

• Lipids

• Nucleic acids

Fill in the blank: The Greek root 'therm' means ______ in English.

• Cold

• Heat

• Light

• Sound

Kentucky's legislature is this type. So is the national legislature. What is a legislature with two chambers called?

• Bicameral

• Unicameral

• Tricameral

• Multicameral

They belong to a larger group of animals known as arthropods; animals with exoskeletons and jointed legs. They have 2 pairs of appendages in front of the mouth and paired appendages near the mouth that function as jaws. Name this group of animals whose best-known members are shellfish lobsters and crabs.

• Crustaceans

• Insects

• Arachnids

• Myriapods

This African American was an agricultural scientist and inventor. What man became known as 'The Peanut Man' for his work with peanuts?

• George Washington Carver

• Booker T. Washington

• Frederick Douglass

• W.E.B. Du Bois