HS QB - online practice #1

Who was a painter?

• Hans Holbein

• Wolfgang Goethe

• Konrad Adenauer

• Werner von Braun

• Gottfried Lessing

A limestone that has formed in place by the slow accumulation of organic remains is described as ...

• accretionary

• evolutionary

• transitionary

• geostationary

What curve is formed by the section of a cone cut by a plane perpendicular to the base of the cone?

• circle

• French

• ellipse

• parabola

• hyperbola

The end of the 11th century saw the beginning of the ...

• Crusades

• Trojan War

• Punic Wars

• Gallic Wars

Which verb does not have two acceptable past participles?

• sow

• hang

• grow

• shine

• dream

Identify the words after "explained." The old man explained he was going out early.

• noun clause

• adverb phrase

• adjective clause

• adjective phrase

• prepositional phrase

Which polygon is not correctly paired with the sum of its interior angles?

• pentagon - 560 degrees

• hexagon - 720 degrees

• septagon - 900 degrees

• octagon - 1080 degrees

• nonagon - 1260 degrees

An ancient Celtic people, the Helvetians, inhabited ...

• Bulgaria

• Switzerland

• Portugal

• Ireland

• Poland

The Earth is spinning on its axis at about how many miles per minute?

• .17

• 1.7

• 17

• 170

• 1700

Setting the boundaries of voting districts to favor the party in power is called ...

• coldshouldering

• gerrymandering

• meandering

• engendering

• calendering