Objective: To more fully engage with E.L Konigsburg's The View from Saturday by creating an event based on the academic bowl the characters in the book participate in.
The kids and I created a Knowledge Bowl for our community based on the academic bowl in The View from Saturday. A and K made up their own questions (using atlases and a National Geographic book of facts), placed them in categories, and assigned value to each question. They also came up with door prizes the raffle off to participants. We made snacks and we able to draw in a big crowd of teenagers, college students, and adults to come out, play, and support the kids.
Some sample knowledge bowl questions:
Science:
100:
Q: What is the hardest mineral?
A: Diamonds
Q: Plants get their energy from
_________________?
A: The sun
Q: What is the name for a baby goat?
A: A Kid
200:
Q: Humans and slugs share more
than 50% of their_________.
A: Genes
Q: Butterflies taste with what
part of their body?
A: Their feet
Q: What is the waste product of
photosynthesis?
A: Oxygen
Q: Name three different biomes.
A: Forest, Freshwater, Marine,
Desert, Grassland (prairie), tundra
Q: What the colored part of your eye
called?
A: The iris
Q: What weighs more—hot or cold
water?
A: Cold
Q: What are the three
classifications of rocks in the rock cycle?
A: Igneous, Metamorphic, and
Sedimentary
Q: Name three other names for a Puma
A: panther, mountain lion, cougar
Q: Which are more venomous, Black widows or
Rattle snakes?
A: Black widows
300:
Q: Igneous rocks are formed from
volcanoes. The word igneous comes from
the Greek word meaning___________
A: From fire
Q: What chemical in carrots has
the potential to help your eye sight?
A: Beta Carotene
Q: Only 1 out of every
_____________mollusks forms a pearl?
a-100
b-20,000
c-10,000
d-1,000
A: C
Q: What causes the northern lights?
A: Solar winds interacting with
earth’s magnetic fields
Q: What is the world’s most venomous animal?
A: The box jellyfish
Q: What is an estuary?
A: A mix of salt and water
Q: What is the state tree of Washington?
A: Hemlock
400:
Q: Name three parts of the brain.
A: Frontal Lobe, Parietal Lobe, Occipital lobe,
temporal lobe, cerebellum, brain stem
Q: What sea creatures produce more oxygen
than all the trees in the world?
A: Phytoplankton
U.S History:
100:
400:
Q: What is one reason colonists came to America?
A: freedom, political liberty, religious freedom, economic opportunity, practice their religion, escape persecution
Q: There were thirteen original states, name three?
A: New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia
Q: How old do you have to be to vote for president?
A: 18
Q: We elect a president for how many years?
A: 4
Q: What is the name of our national anthem?
A: Star Spangled Banner
Q: How many stars and stripes does the American flag have and why?
A: 50 because there’s 50 states, 13 stripes for 13 colonies
200:
200:
Q: In what year did Martin Luther King lead his famous march on Washington?
A: 1963
Q: What women get the right to vote and what amendment ensured it?
A: 19th amendment, 1920
400:
Q: How many presidents did not
attend college?
a-1
b-3
c-9
d-14
A: 9
Q: Who was the youngest person to be elected
president and how old was he?
A: John F. Kennedy, 43
World Culture:
100:
Q: In many parts of the world
soccer is called __________________?
A: Football
Q: Where were fireworks invented?
A: China
Q: In what continent did the board game
Mancala originate?
A: Africa
200:
Q: What holiday do the French
celebrate on July 14th?
A: Bastille Day
Q: What holiday do the British
celebrate on November 5th?
A: Guy Fawkes Day
Q: What is the Canadian one
dollar coin?
A: A Loonie
Q: Which Greek god was considered
the messenger?
A: Hermes
Q: What fruit symbolizes peace
and beauty in Chinese culture?
A: Apple
Q: Who were the first Olympics held in honor
of?
A: Zeus
Q: What is the most popular fruit in the
world?
A: Grapes
Q: Which grain is the staple food of over
half the world’s population?
A: Rice
300:
Q: What is India’s largest and
most important holiday?
A: Diwali, the festival of lights
400:
Q: Paris, France has
___________visitors per year.
a-16
million
b-20
million
c-1
million
d-10
million
A: a
Q: What did Celtic armies historically
wear to battle?
A: Nothing (except maybe blue
paint, a medal helmet, and a ring around their neck)
Q: In Ukraine, what spice is considered a
symbol of friendship?
A: Salt
Grab Bag:
100:
Q: The biggest candy selling
holiday is __________________?
A: Halloween
Q: What makes blue cheese blue?
A: Mold
Q: What was the first cereal to include
marshmallows?
A: Lucky Charms (1964)
200:
Q: What is the national fruit of India?
A: Mango
Q: Who played Harry Potter?
A: Daniel Radcliff
Q: What is the best-selling board
game?
A: Monopoly
Q: Which internet uses goats to mow its lawn?
A: Google
Q: Why do some sloths appear green?
A: They move so slowly algae grows on them.
300:
Q: Who won the Superbowl in 1990?
A: The 49ers
Q: Oscar the Grouch was what
originally what color?
a-green
b-orange
c-red
d-blue
A: b
Q: In Frank L. Baum’s book The Wizard of Oz Dorothy’s slippers are
described as silver. Why did the film
director’s change the color of Dorothy’s shoes?
A: To stand out against the
yellow brick road (emphasizing the film’s color technology)
Q: The abdominal snowman, also
known as Yeti is said to live in the mountains of _____________
A: Nepal
Q: What is the most common eye
color?
A: Brown
Q: You can get a good idea of how old a horse is
by looking at its _______________?
A: Teeth
Q: In many parts of the world
checkers is known as______________________?
A: Draughts
Q: What is the world’s largest rodent?
A: The capybara
Q: What percentage of the world’s water is
undrinkable?
A: 97%
Q: What is the most contagious disease?
A: The common cold
Q: What is J.K Rowling’s first name?
A: Joanne
400:
Q: The British author who created
James Bond, Ian Flemming, worked as a ______________ before he began writing
books.
A: A spy
Q: What are the most wide-spread
meat eating animals in the world?
A: Red foxes
Q: Humpty Dumpty first appears in
what work of literature?
A: Through the Looking by Lewis Carroll
Q: What does the acronym “tip”
stand for?
A: “to insure promptness”
Q: What does the word calligraphy mean and from what language
did it come?
A: Beautiful writing, Greek
Q: Name two out of the three movies which
have won the most Oscars
A: Titanic,
Ben Hur, The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King
Q: Who popularized the white wedding dress?
A: Queen Victoria
Q: How many football fields would the Titanic
cover?
A: 3
500:
Q: Phasmaphobia is the fear
of__________
A: Ghosts
Q: What does the acronym “posh”
stand for?
Port out, starboard home
Q: What does Wall-E stand for?
A: Waste Allocation Load Lifter Earth Class
Q: Who was the world’s heavy-weight champion
in 1987?
A: Mike Tyson
Q: What was Smoky Bear’s original name?
Hot Foot Teddy
Geography:
300:
Q: The most snow ever recorded in
one season fell on a mountain in Washington state. What mountain was it?
A: Mount Baker (1,140 inches)
Q: How many Earth days is a
Mercury year?
a-
33
b-
88
c-
100
d-
125
A: B
Q: What is the largest country in Africa?
A: Algeria
400:
Q: What color did the ocean
appear to be 3.5 billion years ago?
A: red
Q: Name one state that borders Mexico
A: California, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas
Q: How many countries does the Sahara desert
cover?
A: 11
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