Super Quiz

2015

Brother John’s Famous Half-Time Quiz

for Moderators and Parents

CHS Academic Decathlon

Super Quiz2015

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• The question will be read aloud and you will have to choose the correct answer

• Please select one student to hold up the correct answer

• A Cathedral student will keep track of your score• If you have a problem please raise your hand

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• What is the best All-boys Catholic High School in Los Angeles?

A.Cathedral High School

B.Loyola

C.Salesian

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1. Who is known as the “father” of biogeography?

A.Charles Darwin

B. Gregor Mendel

C. William Ferrel

D. Alfred Russel Wallace

2. Which of the following showed the fastest population growth in the second half of the

20th Century?

A.North America

B.Africa

C.Asia

D.Latin America

3. Who is the artist of the piece below?

A.Matthew Brady

B.Fox Talbot

C.Nadar

D.William Michael Harnett

4. What was the name of the church where St. Francis had his first vision?

A.San Pietro

B.San Giovanni

C.San Damiano

D.San Verecondio

5. Which dog wants to “die working” and tries to get harnessed even though

he has very little strength left?

A.Dave

B.Sol-leks

C.Buck

D.Billie

6. Who defined a species as a group that could interbreed among itself but not with

others?

A.Ernst Mayr

B.Gregor Mendel

C.Matthew Murray

D.Frederic Clements

7. Which of the following migration types would most likely produce the most soil

erosion?

A.From tepid zones to forest zones

B.From humid to dry lands

C.From flatlands to sloping lands

D.From frontier zones to plateaus

8. What metal was used in the first surviving photographic

image?

A.Copper

B.Brass

C.Pewter

D.Silver

9. Which was NOT a verse selected by the priest during the sortes biblicae

in 1208?

A.Go sell what you have and give it to the poor…

B.But first seek the Kingdom of Heaven…

C.Take nothing for the journey…

D.If anyone wishes to come after me, he must deny himself…

10. Besides St. Bernard, what other breed is Buck?

A.Shepherd

B.Sheep Dog

C.Husky

D.Collie

11. Who wrote The Biosphere in which he identified the influence of life on cycles of matter?

A. Alfred Wegener

B.Vladimir Vernadsky

C.August Friedrich Kekule

D.Georgii Gause

12. Which was the first country to report that at least half of its citizens lived in a city?

A.The Netherlands

B.China

C.The United States

D.England

13. Who is the artist of the piece below?

A.Julia Margaret Cameron

B.Henri Cartier-Bresson

C.Edward Weston

D.Berenice Abbott

14. Where did St. Francis begin his “first monastic community”?

A.Porziuncula

B.Pescosansonesco

C.Pietranico

D.Premilicuore

15. Which dog has one eye?

A.Buck

B.Sol-leks

C.Dave

D.Dolly

16. Which of the following found in soil convert nitrates into atmospheric nitrogen and release into

the air?

A.Anaerobic bacteria

B.Symbiotic nitrogen-fixing bacteria

C.Nitrosifying bacteria

D.Denitrifying bacteria

17. Where did the first self-sustaining nuclear reaction take

place?

A.Harvard College

B.University of Southern California

C.Stanford University

D.University of Chicago

18. Where is the subject of the photograph below?

A.Paris

B.Belgium

C.Luxembourg

D.Vienna

19. Who was the first female “Franciscan”?

A.Agnes

B.Maria

C.Theresa

D.Clare

20. Where are Hal, Charles, and Mercedes heading when they acquire

Buck and the team?

A.Skaguay

B.Five Fingers

C.Anchorage

D.Dawson

21. Who, along with Frederic Clements proposed that there was continual flow of energy through a

food chain?

A.Eugene and Howard Odum

B.Arthur Tansley

C.Alexander von Humboldt

D.Edward O. Wilson

22. In addition to cars, which of the following helped prevent railroads from

destroying American Forests?

A.Tar

B.Creosote Oil

C.Pitch

D.Hydropolymer crystals

23. Who is the artist of the piece below?

A.Dorothea Lange

B.Stieglitz

C.Henry Luce

D.Edward Weston

24. After which Council did Francis’ group become known as “The Lesser

Poor”?

A.The Council of Trent

B.The Fourth Lateran Council

C.The Milan Council

D.The Council of Nicea

25. What is the name of the boat that takes Buck to the

Yukon?

A.Anchorage

B.Gold Rush

C.Archipelago

D.Narwhal

26. Who founded the Gaia theory?

A.Charles David Keelong

B.James Lovelock

C.Wallace Broecker

D.John Sulston

27. Officially sponsored migration has led to the decimation of rain forests in Indonesia

and which other location?

A.Australia

B.India

C.Ghana

D.Brazil

28. What location is mentioned in the title of the photograph below?

A.Washington D.C.

B.Cleveland

C.Louisville

D.Philadelphia

29. In what year did the Franciscans become an official order?

A.1220

B.1221

C.1222

D.1223

30. Between which two dogs is Buck placed when acquired by

Francois and Perrault?

A.Dave and Billie

B.Curly and Dolly

C.Dave and Sol-lek

D.Trapper and Yeehat

31. Which of the following was NOT published by Charles Darwin?

A.On the Origin of Species

B. The Structure and Distribution of Coral Reefs

C.The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals

D. Zoonomia

32. What makes the Great Lakes a “biogeographical

island”?

A.Niagara Falls

B.The St. Lawrence River

C.Baffin Bay

D.The US / Canada Border

33. What is the name of the subject of this photograph?

A.Henry Tanner

B.John Sargent

C.Jacob Riis

D.George Reynolds

34. Which Pope named Francis a saint?

A.Pope Urban

B.Pope Gregory IX

C.Pope Honorius III

D.Pope Alexander

35. Where does the food run out for Hal, Mercedes, and

Charles?

A.Dawson

B.Skaguay

C.Five Fingers

D.Anchorage

36. Who first developed the theory of continental drift?

A.Charles Darwin

B.Alfred Wegener

C.Thomas Malthus

D.Walter Sutton

37. At the turn of the 20th Century, what was the main use of petroleum in

the world?

A.Lubricating factory machines

B.Heating water for steam ships

C.Refining into kerosene

D.Greasing the cartridges of bullets

38. What is “missing” from this photograph?

A.The Sun

B.Numbers

C.Letters

D.The camera

39. Which of the following is NOT one of the titles given to St. Francis in the Litany in

Honor of St. Francis?

A.Saint Francis, despiser of the world

B.Saint Francis, imitator of the Savior

C.Saint Francis, shield of the poor

D.Saint Francis, image of humility

40. Who thinks Buck will defeat Spitz in the eventual “duel”?

A.Perrault

B.Francois

C.Charles

D.Thornton

41. What are alleles?

A.Chromosomes

B.Gene Varieties

C.Filial Relationships

D.Generational Offspring

42. Which of the following was NOT a new source of energy in the 20th

Century?

A.Oil

B.Hydroelectricity

C.Coal

D.Nuclear fission

43. Where is the subject of the photograph below?

A.New Mexico

B.California

C.Arizona

D.Nevada

44. In St. Francis’ prayer, Instrument of Your Peace, which of the following comes after the

others?

A.Where there is sadness, joy

B.Where there is injury, pardon’

C.Where there is darkness, light

D.Where there is doubt, faith

45. How much money is won when Buck pulls the heavy

sled?

A.$1,200

B.$1,000

C.$1,400

D.$1,600

46. Which of the following is considered a primary consumer?

A.Tarantula

B.Mouse

C.Strangler Fig

D.Jaguar

47. Which of the following artists used a similar technique as Richard Estes?

A.Picasso

B.Monet

C.Rembrandt

D.Vermeer

48. When is the Feast day of St. Francis?

A.September 17

B.July 16

C.October 4

D.March 28

49. Why did Manuel steal Buck?

A.Pay off gambling debts

B.Pay rent

C.Pay for medicine for his wife

D.To pay for his passage to the Yukon

50. What did Britain gain as a result of the First Opium War?

A.Macau

B.Delhi

C.Malay

D.Hong Kong

Congratulations!

Thank you to all participants for your hard work and good sportsmanship

Awards will be distributed after all scores are tabulated and verified.