Brother John’s Famous

Half-Time Quiz

for

Moderators and Parents

Super Quiz

2016

CHS Academic Decathlon

Super Quiz

2016

Directions

• Do not open your Super Quiz binder until

instructed to do so

• 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

Practice

• Which All-boys Catholic High School in Los

Angeles is the ONLY one to offer a Junior High

Decathlon for Local Elementary Schools?

A.Cathedral High School

B.Loyola

C.Salesian

D.Bosco Tech

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To which Italian city did

Leonardo da Vinci move after his

grandfather died?

A. Milan

B. Venice

C. Florence

D. Vinci

Which of the following was NOT in

the Box found by Dominguez after

Eddie’s Death?

A. Brown Bow Tie

B. Chinese Restaurant menu

C. An old deck of cards

D. An army medal

In which of the following is Sarai

described as, “Above all women

her beauty stands out”?

A. Genesis

B. Gospel According to Thomas

C. The Dead Sea Scrolls

D. The Talmud

After a donation from the Philips Electric

Light company, which of the following was

started by Mother Teresa?

A. A home for discarded babies

B. The first Mother house of the

Missionaries

C. A fixed (permanent) Leprosy Clinic

D. A mobile Leprosy Clinic

Which of the following occurred

first?

A. Lunch Counter sit-ins

B. March on Washington

C. Freedom Summer

D. Voting Rights Act

With which painter did

Leonardo da Vinci

paint the image below?

A. Michelangelo

B. Via de Agnolo

C. Messer Fazio

D. Andrea del

Verrocchio

What song does Eddie hear

repeatedly as he thinks of his wife?

A. Stardust in Your Eyes

B. You Made Me Love You

C. It Had to Be You

D. You’ll Never Know

Which of the following is NOT

true about Abraham?

A. He divided Canaan with Lot

B. He Liberated the city of Sodom

C. He refused to keep the recovered plunder

D. He bargained with God to spare

Sodom

Who created the

Council of 500?

A. Solon

B. Cleisthenes

C. Pericles

D. Thucydides

What did Louis Benoist

discover?

A. Infrared radiation

B. That x-rays were short-wave radiation

C. The glowing effect of cathode ray tubes

D. The ionizing effects of x-rays

From which region did oil paints

reach Italy? A. England

B. Flanders

C. The Holy Roman Empire (Germany)

D. Byzantium

At which of the following did

Ruby work?

A. Eat Café

B. Bayside Diner

C. The Greasy Spoon

D. The Seahorse Grille

Who does Paul restore to life?

A. Eutychus

B. Flavius

C. Silas

D. Cornelius

What did Isaac Newton call

infinitesimal calculus?

A. Fluxional Method

B. Derivative Mathematics

C. Trigonomical Science

D. Calculational Conversion

Which of the following did Marie

Curie do LAST?

A. Receive a Doctorate from the University

of Paris

B. Receive a Nobel Prize in Chemistry

C. Become a full professor at the Sorbonne

D. Receive a Nobel Prize in Physics

Which of the following was

never finished by

Leonardo da Vinci?

A. The Annunciation

B. Adoration of the Magi

C. The Benois Madonna

D. Madonna with Child and Vase of Flowers

What does

Per l’amaro e il dolce mean?

A. For good times and bad

B. For the bitter and the sweet

C. All good things must end

D. Parting is sweet sorrow

Which painting prompted a poet to

remark, “Nature herself was jealous.”?

A. Lady with Ermine

B. Virgin of the Rocks

C. Mona Lisa

D. Madonna with Child and Vase of Flowers

In which country did Mother

Teresa’s organization first expand?

A. Venezuela

B. Peru

C. Guatemala

D. Brazil

From whom did Martin Luther

King Jr. first learn about the

ideas of non-violence?

A. Henry David Thoreau

B. Mahatma Gandhi

C. Ralph Abernathy

D. Abraham Lincoln

In which of the following places

was Paul imprisoned?

A. Philippi

B. Thessalonica

C. Berea

D. Corinth

Which of the following “awards or

recognitions” did Mother Teresa

win first?

A. The Nobel Prize for Peace

B. The Presidential Medal of Freedom

C. The United Nation’s Distinguished Star

D. The Pope’s Peace Prize

An object three times as far

away from the source has how

much force of attraction?

A. 1/3 times

B. 1/6 times

C. 1/9 times

D. 1/12 times

How many elements were

known when Marie and Pierre

began working together?

A. 27

B. 79

C. 83

D. 56

On which ride does Eddie see

Marguerite when he finally feels

at home in heaven?

A. The Ferris Wheel

B. The Teacups

C. The Swan Boats

D. The Carousel

To which of the Twelves Tribes

of Israel did Paul belong?

A. Ephraim

B. Benjamin

C. Simeon

D. Naphtali

During which war did Pericles

make his Funeral Oration?

A. The Persian War

B. The Delian War

C. The Mendesium War

D. The Peloponnesian War

To whom did Leonardo da Vinci leave

all of his books, writings, and

paintings?

A. King Francois

B. Francesco Melzi

C. Cardinal of Aragon

D. Salai

Who was Isaac Newton’s

roommate and “lab partner” at

Cambridge?

A. Samuel Locke

B. John Wickes

C. Francis Clark

D. Grantham Stokes

Which was the last painting by

Leonardo da Vinci?

A. Mona Lisa

B. Virgin of the Rocks

C. Virgin and Child with Saint Anne

D. St. John the Baptist

What does Eddie receive on his

fifth birthday?

A. A puppy

B. A Baseball Glove

C. A Bicycle

D. A Cowboy Hat

When she heard, “I thirst,” Mother

Teresa was reminded of which of the

following passages in the Bible?

A. John 3:16

B. Luke 8

C. Mathew 25

D. Psalm 23

Which was the first church Martin

Luther King Jr. served as minister?

A. Holt Street Baptist Church

B. Montgomery Baptist Church

C. Southern Christian Baptist Church

D. Dexter Avenue Baptist Church

What was the name of Isaac Newton’s

three volume treatise on science and

mathematics?

A. Mathematica Suprema

B. Principia Mathematica

C. Deus Lingua

D. On the Shoulder’s of Giants

Which of the following is a lesson

the Blue man tries to teach to

Eddie?

A. We must remain loyal

B. Everyone longs for acceptance

C. Love is eternal

D. There are no random acts

Which of the following does

Pericles address first in his Funeral

Oration?

A. Comforting Parents and Relatives

B. The Military Policy of Athens

C. The Government and Laws

D. The Cultural superiority of Athens

What were the last words Eddie

says to his father in heaven?

A. It’s OK

B. Please forgive me

C. It’s fixed

D. I understand

Which of the following did

Pericles open up to all citizens?

A. The Council of 500

B. The Council of the Areopagite

C. The Heliaia

D. The Council of the Boule

What did Marguerite joke was

missing from their wedding?

A. A clown

B. An accordion

C. Bingo Cards

D. The children from the pier

Which of the following was mentioned

first in Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a

Dream Speech”?

A. [My children]…will be judged by…the

content of their character.

B. Mississippi…will be transformed into an

oasis of freedom and justice

C. [The U.S.] will live out the true meaning

of its creed…that all men are created

equal.

D. That former slaves and former slave owners

will sit down together.

What animal does Eddie make out

of pipe cleaners for the little girl?

A. A Giraffe

B. A Rabbit

C. A Hippo

D. A Seagull

Which animal was sacrificed on

place of Isaac?

A. Donkey

B. Ram

C. Lamb

D. Ox

In which of the following places

was Paul stoned and left for

dead?

A. Antioch

B. Lystra

C. Damascus

D. Troas

To which order did Mother

Teresa first join?

A. Sisters of Charity

B. Daughters of Mary and Joseph

C. Sisters of Heart of Jesus

D. Sisters of Loreto

Pericles believed that a man who

takes no interest in public affairs is

which of the following?

A. Harmless

B. Useless

C. Fearless

D. Dangerous

Which of the following did Martin

Luther King Jr. undertake at the

time of his assassination?

A. An “Anti-War Campaign”

B. An “Educational Opportunity Campaign”

C. A “Rural Communities Campaign”

D. A “Poor People’s Campaign”

Which of Newton’s Laws of Motion

states that for every action there is an

equal and opposite reaction?

A. His First Law

B. His Second Law

C. His Third Law

D. His Fourth Law

What is the second step in the

decay chain of Uranium 238?

A. Polonium 214

B. Radon 226

C. Lead 206

D. Thorium 234

Who gave Leonardo da Vinci the

assignment to paint “The Last Supper”?

A. Lorenzo de Medici

B. Ceare Bogia

C. Isabella d”Este

D. Ludovico Sforza

What is the atomic weight of

radium?

A. 225

B. 226

C. 227

D. 228

Congratulations!

Thank you to all participants for your hard

work and good sportsmanship

Awards will be distributed after all scores are

tabulated and verified.