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Brother John’s Famous

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Super Quiz

2016

CHS Academic Decathlon

Super Quiz

2016

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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

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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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1. To which Italian city did

Leonardo da Vinci move after his

grandfather died?

A. Milan

B. Venice

C. Florence

D. Vinci

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

5. Which of the following

occurred first?

A. Lunch Counter sit-ins

B. March on Washington

C. Freedom Summer

D. Voting Rights Act

6. With which painter did

Leonardo da Vinci

paint the image below?

A. Michelangelo

B. Via de Agnolo

C. Messer Fazio

D. Andrea del

Verrocchio

7. 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

8. 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

9. Who created the

Council of 500?

A. Solon

B. Cleisthenes

C. Pericles

D. Thucydides

10. 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

11. From which region did oil

paints reach Italy? A. England

B. Flanders

C. The Holy Roman Empire (Germany)

D. Byzantium

12. At which of the following did

Ruby work?

A. Eat Café

B. Bayside Diner

C. The Greasy Spoon

D. The Seahorse Grille

13. Who does Paul restore to

life?

A. Eutychus

B. Flavius

C. Silas

D. Cornelius

14. What did Isaac Newton call

infinitesimal calculus?

A. Fluxional Method

B. Derivative Mathematics

C. Trigonomical Science

D. Calculational Conversion

15. 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

16. 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

17. 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

18. 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

19. In which country did Mother

Teresa’s organization first expand?

A. Venezuela

B. Peru

C. Guatemala

D. Brazil

20. 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

21. In which of the following

places was Paul imprisoned?

A. Philippi

B. Thessalonica

C. Berea

D. Corinth

22. 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

23. 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

24. How many elements were

known when Marie and Pierre

began working together?

A. 27

B. 79

C. 83

D. 56

25. 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

26. To which of the Twelves

Tribes of Israel did Paul belong?

A. Ephraim

B. Benjamin

C. Simeon

D. Naphtali

27. 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

28. 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

29. Who was Isaac Newton’s

roommate and “lab partner” at

Cambridge?

A. Samuel Locke

B. John Wickes

C. Francis Clark

D. Grantham Stokes

30. 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

31. What does Eddie receive on

his fifth birthday?

A. A puppy

B. A Baseball Glove

C. A Bicycle

D. A Cowboy Hat

32. 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

33. 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

34. 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

35. 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

36. 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

37. 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

38. 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

39. What did Marguerite joke

was missing from their

wedding?

A. A clown

B. An accordion

C. Bingo Cards

D. The children from the pier

40. 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.

41. 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

42. Which animal was sacrificed

on place of Isaac?

A. Donkey

B. Ram

C. Lamb

D. Ox

43. In which of the following

places was Paul stoned and left

for dead?

A. Antioch

B. Lystra

C. Damascus

D. Troas

44. 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

45. 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

46. 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”

47. 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

48. What is the second step in

the decay chain of Uranium

238?

A. Polonium 214

B. Radon 226

C. Lead 206

D. Thorium 234

49. 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

50. 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.