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Elementary

Pack
#10

Executive Director: Daniel Hill


Senior Editor: Frank Russell
Editorial: Ryan Vickers
Teacher Advisors: Dr. Carole Palmer & David Rose

Researchers:

Allison Szenasi : Hamilton


Janet Reid Nahibian: Toronto

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TEAM # vs . TEAM #
TEAM NAME: TEAM NAME:
ELEMENTARY SCHOOLREACH – 2021-2022
PACK #10

HOST: Welcome to SCHOOLREACH. I’m _________your quizmaster for this game between [school #1]
__________ and [school #2] _________. In this match, we have [player #1] __________, [player #2] _________,
[player #3] __________, [player #4] __________of [school #1]_________ pitted against [player #1] __________,
[player #2] ___________, [player #3] ___________, [player #4] ________ of [school #2]__________.

We’ll play three rounds of questions, with a minute break between each round. Now, if the scorekeeper is ready,
let’s begin ROUND ONE OF SCHOOLREACH!

40-POINT SNAPSTART TO ROUND ONE

1. What famous band wrote and performed Hey Jude?


A. THE BEATLES
2. What country is known as the ‘Land of the Rising Sun’?
A. JAPAN
3. The Sahara Desert is located on what continent?
A. AFRICA
4. What part of the body is associated with glaucoma?
A. EYES

40-POINT TEAM QUESTION


In this two-part TEAM QUESTION, whichever team is first to answer correctly the ten-point SCRAMBLE
QUESTION in PART ONE, is then eligible for the remaining ten-point questions in PART TWO.
PART ONE: Scramble for ten points

5. Located on the River Thames, London is the capital of what country?


A. UNITED KINGDOM (Also accept BRITAIN, ENGLAND)

PART TWO: The remaining questions deal with United Kingdom


SCORE TEN POINTS FOR EACH CORRECT ANSWER.

6. Name the monarch's London residence.


A. BUCKINGHAM PALACE
7. What does the acronym BBC stand for?
A. BRITISH BROADCASTING CORPORATION
8. Spell: ‘Thames’ as in the River Thames.
A. T-H-A-M-E-S

40-POINT OPEN QUESTION – MONTH

9. Name the only month that doesn't contain either the vowel A or E in its spelling.
A. JULY
10. To be a Virgo, your birth date must be in what month?
A. AUGUST or SEPTEMBER

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11. Which month was named after Mars, the Roman god of war?
A. MARCH
12. What is the first month in the year to have only 30 days?
A. APRIL

40-POINT SNAPOUT TO END THE ROUND

13. Name the turning point or highest point of interest in the action of a story.
A. CLIMAX
14. Mathematically speaking, other than odd, what do the numbers 7, 11 and 13 have in common?
A. PRIME NUMBERS
15. Which of the Great Lakes is totally within the United States?
A. LAKE MICHIGAN
16. What is the name of the North Star?
A. POLARIS

ONE-MINUTE SNAPBREAK #1

40-POINT SNAPSTART TO ROUND TWO

17. Skidoo is the common name for what vehicle?


A. SNOWMOBILE
18. What word describes a person who makes maps?
A. CARTOGRAPHER
19. How was Baron Manfred Von Richtofen better known by cartoon character Snoopy?
A. THE RED BARON
20. Name the month derived from the Latin word meaning ‘eight’.
A. OCTOBER

80-POINT ASSIGNED QUESTION- SPELLING CANADIAN CITIES.


Here is an ASSIGNED QUESTION in which each member of each team is assigned a ten-point question. If
you miss your question, then your counterpart on the opposing team will have a chance at it for ten points.
All questions deal with SPELLING CANADIAN CITIES.

TEAM A:
21. From New Brunswick, spell: ‘Fredericton’.
A. F-R-E-D-E-R-I-C-T-O-N
22. From British Columbia, spell: ‘Abbotsford’.
A. A-B-B-O-T-S-F-O-R-D
23. From Alberta, spell: ‘Lethbridge’.
A. L-E-T-H-B-R-I-D-G-E
24. From Newfoundland and Labrador, spell: ‘Corner Brook’.
A C-O-R-N-E-R B-R-O-O-K

TEAM B

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25. From Ontario, spell: ‘Timmins’.
A. T-I-M-M-I-N-S
26. From Nova Scotia, spell: ‘Sydney’.
A. S-Y-D-N-E-Y
27. From Quebec, spell: ‘Sherbrooke’.
A. S-H-E-R-B-R-O-O-K-E-
28. From the Northwest Territories, spell: ‘Yellowknife’.
A. Y-E-L-L-O-W-K-N-I-F-E

40-POINT WHAT AM I? QUESTION

29. This question is worth 40 points if you guess the answer on the first clue and 10 points less with each
succeeding clue, until either team answers the question correctly.
CLUE A: I am a mammal with many relatives of different breeds, both large and small, all over the world.
WHAT AM I?
CLUE B: In ancient Egypt I was frequently mummified and placed in the tomb with my owner.
WHAT AM I?
CLUE C: If I am black, many superstitious people will avoid me.
WHAT AM I?
CLUE D: I am a carnivore of the Felis Catus species.
WHAT AM I?
A. I AM A CAT

40-POINT OPEN QUESTION – COMPOUND WORDS


I'll read to you two definitions. Combining the answers to each will create a compound word. For example: if I said:
NOT OVER and NOT TO SIT, the answer would be understand.

30. ‘ To swindle’ and ‘a quiz or exam’.


A. CONTEST
31. ‘A place to sleep’ and ‘told by a clock’.
A. BEDTIME
32. ‘Social rank’ and ‘an enclosed area’.
A. CLASSROOM
33. ‘Something I do as I walk’ and ‘something used to get to high places’.
A. STEPLADDER

40-POINT SNAPOUT TO END THE ROUND

34. What famous ancient Egyptian king's tomb was discovered intact in the 1920s?
A. KING TUT (TUTANKHAMUN)
35. Swiss, Gouda and Provolone are all types of what?
A. CHEESE
36. Brooklyn forms part of what U.S. City?
A. NEW YORK CITY
37. What is the capital city of Finland?
A. HELSINKI

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ONE-MINUTE SNAPBREAK #2

40-POINT OPEN QUESTION- MATH

38. What is 10/16 reduced to its lowest fraction?


A. 5/8
39. What is the product of 7 and 9 minus 8?
A. 55
40. What is 8/12 reduced to its lowest fraction.
A. 2/3
41. What is 80% of the sum of 125 and 175?
A. 240

100-POINT SNAPOUT TO END THE GAME

42. What is the word for a light current of air or a soft, gentle wind?
A. BREEZE
43. What is the first day of winter?
A. DECEMBER 21ST
44. Gazpacho is a special type of which food?
A. SOUP
45. Spell the past tense of BUY.
A. B-O-U-G-H-T
46. The adjective bovine refers to which animal?
A. COW ( OX)
47. What was the first prairie province?
A. MANITOBA
48. What was the second Harry Potter book named?
A. HARRY POTTER AND THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS
49. A blowhole, used to breathe, is found on what mammal?
A. WHALES
50. What is the female version of emperor?
A. EMPRESS
51. Ray Parker Jr. wrote this song in 1984 and it is always popular at Halloween.
A. GHOSTBUSTERS
52. What Forest has been dubbed “The Lungs of the world”
A. AMAZON FOREST
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END OF GAME

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TIE-BREAKERS IF NECESSARY

1. What kind of theatrical presentation is a mixture of classical music and dramatic acting?
A. OPERA
2. What is the more common name given to field or opera glasses?
A. BINOCULARS
3. The city of Kiel is in what country?
A. GERMANY
4. Who was the queen of Britain from 1837 to 1901?
A. VICTORIA

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