Quiz Bowl questions and answers

A few of the questions that stumped everyone in Rowan County’s high school Quiz Bowl:

• What controversial slogan was imprinted on North Carolina license plates in the mid-1970s?

Answer: “First in Freedom.”

• What is the technical name for the kneecap?

Answer: Patella.

• Name one of the two medal sports added to the 2000 Summer Olympics?

Answer: Tae Kwon Do and the triathlon.

• Which Shakespearean tragedy begins with, “Now is the winter of our discontent, made glorious by this son of York?”

Answer: Richard III.

• What term is given to the collective teachings of Buddha?

Answer: Dharma.

• What term is given to the period of time between the creation of Earth and 570 million years ago?

  Answer: Precambrian.

• Dictator Slobodon Milosevic was ousted from power last fall in a democratic election. Name the country where this took place?

Answer: Yugoslovia.

• What is the name for a physical symptom or disease thought to derive from emotional factors?

Answer: psychosomatic.

• Who created the sculpture, “The Thinker?”

Answer: Rodin.

• In the end of 1999 and in early 2000, technology and Internet-related companies’ IPOs were the darling of the stock markets. Yet a non-high-tech company is among the top 10 debut performers in 2000. Name this Winston-Salem-based company.

Answer: Krispy Kreme.