Contest Answers
Day 1 - Sunday, April 10, 2011
Elementary
Why is tickseed annoying?
- It's poisonous.
- Ticks love it, so you have to be careful when walking near it.
- It's a bur-producing weed.
- It won't grow in Montana.
Database: Kids InfoBits
Middle School
Who is credited with steering China away from a strictly controlled economy to one that was open to foreign trade?
- Mao Zedong
- Deng Xiaoping
- Claudia Rossett
- Wang Zhen
Database: Opposing Viewpoints
High School
Where did Mao Zedong devote most of his revolutionary activities in the 1920s?
- Shao Shan
- Hunan and Guangzhou
- Taiwan
- Beijing
Database: Biography Resource Center
Adult
When was Thomas Meagher appointed territorial secretary of Montana?
Database: Biography Resource Center
Day 2 - Monday, April 11, 2011
Elementary
Where does the Lewis’ Woodpecker like to hang out in the summer?
- There is no such thing as a Lewis’ Woodpecker
- Montane Forest
- The southwestern part of the United States
- Shrub Grassland
Database: Discover Montana’s Ecosystems
Middle School
What makes people who are called Heyoka special?
- They are medicine men in the Crow tribe.
- It’s the name given to chiefs within the Cherokee tribe.
- It’s the name given to talented athletes.
- They are members of a secret society within the Teton Lakota who dream of the Thunderbird.
Database: Discovering Collection
High School
Who is considered the founder of Magical Realism?
- Alejo Carpentier
- Gabrial Garcia Marquez
- Chris Adrian
- Carlos Fuentes
Database: Discovering Collection
Adult
What are the estimated sales of Montana Coffee Traders?
- 3.2 million
- 3,072 million
- 302 million
- 1 million
Database: Business and Company Resource Center
Day 3 - Tuesday, April 12, 2011
Elementary
What ended open range in the west?
- Barbed wire and increased settlement of the land
- The end of the Homestead Act
- Nothing, because it came to an end on its own
- Nothing, because it still exists
Database: Discovering Collection
Middle School
How do our eyes perceive light?
- The eye has a lens that focuses light onto a light-sensitive surface at the back of the eyeball, called the retina. The retina then sends nerve impulses to the brain, which the brain interprets as images.
- The eye absorbs the light and then sends a message to the brain.
- Eyes don’t perceive light. We sense it because of nerve impulses within the brain.
- The eye has a substance within it that transforms light to something we can understand.
Database: Discovering Collection
High School
When was vegetarianism first documented?
- More than 4000 years ago
- More than 1000 years ago
- More than 2500 years ago
- More than 1500 years ago
Database: Opposing Viewpoints
Adult
When should you not take ginger?
- When you are taking blood thinning medicines
- When you are taking antibiotics
- When you are taking aspirin
- When you are taking other herbal remedies
Database: Health and Wellness Resource Center
Day 4 - Wednesday, April 13, 2011
Elementary
What is Sijo?
- A Japanese dish with fish and rice
- Traditional Korean poetry similar to haiku
- A dialect spoken in South Korea
- A town in southern Japan
Database: Kids Infobits
Middle School
Where did Ming Yao get his start in basketball?
- Beijing Bears
- Shanghai Sharks
- Atlanta Hawks
- Gonzaga Bulldogs
Database: Kids’ InfoBits
High School
Who helped William Faulkner realize that his true metier was not poetry but the novel?
- Phil Stone
- Sherwood Anderson
- Elizabeth Prall
- Maurice Coindreau
Database: Gale Literary Database
Adult
Of the cities listed below where can you find the American Dipper year round?
- Plentywood
- Broadus
- Kalispell
- Lewistown
Database: Montana Field Guide
Day 5 - Thursday, April 14, 2011
Elementary
What was the first wildlife management area in Montana?
- Amelia Island
- Badlands
- Horseshoe Lake
- Judith River Game Range
Database: Discover Montana’s Ecosystems
Middle School
Where can you find Fringed Sagewort?
- The Yukon Territory in Northern Canada
- Montane Forest
- Intermountain Grassland
- Southern regions of the United States including the South Carolina, Georgia area
Database: Discover Montana’s Ecosystems
High School
Who was Joe Lewis?
- Baseball player for New York Yankees
- Basketball player for Celtics
- Baseball player for Chicago Cubs
- Heavyweight boxing champion
Database: Biography Resource Center
Adult
Where did Annie Lazzari live in 1937?
- Kalispell
- Meaderville
- Great Falls
- Carter
Database: Montana Memory Project
Day 6 - Friday, April 15, 2011
Elementary
What are three of the six factors that determine weather conditions?
- Air temperature, air pressure, and amount and kind of cloud cover
- Wind, season, humidity
- Where you are, what season it is, and what time of day it is
- Number of buildings, amount of asphalt, and air temperature
Database: Discovering Collection
Middle School
Why was Wilma Rudolph’s Olympic achievement of winning three gold medals in track and field so impressive?
- She was 30 years old at the time.
- She had the flu during the Olympics.
- She had a sprained ankle, but ran anyway.
- She contracted polio as a child and had to have years of physical therapy.
Database: Biography Resource Center
High School
What is considered the foundation of all other sciences?
- Earth Science
- Study of mathematics
- Physics
- Chemistry
Database: Discovering Collection
Adult
Who was Gary Cooper's mother?
- Alice Louise Brazier
- Helen Carter
- Veronica Balfe
- Lynda Quincy
Database: Biography Resource Center
Day 7 - Saturday, April 16, 2011
Elementary
Who did Tecumseh fight for in the War of 1812?
- The United States
- Native Americans
- The British
- No one, since he did not fight in the War of 1812
Database: Kids’ Infobits
Middle School
What was Montana’s first state park?
- Makoshika State Park
- First Peoples Buffalo Jump
- Lewis & Clark Caverns
- Granite Ghost Town
Database: Discover Montana’s Ecosystems
High School
When is the rainy season in Zambia?
- Mid-November through April
- July through October
- December through March
- August through December
Database: Discovering Collection
Adult
When was the original Columbia Gardens pavilion destroyed by fire?
- December 14, 1910
- October 28, 1907
- September 1, 1909
- August 20, 1908
Database: Montana Memory Project |
