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- 1. ENGLISH QUIZ BEE A.Y.2017 – 2018 GRADES 7 - 12
- 2. GUIDELINES & MECHANICS •Thecoverage of the quiz bee includes English subject only. •There will be three (3) components in the competition namely: LAX ROUND, SERIOUS ROUND and the FUNNY ROUND.
- 3. GUIDELINES & MECHANICS •The LAX ROUND has ten (10) questions worth 2 points, the SERIOUS ROUND has eight (8) questions worth 3 points and the FUNNY ROUND has ten (10) questions worth 5 points. • The questions will be read by the quizmaster twice.
- 4. GUIDELINES & MECHANICS •Afterthe second (2nd) reading, the Quizmaster shall say “go”, and the participants can write their answers. •Lax round has 20 seconds time limit; Serious round with 20 seconds, and Funny round with 30 seconds.
- 5. GUIDELINES & MECHANICS •Incase of deadlock, a clincher question shall be provided and the participant to first give the answer wins. •The participant with the highest point shall be declared as the winner.
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- 7. 1. Who wasthe author of the famous storybook 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland'? A. Rudyard Kipling B. John Keats C. Lewis Carroll D. H.G. Wells
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- 9. 2. Who isthe author of the story “Footnote to Youth?” A. Loreto Paras-Sulit B. Jose Garcia Villa C. N.V.M. Gonzalez D. Estrella D. Alfon
- 10. B. JOSE GARCIAVILLA
- 11. 3. The wordslike while, on the other hand, however, and nevertheless are examples of what kind of transitions? A. Additive transitions B. Adversative transitions C. Causal transitions D. Sequential transitions
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- 13. 4. If youget 10/10 on this quiz, you may feel ______! Which of the words below will correctly fill in the blank? A. exhilarated B. exhillerated C. exhilerated D. exhillarated
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- 15. 5. How manylines does a sonnet have? A. 10 B. 12 C. 14 D. 16
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- 17. 6. The poem“The Rhodora” is written by Ralph Waldo Emerson. Rhodora is what kind of object? A. bird B. fruit C. flower D. tree
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- 19. 7. “I enjoyreading Martin Luther King.” What figure of speech was used? A. Synecdoche B. Metonymy C. Oxymoron D. Onomatopoeia
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- 21. 8. The poemAfrica is written by David Diop. He is an African by blood but doesn’t know much about the place because he was born in what country? A. England B. France C. India D. Afghanistan
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- 23. 9. Which poetwrote the famous poem “The Road Not Taken?” A. Jose Garcia Villa B. Edgar Allan Poe C. Robert Frost D. William Shakespeare
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- 25. 10. In theMagindanao epic Indarapatra and Sulayman, what did Indarapatra give Sulayman before he sets off to battle? A. Magic hat B. Magic ring C. Magic pen D. Magic towel
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- 28. 1. Stephen Kingwrote which of these book series? A. The Railway Series B. The Dark Tower C. The Hunger Games Series D. Goosebumps
- 29. B. THE DARKTOWER
- 30. 2. Who wrotethe classic children's fiction novel “The Jungle Book”? A. E.B. White B. Beatrix Potter C. Rudyard Kipling D. Mark Twain
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- 32. 3. What doesthe acronym CCTV mean?
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- 34. 4. It isa form of poetry in five-line, predominantly anapestic meter with a strict rhyme scheme (AABBA), often humorous and sometimes obscene. A. Haiku B. Tanka C. Limerick D. Terza Rima
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- 36. 5. It isa speech or piece of writing that praises someone or something highly, typically someone who has just died. A. Ode B. Eulogy C. Limerick D. Dedication
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- 38. 6. Tina islearning her ABC's in preschool. What figure of speech was used? A. Metonymy B. Synecdoche C. Pun D. Understatement
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- 40. 7. What isthe longest English word?
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- 42. 8. Spell outthe word that the teacher will say. passive acceptance or submission; obedience, submissiveness
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- 45. 1. What didthe baby corn say to its mother?
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- 47. 2. What didthe baby corn say to its mother? 2. Where do salads try on clothes?
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- 49. 2. What didthe baby corn say to its mother? 3. What do you call a bear with no teeth?
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- 51. 2. What didthe baby corn say to its mother? 4. Why can’t someone living in Maine be buried in Florida?
- 52. Because he’s stillliving :D
- 53. 2. What didthe baby corn say to its mother? 5. A man is pushing his car along, and when he comes to a hotel he shouts, “I’m bankrupt!” Why?
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- 55. 2. What didthe baby corn say to its mother? 6. What can run, but never walks? Has a mouth, but never talks? Has a head, but never weeps? Has a bed, but never sleeps?
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- 57. 2. What didthe baby corn say to its mother? 7. The man who made it doesn’t want it. The man who bought it doesn’t need it. The man who needs it doesn’t know it. What am I talking about?
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- 59. 2. What didthe baby corn say to its mother?8. How many of each species did Moses take on the ark with him?
- 60. None, Moses wasn'ton the ark. Noah was.
- 61. 2. What didthe baby corn say to its mother? 9. A man is trapped in a room. The room has only two possible exits: two doors. Through the first door there is a room constructed from magnifying glass. The blazing hot sun instantly fries anything or anyone that enters. Through the second door there is a fire- breathing dragon. How does the man escape?
- 62. He waits untilnight time and then goes through the first door.
- 63. 2. What didthe baby corn say to its mother? 10. A woman is sitting in her hotel room when there is a knock at the door. She opened the door to see a man whom she had never seen before. He said "oh I'm sorry, I have made a mistake, I thought this was my room." He then went down the corridor and in the elevator. The woman went back into her room and phoned security. What made the woman so suspicious of the man?
- 64. You don't knockon your own hotel door and the man did.
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