Top Academic Quizzes & Trivia

Surely you’ve heard of national academic quiz tournaments, but, have you ever competed in one? Have you ever attended or watched a tournament on television? Do you think you could answer the questions these middle schoolers, high schoolers, and even college students face? Show off your academic prowess today and take on these academic quizzes.

Cantonese is commonly spoken in what densely populate area, a once-British region of China? In February 2011, what country was suspended from the UN Human Rights council? What musical premiered in London in 1999 with Lisa Stokke in the lead role? Can you name the American psychologist who conducted the Little Albert experiment? These quizzes are tough, they're challenging, but they're a lot of fun as well and a great workout for your brain.

Academic Questions and Answers

Plagiarism is

"the unauthorized use or close imitation of the language and thoughts of another author and the representation of them as one's own original work or something used and represented in this manner" Origin:

forgetting to put quotations or cite a source

paraphrasing an idea and then not citing the source

cutting and pasting from the Internet with no quotes or citation

All of the above

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Fair Use is

the conditions under which you can use material that is copyrighted by someone else without paying royalties

for education

a legally defensible position

"a concept of copyright law in which a limited copying of copyrighted material is permissible under some circumstances such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, or research, is not an infringement of copyright"

All of the above

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It is all right to use a copyrighted movie in a classroom if

it is for a "guest" or substitute teacher plan

it is for a reward on a Friday afternoon

it is part of the curriculum and will be included on an assessment

it is giving the teacher time to do report cards

you don't get caught

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Which of the following is a topic sentence?

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What are the three parts of a paragraph?

Thesis statment, Introductory statement, Body

Body, Thesis, Conclusion

Topic sentence, Body, Closing sentence

Introduction, Body, Thesis

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What is the purpose of the closing sentence?

It reminds the reader of the topic, and keeps them thinking.

It re-states the introduction.

It gives us details about the topic.

It lets us know what the paragraph is going to be about.

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Choose the color combination that most appeals to you.a) b) c)

a

b

c

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Choose the color combination that most appeals to you.a) b) c)

a

b

c

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Choose the color combination that most appeals to you. a) b) c)

a

b

c

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Which of these documents shows a person has passed a series of tests?

Certificate

Curriculum Vitae

Letter of Attestation

Test Page

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When are postgraduate certificates taken?

After the Master's Degree

After the Certificate of Higher Education

After the Bachelor's Degree

After an Undergraduate Program

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A certificate can be...

Only academic

Both academic and vocational

Only vocational

None of the above

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