2009 Hi-Q References

 

Contest questions were prepared from works listed below. This list is for general information and to help contestants find similar reference works among their own school textbooks.

 

 

American Government

 

Reference: Magruder's American Government. William A. McClenaghan. 2002 Edition, Prentice Hall ISBN 0-13-063075-6:

Topic: Legislative Branch, Unit 3, Chapters 10, 11, 12

 

American History

 

Reference: The American Pageant, T. Bailey, D. Kennedy & L. Cohen. Houghton Mifflin, 11th Edition, 1998. ISBN 0-669-39728-8:

Topic: Making Modern America, Chapters 39-43

 

Art History

 

Reference: Art: A World History: Editor Jo Marceau. Dorling-Kindersley, 1998. ISBN: 0-7894-2382-0.  First American Edition 1998,

Topics: The Birth of Realism, The Impressionists (pages 458-501).

 

Biology

 

Reference sources: The Living World, G. Johnson. McGraw Hill, 4th Ed. 2006, New York, New York: McGraw-Hill, ISBN: 0-07-281795X

 

Biology: The Unity and Diversity of Life. C. Starr & R.Taggart, 2004. 10th ed. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth Group. ISBN: 0-534-38801

Chapters to be determined

 

Topic Area Includes: The Cell and the Genetic Basis of Life: Cell structure and function; Membrane structure and function; Metabolism; Photosynthesis; Cellular Respiration; Cellular reproduction and the cell cycle; Meiosis and sexual reproduction; Mendelian patterns of Inheritance; Chromosomes and Genes; Human Genetics, DNA structure and functions; Gene activity: How Genes Work; Genome Organization and Regulation of Gene activity; Biotechnology.

 

 

Chemistry

 

Reference source: General Chemistry by D. Ebbing and S. Gammon, 8th Edition, Houghton-Mifflin, 2007. ISBN: 0618857486

Geography

 

Reference source: Goode's World Atlas, 21st Edition, Howard Veregin, Editor - Published in 2006

 

Continent of Africa: Major areas of coverage: physical features (bodies of water, mountain ranges, etc.; regions, countries (including any states or provinces), capitols and major cities, including island of Madagascar.

 

 

Literature

 

Agatha Christie The Witness for the Prosecution and Other Stories, Publisher: St. Martin's Paperbacks, ISBN:  0-312-97973-8

 

Short Stories: The Witness for the Prosecution, S.O.S., Where There's a Will, Philomel Cottage, Accident

 

 

Shirley Jackson, The Lottery and Other Stories, Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, ISBN - 13: 978-0-374-52953-6

 

Short Stories: The Daemon Lover, Like Mother Used to Make, The Villager, Elizabeth, Pillar of Salt

 

  

James Joyce, Dubliners, Publisher: Bantam Books, ISBN: 0-553-21380-6

 

Short Stories: Araby, Eveline, The Boarding House, Clay, A Mother

 

 

Hector Hugh Munro or "Saki" - (Note; "Saki” is H.H. Munro's pseudonym), Saki: The Complete Saki, Publisher: Penguin Books, ISBN: 978-0-14-118078-6

 

Short Stories: The Bag, Esme, Tobermory, Mrs. Packletide's Tiger, The Stampeding of Lady Bastable

 

 

 

Mathematics

 

No specific source used.  The three questions in the standard category of each contest will be on the same subject.  Problems will consist of general math, algebra, geometry, senior math, and trigonometry.

 

 

Physics

 

Reference sources: Trefil, J. & Hazen, R.M. (2004). Physics Matters. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. ISBN: 0-471-15058-4

 

Wilson, J.D., Buffa, A.J., & Lou, B. (2007). Physics, Sixth Edition. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson/Prentice Hall. ISBN: 0-13-196068-7

 

Shakespeare

 

Reference source: The Complete Works of Shakespeare, 4th Ed., Edited by David Bevington. ISBN 0-673-38873-5

 

Specific Works: TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA, ROMEO & JULIET, and HENRY IV - PART I

 

 

Sports

 

Reference source: ESPN Sports Almanac 2008, ESPN Books; ISBN: 1933060387

 

Topic: Professional Football and Professional Hockey, Record breakers and record holders

 

 

World History

 

Reference Source: A History of World Societies, McKay, 3rd edition, ISBN: 0-395-47293-8

 

Please Note: No attempt will be made to update the names covered in this reference work. There is a strong possibility that some of the countries/cities, etc., will have different names, perhaps more than once, since the reference work was published in 1992.

 

Topics: Africa Before European Intrusion, ca 400-1500, Chapter 15, The Americas Before European Intrusion, ca 400-1500, Chapter 16, The Age of European Expansion and Religious Wars, Chapter 18.