Thumbs Up!

Thumbs Up! is NAQT’s series of practice-question collections in specific categories.

In each category, sets are available at four levels: middle school, introductory high school, high school, and advanced high school.

Each set costs $16.

Thumbs Up! for Fine Arts

These sets consist of three packets, each with 30 tossups and 30 bonuses. They comprise approximately 20% painting, 7% architecture, 7% sculpture, plus additional visual arts questions to reach 50% visual art; 37% instrumental music; and 13% performing arts like opera and dance. This is approximately the same as NAQT’s high school fine arts distribution.

Currently, four sets are available at each of the three high school levels. If there is sufficient demand, NAQT will release additional sets.

Thumbs Up! for Geography

These sets consist of three packets, each with 30 tossups and 30 bonuses. They comprise 29% North American geography, 18% European geography, 22% Asian geography, 13% African geography, 7% South American geography, 6% geography questions that can be from anywhere other than North America, and 5% geography questions that can be from anywhere at all. This is approximately the same as NAQT’s geography distribution.

Currently, four sets are available at each level. If there is sufficient demand, NAQT will release additional sets.

Thumbs Up! for History

Sets 1–4 each consist of six packets, each with 30 tossups. The packets are mostly history, but include other cultural categories with a historical flavor.

Sets 5 and beyond each consist of three packets, each with 30 tossups and 30 bonuses, all focused on history as it is traditionally conceived in quiz bowl.

Currently, six sets are available at each level. If there is sufficient demand, NAQT will release additional sets.

Thumbs Up! for Literature & Mythology

These sets consist of three packets, each with 30 tossups and 30 bonuses. Each packet is approximately 77% “core literature” (American, British, European, and world fiction, drama, and poetry, with some literary nonfiction), 17% mythology, and 6% religious literature.

Currently, six sets are available at each level. If there is sufficient demand, NAQT will release additional sets.

Thumbs Up! for Science & Math

These sets consist of three packets, each with 30 tossups and 30 bonuses. The high school packets are approximately 20% physics, 20% chemistry, 20% biology, 7% astronomy, 3% earth science, 13% math, 3% computer science, and 13% mixed science, other science, and more of the previous science categories. The middle school packets are approximately 10% physics, 10% chemistry, 17% biology, 13% astronomy, 13% earth science, 20% math, 3% computer science, and 13% mixed science, other science, and more of the previous categories.

Currently, four sets are available at each level. If there is sufficient demand, NAQT will release additional sets.

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Thumbs Up! sets are available for $16 per set of 180 questions.

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