Animal Husbandry
Which animal has a sense of hearing about four times as sensitive as humans?
Lion - Elephant - Dog - Bat
Dog
Sherlock Holmes lives at 221B, what street?
Baker - Downing - High - Taylor
Baker Street
What is the name of the longest river in Africa?
Congo - Zambezi - Nile - Victoria
The Nile
The 7 wonders of the ancient world were all located in the Mediterranean area. 2 in Greece, 2 in Turkey, 2 in Egypt and 1 in Iraq. Only 1 still remains. Can you name it? BONUS: If you can name another.
The Great Pyramid of Giza(2584BC) - The Lighthouse at Alexandria(280BC) - The Mausoleum at Helicarnassus(351BC) - The Temple of Artemis(550BC) - The Statue of Zeus at Olympia(466BC) - The Hanging Gardens of Babylon(600BC).
Name the 3 branches of the US government.
Executive - Legislative - Judicial
An action word
Adjective - Adverb - Conjunction - Noun - Pronoun - Verb
Verb
Which sea creature is known for its ability to regrow its arms?
Squid - Octopus - Anemome - Starfish
Starfish
What two cities are the two cities in Charles Dicken's Tale of Two Cities?
London - Dublin - Paris - Yorkshire
London and Paris
What is the capital of Canada?
Montreal - Toronto - Ottawa - Quebec
Ottawa
Of the 7 wonders of the modern world, the only one found in North America.
Chichen Itza - Machu Picchu - Petra
Chichen Itza in the Yucatan
Which amendment protects citizens from unlawful search and seizure.
1st - 3rd - 4th - 6th
4th
A person, place or thing
Adjective - Adverb - Conjunction - Noun - Pronoun - Verb
Noun
How many bones does a shark have?
118 - 259 - 505 - 0
Zero
What letter is the Scarlet Letter
A - C - R - X
A for adultery
What are the names of the five oceans of the world?
Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, Arctic, and the Antarctic
Gunpowder was first invented in.....
Germany - Spain - China - Sweden
China
The total number of amendments as of 1/1/2024
18 - 23 - 27 - 31
27 - This protects Senators and Representatives pay from being changed
Joins words, phrases and clauses
Adjective - Adverb - Conjunction - Noun - Pronoun - Verb
Conjunction
What color are flamingos when they’re born?
White - Brown - Grey - Pink
Grey
Stephen Crane's "Red Badge of Courage" is set in what war?
Revolutionary - Civil - Spanish/American - World War 1
Civil
What is the name of the largest airport (in area) in the United States of America?
Atlanta Hartsfield - Chicago Ohare - Denver International - LAX
Denver International Airport
Which empire was the first to utilize firearms in combat.
Austro-Hungarian - Ottoman - Spanish - Ming
Ottoman Empire around 1440
Minimum age to be elected to the House of Representatives.
25 -30 - 35
25
Substitutes for Nouns
Adjective - Adverb - Conjunction - Noun - Pronoun - Verb
Pronoun
Which animal is known to plant thousands of trees across the world?
Chipmunk - Squirrel - Raccoon
Squirrel
What creature was Charlotte?
Rat - Pig - Spider
Spider
What is the capital of Russia?
Kiev - St Petersburg - Moscow
Moscow
The first explorer to circumnavigate the world
Columbus - Cook - Magellan - Desoto
Magellan in 1522
Which branch of government can declare war?
Executive - Legislative - Judicial
Legislative
Approximately how many rules of Grammar does the English language have.
1000 -1500 -2500 - 3500
3500
What animals have teeth that never stop growing?
Ruminant - Carnivore - Rodents
rodents
What country do the largest amount of Shakespeare plays take place in?
England - Greece - Italy - Denmark
England followed by Italy
NAME the 4 countries that make up the United Kingdom?
England - Scotland - Wales - Northern Ireland
The first pilot to solo circumnavigate the world in a fixed wing aircraft.
Charles Lindbergh - Wiley Post - Amelia Earhart - Bessie Smith
Wiley Post in 1931
Who is the fourth person in line, in the order of presidential succession?
President Pro Tempore of the Senate - Speaker of the House - Secretary of Defense - Secretary of State
Secretary of State
Vice President - Speaker of the House - President Pro Tempore of the Senate - Secretary of State - Secretary of Defense - Secretary of Treasury
What decade did the NEA decide parsing (diagramming) sentences was actually preventing students from improving as speakers and writers
1960s - 1970s -1980s -2000s
1980s
What male sea creature gives birth to its young?
Sea Urchins - Seahorses - Starfish
Seahorse
Who is considered the founder of murder mystery story genre?
Shakespeare - Agatha Christie - Edgar Allan Poe - Edgar Rice Burroughs
Edgar Allan Poe's " The Murders in the Rue Morgue"
What is the name of the driest continent on Earth?
Asia - Africa - Antarctica
Antarctica
This empire was the largest of all time.
British Empire - Mongol Empire - Ottoman Empire - Roman Empire
British Empire - from the 16th century to 20th century. By 1913 they had holdings in Africa, Asia, the Americas, Oceania and the Caribbean. It ruled over 412 million people, accounting for 23% of the world's population and by 1920 it accounted for control of 24% of the Earth's total surface area (13.7 million sq mi). The Mongols had the largest contiguous land empire at 9 million sq. mi.
The 17th Amendment changing how Senators were elected from state legislature to direct public election was ratified in....
1868 - 1889 - 1913 - 1942
1913
The number of verb tenses in the English language.
3 - 7 - 12 -over 20
12
What is the only big cat that doesn’t roar?
Lion - Tiger - Leopard - Cheetah
Cheetah
Mary Shelley is best know for creating this character.
Dracula - Frankenstein - Tarzan - Hercule Poirot
Frankenstein
How many stars are on the Australian flag?
1 - 4 - 6 - 13
6
The first living creature in space.
Cat - Chimp - Dog - Human
Dog - Laika in Sputnik 2 the first to orbit the Earth on Nov. 3,1957
Today, the Supreme Court consists of 9 justices. the first court in 1789 consisted of .....
5 - 6 - 7 - 9
6
A participle is a word based off of which
Adjective - Adverb - Conjunction - Noun - Pronoun - Verb
Verb
The age of a lion can be determined by its…?
Size - number of teeth - length of tail - noise
Noise
NOT written by John Steinbeck.
The Red Pony - The Grapes of Wrath - East of Eden - To Have and Have Not
To Have and Have Not written by Hemingway
What is the name of the flattest state in the US?
Kansas - Florida - Texas - Nebraska
Florida
The first US astronaut to go into space.
Alan Shepherd - Gus Grissom - John Glenn - Scott Carpenter
Alan Shepherd - only a fifteen minutes sub-orbital flight. Grissom was second. Glenn third and the first to orbit the planet. Carpenter was fourth.
Shepherd was also the only Mercury 7 astronaut to walk on the moon on in Apollo 14 and the first to hit a golf ball on the moon
How many states have to ratify and amendment in order for it to become law?
25 - 33 - 38
38
English ranks where in number of native speakers
1st - 2nd - 3rd - 4th - 5th
3rd Mandarin 885 mil - Spanish 332 mil - English 330 mil - Bengali 189 mil - Hindi 182 mil
Most spoken English 1.452 Bill - Mandarin 1.118 Bill -Hindi 602.2 mill - Spanish 548.3 mill