Math
What do you call an angle of 123 degrees?
An obtuse angle.
What is the chemical formula for water?
H2O
What did the ancient Romans build to bring water to their cities?
Aqueducts.
Are polar climates found in high latitudes or in low latitudes?
In high latitudes.
What mythical ruler had “the golden touch)?
King Midas
What do you call a triangle that has only two sides of equal length?
An isosceles triangle.
Water is one part oxygen and how many parts hydrogen?
Two
Who invented the first economical steam engine?
James Watt
What term do geographers use to refer to half of the earth?
Hemisphere
What national holiday do the French observe on July 14?
Bastille Day (in commemoration of the fall of the Bastille in 1789)
Which has the greatest number of sides; a hexagon, decagon, or an octagon?
A decagon (10 sides)
True or false?
Weight and mass have the same meaning.
False (An object’s weight can be different its mass.)
What Christian saint who loved all living things was born in Assisi?
St. Francis of Assisi
At what degree of latitude are the sun’s rays the strongest?
0 degrees (at the equator)
Who founded the American Red Cross in 1881?
Clara Barton
Which are the Roman numerals for 90: IX, XC, or CV?
XC
What determines our hair color, eye color and height?
Heredity, or genes from our parents?
Who was the leader of North Vietnam at the time of the Vietnam War?
Ho Chi Minh
In what city are most American cars manufactured?
Detroit, Michigan
What American author is known for his poem “The Raven”?
Edgar Allan Poe
What do you call the longest side of a right triangle?
The hypotenuse.
What is the term for the transformation of a caterpillar into a butterfly?
Metamorphosis.
Who was the king of France when Marie Antoinette was queen?
Louis XVI
In what country can you see the high-banked inlets called fjords?
Norway
What are the small creatures called in The Lord of the Rings?
Hobbits