This common pet has a memory span of only 3 seconds?
What is a goldfish?
100
This is America's most northerly state?
What is Alaska?
100
This holiday is celebrated in January in honor of a Civil Rights Leader
What is Martin Luther King Day?
100
This is when the opposite of what you expect happens.
What is situational irony?
100
This instrument is used to study space.
What is a telescope?
200
The person's face that is on the $100 bill.
Who is Benjamin Franklin?
200
The capital of New Jersey.
What is Trenton?
200
This holiday celebrates the birth of the country.
What is Independence Day?
200
The following sentence represents this type of figurative language.
"His head was an expanding hot air balloon as he left the building after hitting the game winning shot. He was now, even more arrogant."
What is a metaphor?
200
When there is NO MOON in the sky, it is called this. (complete = full moon, no moon = _________)
What is a New Moon?
300
In this state they just passed a law that would fine anyone who swears in public (swear=pay $20)
What is Massachusetts?
300
The capital of Hawaii is called this.
What is Honolulu?
300
The last line of the Happy Birthday song is this.
What is "Happy Birthday to You"?
300
The following sentence represents this persuasive appeal.
"You should let me go to the party because I have proven that I am responsible. In the past year, I have missed my curfew 0 times and I have always told you where I would be. I think I have earned your trust."
What is logos?
This is a logical argument
300
The first man to walk on the moon.
Who is Neil Armstrong?
400
This bird cannot fly and lives in polar regions.
What is a penguin?
400
This famous mountain has the faces of four past presidents carved on it.
What is Mt. Rushmore?
400
Which holiday is celebrated only by Nevada?
What is Nevada Day?
400
When Juliet is dead, we know this, but Romeo does not. This situation is an example of this literary device.
What is dramatic irony?
400
This object is 93,000,000 miles from the earth.
What is the Sun?
500
The Roman Numberals XXIII stand for this real number.
What is 23?
500
This body of water touches Florida, Lousianna, Texas, Mississippi, and Alabama.
What is the Gulf of Mexico?
500
The two national holidays celebrated in November are___________ and __________.
What are Thanksgiving and Veterans Day?
500
Write an example of onomatopoeia.
Answers Vary
500
This is when the moon blocks out part of the sun during the daytime.