Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader?

Math

100

True or False: There are 5 types of traingles.

False: There are 6 types

• Equilateral Triangle: All three sides and angles are equal.
• Isosceles Triangle: Two sides are equal, and the angles opposite those sides are equal.
• Scalene Triangle: All sides and angles are different.
• Acute Triangle: All angles are less than 90 degrees.
• Obtuse Triangle: One angle is greater than 90 degrees.
• Right Triangle: One angle is exactly 90 degrees.

200

What is ⅓ of 90?

30

300

How many degrees is the angle where perpendicular lines intersect?

90

400

What is the smallest prime number?

2

500

What is the perimeter of a square with sides that are 7 inches?

28 inches

Language Arts

100

What is a verb?

A word used to describe an action

200

True or false: The following sentence is correct

The students put away there assignments before leaving for the day

False

300

A word, phrase or sequence that reads the same forward and backward is called what?

A palindrome

400

True or false? A sentence cannot contain both a past tense and a future tense verb.

False

500

What do we call a word that sounds like the noise it describes? (For example: “buzz” or “meow”)

An onomatopoeia

History

100

Who painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel?

Michelangelo

200

What did colonists famously toss into the Boston Harbor in 1774?

Tea

300

How many stars and stripes are on the American flag?

50 stars, 13 stripes

400

Name the three branches of government established by the U.S. Constitution.

Judicial, legislative, executive

500

What event started World War I?

The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

Geography

100

How many continents are there?

7

200

How many Great Lakes are there?

5

300

What country is Athens the capital of?

Greece

400

Olivia went on a trip to the Grand Canyon. What state did she visit?

Arizona

500

What are the two non-contiguous U.S. states?

Hawaii and Alaska

Science

100

True or false: a lobster is a type of fish

False: it is a crustacean   

200

What is Earth’s only natural satellite?

The moon

300

What is the name of the soft tissue that makes up the ears and nose?

Cartilage   

400

What is the name of the scale that is used to measure earthquake intensity?

The Richter Scale

500

What typically green chemical found in plants uses photosynthesis to turn sunlight into energy?

Chlorophyll