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Studies-ish
Who was President of the United States before George W. Bush?
Bill Clinton
How many inches are there in two yards?
72
What is the capital of New York?
Albany
How many syllables are there in the word Mississippi?
4
What is considered room temperature? (within 2 degrees)
72 degrees Fahrenheit
Since the late 1930s, what calendar date has been designated for the inauguration of a United States president?
January 20
The number sequence 1,1,2,3,5,8,13... is often noticed in nature. What is this sequence called? What are the next 3 numbers?
The Fibonacci sequence
21,34,55
What is the body of water between Florida and Texas called?
The Gulf of Mexico
The words and, or, but, yet, for, so, nor
are this part of speech.
conjunctions
The kangaroo is which type of mammal?
marsupial
What ancient civilization built the Machu Picchu complex in Peru?
Incas
How many sides does a dodecahedron have?
12 sides
What is the largest island in the world?
Greenland
How many nouns are in the following sentence: "My soccer team has late practice every evening after dinner" ? What are they?
Four. The nouns are team practice evening dinner
Who was the first person to walk on the moon?
Neil Armstrong
What was the name of the Ukraninian nuclear power plant that was the site of a nuclear disaster in April, 1986?
What is the name of the nuclear power plant in Pennsylvania that caused a scare 7 years earlier?
Chernobyl
Three Mile Island
If a car is traveling at 40 mph, how long will it take to go 190 miles?
4 hours, 45 minutes
What heats the water in a natural hot spring?
magma
In the sentence, “Sally is a very good person,” what part of speech is the word “very”?
Adverb
Which blood type is known as the universal donor?
O negative
Put these wars in chronological order:
World War I, Vietnam, US Revolution, Peloponnesian, US Civil War, Korean War, French Revolution
Peloponnesian, US Revolution, French Revolution, US Civil War, World War I, Korean War, Vietnam
John had a stock of 1200 books in his bookshop. He sold 75 on Monday, 50 on Tuesday, 64 on Wednesday, 78 on Thursday and 135 on Friday. What percentage of books were not sold?
66.5% were NOT sold.
What do you call smaller rivers that flow into another river?
tributaries
The character or issue in a story that works against the main character is called
antagonist
What is the most abundant element in the universe?
Hydrogen