General Knowledge
What is the largest ocean on Earth?
Pacific Ocean
What part of speech describes a person, place, thing, or idea?
Noun
Calculate: (-7) + 12
(-7) + 12
= 12 - 7
= +5
Which three Canadian territories are located in the North?
1. Yukon
2. Northwest Territories
3. Nunavut
What is Spider-Man's real name?
Peter Parker
What is the currency used in Japan?
Yen
Which word correctly completes this sentence?:
"________ going to the movies after school."
a. Their
b. There
c. They're
c. They're
"They're going to the movies after school."
Calculate: 5/6 - 1/4
7/12
Which Great Lake is the only one located entirely within the United States?
Lake Michigan
What does the abbreviation NPC stand for?
Non-Player Character
In what year did the Titanic sink?
1912
What is the term for a word that has the opposite meaning of another word?
Antonym
Calculate: 7/4 + 11/5
7/4 + 11/5 = 35/20 + 44/20 = 79/20
= 3 19/20
Canada has six different time zones. If it is 3:00 p.m. in Toronto (Eastern Time), what time is it in Vancouver (Pacific Time)?
12:00 p.m.
Which artist, famously known as the "King of Pop," released the best-selling album of all time in 1982?
Michael Jackson
Which athlete holds the world record for the fastest 100-metre sprint?
Usain Bolt
What is the grammatical term for two independent clauses joined together incorrectly without proper punctuation or a conjunction?
Comma splice
Calculate both:
a. (-6) x 4
b. 7/8 ÷ 2/5
a. -24
b. 7/8 ÷ 2/5 = 35/16 = 2 3/16
What is the smallest country in the world?
Vatican City
In the video game Minecraft, what material do players need to build a Nether portal?
Obsidian
Which country gifted the Statue of Liberty to the United States?
France
Identify three grammatical errors in the following sentence:
Your going to need your notebook, its important to bring it tomorrow.
1. Your should be "You're" (you are): You're going to need...
2. Its should be "it's" (it is): It's important to bring...
3. The comma splice between "notebook" and "its important" should be corrected by using a period, semicolon, or conjunction.
Corrected sentence: You're going to need your notebook. It's important to bring it tomorrow.
During a trivia competition, a team earns 22 bonus points. They also lose 5 points for every incorrect answer.
If the team's final score is 23 points lower than when they started, how many incorrect answers did they give?
ANSWER: 9 incorrect answers.
Step 1: Identify the starting and ending score changes.
- Bonus points earned: +22
- Final score change: -23
Step 2: Calculate the total number of points lost.
22 - (-23) = 45
Step 3: Divide the points lost per incorrect answer.
45 divide by 5 = 9
Which two countries share the world's highest mountain, Mount Everest?
Nepal and China
Which company owns Instagram?
Meta (formerly Facebook)