Science Lab
Around The World
Book Worms
Animal Kingdom
Potpourri
100

This is the common name for the chemical compound H2O.

What is water?

100

This "Land of the Rising Sun" is an archipelago nation in East Asia.

What is Japan?

100

In this series, Katniss Everdeen represents District 12 in a televised fight for survival.

What is The Hunger Games?

100

This is the only mammal capable of true flight.

What is a bat?

100

This is the number of sides found on a standard stop sign.

What is 8?

200

This force keeps our feet on the ground and the planets in orbit around the sun.

What is gravity?

200

Home to the Eiffel Tower, this city is known as the "City of Light."

What is Paris?

200

This fictional detective lives at 221B Baker Street and is known for his "elementary" deductions.

Who is Sherlock Holmes?

200

A group of these striped African animals is known as a "dazzle."

What is a zebra?

200

This planet is known as the "Red Planet" due to its iron oxide-rich soil.

What is Mars?

300

In biology, this is often called the "powerhouse of the cell."

What is the mitochondria?

300

This is the smallest continent in the world by land area.

What is Australia?

300

This spider spends her time writing messages like "Some Pig" in her web to save her friend Wilbur.

Who is Charlotte?

300

This flightless bird is the largest bird in the world and can run up to 43 miles per hour.

What is an ostrich?

300

In a standard deck of cards, this is the only king without a mustache.

Who is the King of Hearts?

400

The process by which plants use sunlight to synthesize foods from carbon dioxide and water.

What is photosynthesis?

400

This long river flows through eleven countries in Africa and is often cited as the longest in the world.

What is the Nile River?

400

In Greek mythology-based modern fiction, this boy discovers he is the son of Poseidon.

Who is Percy Jackson?

400

This marine animal is the largest creature to ever live on Earth.

What is a Blue Whale?

400

This is the primary gas that makes up the Earth's atmosphere, accounting for about 78%.

What is Nitrogen?

500

This is the only metal that remains in a liquid state at room temperature.

What is mercury?

500

This country has the most natural lakes in the world, including a significant portion of the Great Lakes.

What is Canada?

500

This classic novel by Mary Shelley features a scientist who brings a creature to life using electricity.

What is Frankenstein?

500

This slow-moving mammal spends most of its life hanging upside down in the rainforests of Central and South America.

What is a sloth?

500

This is the official name of the "hashtag" symbol (#).

What is an octothorpe?

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