Math Mania: Brain Teasers
Science Sparks-Physics
Language Legends-Punctuation
History Highlights-Texas History
Fun and Games-International Sports
100
If 2b + 5 = 3b + 8, what is the value of 7b × 5?
Who is -105?
100
This force pulls objects toward Earth and keeps plants orbiting the Sun?
What is gravity?
100
What punctuation mark belongs at the end of this sentence?
Watch out for the dog
What is a period?
100
This battle cry from the Texas Revolution reminds Texans to remember the defenders of a famous mission in San Antonio.
What is "Remember the Alamo?
100
This Portuguese soccer star played for Manchester United before becoming one of the greatest goal scorers in international soccer history.
Who is Cristiano Ronaldo?
200
What is the value of the quantity 33 over 97 plus 15 over 45, plus 64 over 97? Express your answer as a common fraction.
What is 4/3?
200
This simple machine is made of a wheel and a rope and is often used to lift heavy objects.
What is a pulley?
200
Which punctuation mark should be used to show excitement in this sentence?
We won the championship
What is an exclamation point?
200
This Mexican general led the army that defeated Texan defenders at the Alamo.
Who is Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna?
200
This country has produced elite athletes in sumo, judo, and baseball, and its professional baseball league is widely considered the second strongest in the world after MLB.
What is Japan?
300
What is 120?
300
When you push a shopping cart and it keeps rolling for a short distance after you stop pushing, it is showing this property described in Newton's First Law.
What is inertia?
300
What punctuation mark is missing in this sentence? My favorite snacks are popcorn chips and cookies.
What is a comma?
300
This leader of the Texas army later became the first president of the Republic of Texas?
Who is Sam Houston?
300
This country beat the United States 3-2 in the championship game of the World Baseball Classic.
What is Venezuela?
400
What is the value of the product 0.75 × 88?
What is 66?
400
This type of energy is the energy an object has because it is moving.
What is kinetic energy?
400
Which punctuation mark shows ownership in this sentence?
The San Antonio Spurs five championship trophies are displayed in the Frost Bank Center arena.
What is an apostrophe?
400
This empresario brough hundreds of American settlers to Texas before the Texas Revolution.
Who is Stephen F. Austin?
400
This sport became an official Olympic event in 1998, marking the first time professional athletes from the NHL were widely expected to participate, significantly raising the level of international competition.
What is ice hockey?
500
Fiona is 30 years old, and her daughter is one-third Fiona’s age. In how many years will Fiona’s daughter be half as old as Fiona?
What is 10?
500
Newton's Third Law states that for every action, there is this kind of reaction.
What is an equal and opposite reaction?
500
What punctuation mark should separate the speaker’s exact words in this sentence?
Sarah said I finished my project early.
What are quotation marks?
500
When was Texas annexed into the United States?
What is 1845?
500
This international multi-sport event, first held in 1951 in Buenos Aires, was created specifically for nations in the Americas and is considered the second-largest multi-sport competition after the Olympics.
What are the Pan-American games?