Solar System
Which planet is known as the Red Planet?
Mars
What do we call someone who travels to discover new places?
Explorer
What is 45 × 6?
270
What figurative language uses "like" or "as" to compare?
simile
What colorful candy is known for its slogan, "Taste the Rainbow"?
Skittles
What is the largest planet in our solar system?
Jupiter
Which explorer sailed across the Atlantic Ocean in 1492?
Christopher Columbus
What is 32 × 14?
448
What figurative language directly compares two different things?
Metaphor
What is the largest ocean on Earth?
Pacific
What force keeps planets orbiting the Sun?
Gravity
What instrument helped sailors determine direction?
Compass
What is 2,406 × 7?
16,842
What do we call an old, well-known saying that expresses a general truth?
adage
What animal has three hearts and blue blood?
Octopus
What is the spinning of Earth on its axis called?
Rotation
Which European country sponsored Christopher Columbus's 1492 voyage?
Spain
What is 48 × 36?
1,728
What do we call a phrase that means something different from its literal words?
Adage
What is the only continent that has no native species of ants?
Antarctica
What is the name of the galaxy containing our solar system?
Milky Way
What was the name of the trade route network connecting Europe and Asia over land?
Silk Road
What is 125 × 240?
30,000
What do we call a traditional saying that teaches a lesson or gives advice?
Proverb
What is the only letter that does not appear in the name of any U.S. state?
Q