General Knowledge
The 80's
Literature
Are you smarter than a fifth grader?
Riddles
100

How many primary colors are there? And what are they?

There are 3 primary colors. Yellow, Red, Blue.

100

In Dirty Dancing, what is Baby's real name?

Frances

100

What literary term is used to identify the person opposing the protagonist?

Antagonist 

100

What is a main character in a story called?

Protagonist

100

It goes up and down the stairs without moving

Carpet

200

How many bone is in the human body?

206

200

This song earned Whitney Houston the best-selling single of 1987?

I Wanna Dance with Somebody

200

What type of poem has three lines?

Haiku

200

Who was the author is the 1960 novel about social and racial inequality, "To Kill a Mockingbird"?

Harper Lee

200

Take one out and scratch my head, I once was black but now I'm red

A match

300

What's the name of our galaxy?

The Milky Way

300

Who was responsible for the infamous assassination attempt on President Reagan?

John Hinkley Jr.

300

What Shakespeare piece of work, is a story of a man in Scotland who murders the king to take his place?

Macbeth

300

How many great lakes are there in the United States?

4. Michigan- Huron, Superior, Ontario, Erie

300

What gets wet while drying?

A towel

400

What is the date and year of the American Independence?

July 4th, 1776

400

What 1981 event did a billion people tune in to watch?

Prince Charles and Diana's wedding

400

What year did Ernest Hemingway win the Nobel Prize in literature?

1954

400

What is the freezing point of water?

32 degrees

400

A man dies of old age on his 25th birthday. How is this possible?

His birthday is February 29th

500

What country is called "The Land of the Rising Sun"?

Japan

500

What was the catastrophic nuclear event that occured in April of 1986?

Chernobyl

500

What year was William Shakespeare born?

1564

500

The most famous fault line in California is the?

San Andreas

500

A man looks at a painting in a museum and says, "Brothers and sister I have none, but that man's father is my father's son" Who is in the painting?

The man's son

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