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English
Humanities
100
All matter is made of _______.
atoms
100
There are three basic trigonometric functions taught in high schools: sine, cosine, and what third function?
tangent
100
Complete this analogy:
height : inches :: weight : ______
Pounds
100
What country is highlighted in red?
The United Kingdom
200
Name one process where matter changes from one state to another. (Hint: changing from liquid to gas, liquid to solid, solid to liquid, or gas to liquid)
Four main possibilities are: freezing (from liquid to solid), melting (from solid to liquid), boiling or evaporating (from liquid to gas), condensation (from gas to liquid)
200
In education, the acronym STEM stands for "science, technology, engineering, and mathematics." When an A is added to form the acronym STEAM, what does the A stand for?
Arts
200
What is wrong with this sentence?
He walked to the store and buy some milk.
The verb tenses don't agree - walked is past tense and buy is present tense.
200
What is the saying in an advertisement that makes you want to go to a store or business called?
Slogan
300
What word is used to describe everything (living and nonliving) that exists in a particular environment?
Ecosystem
300
What is the top GPA you can achieve in high school/junior high?
4.0
300
Where do the commas go?
I saw a happy fluffy adorable little puppy on my walk home yesterday.
After happy, fluffy, and adorable.
300
In what year was the Louisiana Purchase made?
1803
400
The tube that carries food to the stomach.
Esophagus
400
What is the Goessel High School mascot?
Bluebirds
400
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400
In which country would you find the Leaning Tower of Pisa
Italy
500
How many centimeters in a meter?
100
500
If a high school student wants to apply to college, they must take at least one of these two standardized tests. (Hint: they both are only 3 letters)
SAT and ACT
500
How many syllables are in the word heavily?
3
500
In which region of the United States do the Navajo generally live?
Southwest
600
What is the name for the amount of space something takes up?
volume
600
What does AP, the program of college-level courses and examinations for high school students developed by the College Board, stand for?
Advanced Placement
600
Complete the title of the children's book by E. B. White, '_______ Web'.
Charlotte's
600
Name the seven continents.
North America, South America, Africa, Europe, Asia, Australia/Oceania, and Antarctica
700
Name one of the three types of rock?
Igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic.
700
Although the exact origin is unknown, this piece of technology and calculating tool used beans or stones moved in grooves of sand to perform calculations. Although computers have mostly replaced it, this tool is still in use for teaching arithmetic to children in many parts of the world. What is it?
Abacus
700
What is the setting of a story?
Where and when a story takes place.
700
Four US States start with the letter A. Name two of them.
Alabama, Alaska, Arizona & Arkansas
800
Which organ removes waste from the blood?
kidney
800
One of the most famous institutions of musical education in the world, the Moscow Conservatory is officially named after what Russian composer of "Swan Lake" and "The Nutcracker?"
Tchaikovsky
800
Baker Street is the home of which literary detective?
Sherlock Holmes
800
What was the Boston Massacre?
A deadly riot in 1770 that energized anti-British sentiment and paved the way for the American Revolution.
900
What are the three types of -vores? (words that describe what an animal eats)
Omnivore, Carnivore, herbivore
900
In 1960, which president wrote an article for “Sports Illustrated” (entitled “The Soft American”) and created fitness councils to come up with physical education curriculums for schools?
John F. Kennedy
900
What British playwright wrote the plays Hamlet and Macbeth?
William Shakespeare
900
What do you call when two water streams join?
Confluence
1000
When water is warmed up by the sun and pulled into the air, this is called?
Evaporation
1000
What is the branch of zoology dedicated to the study of birds?
Ornithology
1000
Which of the words in this sentence is the noun? Make sure to close the door quietly.
Door
1000
What happened at the Boston Tea Party?
Tea was poured into the bay to prevent the sale of it, protesting taxes.