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Area and Perimeter
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100
Sports:
The Winter Olympics are held every _____ years.
Four
100
Which amendment protects citizens from unreasonable searches and seizures by the police?
- The Fourth Amendment (which generally requires a warrant based on probable cause).
100
Which term matches this definition: "A system of government where the power is held by the people, who rule either directly or through elected representatives"? [1]
A. Autocracy B. Democracy
C. Oligarchy D. Theocracy
B. Democracy
100
True or False. The Sun orbits the earth.
False
100
Which term matches this definition: "The 19th-century belief that the expansion of the US throughout the American continents was both justified and inevitable"?
A. The Monroe Doctrine
B. The New Deal
C. Social Darwinism
D. Manifest Destiny
D. Manifest Destiny
100
A rectangle has a length of 6 inches and a width of 2 inches.
What is the perimeter?
Area equals Length times width.
6 times 2 is 12 inches squared.
100
This Italian plumber first jumped over barrels as "Jumpman" in the 1981 arcade game Donkey Kong. He has expanded his role and is still in many video games today.
Who is (Super) Mario
100
Put 14,320,000,000 into scientific notation
Answer: 1.432 x 1010
200
Music:
How many strings does a guitar have?
6
200
When someone says they are "pleading the Fifth," what protection are they invoking?
Protection against self-incrimination (being forced to testify against oneself).
200
Which term matches this definition: "The amount of a good or service available and the desire of buyers for it, which together determine the price"?
A. Gross Domestic Product B. Inflation
C. Tariffs D. Supply and Demand
D. Supply and Demand
200
Fill in the blank.
_________ are cold-blooded vertebrate animals that typically split their life cycle between water and land. The word comes from a Greek term meaning "double life". Familiar examples include frogs, toads, salamanders, newts, and worm-like caecilians
Amphibians
200
Which term matches this definition: "A political system in which power is divided between a central national government and individual state governments"
A. Federalism
B. Totalitarianism
C. Communism
D. Monarchy
A. Federalism
200
What is the area of this rectangle?
L = 8ft
W = 7ft
A = 56ft2
200
This blue hedgehog was created by Sega in 1991 to be their mascot and rival to Nintendo's plumber.
Who is Sonic the Hedgehog?
200
A store offers a 15% discount on a $40 item. What is the sale price?
Answer: What is $34?
300
General:
Name the only continent in which spiders don't exist?
Antarctica
300
Which amendment guarantees the right to a speedy and public trial by an impartial jury, plus the right to a lawyer?
- The Sixth Amendment.“The Sixth Amendment
- ensures the right to an attorney, recognizing that a fair trial depends on meaningful legal representation.”, stated by Civic Nebraska.
300
Which term matches this definition: "A system that allows each branch of a government to amend or veto acts of another branch to prevent any one branch from having too much power"?
A. Checks and Balances B. Federalism
C. Separation of Powers D. Feudalism
A. Checks and Balances
300
Which continent is the least populated?
Antarctica
The total count shifts by season, peaking around 4,000 to 5,000 people during the summer and dropping to about 1,000 people in the winter.
300
Which term matches this definition: "The exclusive possession or control of the supply or trade in a commodity or service by a single company"?
A. Free Market B. Tariffs
C. Monopoly D. Globalization
C. Monopoly
300
What is the Perimeter of a circle called?
Circumference
300
This green-clad hero of Hyrule is often mistakenly called by the name of the princess he rescues.
Link from the Video game Zelda
300
There are 32 students in a class. Eight of those students are women. What is the probability that a woman is chosen at random?
1/4 or 25%
400
Trivia:
Which country shares the longest border in the world with the United States?
Canada
400
Which amendment bans cruel and unusual punishment and excessive fines?
“The Eighth Amendment protects people from being fined unreasonably by the government. This amendment prohibits the government from imposing excessive fines or cruel and unusual punishment.”
400
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Which term matches this definition: "A general and progressive increase in prices, which reduces the purchasing power of money over time"?
A. Deflation B. Recession
C. Inflation D. Stagnation
C. Inflation
400
Which animal has 3 hearts?
A. Anaconda B. Cow
C. Octopus D. Ostrich
C. Octopus
An octopus’s three hearts have slightly different roles. One heart circulates blood around the body, while the other two pump it past the gills, to pick up oxygen.
Octopuses keep surprising us - here are eight examples how | Natural History Museum
400
What type of government allows the citizens to vote for who represents them and leads them?
A Democracy
400
Find the Area AND Perimeter of a square if the sides are 9 ft.
A= 81ft2
P=36ft
400
This giant turtle-dragon king of the Koopas constantly kidnaps Princess Peach.
King Bowser
400
Find the area of the shape
Area of the Trapezoid is 48ft2
500
Music:
Who performed at the Super Bowl halftime show in 2026?
Bad Bunny
500
What does the Tenth Amendment say about powers not given to the federal government?
Those powers are reserved for the states or the people.
500
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Which term matches this definition: "The transition from hand production methods to machines, new chemical manufacturing and iron production, and the rise of the factory system"?
A. The Enlightenment
B. Industrial Revolution
C. The Great Depression
D. The Renaissance
B. Industrial Revolution
500
Which country gifted the Statue of Liberty to the United States?
France
to celebrate the 100th anniversary of American independence, honor the long-standing alliance between the two nations dating back to the American Revolution, and celebrate the abolition of slavery.
The French Connection - Statue Of Liberty National Monument (U.S. National Park Service)
500
Which term matches this definition: "The right to vote in political elections"? [1
A. Veto B. Impeachment
C. Ratification D. Suffrage
D. Suffrage
500
The area of a rectangle is 28 in2
The length is 7 inches.
What is the width?
4 inches
500
Armed with a dual-wielding pistols and dual-ponytails, this British archaeologist made her debut in 1996.
Lara Croft
500
2 part question, you must answer both parts to earn the points.
What is the formula for the Pythagorean Theorem? When can you use the Pythagorean Theorem?
a2 + b2 = c2
To find a missing side of a right triangle.