History Facts
In what year did Christopher Columbus discover America?
1492
What causes the changes of seasons on Earth?
The tilt of Earth's axis
What is a sport played with two teams of 5 players that try to score by throwing a ball through an elevated hoop?
Basketball
"O brawling love, o loving hate" is an example of what literary device?
Paradoxical Statement
When multiplying decimals, how do you know how many place values to have after the decimal point in the product?
Add the place values in the factors.
What type of note is represented by a ring with no stem, and is the longest note?
Whole note
What color is made by combining red and blue?
Purple
Where was Latin originally spoken?
In the Roman Empire (Italian Peninsula)
Who is the head of the Catholic Church?
Pope Francis
Where did the Pilgrims first land in 1620?
Plymouth, Massachusetts
What was the name of the large landmass proposed by Wegener?
Pangaea which means "all land"
What is a fast paced, high energy sport played in an octagonal pit?
Gaga Ball
"I'm toast" is an example of what literary device?
How do you divide by a fraction?
KEEP - CHANGE - FLIP
Keep the first fraction, change multiplication to division, and flip the second fraction
Multiply the first fraction factor by the reciprocal of the second fraction factor.
What note is represented by a ring with a stem, and is worth 2 quarter notes?
What do we call the book with pages for drawing or sketching ideas?
Sketchbook
What other languages are directly related to Latin?
Italian, French, Portuguese, Spanish, Romanian, Catalan, Romansh and other Romance languages are direct descendants of Latin.
Many other languages borrow words from Latin, including English.
How many Gospels are there in the New Testament?
Four
Matthew, Mark, Luke & John
Who was the President during the Civil War?
What is the difference between the diets of a carnivore, an herbivore, and an omnivore?
Carnivores (such as lions or wolves) eat only meat (other animals).
Herbivores (such as rabbits and cows) only eat plants.
Omnivores (such as bears and humans) eat both plants and animals.
What is a game in which two teams each hide a flag, and then try to find the other team's flag and return with it to their home base?
Capture the Flag
"It is inciteful" is an example of what literary device?
When writing a very small number in scientific notation, what type of exponent does the power of ten have?
A negative exponent
What note is represented by a solid dot with a stem? 4 of these make up one whole note.
Quarter note
What visual art is characterized by the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a solid surface?
Painting
The great seal of the United States literally means "one out of many" in Latin, and has been placed on the US Dollar Bill, and other related items.
Does anyone in this class know what that phrase is?
e pluribus unum
How many Apostles did Jesus have?
Twelve
1. Peter
2. James
3. John
4. Andrew
5. Philip
6. Judas Iscariot
7. Matthew
8. Thomas
9. James, son of Alpheus
10. Bartholomew
11. Judas Thaddeus
12. Simon Zelotes
Where was the first women's rights convention held in 1848?
Seneca Falls
What is the study of heredity called?
Genetics
What is a bat and ball sport played between two teams that take turns hitting and fielding the ball?
Baseball (or Softball)
"They are koala-tea" is an example of what literary device?
Pun
Use the Pythagorean Theorem.
The Pythagorean Theorem only works for right triangles.
a2 + b2 = c2
What do we call the rectangle marking below a the fourth line on the staff that indicates silence for 4 beats?
Whole rest
What is a pattern or image made of small regular or irregular pieces of colored stone, glass or ceramic, held in place by plaster/mortar, and covering a surface? (You made something similar with beans for Latin)
Mosaic
What Latin phrase is often used at the end of a list to indicate that further, similar items are included? It is abbreviated "etc."
et cetera
What is the most important holy day in Christianity?
Easter
What was the name of the Abolitionist newspaper?
The North Star
The land portion of Earth can be divided into how many major biomes?
There are seven major biomes:
1. Desert
2. Grassland
3. Tropical Rain Forest
4. Temperate Rain Forest
5. Temperate Deciduous Forest
6. Taiga
7. Tundra
What is a game played with sticks, that players attempt to score by shooting a puck or a ball into the opposing team's net?
Street Hockey
"Jumbo shrimp" is an example of what literary device?
Oxymoron
When solving an inequality, when do you flip the inequality symbol?
When you multiply or divide by a negative
What do we call the squiggle marking that indicates a period of silence lasting one beat in 4/4 time?
Quarter rest
What do we call the three-dimensional art work which is physically presented in the dimensions of height, width and depth? It is often created using clay, metal, or other solid materials.
Sculpture
Why was Algebra so much easier for the ancient Romans?
Because X always equaled 10!
When did Jesus give us the 8 Beatitudes?
The Sermon on the Mount