8th Grade
Math
Math
Find x of the following equation:
30=-3x + 15
Which is faster in the air, the speed of sound or the speed of light?
The Speed of light.
What is the US equivalent of a Prime Minister?
President
What are different words with the same pronunciation called?
homonyms
What do people call the underground system in London?
The tube
No Calculator:
What is the square root of 144?
Answer 12
Which type of star is the sun?
It is a Yellow Dwarf
Which country backed the colonists in the revolutionary war?
France
What is expressing the same message in different words called?
Paraphrase / paraphrasing
What is the official language of Brazil?
Portuguese
What is 1/4 + 1/2 =?
What is 3/4?
Which three planets are considered gaseous?
Uranus, Neptune and Jupiter
How old do you have to be to president of the US?
at least 35 years old
What do you calls words that spell the same backwards and forwards?
palindromes
What is arachnophobia?
The fear of spiders.
How many degrees does a triangle have?
180
In which ocean is 'Mariana Trench' located?
What is, the Pacific Ocean?
What country invented ice cream and soccer?
China
What does the word root 'mit' mean?
to send
How many days are in a fortnight?
14 (two weeks)
What is pi in three digits after the decimal?
3.141
What season is the sun in its highest in the sky in the Northern Hemisphere?
Summer
What was the name of the world's first urban city? (located in Mesopotamia)?
Ur
What is an unexpected turn in the plot called?
a twist
How many continents are there in the world? Name them.
There are 7 continents are Asia, Africa, Europe, North America, South America, Australia, and Antarctica.
What is the formula for area of a square?
A=S2
What force causes a book to slow down when sliding across the floor?
Friction
In which country was the first nuclear power plant launched?
The USSR, in 1954. Obninsk nuclear power station
What is the difference between historic and historical?
What was Shakespear's theatre called?
The Globe
What is the sum of all angles in a trapezoid?
The sum of all the angles in a trapezoid is equal to 360 degrees.
Who invented the telescope?
Gallelli Galileo
Which branch of the US government can declare war ? legislative, executive, or judicial?
executive
What does to procrastinate mean?
to delay; to put off doing something
What is the state bird of Texas?
The northern mockingbird