Math
How many sides are on an octagon?
Eight
What is the past tense for “swim”?
Swam
What is Earth’s only natural satellite?
The moon
Who was the 16th president of the United States?
Abraham Lincoln
What is the only word that is not in the predicate of the following sentence? “Lizzy threw her grammar book at the wall.”
Lizzy
What is ⅓ of 90?
30
A word, phrase or sequence that reads the same forward and backward is called what?
Palindrome
In the northern hemisphere, the summer solstice occurs during what month?
June
The Bill of Rights was ratified by the states in what year?
1791
How many consonants are in the word “acronym”?
4
If Posie ate ½ the pie and Chris ate ⅛ the pie, how much is left?
⅜ of the pie
The main series of events in a story is called what?
The plot
In the human body, the optic nerve sends signals from the eye to what other organ?
The brain
What did colonists famously toss into the Boston Harbor in 1774?
tea
Spell the third word missing from this group of homophones. They’re, there and…
Their
If a shopping cart has one kiwi, two bananas, three pineapples and four cookies, what percentage of the cart’s total contents is fruit?
60%
What’s the main character in a story called?
A protagonist
Which scientist proposed the three laws of motion?
Isaac Newton
What ancient civilization built the Machu Picchu complex in Peru?
Inca
What is the prepositional phrase in this sentence? “I like the movie about the princess.”
about the princess
What whole number is the closest to the square root of 65?
8
Three trailing dots used at the end of a sentence that indicates something has been omitted from quoted text, or that a speaker or writer has paused or trailed off in speech or thought is called what?
An ellipsis
What is the most abundant element in the universe?
Hydrogen
The Hundred Years War of the 14th and 15th centuries was primarily a conflict between England and what other country?
What is the subordinating conjunction in the following sentence? “They lost the competition because they didn’t practice.”
because