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100

What ancient civilization built the Machu Picchu complex in Peru

Who are the Incas

100

What is the main character in a story called

Who is the Protagonist

100

Where is the largest desert in the world located

What is Africa (Sahara Desert)

100

What is the party of the eye that controls how much light enters

What is the Pupil

100

If a train leaves the station and travels at 60 kilometers per hour, how much time will have passed when it arrives at a station 300 kilometers away

What is 5 Hours or 300 Minutes

100

How do you abbreviate pound and pounds

What is lb and lbs

200

What was the ancient Egyptian writing system called

What are Hieroglyphics

200

What type of word is "truthfully"

What is an Adverb

200

How man kingdoms are part of the United Kingdom

4 - England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales

200

What planet is nicknamed the "Red Planet"

What is Mars

200

The interior angles of a triangle always add up to

What is 180 degrees

200

What sort of measurements can be found on a standard American ruler

What are Feet, Inches, Centimeters and Millimeters

300

From whom did the United States buy territory in the Louisiana Purchase

Who was Napoleon/France

300

In this title: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe - what is the last comma called

What is an Oxford Comma or Serial Comma

300

Which country is the largest in size

What is Russia

300

Animals that only eat plants are known as 

What are herbivores

300

A farmer notices that every day for the past 10 days, the number of pigeons in his field has doubled.  There are 1024 pigeons in the field today, and there were 2 pigeons there the first day.  How many pigeons were there yesterday

What is 512

300

Bricks used as building materials are traditionally made of 

What is Clay

400

Who wrote the national anthem of the United States of America

Who is Francis Scott Key

400

A story conveying a moral lesson is called what

What is a Fable

400

The United States and Mexico are separated by which river

What is the Rio Grande

400

How long does it take Earth to orbit once around the sun

365 Days

400

You have 20 pairs of shoes, but there is only room in your closet for 8 shoes.  How many shoes do you have to get rid of

What is 32 shoes or 16 pairs 

400

The energy of a moving object is also called

What is Kinetic Energy

500

The Battle of Gettysburg was fought in which war

What is The Civil War

500

What do you call a group of crows

What is a Murder

500

What is the southernmost continent 

What is Antarctica

500

What is the freezing point of water

What is 32oF or 0oC

500

Which is larger - 2/3, 2/4, 2/5 or 2/6

What is 2/3

500

Mary has to walk 1 mile north to school and 1 mile south back from school.  One day, instead of walking home after school, Mary walks 2 miles east and 1 mile south to the store.  In which direction does Mary have to walk to get home from the store

What is West

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