Math
What is 1/8 + 5/12 + 1/2 - 11/12
1/8
Name an example of a unicellular organism
Amoeba, bacteria, paramecia, yeasts
What is a gerund?
A verb ending in "ing" which acts a noun
i.e. Swimming is fun!
Name one figure who was a Confederate in the Civil War
Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson
What are the primary colors?
Red, Yellow, Blue
Name an acronym for the Order of Operations
PEMDAS, BEMA
What is the largest bone in the human body?
Femur
Who is Atticus Finch's defendant in To Kill a Mockingbird?
Tom Robinson
What was the first permanent English colony founded in America?
Jamestown, VA
Which beginner song is commonly played on the recorder? Hint: it rhymes with "Not Loss Suns"
Hot Cross Buns
What are the top and bottom of a fraction called?
Numerator and Denominator
If someone dropped a bullet from exactly 10 feet above the ground, and someone shot a gun perfectly perpendicular 10 feet above the ground, which bullet would hit the ground first?
They would hit the ground at the same time
Which famous poet and author wrote the likes of the The Giving Tree, Where the Sidewalk Ends, and Light in the Attic?
Shel Silverstein
Which US President is said to have gotten stuck in his custom-made bathtub due to his size?
William Howard Taft
Which artist famously cut off his own ear?
Vincent Van Gogh
How can one know, for certain, if a large number is divisible by 3 without completing division?
If the sum of the digits of a number is divisible by 3
Example: 459 -> 4+5+9 = 18, 18/3 = 6
Carbon
Name three characters in the Diary of the Wimpy Kid series
Greg, Rodrick, Susan, Manny, and Frank Heffley, Freely, Rowley Jefferson, Chirag Gupta, Gammie
What is the least populated state in the US? Bonus points if you can name its capital
Wyoming, Cheyenne
What is a 19th-century French art movement focused on capturing the fleeting, sensory essence of a moment, emphasizing light, color, and everyday life over realistic detail, characterized by visible brushstrokes, open compositions, and painting outdoors
Impressionism
Name 3 different types of triangles
Right triangle, scalene triangle, isosceles triangle, equilateral triangle
Name an animal that lays eggs but is still considered a mammal
Platypus
What is the official past tense of the word slay?
Slew
What is the 49th state? And the 50th state? (Bonus points for the 48th)
Alaska, Hawaii // Arizona
How does one play snowball?
2 teams, lots of balls, if you get hit with a ball you are out, last team standing wins