1st Grade
Math
What is 18 + 27?
45
Math
How many sides does a hexagon have?
Six
Math: What is 144 ÷ 12?
12
Math
What is 3/5 of 100?
60
Math
What is 25% of 300?
75
Which 14th-century pandemic killed an estimated one-third of Europe’s population?
The Black Death (Bubonic Plague)
Science
Which part of the plant makes food using sunlight?
Leaves
Science
What is the smallest planet in our solar system?
Mercury
Science
What gas do humans breathe out that plants need?
Carbon Dioxide
Science
What force keeps us on the ground?
Gravity
Science
What gas makes up most of the Earth’s atmosphere?
Nitrogen
Geography
Which U.S. state is nicknamed the Lone Star State”?
Texas
History
Who was the first President of the United States?
George Washington
History
Name one of the 2 states that were last to join the USA in 1950?
Alaska and Hawaii
Which continent's name meaning translates to "land opposite bears"
Antarctica
History
Which country was the first to grant women the right to vote?
New Zealand
History
Who was the first man in space?
Yuri Gagarin
Science
What is the process by which plants release water vapor through their leaves?
Transpiration
Geography
Which ocean is on the east coast of the United States?
Atlantic Ocean
Geography: What is the capital of Canada?
Ottawa
Geography
What is the widest river in the world.
Amazon
Geography
What rivers runs through Mesopotamia? (at least 1)
Tigris and Euphrates
Geography
What was the former name of Iran?
Persia
What company from Kyoto, Japan got their start selling playing cards in the 19th Century?
Nintendo
English
What is the plural of “goose”?
geeze
English: What is the past tense of "slay"
slew (OR slayed)
English
What is the plural of “moose”?
Moose
English
What is a synonym for both “angry” and "crazy"?
Mad
English
What is the the name for literary device that features the repetition of consonant syllables
alliteration
Geography
What river flows through Paris, France?
The Seine
Spelling
What color is the snow on Pluto?
purple
Spelling: How do you spell the capital of Mexico
M E X I C O C I T Y
Science: What is the boiling point of water in Fahrenheit?
212°F
History
Who was the UK Prime Minister during World War II?
Winston Churchill
History
Who helped free India from Britain??
Mahatma Gandhi
Which King from Asia amassed the largest Empire in history until the rise of the British Empire in the 19th century?
Genghis Khan
Pop Culture
Who was the founder of Ghibli Animation?
Miyazaki Hayao
Pop Culture: Who sang “Hound Dog” and “Jailhouse Rock”?
Elvis Presley
Pop Culture
The Beatles were from which city in the UK?
Pop Culture
In what year did the Titanic sink?
1912
Science
Who wrote A Brief History of Time?
Stephen Hawking
This American writer invented the detective story and wrote several horror stories such as the the Raven and the Fall of the House of Usher
Poe