History
Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin were the first two men in the entire world to do what?
Walk on the Moon
What is the second book in the Lord of the Rings trilogy?
A. Fellowship of the Ring
B. The Two Towers
C. Return of the King
D. The Hobbit
B. The Two Towers
What gas do plants "breathe in" that humans and animals breathe out?
Carbon Dioxide (CO2)
A hexagon has how many sides?
6
Which branch of the US government does the President represent?
A. Legislative
B. Judicial
C. Executive
D. Bureaucratic
C. Executive
The first African American to play major league baseball was...
A. Jackie Robinson
B. Hank Aaron
C. Willie Mays
D. Barry Bonds
A. Jackie Robinson
What is the main character in a story called?
A. Subject
B. Narrator
C. Protagonist
D. Antagonist
C. Protagonist
What planet is nicknamed the “Red Planet?”
Mars
If a football field is 100 yards long, how many feet long is the football field?
300 feet
What city has the largest population in the world?
A. New York
B. Paris
C. Washington D.C.
D. Tokyo
D. Tokyo
Name two of Columbus’ three ships...
Nina, Pinta, Santa Maria.
Who is the creator of the classic book characters Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn?
A. Mark Twain
B. Harper Lee
C. Lois Lowry
D. F. Scott Fitzgerald
A. Mark Twain
What are the three states of matter?
Solid, liquid, and gas
The interior angles of a triangle always add up to ____ degrees.
180
What are the animals without backbones known as?
A. Vertebrates
B. Invertebrates
C. Omnivores
D. Carnivores
B. Invertebrates
What president commissioned the Lewis and Clark expedition?
A. Washington
B. Adams
C. Lincoln
D. Jefferson
D. Jefferson
What do you call the part of the story with all the action or the big twist?
The Climax
The Earth is at least how many billion years old?
A. 3
B. 4
C. 5
D. 6
B. 4 billion
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?
5 hours (300 minutes)
Which is the thinnest layer of the Earth?
A. Inner core
B. Mantle
C. Crust
D. Outer core
C. Crust
What is the Earth's oldest form of writing?
A. Hieroglyphics (Egypt)
B. Indus (Indus River Valley)
C. Cuneiform (Mesopotamia)
D. Elamite (Middle East)
C. Cuneiform (Mesopotamia)
Name the poet of the collection of ‘I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings’?
A. Gwendolyn Brooks
B. Audre Lord
C. Sylvia Plath
D. Maya Angelou
D. Maya Angelou
What blood type is considered the universal donor?
A. A-
B. B+
C. AB+
D. O-
D. O-
Solve the following equation: (2 * 4)/(5 + 3 - 1)0 = ____
8
What language has the most speakers worldwide (total, not native)?
A. English
B. Mandarin
C. Hindi
D. Spanish
A. English