History
Who invented the lightbulb in 1879?
Thomas Edison
What is the term for a word that is similar in meaning to another word?
Synonym
In which country are the famous Pyramids of Giza?
Egypt
What is the largest internal organ in the human body?
The liver
What animal can carry up to 5000 times its body weight?
Ant
What are the three branches of the United States government?
Legislative, judicial, and executive
What are the comparative and superlative forms of the word “big?”
Bigger and biggest
To travel from New York to London, one must fly over which ocean?
Atlantic Ocean
Earth is located in what galaxy?
The Milky Way
Which bone are babies born without?
patella (knee cap)
What president is on the half dollar coin?
John F. Kennedy
Adding conjugations such as “and” or “but” turns a simple sentence into what type of sentence.
Compound sentence
How many Great Lakes are there in the U.S.?
Four—Michigan-Huron, Superior, Ontario, and Erie.
What is the closest planet to the sun?
Mercury
In Greek Mythology, who is the Queen of the underworld and wife of Hades?
Persephone
Who wrote the national anthem of the United States of America?
Francis Scott Key
In this title, The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, what is the last comma called?
The Oxford comma (or serial comma)
The U.S. and Mexico are separated by which river?
The Rio Grande
What is the freezing point of water?
32 degrees Fahrenheit or 0 degrees Celsius
Although it is acceptable to refer to a peanut as a nut, it is more accurately described as a____?
Legume
The region known as the ”Fertile Crescent“ is located in the present day____?
Middle east
The words “the,” ”an,” and “a,” are known as what in English grammar?
Articles
Imaginary lines traversing the globe from pole to pole are called what?
Meridians
What class of animal can live both in water and on land?
Amphibians
In Einsteins famous E=MC2, what do the letters stand for?
E stands for energy, M stands for mass, and C stands for the speed of light