Math
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What is this ; punctuation called?
Semi-colon
What was the first British colony in America?
Jamestown
Name the process when substance changes from liquid to gaseous state
Evaporation
What is the name of the deepest point in Earth’s oceans?
Mariana's Trench
What geometrical shape has no vertices?
A sphere
What are sets of words that are opposite in meaning called?
Can you name the US mail service that used horses and riders to dispatch letters and parcels?
Pony express, ran between Missouri and California and was started in 1860
What is the chemical symbol for gold?
Au
Where is the North Mojave Desert?
Nevada
What is 8/100?
0.08
What would you call a character in a story that revolves around them?
The protagonist
Which country invented fireworks?
China
What does NASA stand for?
National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
How many total islands does Hawaii have?
132
Yes or No? Did Luke get the right amount of change back if he paid $2 for a $1.35 ice cream cone and got back 2 quarters, 1 dime and 1 nickel?
Yes
What are similar sounding words called?
Homonyms
How many members constitute the US Electoral College?
538
What is the boiling point of water?
100 degrees Celsius
What place is known as the largest micro-continent?
Madagascar
45 + (65-49) – 23 x 2 =?
15
How many verbs are present in this sentence: ’We slept while they danced and cooked us meals’?
3
Which community of people had invented the world’s first writing system?
The ancient Sumerians
How many joints are in the human body?
360 joints
Where is the Great Barrier Reef?