Math
How many states made up the United States before Alaska and Hawaii joined?
48.
What are the two main languages spoken in South America?
Spanish and Portuguese.
What is the past tense word for run?
Ran.
What causes tides?
The moon.
How many continents are there?
7.
What number is the Roman numeral XVI?
16.
What are the first ten amendments to the Constitution called?
The Bill of Rights.
What type of literature features magical creatures, such as giants, gnomes, and goblins?
Fairy tales.
Earth is located in what galaxy?
The Milky Way.
If you fly from Los Angeles to Australia, what ocean do you cross?
The Pacific.
If it’s 5:30 when you leave for the store and 6:15 when you get there, how long did it take?
45 minutes.
The Emancipation Proclamation did what?
Freed slaves.
The main series of events in a story is called a what?
A plot.
A landscape where the most prominent features are trees is called:
Forest.
What is the longest river in the world?
Amazon.
If a train leaves the station and travels at 60 miles per hour, how much time will have passed when it arrives at a station 300 miles away?
Five hours or 300 minutes.
Name two of Columbus’ three ships:
Nina, Pinta, Santa Maria.
What is the main character in a story called?
A protagonist.
What planet is nicknamed the “Red Planet?”
Mars.
What is the largest country by size?
Russia.
If a football field is 100 yards long, how many feet long is the football field?
300 feet.
Who was the president of the Confederate states during the United States Civil War?
Abraham Lincoln.
What is the name of the most famous English playwright?
William Shakespeare.
What force pulls objects toward Earth’s core and keeps humans from floating in the sky?
Gravity.
Which North American city has a largest population:
Mexico City.