History
The first Thanksgiving was celebrated by Native Americans and what other group of people?
Pilgrims
How many letters are in the English alphabet?
26
How many continents are there?
7
What causes tides?
the moon
You peer through a window into a classroom and count 20 eyes. If each person has a normal number of eyes, how many people are in the room?
10
Who invented the light bulb in 1879?
Thomas Edison
What is the term for a word that is similar in meaning to another word?
synonym
How many states are in the United States of America?
50
What is the biggest organ in the human body?
the liver
The first day of the 20th century was…
January 1, 1901
What are the three branches of the United States government?
Legislative, judicial, and executive
What are the five interrogative or "question" words?
Who, what, when, where, why
What is the longest river in the world?
The Amazon
What gas do plants breathe in that humans and animals breathe out?
Carbon Dioxide
If the first person takes 25% of the cake and the second person takes 20% of the remainder, how much of the original cake remains?
60%
What is Rosa Parks famous for?
Refusing to give her seat up in the front of the bus.
The person in a novel who tells the story from a third-person perspective is called a what?
Narrator
What is the name for a body of land that is completely surrounded by water?
Island
Animals that only eat meat are known as.....
carnivores
On a class field trip, there are 4 buses taking 36 students to the zoo. Each bus has the same number of student. How many students are on each bus?
9 on each bus
Which war was fought between the north and south regions in the United States?
Is “red” an adjective or a noun?
both
Which country is both an island and a continent?
Australia
How long does Earth take to revolve once around the sun?
365 Days
A father has 7 kids and 100 dollars. If he wants to give each kid an equal amount of money, rounding to the nearest dollar, how much much does each kid get?
$14