If a train was supposed to arrive at 4:25 pm and arrived 43 minutes late, what time did it arrive?
5:08pm
Which of these was not part of the original 13 colonies?
a) New Jersey
b) West Virginia
c) Maryland
d) Virginia
b) West Virginia
Who wrote "The Invisible Man" ?
H. G. Wells
What do you call a scientist who studies rocks?
Geologist
What state is the capital of Augusta home to?
Maine
7 - 4.39 =
2.61
Who was the third US president?
a) Ben Franklin
b) John Adams
c) James Madison
d) Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson
What would you call the evil character of a story or plot?
hint: not villain
Antagonist
What year was the ISS launched?
1) 1996
b) 2000
c) 1999
d) 1998
1998
Where is 90% of the world's freshwater located? (continent will do)
Antarctica
3 x 104
30,000
What year was the fall of Constantinople?
a) 1453
b) 1465
c) 1492
d) 1476
a) 1453
Define the word - Manacles
Chains or handcuffs
Which of these is an example of chemical change?
a) evaporation
b) explosion
b) explosion
Which is characterized by old, eroded mountains and has the oldest mountain range in North America?
a) Rocky Mountains
b) Appalachian Mountains
c) Sierra Nevada Mountains
d) Cascade Range
b) Appalachian Mountains
How many seconds make one hour?
3600
Which historical event took place in 1803?
a) Continental Congress
b) Burning of Washington (Fire in the White House)
c) Louisiana Purchase
d) Lewis and Clark finish their expedition
c) Louisiana Purchase
How many adjectives are present in this sentence?
The silly sentence clumsily fell off the ripped page.
TWO! (clumsily is an adverb!)
Term for going from a solid state to a gas state.
a) Deposition
b) Condensation
c) Sublimation
d) Condemnation
c) Sublimation
Which US state is this?
Vermont
15 divided by 3, then add 5, then subtract 9 = ?
1
When was the Bill of Rights signed?
a) July 1776
b) June 1778
c) August 1784
d) December 1791
d) December 1791
What are the three Greek words that Aristotle used as the foundation of RHETORIC?
Ethos, Pathos, Logos
Which of these moons is the largest in the solar system?
a) Titan
b) Ganymede
c) Callisto
d) Europa
b) Ganymede
Name the five great lakes:
a) Superior, Meade, Ontario, Erie, Huron
b) Huron, Superior, Erie, Michigan, Ontario
c) Ontario, Erie, Huron, Michigan, Meade
d) Columbia, Ontario, Erie, Huron, Meade
b) Huron, Superior, Erie, Michigan, Ontario