Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader? (Math)
5 + 3 = ?
8
Who invented the light bulb?
Thomas Edison
Who wrote "Harry Potter" ?
J.K. Rowling
What are the three different states of matter?
Solid, Liquid, and Gas
What is the primary difference between ocean water and fresh water?
Salt
You win 1000 Points!
JK, lose 100.
What is a "bakers dozen"?
13
According to Encyclopedia Britannica and Mental Floss, some bakers in 13th century England were notorious for skimping on the size of their baked goods, while customers were still paying full price. This “cheating” provoked King Henry III to pass a strict law—selling bread below the standard weight and size and overcharging for it got you roughed up or tossed in a jail cell. Many bakers didn’t want to risk it, so to reduce any margin of error, they often included an additional loaf of bread in their normal dozen, just to be safe.
This company created its revolutionary new smartphone on June 29, 2007.
Apple (iPhone)
What are describing words called?
Adjectives
What are animals without a backbone called?
Invertebrates
Other than water, the most-consumed beverage in the world is
Tea
Triple Points!
Triple Points!
What do we call a 90 degree angle?
Right angle
What is the name of our 2nd President?
John Adams
The person in a novel who tells the story from a third-person perspective is called a what?
A narrator
Which is faster: sound or light?
Light
BONUS for extra 300points: How fast is the speed of light?
Name all the seven continents
Asia, Africa, North American, South America, Antarctica, Europe, and Australia
Are you sure?
1st place: -300.
If a train was supposed to arrive at 3:15 pm and arrived 35 minutes late, what time did it arrive?
3:50pm
What is a leap year?
It takes approximately 365.25 days for Earth to orbit the Sun — a solar year. We usually round the days in a calendar year to 365 and then add the extra .25 over 4 years to make 1 extra day.
What would you call the central character of a story or plot?
Protagonist
What are the poles of a magnet called?
Hint: Also the names of the two poles on Earth
North and South
Who sings the popular "All I want for Christmas"
Mariah Carey
You win 400!
You win 400!
How many seconds make 1 hour
3600
Find the minutes in 1 hours (60)
60 x 60 (seconds in a minute) = 3600
What is the largest North American country?
Canada
Ms. Janssen went walking in the woods.
Name the Verb
Walking
What is the freezing point of water in celsius?
0 degrees
26.2
Really? Fool.
-500