What do we call a 90 degree angle?
right angle
Who was the President of the United States during the Civil War?
Abraham Lincoln
What kind of figurative language is in this sentence?
The spaghetti slithered around like snakes on her plate.
simile
What are the three different states of matter?
Solid, Liquid, and Gas
Which country is both an island and a continent?
Australia
What is it called when a computer can understand and behave like a human?
Artificial Intelligence
The month that millions of Americans will vote for the upcoming presidential election.
November
What is the primary difference between ocean water and fresh water?
Salt
35 x 12 = ?
420
This is where Japan bombed the United States Navy on December 7, 1941. As a result, the United States entered WWII.
Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
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?
What type of map shows landscape features such as mountains and lakes?
a. road map b. physical map
c. resource map d. political map
b. physical map
What year was TikTok invented?
2016
Four years ago this month, schools shut down for this reason.
COVID-19 Pandemic
Name all the seven continents
Asia, Africa, North American, South America, Antarctica, Europe, and Australia
3+5 x 6=?
33
The Declaration of Independence was signed in 1776 in which city?
Philadelphia
What are describing words called?
Adjectives
What are animals without a backbone called?
Invertebrates
Which of these are examples of natural resources?
a. factories, good roads, and a large population
b. rich soil, forests, and minerals
c. automobiles, dairy farms, and governments
d. stores, chemical companies, and clothing factories
b. rich soil, forests, and minerals
This company created its revolutionary new smartphone on June 29, 2007.
Apple (iphone)
The House of Representatives just passed a bill to ban this popular app.
Tik Toc
Other than water, the most-consumed beverage in the world is
Tea
If a train was supposed to arrive at 3:15 pm and arrived 35 minutes late, what time did it arrive?
3:50pm
advent prize
Which country gifted the Statue of Liberty to the United States as a symbol of friendship and freedom?
France
What would you call the central character of a story or plot?
Protagonist
Any material that does not allow heat to pass through it easily is called a/an ___________.
insulator
Name Earth's five oceans.
Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Arctic, and Southern (Antarctic) oceans
When was Instagram invented?
2010
The name of the annual speech where the current president addresses the country.
State of the Union
What is the name of the popular toy line featuring small dolls with colorful hair?
troll dolls
How many seconds make 1 hour
3600
Find the minutes in 1 hours (60)
60 x 60 (seconds in a minute) = 3600
Which ancient civilization built the pyramids of Giza?
ancient Egyptians
Which word is misspelled?
a. quite b. seperate c. dessert d. receipt
b. seperate should be separate
What is the freezing point and boiling point of water in degrees Celsius?
freezing is 0 degrees
boiling is 100 degrees
What is the widest (not longest) river in the world?
The Amazon River
How many Megabytes in a Gigabyte
1000
Russian president Vladimir Putin just extended his presidency for another term making it his 5th consecutive term. In the US, this limits presidents to a max of two terms.
US Constitution
Which President was this?
Theodor Roosevelt
24
16
Who was the first U.S President?
George Washington
What is it when words in a sentence begin with the same letter?
Alliteration
What is the layer that traps heat within out atmosphere called, it has also said to have been depleting because of Climate Change.
Ozone Layer
What nation is the second largest on earth?
Canada
What does CPU stand for?
Central Prossessing Unit
The name of this rocket is the biggest and most powerful ever to fly. It was launched on March 14th off the coast of Texas and will be used in the future to go back to the moon.
Space X's Starship
During which decade did the Charleston become the dance craze?
1920's