History
The first Thanksgiving was celebrated by Native Americans and what other group of people?
Pilgrims
What is the term for a word that is similar in meaning to another word?
Synonym
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 people
What are the three branches of the United States government?
Legislative, judicial, end executive
What are the comparative and superlative forms of the word “big?”
Bigger and biggest
To travel from New York to London, one must fly over which ocean?
The Atlantic Ocean
What gas is in the air we breathe?
Oxygen
What is the area of a triangle with a height of 4 and a width of 4?
8
Julius Caesar was the emperor of what empire?
The Roman Empire
The person in a novel who tells the story from a third-person perspective is called a what?
A narrator
What is the name for a body of land that is completely surrounded by water?
An island
What phenomenon might be felt on the surface when two tectonic plates rub against each other?
Earthquake
If a shopping cart contains 1 apple, 2 bananas, 3 oranges, 4 hot dogs, what percent of the cart’s total contents is fruit?
60%
From whom did the United State buy territory in the Louisiana Purchase?
Napoleon/France
What type of word is “truthfully?”
Adverb
How many kingdoms are part of the United Kingdom?
4: England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales
What is the freezing point of water?
32°F or 0°C
The interior angles of a triangle always sum to
180 degrees
The region known as the “Fertile Crescent” is located in present day
Middle East
What is the name of the most famous English playwright?
William Shakespeare
The mountain range that includes Mount Everest is called
The himalayas
The Earth is at least how many billion years old?
4 billion years old
You collect 48 pieces of Halloween candy. Your parents say you can eat 2 pieces per day, plus an extra piece on Saturdays and Sundays. How many weeks will it take to finish all of your candy?
3 weeks