History
From which country did Mexico gain its independence in the 19th century?
Spain
What type of words should be capitalized?
proper nouns
What country is Paris the capital of?
France
What is the biggest organ in the human body?
Liver
The first day of the 20th century was?
January 1, 1901
What are the first ten amendments to the constitution called?
The bill of rights
What are the competitive and superlative forms of the word “big?”
Bigger and biggest
What three countries are located in North America?
Canada, the United States and Mexico
What gas is in the air we breathe?
Oxygen
2 dozen kittens and 3 dozen puppies get adopted from the shelter. How many animals were adopted?
60
What type of feather, beginning with letter Q, did people write with during the middle ages?
Quill
Who is the author of James and the Giant Peach?
Roald Dahl
How many Great Lakes are there in the United States?
4 (Michigan-Huron, Superior, Ontario, and Erie)
What is the closest planet to the sun?
Mercury
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 ancient civilization built the machu picchu complex in peru?
The incas
What is the main character in a story called?
A protagonist
The United States and Mexico are separated by which river?
The Rio Grande
What planet is nicknamed the “Red Planet?”
Mars
A farmer notices that every day for the past 10 days, the number of pigeons in his field has doubled. There are 1024 pigeons in the field today, and there were 2 pigeons there the first day. How many pigeons were there yesterday?
512
The french and indian war, which began in 1754, became the north american theater of this worldwide war that lasted from 1756 to 1763?
The seven years war
The words “the,” “an,” and “a,” are known as what in English grammar?
Articles
The mountain range that includes Mount Everest is called?
The Himalayas
Animals without backbones are known as?
Invertebrates
A father has 7 daughters and 100 dollars. If he wants to give each daughter an equal amount of money, rounding to the nearest dollar, how much money does each daughter get?
14 dollars