1st Grade
What is the powerhouse of the cell?
Mitochondria
What type of tree do acorns come from?
Oak tree
What's the largest and deepest ocean in the world?
Pacific Ocean
In what US city do the Allegheny and Monongahela Rivers meet and form the Ohio River?
Pittsburgh
The highest volcano outside of South America also doubles as its home continent's highest mountain. In what country is this 19,000-foot peak found?
Tanzania
What is the most populated state in the US?
California
Can jet fuel melt steel beams?
Of course it can, otherwise how would you explain one of the greatest tragedies in American history
Known as "The Conqueror," what was the first name of the king who won the throne of England in 1066?
William
What is stored in a camel's hump?
Fat
The fight over teaching evolution in classrooms went to court in 1925 for the famous Scopes Trial. Who argued for the prosecution against John Scopes? This famous lawyer's other hot-button issue was the gold standard.
William Jennings Bryan
True or false? The word ten is the antonym of the word net.
False
What was the most widely grown crop in the Middle Colonies?
Wheat
Women in the U.S. were granted the right vote in what year?
1920
The words “they're,” “aren't,” “can't” and “shouldn't” are all examples of what?
Contractions
The world's smallest capital city, Ngerulmud, has a population of only approximately 400. What country is home to Ngerulmud?
Palau
Who wrote the book To Kill a Mockingbird?
Harper Lee
The US Naval Academy is located in what city?
Annapolis, MD
In the book Mr. Popper's Penguins, the first penguin sent to Mr. Popper by Admiral Drake is named after which famous explorer?
Captain James Cook
Who was the first American to go into space?
Alan Shepard
U.S. Secretary of Commerce Harry Hopkins helped conceive what New Deal public works program that produced the Tennessee Valley Authority and Federal Theatre Project?
Works Progress Administration / WPA
Which of the following is NOT an official language of Switzerland: German, Italian, or Spanish?
Spanish
Name the seven continents of the world.
Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe and Australia
What do you call a group of porcupines?
A prickle
Which is the fastest-flying bird in the world?
Peregrine Falcon
Which geological time period that began 358.9 million years ago, during which large coal deposits formed, has a name derived from the Latin for "coal-bearing?"
Carboniferous