Math
What number does the Roman numeral V represent?
5
What is the name for "the study of ocean life?"
Marine Biology
How many continents are in the world?
7
Name the four curriculum groups that run this week (excluding 1st grade)
Sports, Makerspace, Arts Explosion, Coding
Mandarin & Cantonese are the most commonly spoken languages in which Country?
China
In "The Incredibles," what is the name of Jack-Jack's babysitter?
Kari
What are the four basic operations in math?
Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication, Division
What piece of technology is used to see & study the stars, planets, & space?
Telescope
What African island shares a name with a Dreamworks movie?
Madagascar
What is the color of the First - Aid Backpack that Alex brings to the pool every day?
Red
Hindi
What does the abbreviation PFD mean?
Personal Flotation Device
What is the name of the world's largest known number?
Googolplex
What candy bar shares a name with our galaxy?
Milky Way
Name one of the three main layers of Earth
Core, mantle, crust
Name one of BASEC's two official colors
Blue & Green
The word "Linguistics" loosely translates to which body part, in some languages?
Tongue
What keyboard-dwelling icons starred in their own movie in 2017?
Emojis
A gigabyte is a word used to describe how computers store information. How many bytes are in a gigabyte?
1 Billion
What 'p' word describes weather where water falls from the sky, as rain, snow, sleet, hail, etc.
Precipitation
In ancient times, all of Earth's continents were locked together in one supercontinent. What was it's name?
Pangaea
What does the "E" in BASEC stand for?
Enrichment
What Canadian dish roughly translates to "messy potatoes?"
Poutine
In Minecraft, Creepers are deathly afraid of what?
Cats
In 2007, it took Jeremy Harper 89 days to do what?
Count to 1 million
Hydrogen
How many countries in the world have exactly four (4) letters in their name.
Bonus: name three of them for 300 points
Ten (10) - Mali, Iran, Iraq, Togo, Fiji, Peru, Cuba, Chad, Laos, Oman
Who is the longest-tenured BASEC staff member?
Andrew
Python, Java, and C++ are three example of what language?
Coding
Which musical artist published the albums called 1989, Fearless, and Speak Now?
Taylor Swift
An Icosohedron is the name for a 3D shape with how many sides?
20
Neuroscience is the study of what?
Brain, nervous system
In Greek Mythology, what is the name of the Titan tasked with holding up the Earth?
Atlas
Which BASEC site & Belmont school shares it's name with an airport in Los Angeles, CA?
Burbank
French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian and Romanian are part of a group of languages with what name?
Romance
Sickle(s)
What is the name for a unit of time representing 1/1000th of 1 second?
A jiffy
The smallest bones in humans are located in what part of the body?
The Ear
Which continent is home to the largest desert on Earth?
Antarctica
How many BASEC sites run during the school year?
5
Adieu
What demigod Disney character shares his name with an island in Hawaii?