Another word for old.
It ends in -ly
elderly
What is another name for killer whale?
An Orca
The Statue of Liberty was a gift from which nation?
France
What is the term for a word that is similar in meaning to another word?
Synonym
What do we call a "man made" river? (there is one in Chichester)?
A canal
The first day of the 20th century was…
Jan. 1, 1901.
What do we call a 6 sided shape?
A hexagon
Name these punctuation symbols
( )
Brackets
"The machines buzzed and whirred noisily." is an example of what device?
Onomatopoeia
Science:
How many legs do arachnids have?
8
What are the dates of WW II?
1939 - 1945
What type of literature features magical creatures, such as giants, gnomes, and goblins?
Fairy Tales
What do we call a place in the desert where there is water?
An oasis
Hair around a lion’s neck.
(anagram of what you call a person)
Mane.
Earth is located in what galaxy?
The Milky Way
IF TOM IS FACING NORTH AND TURNS 90 DEGREES TO HIS RIGHT, WHAT DIRECTION IS HE NOW FACING?
EAST
Add a prefix and a suffix to the word happy to make a new word.
unhappiness
or unhappily
unhappier
Why do you see often see lightning before you hear the thunder?
Light travels faster than sound
What nationality was Karl Marx?
German
The main series of events in a story (or a film) is called a what?
A plot
What is the capital of Madagascar?
Antanarivo
How many states made up the United States before Alaska and Hawaii joined?
48
A synonym for courageously
Bravely
"The cat’s fur was a blanket of warmth."
This is an example og which language device?
A metaphor
"Five fireballs falling from the sky."
This is an example of _________________
Alliteration
An animal that eats meat is _________________
carnivorous
Why is Archduke Franz Ferdinand important to WWI?
His assassination caused the beginning of WWI
"The wind screamed through the forest."
What do we call this language device?
Personification
A bird and a fruit that comes from New Zealand
A kiwi
Which farm animal completes the sentence below? A baby _____ is called a foal.
Horse
The weather in a region
Climate
"She sells seashells on the sea shore" is an example of a _____________________
Tongue twister
What is the collective noun for a group of birds?
A flock
What species can live on both water and land?
Amphibians
The Mona Lisa by Leonardo Da Vinci is a piece from which period in history?
The Renaissance
What type of literature is often set in the future?
Science fiction
A large mass of ice that moves slowly down a slope or valley (like a frozen river)
A Glacier
Name a mythical creature.
Dragon, unicorn, fairy, goblin, phoenix, troll, cyclops, dwarf
What are the 3 states of matter?
Solid, Liquid, Gas
Be careful of this...... anagram of garden
danger
If the world is divided in half, what do we call the top part of the world?
The northern ______________
hemisphere
Name 2 elements of the water cycle?
Evaporation, Transpiration, Accumulation, Percolation, Condensation, Precipitation, Runoff,
Who was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize?
Marie Curie
Name a book by Jane Austen
Emma, Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility, Persuasion
What are the largest and the smallest ocean?
The Pacific Ocean
The Arctic Ocean
Small hard balls of ice which fall from the sky like rain
Hail
What do we call the line that goes around the centre of the Earth
The Equator
the Earth's northernmost circle of latitude where the Sun can be seen directly overhead
At 23.5 degrees above the line that runs around the Earth
The Tropic of Cancer