Geography
What is the deepest ocean in the world?
The Pacific
What is the term for the repetition of consonant sounds in close succession?
Alliteration
What is the process by which plants lose water vapor through their leaves?
Transpiration
Who was the first president of the USA
George Washington
What is the Capital City of Canada
Ottawa
What are the larges mountain ranges in the world
The Andes mountains
What literary device is used when non-human objects are given human qualities?
Personification
What type of rock is formed through volcanic activity?
Igneous rock
What year did WW2 end
1945
Who painted the Sistine chapel
Michaelangelo
What river flows through the grand canyon?
the Colorado river
What is the term for a story that uses animals as characters to convey moral lessons?
A Fable
Which planet has a day that is longer than its year?
Venus
Which treaty ended World War I?
Treaty of Versailles
Who wrote the novel 'pride and prejudice'
Jane Austen
Which mountain is sacred to three major religions?
Mount Sinai
What term refers to the main character in a literary work who faces conflict and undergoes change?
A protagonist
What is the name of the phenomenon where a star collapses under its own gravity?
Supernova
Who was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize?
Marie Curie
What is the only letter not used in the names of U.S. states?
U
What city is located in two continents?
Istanbul
What is the name of the literary technique where the audience knows something that the characters do not?
Dramatic Irony
What is the term for animals that can regulate their own body temperature?
Endothermic
What battle marked the end of Napoleon’s rule?
Battle of Waterloo
Which African country was formerly known as Abyssinia?
Ethiopia