Social Studies
What city was destroyed in the year 79 due to the eruption of Mount Vesuvius?
Pompeii
Name one of the two planets in our solar system that have no moons.
Mercury or Venus
What children’s classic book has a chapter titled “The Puppies Arrive?”
The Hundred & One Dalmatians (101 Dalmatians)
Solve this math expression: -5 + (-1)
(-6)
Who was the 2024 WNBA Rookie of the Year?
Caitlin Clark
Who is the tallest president in US history? He delivered the Gettysburg Address.
Abraham Lincoln
What television educator known as the Science Guy can always be seen wearing a bowtie?
Bill Nye
Who wrote the Trojan and Greek epics Iliad and Odyssey?
Homer
If a right triangle has a base of 3 yd and a height of 4 yd, what is the length of the hypotenuse?
5 yd
What British band included members named John Lennon and Paul McCartney?
The Beatles
What is the least populous US state capital, with a population of 8,074?
Montpelier, VT
What item, consisting of two pieces of wood and a spring, was invented in Springfield, Vermont by David M. Smith in 1853?
Clothespin
What story about a wild boy and his animal friends was written by Vermont native Rudyard Kipling?
The Jungle Book
Cabot Creamery decides to give away its cheddar to 10% of Vermonters in a random lottery. If there are approximately 648,000 Vermonters, how many will be selected in the cheddar giveaway?
64,800
In 1790, Henry Wood founded a Vermont-based baking company that shares a name with and has a logo depicting what legendary figure who may have done his cooking at a round table?
King Arthur