5th Grade Math
Literacy
Geography
Age of Exploration
Random Mr. Ben Facts
100
The number ten-million written in exponent form. 

What is 107?

100

This is the name of William's dog in the book The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind.

Who is Kamba?

100

The capital of North Dakota.

What is Bismarck?

100

The people who funded Columbus' expeditions in 1492, and the country the are from.

Who are Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand of Spain?

100

The age Mr. Ben started working at McGillis.

What is 17 years old?

200

The product of 4603 and 507.

What is 2,333,721?

200

The key part of his teacher's bike light that William needed to harness electricity.

What is a dynamo?

200

The number of US states that begin with the letter N.

What is 7?

200
The thing that killed majority of the Indigenous people who were visited by outside explorers. 

What is outside germs, sickness, and bacteria?

200

The date of Mr. Ben's birthday.

What is February 14th?

300

The quotient of 1635 and 15.

What is 109?

300

The sickness that killed many people and is carried by flies.

What is dysentary? 

300

Name the oceans that border the United States. 

What are the Atlantic, Pacific, and Arctic Oceans? 

300

The exchange of resources and people between the Americas and Europe.

What is the Columbian Exchange?

300
Mr. Ben's favorite movie. 

What is Jurassic Park?

400

The sum of nine-fourths and five-thirds. 

What is 3 11/12 (three and eleven-twelfths) ?

400

Two things that William was able to accomplish by harnessing the wind. 

What are bringing electricty to his village and creating an irrigation system for year round water?

400

The direction one would travel to get from Tallahassee to Olympia.

What is north, northwest? 

400

Two prominent explorers during the Age of Exploration other than Columbus.

Who are Hernan Cortes, Francisco Pizzaro, Hernando de Soto, Francisco Vasquez de Coronado?

400

The one thing that actually scares Mr. Ben.

The ocean.

500

The difference between 9 1/6 and 4 10/12.

What is 4 2/6 or 4 1/3?

500
What William said during his TedTalk that became the quote of the event.

Who said, "I tried, and I made it."

500

What state capitals has the longest name?

What is Oklahoma City?

500

The name of the city we now know as Mexico City.

What is Tenochtitlan? 

500

The number of different colors of Vans Mr. Ben has, bonus points if you name the colors. 

What is 5?


What are dark blue, light blue, black, grey, and white/cream? 
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