Earth Science
History
WILD CARD
Geography
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100
The earth ________ around the sun.
What is 'Revolves'?
Note: Do not accept 'rotates'
100
Where is Plymouth? Name the state.
Massachussets
100
Unscramble the letters I N P S E.
Any acceptable answer, examples below:
-SPINE
-SNIPE
-PINES
100
Name the two rivers of Mesopotamia.
What are the Tigris and Euphrates rivers?
100
What always rises but never falls?
Age (or any acceptable answer)
200
The earth's surface is _____% water.
What is 71%?
Note: Accept any answer within the range of 70-75.
200
Early civilizations formed around rivers. Name a reason why.
Answers may include but are not limited to:
-Fertile soil
-Annual floods
-Great farming
200
The cube root of 622 is in between which two integers?
8 and 9
200
Which nation is east of Italy?
What is Greece?
200
I am always flapping. If I stop, I die. What am I?
A heart.
300
Which galaxy is our solar system a part of?
What is the Milky Way Galaxy?
300
At the peak of the Roman Empire, the empire spanned over which continents? Name them all.
Africa, Europe, Asia
300
The only number that's cube and square contain all the digits from 0 to 9 only once.
69
Square: 4761
Cube: 328509
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
300
Name the warm-water current that surrounds Florida. (Don't over-complicate this)
What is the Florida current?
300
If two's a company and three's a crowd, then what is four and five?
9 (Nine)
400
Place the following items into an order from largest to smallest:
-Star
-Planet
-Solar System
-Galaxy
Largest to Smallest:
Galaxy > Solar System > Star > Planet
400
Constantinople, the capital of the eastern Roman empire, is located in this modern-day city.
What is Istanbul?
400
World's largest cruise ship.
What is Wonder of the Seas?
400
The San Andreas fault in California is which type of fault?
Transform fault.
400
An Arab sheikh decides to hold a competition to see which one of his two sons will inherit his substantial fortune. He tells them to race their camels to a distant city, but the one whose camel arrives last will inherit the fortune.
The two sons set out, determined to win the inheritance, and wander the desert for days, each attempting to outlast the other. Finally, they come across a wise man and ask him for advice. After the wise man speaks to the two sons, they immediately jump on the camels and race at full gallop to the target city.
What did the old man say/what was his advice?
Switch camels!
500
Name the two types of glaciers.
Continental Glacier
Alpine Glacier (or any other acceptable name)
500
Name the richest man ever to have existed.
Who is Mansa Musa? (Mali - Africa)
500
Which native tribe in South America built roads that spanned over 25,000 miles?
What is the Inca Tribe?
500
Where did Britain test their atomic bombs?
Australia
500
You see a boat filled with people, yet there isn’t a single person on board. How?
All the people on the boat are married?