Harwood
Countries
Facts
Trivia
Math
100
What Route is Harwood on?
100
100
What is the capital of Germany
Bonn
Munich
Berlin
Berlin
100
Which animal is needed for pollination?
Bumble Bee
100
What country has the most vending machines per capita?
Morocco China
Japan Russia
the U.S. Cuba
Japan
100
33
27
200
What is Meg's (the principal) last name?
McDonough
200
Where is the Eiffel tower located?
France, Paris
200
What bird symbolizes America?
The Eagle
200
Who is the leader of Russia?
Puttin
200
In your head calculate: 24 x 11
264
300
What room # are we in?
303
300
Name 3 countries that start with the letter P
- Pakistan.
- Palau.
- Panama
- Papua New Guinea.
- Paraguay.
- Peru.
- Philippines.
300
If you sneeze too hard, you could fracture a ___.
If you sneeze too hard, you could fracture a rib!
300
What do babies have more of than adults?
Bones
300
What cool pattern is there in the multiplication table for 9?
The digits of the 2 numbers of the answer = 9.
400
What is the 1st and last name of the man who sits at the desk at the main entrance?
Sam Baird
400
What language do they speak in Brazil?
Portuguese
400
Which of the following lights on fire in the microwave.
(DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME!)
raisins
grapes
cherries
pumpkin seeds
Grapes
400
How many eyes does a bee have?
2 6
4 8
5 12
5
400
(8x3)+16 divided by 8=
5
500
What is Pratt's first name?
Mari
500
What is the capital of Egypt?
Cairo
500
In which year was the octagonal stop sign first used in the U.S.?
a. 1896 d. 1948
b. 1914 e. 1965
c. 1924 f. 1973
1914 (Michigan was the first state to use them.)
500
Who introduced the leap year?
Julius Caesar
Henry VIII
Theodore Roosevelt
Ronald Reagan
Julius Caesar
500
when you are finding the product of something, you are.......
multiplying
600
Nurse Magge has a daughter who goes to Harwood. What is their name?
Jen
600
Name the largest country in the world
Russia
600
Which animal has its heart in its head?
shark
shrimp
hummingbird
octopus
shrimp
600
What fruit is surprisingly a berry?
banana
600
When measuring the area of a raised bed your answer will be in what format?
cubic feet or cubic yards
700
What is Regan's first name?
Jane
700
What is the capital of Greece?
Athens
Paris
Rome
Oslo
Athens
700
When was the first text message sent?
1989
1992
1996
2001
1992
700
How many colors can a person who is not colorblind see?
a. up to 100 d. up to 100,000
b. up to 500 e. up to 1,000,000
c. up to 1,000
e. up to 1,000,000
700
What is 15% of 150
22.5
800
Who teaches Spanish at Harwood? First and last names.
Chris Urban, Tim Gershon, Laura Wardell
800
What is the official language of Guyana?
English
800
What percent of the earth is water?
(give or take 7 percentage points)
approximately 71%
800
Michael Phelps was an olympic athlete known for which sport?
Swimming
800
What is the number represented by Pi?
(5 numbers after the decimal)
3.14159
900
Who is the head building maintenance person at Harwood?
(He's in charge of everyone who cleans and makes sure everything is working smoothly.)
Scott Guyette
900
Where is the Taj Mahal located?
India
900
Approximately how many hairs does a person lose in a day?
Between 50 and 100
900
What are most artificial dyes made from?
a. plastic e. nitrates
b. sodium benzoate f. MSG
c. petroleum
d. bug shells
petroleum
900
A break from Math:
What animal cannot stick its tongue out?
A crocodile
1000
Name a teacher who went to Harwood.
Monsieur Grace
1000
How many recognized sovereign countries are in Africa?
54
1000
Honeybees flap their wings ___ times every second.
105
230
312
427
Honeybees flap their wings 230 times every second.
1000
What does H2O stand for (the longer term, not water)?
dihydrogen monoxide
1000
Who discovered a famous mathematical pattern where each number is the sum of the two preceding ones?
This is often observed in nature (pinecones, sunflowers, pineapples).
Example: 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8...
Fibonacci