Just for Fun
In the movie, "Dirty Dancing", a young girl goes on vacation to an upstate resort with her family and falls in love with the dance instructor. While it is not her real name, she is called this.
Who is Baby?
This is the full birthday of America.
What is July 4, 1776?
The colored part of a human's eye is called this.
What is the iris?
Mark ran and then biked 5/8 of a mile this morning. If he ran 1/2 mile, how far did he bike?
What is 1/8 of a mile?
In the word "misunderstanding", the first syllable "mis" is known as this.
What is a prefix?
This iconic place is the boarding school of Harry, Ron, and Hermione.
What is Hogwarts School of Wizardry?
The American Civil War was fought between the North and the South. What were the official names of these armies?
What is the Union (the North) and the Confederacy (the South)?
Earth's path around the sun is called this.
What is an orbit?
Jill is making a quilt and needs 10 yards of fabric. She has 2.4 yards of red fabric, 0.03 yards of white fabric, and 7 yards of blue fabric. How many more yards of fabric does she need to make her quilt?
What is 0.57 yards?
These clues help you figure out the definition of an unfamiliar work by reading around the word.
What are context clues?
This legendary singer, known as the "King of Pop", made his first public appearance at the age of five.
Who is Michael Jackson?
These three different branches of the government were created to prevent one group of lawmakers from holding too much power over the others.
(Must get all three answers correct).
What is the legislative, the executive, and the judicial branches?
If an object, such as a cue ball, is moving, it has this, which is determined by how fast the object is moving and how heavy it is.
What is momentum?
Anna was overdrawn at her bank for -$8.32. Her bank charged her a $35 insufficient funds fee. She deposited her paycheck of $518.92. What is her new balance?
What is $475.60?
When a passage is organized in a sequence or a step by step order, it is known as this pattern.
What is chronological order?
This character is Andy’s creepy neighbor in Toy Story?
Who is Sid?
From the 1880s until the 1960s many US states enforced this type of separation in schools, hospitals, and other public places.
What is segregation?
This would be caused if the earth's crust moves suddenly along a fault.
What is an earthquake?
Solve for x:
x/5 + 7 = -3
What is x = -50?
The perspective from which a story is told (usually first or third person) is known as the author's _________.
What is point of view?
In this movie, actor Kevin Hart, plays Teddy, an unemployed salesman who is forced to attend night school to get his GED and soon finds himself dealing with a group of misfit students, his former high school nemesis, and a feisty teacher who doesn't think he's too bright.
What is Night School?
This war held between 1945 - 1989 was fought without guns, bombs, or soldiers, but still greatly impacted the United States and the Soviet Union.
What is the Cold War?
The earth's three main layers are the ___________, the ____________, and the ___________.
(Must get all three answers correct).
What are the crust, the mantle, and the core?
The owner's manual for Jay's car recommends the air filter to be replaced every three oil changes and the timing belt be replaced every 20 oil changes. This is how often Jay will need to have both his air filter and timing belt replaced at the same time.
What is every 60 oil changes?
Words that represent sounds (such as POW or BAM) are known as this.
What is onomatopoeia?