Middle School Science
What is the basic unit of life?
cell
What was the first successful U.S. colony?
Jamestown, Virginia
Which punctuation mark is used to indicate possession
apostrophe
3 + 4 x 7
31
What is it called when a bowler makes 3 strikes in a row?
Turkey
What is the true technical art term for "color"?
Hue
What is the only mammal capable of true flight?
bat
Where was the U.S. Declaration of Independence signed?
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
What’s the name for the symbol “&”?
ampersand
I leave my house at 7:15 AM and drive for 8 hours and 25 minutes. What time is it when I stop driving?
3:40 PM
Where will the 2028 Summer Olympics occur?
Los Angeles or OKC
Which Renaissance artist spent four years painting the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel while lying on his back?
Michelangelo
Which planet in our solar system has the highest surface temperature?
Venus
Which 1803 purchase nearly doubled the size of the US?
The Louisiana Purchase
Telling an actor to "break a leg" is an example of what?
Idiom
How many yards are in 81 feet?
27
How long is a marathon?
26.2 miles
How many paintings did Vincent van Gogh reportedly sell during his entire lifetime?
1
What is the only metal that is liquid at room temperature?
Mercury
What branch of government contains the Office of the President?
Executive
What is a word called that is spelled the same forwards and backwards (e.g., "Rotator").
palindrome
What is the only number in English spelled with the same number of letters as the number itself?
4
How many teams are in the NFL?
32
What is one unusual physical feature missing from the woman in Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa?
eyebrows
What is the name of the muscle that helps you breathe?
Diaphragm
Who wrote our US National Anthem, the Star Spangled Banner?
Francis Scott Key
What is a sentence that uses every letter in the English alphabet.
pangram
What is the value of LXXIV
74
Which MLB team has won the most World Series Championships?
New York Yankees
What is the name of the art technique where the artist uses thousands of tiny dots of color to create an image?
Pointillism