Assorted Math
Human Anatomy
Creative Writing
Japanese Culture
Riddles
100

What is 11 to the third power?

1331

100

How many chambers does your heart have?

Four

100

What is a counterclaim?

An idea that refutes/goes against what someone else has said. 

100

This city is the largest city in the world in terms of population and it is the capital of Japan. 

Tokyo

100

What is the similarity between 2+2=5 and your left hand?

Neither one is right! 

200
Write the decimal 0.35 as a percentage and as a fraction in its simplest form. 

35% 

7/20

200

What is the largest organ inside of the human body?

What is the largest organ in or outside of the human body?

Liver

Skin

200

What are the 5 W and 1 H questions?

Who, what, when, where, why, and how. 

200

How many syllables does each line of a Haiku have?

5/7/5

200
Which fruit is always sad?

A blueberry

300

Use PEMDAS to solve the following equation: 

[11-20/(5 squared-13/3)+8]x2 =

28

300

There are three main muscle groups in your body. What are they?

Skeletal, cardiac, and smooth muscles.

300

What are the traditional and recommended three sections of a news(paper) article from beginning to end?

The Lead 

The Body 

The Tail 

300

What are the two primary religions practiced in Japan? 

What is one traditional piece of clothing in Japanese Culture?

Shinto & Buddhism 

Kimono

300

What kind of vehicle is a palindrome (the same forwards as it is backwards)? 

Racecar 

400

You make $4,000/month at your job before taxes are taken out. Federal taxes are 10%, your state taxes are 5%, and your payroll taxes are 3%. After those deductions, you also have to pay $1,200/month for rent, $310/month for utilities, $250/month for groceries, and $575/month for car insurance/payment. How much do you have leftover at the end of each month for other expenses?

4000-720 (taxes)=3280

3280-(1200+310+250+575)=945/month leftover

400

Your blood is made up of four categories of fluids and cells. What are they?

Red blood cells, white blood cells, platelets, and plasma.

400

Name and briefly explain all three rhetorical appeals.

Logos - Appealing to someone's logic

Pathos - Appealing to someone's emotion

Ethos - Appealing to someone's ethics 

400

What are Haikus usually about? 

Around when did Haikus become popular in the United States? 

What does ninja (Shinobi in Japanese) actually mean?

What kind of small tree is thought to encourage balance and harmony in Japanese Culture?

Nature 

After WWII

Spy

Bonsai Tree 

400

What kind of room has no windows, doors, or walls?

A mushroom! 

500

Solve the following equation using the distributive property, inverse operation, and combining like terms: 

-3x-4(4x-8)=3(-8x-1)

x = -7

500

While there are 3 primary regions of your brain, each region contains an assortment of lobes and systems. Name 5 of these regions, lobes, and/or systems for 100 points each. 

Cerebrum (forebrain), cerebellum, brainstem, frontal lobe, parietal lobe, temporal lobe, occipital lobe, midbrain, pons, medulla oblongata, diencephalon, limbic system, and basal ganglia.

500
Name the five points on a story arch. 

Exposition (introduction), rising action, climax, falling action, resolution. 

500

What does Oru Kami mean in English?

Paper was invented in 105 AD in what country?

What is one of the most famous origami designs in Japan?

Legend says that anyone who folds 1,000 paper cranes will...

In Europe, paper-folding is thought to have evolved from ____-folding in the 17th century.

To fold paper 

China

A paper crane 

Have their heart's desire come true

Napkin

500

What has a head but never weeps, a bed but never sleeps, and can run but never walks?

A river

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