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What gas do humans need to breathe in to stay alive?


Oxygen

2

Who wrote Romeo and Juliet?


William Shakespeare?


2

What is Paris?


the capital city of France


2

Who is known as the “King of Pop”?


Michael Jackson

2

What has hands but can’t clap?


Clock

4

What is the center part of an atom called?


Nucleus

4

What is Hogwarts


The wizard school in the Harry Potter series

4

Which continent is the country of Egypt located in?


Africa


4

Which singer released the hit song “Shake It Off”?


Taylor Swift

4

I speak without a mouth and hear without ears. I have no body, but I come alive with wind. What am I?


Echo

6

Which organ in the human body is responsible for pumping blood?


Heart

6

 In The Hunger Games, what is the name of the main female character?


Katniss Everdeen

6

Which river is the longest in the world?


Nile river

6

What musical symbol indicates to play higher notes on the staff?


Treble clef

6

You see me once in June, twice in November, and not at all in May. What am I?


Letter “e”

8

What is C₆H₁₂O₆?


Chemical formulae for glucose

8

Who is Atticus Finch?


The name of the lawyer in the Mockingbird

8

Mount Everest lies on the border of which two countries?


Nepal and China (Tibet)


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Which famous composer became deaf later in life but still composed music, including his 9th Symphony?


Ludwig van Beethoven


8

A man is pushing his car along a road when he comes to a hotel. He shouts, “I’m bankrupt!” What is happening?


He’s playing Monopoly

10

What is Newton’s Third Law of Motion?


“for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction”


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Which classic novel features the characters Pip, Miss Havisham, and Estella?


Great Expectations by Charles Dickens


10

What is Australia?


the only country in the world that is also a continent and an island

10

the name of the musical style that combines jazz, funk, soul, and hip-hop, and originated in the Bronx in the 1970s


What is hip-hop?

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I have cities but no houses, forests but no trees, and rivers but no water. What am I?


A map

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