The Principles of Flight
This force is what allows a plane to lift off the ground.
What is lift?
his country launched the first artificial satellite into space.
What is the Soviet Union (USSR)?
(Russia is also an acceptable response)
This part of speech describes a noun.
What is an adjective?
This classic arcade game features a yellow character who eats dots and avoids ghosts.
What is Pac-Man?
This sponge lives in a pineapple under the sea.
Who is SpongeBob SquarePants?
This angle is essential to measuring the altitude (vertical height) of a rocket
What is Angle of Trajectory?
Who was the first American in space?
Who is Alan Shepard?
Identify the subject in the following sentence: "The playful puppy chased the bright red ball."
Subject: "The playful puppy"
This Italian plumber is one of the most recognizable video game characters of all time.
Who is Mario?
Name the four main Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
Who are Leonardo, Donatello, Raphael, and Michelangelo?
What are the four forces acting on an airplane in flight, and how do they interact?
Lift, weight, thrust, and drag. Lift opposes weight, while thrust opposes drag.
What was the name of the program that landed the first humans on the moon?
What is the Apollo program?
What is the misspelled word in this sentence, and what is the correct spelling?
"I have a lot of friends over they're."
The word "the're" should be spelled "there."
What was the name of the Original Nintendo System in Japan?
The Family Computer System or Famicom
What is the name of the town where the Powerpuff Girls live?
What is Townsville?
Describe how a drone achieves lift.
The rotating blades (rotors) act as wings, creating lift by forcing air downwards.
What are the main American projects during the Space Race?
Mercury
Gemini
Apollo
What is the difference between a simile and a metaphor?
A simile uses "like" or "as" to compare, while a metaphor makes a direct comparison, for example "That teacher is a gremlin" (metaphor), vs. That teacher is like a gremlin" (simile)
Name 3 of the 4 video game consoles published by Sega.
The Mastersystem
The Megadrive (the Genesis in the UK)
The Genesis (The Megadrive in the US)
The Saturn
The Dreamcast
This cat from the future has a robotic best friend.
Who is Doraemon?
Explain how the shape of a wing helps create lift.
The curved top forces air to travel faster over the wing than underneath, creating an area of low pressure above the wing.
What are two major achievements of NASA in the past century?
Sent a human to the moon and back safely
Astronauts lived in the ISS for more than 6 months at a time
Explain the difference between active and passive voice.
In active voice, the subject performs the action. In passive voice, the subject receives the action.
Characters like Sonic the Hedgehog were formerly only on Sega consoles, like the Genesis and the Dreamcast, but now you can get them on PC, Nintendo and Playstation. Why did this change?
Sega stopped making consoles when the Sega Dreamcast failed. They now only produce games, and characters like Sonic and many others are available on all platforms. (some version of this explanation will get points)
Name at least 3 characters created by the animation studio Hanna Barbera?
Other answers may be accepted if they are googleable