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All humans have XX chromosome pairs in their body cells. True or false?
What do we call a person that uses the stars to make predictions?
astrologer
If you condone your friend's behavior, do you accept it or disapprove of it?
accept
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What is the term for the temperature at which a liquid changes into a gas?
boiling point
8 minutes
In an opera, is a song called a ballad or an aria?
aria
Which is most commonly formed under water: igneous rock or sedimentary rock?
sedimentary rock
South Vietnam
Which country is ONLY in Europe: Turkey, Belgium, or Russia?
Belgium (Turkey and Russia occupy both Europe and Asia!)
Which does NOT live in colonies: ants, bees, termites, or grasshoppers?
grasshoppers
What color is sulfur?
Mexico is part of South America. True or false?
false (Mexico is part of North America!)
Guatemala (it's in Central America)
In what war were American volunteers called "minutemen"?
Revolutionary War
Constitution
Who was the translator in the Lewis and Clark expedition?
Sacagawea
Which of these two states share a border: Texas, Colorado, Louisiana?
Confederacy
Which two U.S. Presidents do we honor in February?
George Washington and Abraham Lincoln
The equator runs through Africa, South America, and Australia. True or false?
false (it does not run through Australia!)
A newspaper posts your entry on the "opposite editorial" page. What's its abbreviation?
Islands move, but continents are stationary. True or false?
false, continents move too!
ascorbic acid
Did American women win the right to vote in 1900, 1903, 1920, or 1965?
1920
Which is an island: Chad, Madagascar, or Mali?
(double points if you can name the ocean the island lies on!)
Madagascar, Indian Ocean!
On what continent can you visit the cities of Caracas, Lima, and Santiago?
South America
Snakes may have as many as ____ ribs. (options are 100, 200, 300, or 400!)
400
Is Buenos Aires the capital of Brazil, Bolivia or Argentina?
Argentina
When Franklin D. Roosevelt was President, who was the First Lady?
Eleanor Roosevelt
Until 1800, what was the main trade between Europe and Africa?
the slave trade
Ultraviolet rays are beyond what color in the visible spectrum?
violet
Amazon and Nile Rivers
In military service, what do the acronyms POW and MIA mean?
Prisoner of War, Missing in Action
During World War II, was the Soviet Union part of the Allied Powers or the Axis Powers?
Axis Powers
Which of the Great Lakes does NOT form a border with Canada?
What city is associated with Broadway and Rockefeller Center?
New York City
When the Civil War ended, enslaved people became American citizens. True or false?
false
During what war was Adolf Hitler the leader of Germany?
World War II
Cuba and Japan
What do we call the group of department heads that aid the U.S. President?
cabinet
Africa
Which New England colony was the first to outlaw slavery?
Vermont
Mongolia
The U.S. national motto, e pluribus unum, appears on many of U.S. coins. What does it mean?
"one out of many"
America is named for which explorer?
Amerigo Vespucci
Which country is NOT in Africa: Niger, Angola, Nepal, or Kenya? (double points if you can answer the question Ms. Hanscom asks!)
What do we call the indigenous people of Australia: Atacama, Aymara, Aboriginal, Apache
Aboriginal
What imaginary line once separated the free states from the slave states?
The Mason-Dixon Line