History
Math
General
Science
Trivia
100
Country in which the first fireworks were invented
China
100
Simplify the fraction 48/136
(NO CALC)
6/17
100
Name the only continent in which spiders cannot be found.
Antarctica
100
The acceleration due to gravity on earth is ______ meters/second(squared).
Closest team wins +200
9.81m/s
100
A math professor predicts all four No. 1 men's seeds will reach the Final Four this year. Has that happened before?
Yes, 2008
200
The “shot heard round the world” describes the beginning of which battles in the American Revolution?
(2 of them, 100 pts each)
Lexington
Concord
200
Which number will this roman symbol represent: XXIV?
24
200
100 points each:
1. Which US state has the longest coastline?
2. Which US state is known as the cheese state?
3. What letter does not appear in any name of a US state?
4. What US city is known as motor city?
Alaska
Wisconsin
Q
Detroit
200
Science:
What is known as the "fourth phase" of matter?
Hint:
1st phase: Solid
2nd phase: Liquid
plasma
200
How many points did Caitlin Clark average per game in the 2024 NCAA women's tournament?
Closest team wins 200
30
300
100 pts each:
A.) Which hollywood actor became the governor of California in 2003?
B.) What do the stripes on the American flag represent?
C.) What was the name of the landmark Supreme Court case that ruled the racial segregation of schools unconstitutional?
Arnold Schwarzenegger
13 colonies
Brown V Board of Education
300
What is the name of a regular closed figure with
(100 pts each)
A.) 7 sides?
B.) 9 sides?
C.) 10 sides?
1. Heptagon (or septagon)
2. Nonagon
3. Decagon
300
Which animal is known as the: (100 each)
A.) Ship of the Desert
B.) Business Goose
C.) Murder Turkey
D.) Flying Rat
1. Camel
2. Penguin
3. Cassowary
4. Pigeon
300
What does NASA stand for?
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
300
What is the highest seed to ever win in the mens March Madness tourney?
(Closest team without going over wins)
No. 8
400
Fill in the blank: The 19th Amendment guarantees ____ the right to vote.
women
400
By hand (No calculator), solve:
x^2-8x=-3
400
General:
Name any 1 book written by each of these authors (100 pts)
A.) C.S. Lewis
B.) John Steinbeck
C.) Jane Austen
D.) Charles Dickens
lots
400
What substance inside a thermometer rises/falls with temperature?
Mercury
400
Who won the 2024 Woman's NCAA tournament?
South Carolina
500
1. Name the 4 presidents on Mount Rushmore (100 pts each)
2. In what state is Mount Rushmore?
George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Thomas Jefferson and Theodore Roosevelt
South Dakota
500
Calculate by hand (NO CALCULATOR)
1234x567 = ?
699678
500
Name the capital of the following:
(100 each)
A.) Cuba
B.) Ecuador
C.) Morroco
D.) Brazil
E.) Canada
F.) Australia
A.) Cuba - Havana
B.) Ecuador - Quito
C.) Morocco - Rabat
D.) Brazil - Brasilia
E.) Canada - Ottowa
F.) Australia - Canberra
500
Name the rarest blood type
AB Negative
500
Name the fastest flying insect.
Dragonfly