Geography
This country is the only one to border both the Caspian Sea and the Persian Gulf.
Iran
A pencil costs $1.25. You buy 4. How much do you spend?
$5.00
This 1787 meeting created the U.S. Constitution.
Constitutional Convention
This particle has a negative charge.
Electron
What is the only planet that rotates on its side?
Uranus
This desert, the largest hot desert in the world, is not actually a single continuous sand sea.
Sahara Desert
A school has 360 students. 1/3 are in sports. How many are NOT in sports?
240
This doctrine stated European powers should no longer colonize the Americas.
Monroe Doctorine
This law states energy cannot be created or destroyed.
Law of Conservation of Energy
How many sides does a dodecagon have?
12
This imaginary line marks 0° latitude.
Equator
A car travels 60 miles in 1.5 hours. What is its speed in miles per hour?
40mph
This war was fought between Athens and Sparta.
Peloponnesian War
This process converts liquid water into vapor below boiling point.
Evaporation
What is the smallest prime number greater than 20?
23
This capital city sits at the highest elevation of any capital in South America.
La Paz
You save $5 the first week, $10 the second week, $15 the third week. How much do you save in 10 weeks if the pattern continues?
$275
This political system places power in a small elite group.
Oligarchy
This element has the atomic number 6.
Carbon
If you spell out all the numbers from 1–100, what number contains the letter “a”?
None (no number names from 1–100 include the letter “a”)
This tectonic boundary separates the Pacific Plate and the North American Plate along California.
San Andreas Fault
A shirt is 20% off a $45 price. Then tax of 10% is added to the discounted price. What is the final cost?
$39.60
This 1919 treaty officially ended World War I.
Treaty of Versailles
This branch of biology studies heredity and genes.
Genetics
A farmer has 17 sheep. All but 9 run away. How many are left?
9