Vista Miner's Jeopardy K-O

Know Thyself

100

What is the first sense humans develop?
a) hearing
b) taste
c) touch

c) touch

200

In order to survive humans breathe in what element and exhale what element?

Oxygen in; and Carbon Dioxide out.

300

Known scientifically as the epidermis, what is the largest organ protecting your insides from the outside world? 

Skin

400

What is the normal temperature of the human body?

98.6 degrees Fahrenheit. 

500

The average human brain has how many neurons/nerve cells?

Hint, it's more than the total human population of the planet, 7 billion.

86 billion

Lie or Truth

100

Abraham Lincoln was the 16th President of the United States.

True

200

Leap years happen every 5 years.

False, they occur every four years.

300

Africa is a country.

False, it is a continent made up of many countries.

400

A pound of feathers is lighter than a pound of bricks.

False, they weigh the same, 1 pound.

500

All the energy we use, personally and as a society, is generated from the Sun.

True.

Math(s)

100

-45 - 35 = y

Solve for y

-80

200

5²+12² = x²
What is x equal to? 

13

300

What is the Order of Operations, and why is important?

PEMDAS or GEMS
It is important because everyone needs to follow the same procedure to reach the same answer.

400

What Greek symbol represents the ratio/relationship between the circumference of a circle to its diameter?

pi

500

What is the cube root of 15,625?

25

Narratives

100

What is the opposite of Fiction?

Nonfiction

200

What is the definition of a plot narrative?

The story thread of a play, novel, movie, video game, etc., devised and presented by a writer as a sequence of related events.

300

In literature, what is the most exciting part of a story where the main conflict is decided? 

The climax.

400

What is the term for when an author, or storyteller, leaves clues about what is going to happen later on?

Foreshadowing

500

The Epic of Gilgamesh is the oldest known written story, which ancient civilization did it come from?
a) Egyptian
b) Indian
c) Chinese
d) Sumerian

d) Sumerian

Outer Space

100

Our planets revolves around what?

The Sun

200

What is the distinction, difference, between a meteor and a meteorite?

Meteors burn up in the Earth's atmosphere, meteorites are what end up making it to the ground.

300

Which planets in our solar system have rings?

 Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.

400

Scientists theorize that at the center of the Milky Way Galaxy there is a super-massive what?

Black hole.

500

What human-made object has traveled the furthest away from Earth?

Voyager 1