It's Revolutionary
Spaced Out Facts
States of the Union
Be a Good Sport (expert)
Dangerous Animals
100
This tall, very successful general was offered the chance to be a king when the war was over but he turned it down and became the country's first chief executive, instead.
Who is George Washington?
100
This very small planet lacks an atmosphere and is the closest planet to the sun.
What is Mercury?
100
This is a 447 mile long subtropical state is a peninsula bordering Alabama and Georgia.
What is Florida?
100
This sport, called our national sport was actually first played in 1845 by a bunch of firefighters. It was said that Abner Doubleday invented it, but this is not true.
What is baseball?
100
This very heavy animal is the fifth most dangerous animal on the earth. It lives in Africa and parts of Asia. It kills by crushing people. They move in herds and are strictly vegetarians. Around 500 people die this way every year.
What is the elephant?
200
The old statesman was very inventive. When he wasn't going to France chasing the ladies and convincing them to help us in the war he was inventing the wood stove, bi-focals and the U.S. Postal system and proving that lightning was electricity by flying a kite during a storm.
Who is Benjamin Franklin?
200
This small, cold world is mostly made up of rock and ice. It was downgraded from a planet to a dwarf planet. They now know that it has five known moons. There's a spacecraft called New Horizons heading for it right now. It will arrive there in 2015.
What is Pluto?
200
This enormous state is bordered on the north by the Arctic Ocean. It is separated by the rest of the states by Canada.
What is Alaska?
200
This sport, played with an object roughly shaped like a prolate spheroid made of leather that is stitched together. It has 11 people on a team and is played on a field 120 yards long by 53 yards wide.
What is football?
200
This is the largest reptile in the world. The group that is especially dangerous lives in the Nile River, though they also live in water in Australia and off the coast of Florida.
What is the crocodile?
300
This spy for the Continental army was caught spying and hung. His last words were, "I only regret that I have but one life to give for my country."
Who is Nathan Hale?
300
This very large planet has 66 moons and a great red spot that is actually a 300 year old storm larger than the Earth.
What is Jupiter?
300
This state's southern border is Mexico. It was once its own country.
What is Texas?
300
In this game only one player on each team is allowed to touch the ball with his or her hands. The field is 100 yards long and 60 yards wide.
What is soccer?
300
This animal is the third most dangerous animal on the planet. They live in groups called a pride and eat only meat.
What is the lion?
400
This American general defected to the British while he was in charge of West Point. He planned to turn the fort over to the British but he was caught and forever known as a traitor after that.
Who is Benedict Arnold?
400
In an area between Mars and Jupiter these broken pieces of a planet form this.
What is ther Asteroid Belt?
400
At 600 miles wide, this is the fourth largest state. Canada borders it to the north. It is home to Glacier National Park.
What is Montana?
400
This sport is named after an insect. It is a very popular game in England. The bat that is used is looks like a small oar. The person using it is called a batsman..
What is cricket?
400
This very large aquatic mammal can weigh up to 8,000 pounds. It lives in the rivers and lakes of Africa where they cause many deaths when they crush swimmers or boaters who they think are threatening their young or invading their territory.
What is the hippo?
500
During the winter of 1776 Washington's army was freezing and lacking basic supplies until they crossed this river into New Jersey and captured the supplies from the Hessians, who were working for the English.
What is the Delaware (River)?
500
This is the second largest moon in the solar system. It orbits Saturn. No one knew what it looked like because it was covered with clouds. That is, until scientists landed the Huygens Probe on its surface in 2004.
What is Titan?
500
Located in New England, this is the smallest state in the U.S. It is nicknamed "the Ocean State", and was the first state to declare its independence from Great Britain.
What is Rhode Island?
500
This is a very rough sport played with a ball that resembles a football. In this game players pile on top of each other a lot.
What is rugby?
500
This is the most dangerous animal on the planet. More people have died from diseases that came from this creature's bite than any other animal. It is not a mammal. It is the only animal that has wings.
What is the mosquito?
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