Social Studies
This conflict in North America was known as the Seven Years War in Europe. What conflict ended with the Treaty of Paris in 1763, and saw the American colonists fight with the British against a common enemy?
FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR
This instrument's C strings are red, while its F strings are blue or black, and all other strings are white. Ancient types lacked the frontal pillar that modern orchestral models have, and pedals were added in the 19th century. What is this typically 47-stringed instrument, the largest in the orchestra?
HARP
This fable illustrates the importance of time management, and of prioritizing work over play. A character who spends the summer singing and playing music begs for food during the winter, but his industrious neighbor ignores his pleas. What is this Aesop fable, whose title names two types of insects?
(THE) ANT(S) AND THE GRASSHOPPER
give your answer to the nearest thousand. A toy factory makes eight hundred and fifty tops each day. About how many tops will the factory make in ten days
NINE THOUSAND
Made up of protons, neutrons, and electrons, atoms are the smallest units of elements that maintain the properties of the element. Name the atomic structure that houses over 99 percent of the atom's mass.
NUCLEUS
During the Civil War, not only was he a Confederate secret agent, but he also made his New York theater debut starring in Richard the Third. Along with several others, he unsuccessfully attempted to kidnap President Lincoln in March 1865. In Ford’s Theater in Washington, D.C, who assassinated Lincoln?
(JOHN WILKES) BOOTH
This Wyoming-born artist studied under Thomas Hart Benton before rejecting realism. Among his most famous works are Blue Poles, Full Fathom Five, and Lavender Mist. Whose "action painting" technique earned him the nickname "Jack the Dripper"?
(JACKSON) POLLOCK
This man addressed the U.S. on the same day the space shuttle Challenger exploded. A year later, he delivered a historic speech in front of Berlin's Brandenburg Gate. Who was this president, who urged Mikhail Gorbachev to "tear down this wall"?
(RONALD) REAGAN
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All objects or materials are made of various particles that are in constant motion. What type of energy changes due to the motion and collisions among the particles within an object?
THERMAL (ENERGY) (ACCEPT: HEAT)
This symbol of freedom was designed by Frédéric-Auguste Bartholdi [fray-day-REEK oh-GYOOST bar-tawl-DEE]. At its base is a poem by Emma Lazarus titled "The New Colossus." What statue in New York harbor was a gift of France to the United States.?
(THE) STATUE OF LIBERTY (Accept: LIBERTY ENLIGHTENING THE WORLD)
This dance element can be explosive, heavy, gentle, or sharp. Attack, tension, weight, and flow are all part of it. Give the name of this element, which tells how a movement occurs.
ENERGY (Accept: FORCE)
The end of this book hints at the following week, when pigs fly above a farm building. Around eight o'clock, frogs soar above the town on their lily pads, spying on people and dodging a dog who tries to eat them. Give the title of this first of three Caldecott-winning books by David Wiesner [WEEZnur].
TUESDAY
owen turned in two homework assignments to his language arts teacher.If he had a total of 22 points on the assignments, what was his average score on the two assignments.
11
In science, substances are matter that has a chemical composition that is always the same. What special substance is made up of only one type of atom?
(DIATOMIC) ELEMENT
This was the first permanent English settlement in what is now the United States. At one point, it survived an attempt by Powhatan [POW-uh-tan] to starve them out of Virginia. Identify this colony where John Rolfe married Pocahontas.
JAMESTOWN (COLONY)
In one version of this video game called Save the World, 98% of the world's population has disappeared and players team up to fight off zombie-like creatures. Developed by Epic Games in 2017, it quickly became one of the most popular games in the world with the release of its Battle Royale mode. What is this video game in which players can build structures from various materials and fight to remain the last one standing?
FORTNITE
Name the following sentence's simple predicate: Last night, Elizabeth returned from her trip to England.
RETURNED
MA. The President traveled to New York by motorcade. The motorcade drove 4 hours at 65 miles per hour. How many miles did the President' travel?
260 (MILES)
There are two basic groups of forces. One type, more mechanical in nature, has an object directly acting on another object while the other does not. What type of force, an example of which is gravity, allows for movement without the touching of two objects?
NONCONTACT (FORCE)
This trail stretches more than 5,000 miles across Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Illinois, Kentucky, Missouri, North Carolina, Oklahoma, and Tennessee. Four thousand Cherokee died of cold, hunger, and disease along it. What journey forced the Cherokee tribe to move to Oklahoma?
TRAIL OF TEARS (Accept: TRAIL WHERE THEY CRIED)
This dancer starred in George Gershwin's Girl Crazy before moving to film in 42nd Street. Flying Down to Rio was the first of ten films in which she co-starred with her best-known dance partner. Which performer is remembered for her on-screen partnership with Fred Astaire?
(GINGER) ROGERS
This nursery rhyme encourages the listener to build up the title structure with wood and clay, and then with bricks and mortar. Later suggestions include iron, steel, silver, and gold, but all are ultimately rejected. Give the title of this rhyme about a structurally unsound British landmark.
LONDON BRIDGE (IS FALLING DOWN)
This number is always the remainder when any number is divisible by another number. It is the remainder when 25 is divided by 5. What is also the remainder when 10 is divided by 2?
ZERO
In science, mixtures can have either the same or different composition throughout. For example, If you fill a bucket with sand at the beach which contains small shells it will not be the same throughout. What type of mixture is this, one in which the individual substances are not evenly mixed?
HETEROGENEOUS (MIXTURE)