History
Who invented the light bulb in 1879?
Thomas Edison
What is the term for a word that is similar in meaning to another word?
Synonym
How many states are in the United States of America?
50
What is the force that causes objects to fall to the ground?
Gravity
You peer through a window into a classroom and count 20 eyes. If each person has a normal number of eyes, how many people are in the room?
10
What are the 3 branches of the United States government?
Legislative, Judicial and Executive
Is “red” an adjective or a noun?
Both
To travel from New York to London, one must fly over which ocean?
The Atlantic Ocean
Earth is located in what galaxy?
The Milky Way
What is the area of a triangle with a height of 4 and a width of 4?
8
What type of feather, beginning with letter Q, did people write with during the Middle Ages?
Quill
The person in a novel who tells the story from a third-person perspective is called a what?
A narrator
What is the capital of New York?
Albany
What is the closest planet to the sun?
Mercury
When writing out a fraction, the numbers above and below are called the…
Numerator and Denominator
The ancient Egyptian writing system was called what?
Hieroglyphics
A story conveying a moral lesson is called what?
A fable
What is the southernmost continent called?
Antarctica
What is the part of the eye that controls how much light enters?
Pupil
You have 20 pairs of shoes, but there is only room in your closet for 8 shoes. How many shoes do you have to get rid of?
32 shoes (16 pairs)
What was the name of the last Queen of France?
Marie Antoinette
Who is the creator of the classic book characters Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn?
Mark Twain
Which country is both an island and a continent?
Australia
The Earth has 4 layers, the thickest of which is the mantle. What is the thinnest layer called?
The crust
A father has 7 daughters and 100 dollars. If he wants to give each daughter an equal amount of money, rounding to the nearest dollar, how much much does each daughter get?
14 dollars