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Give the colors of the Canadian flag!

red and white

100
Is Alzheimer's a brain disease that affects memory or is it a heart condition?
a brain disease that affects memory!
100

What bird is the national symbol of the US?

the bald eagle
100

Which city is the capital of China: Beijing or Shanghai?

Beijing

100

What do we call a large mass of ice that moves slowly over land?

glacier

200

Annapolis is home to the US Naval Academy. Is it the capital of Virginia or Maryland?

Maryland

200

Name the missing Great Lake: Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Superior.

Erie

200
What European country does Greenland belong to?

Denmark

200

Which is NOT a city of islands: Vienna, Venice, or Amsterdam?

Vienna

200

Which has a higher population growth: US or India?

India

300

Which political party in the US is symbolized by an elephant?

Republican

300

The Chinese invented paper. True or False?

true

300
Did Susan B. Anthony fight for women's rights to vote or work?

vote

300

Name the sea that lies just east of Greece.

Aegean Sea

300
Who used assembly lines to make affordable cars: Henry Ford or Henry Hudson?

Henry Ford

400

In the Civil War, was the North or the South called the Confederacy?

South

400

Which US president directed the operation to have Osama bin Laden killed in 2011?

Barack Obama

400

Which Founding Father is known as the "Father of the Constitution"?

James Madison

400

What do we call the symbols used in ancient Egyptian writing?

hieroglyphics

400

On December 7, 1941, did the Japanese bomb Manila, Honolulu or Pearl Harbor?

Pearl Harbor

500
Beijing is 40 degrees North, and 117 degrees East. Which measurement is latitude?

40 degrees north

500

Name two US states in which Portland is the largest city.

Oregon and Maine

500
During what war did the Stars and Stripes become our national flag?

The American Revolution

500

Who assassinated JFK?

Lee Harvey Oswald

500

Who assassinated Abraham Lincoln?

John Wilkes Booth

600

Columbus died a great hero in Spain. True or False?

false, he died in poverty and neglect
600

On which continent will you find the Baltic Sea?

Europe

600

Before he was president, Barack Obama was a senator from which state?

Illinois

600
What ocean lies to the west of Africa?

Atlantic

600
Spell Ms. Hanscom's full name! (middle and full first)

Katelynn Ann

700

If you travel directly south from Arkansas, do you enter Kansas, Georgia, or Louisiana?

Louisiana

700

Which is NOT a member of the European Union:

France
Greece
Morocco
Spain

Morocco

700

Which European country had 18 kings named Louis?

France

700

On what continent will yu find Bolivia and Paraguay?

South America

700

Name two American leaders that were assassinated in the 1960s.

John F. Kennedy, Robert Kennedy, Malcolm X, MLK 

800

Which country in North America has a prime minister?

Canada

800

Find a country of islands: 

Mongolia
Sudan
Japan

Japan

800

Arrange in order from smallest to largest: 

Delaware
Rhode Island
Connecticut

Rhode Island, Delaware, Connecticut

800

Did Lewis and Clark explore Alaska, the West Indies, or the Louisiana Territory?

Louisiana Territory

800
What country produces most of the world's gold?

South Africa

900

The first major electoral event for nominating a president of the US happens in which state?

Iowa

900

Which is a peninsula: Texas, California, or Baja California?

Baja California

900

Name the day the Allies invaded France during World War II.

D-Day

900

Which general surrendered during the Civil War: Ulysses S. Grant or Robert E. Lee?

Robert E. Lee

900

What US document declared that "all men are equal"?

the Declaration of Independence

1000

Name the first five presidents of the United States! (200 per president)

Washington, John Adams, Jefferson, Madison, Monroe

1000
What do you call a citizen of Finland?

a Finn

1000

Why are there no fish in the Dead Sea?

it is too salty to support life
1000

Name the only continent that is located on all four hemispheres.

Africa

1000

On what US monument do these words appear: 

"Give me your tired, your poor..."

the Statue of Liberty