ARE YOU SMARTER THAN A 5th GRADER?
A "MINOR" DISTRACTION
MIDNIGHTS
USE YOUR SIXTH SENSE
100
If a train was supposed to arrive at 3:15 pm and arrived 35 minutes late, it arrived at... ?
3:50pm
100
In the night sky, 7 of this lesser bear's stars outline the Little Dipper
Ursa Minor
100
In Mother Goose's version of the fairy tale, Cinderella rushes from the ball as the clock strikes 12 & leaves behind this fancy footwear
The glass slipper
100
This book, the sixth book in the series, sold almost seven million copies in the first 24-hours after its release, a record eventually broken by the seventh and final book.
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
200
What the center of a cell is called
Nucleus
200
In 2023 those playing this got their 1st collective bargaining agreement; Double-A salaries doubled to about $30,000
Minor League Baseball
200
Albert Bierstadt was in London when he heard that this volcano was acting up, so he rushed to Italy to paint it at midnight
Vesuvius
200
The Sixth Amendment to the Constitution says the accused has the right to a trial that is both public & this
Speedy
300
How many legs a lobster has
10 legs
300
A somber or subtle element of a story is said to be "in" this, like Chopin's Piano Concerto No. 1
A minor key
300
In "Henry IV, Part II", this character says, "We have heard the chimes at midnight"
Falstaff
300
The "sixth barrel" type of this container holds about 5 gallons, or about 55 12-ounce servings
A Keg
400
The number of bones in a shark
Zero
400
Around 1900 B.C., the Hittites established a kingdom on this peninsula
Asia Minor
400
The Arctic midnight sun lights up the view seen here in Tromsø in this country
Norway
400
This sixth planet from the Sun was the farthest of the planets known to the ancients & takes almost 30 years to make one orbit
Saturn
500
The 3 forms of matter
Gas, solid, & liquid
500
Obadiah & Habakkuk are 2 of the Old Testament figures known as these
Minor prophets
500
The title jester of this Verdi opera is out for revenge, not laughs, conspiring with an assassin at midnight, but the plot backfires
Rigoletto
500
This sixth president of the U.S. was nicknamed "Old Man Eloquent" but was denied a second term in office
John Quincy Adams