Math
What is 12 x 13? (You will have 15 seconds to answer)
156
What part of the plant carries water from roots to the leaves?
Stem
What ocean is on the west coast of the United States?
Pacific Ocean
What position in football throws the ball to start a play?
Quarterback
What type of figurative language is used in this sentence: The wind whispered through the trees?
Personification
A rectangle has an area of 36 square units and a length of 6. What is its width?
6
What are the three main types of rock?
Ignexus, sedimentary, and metamorphic
How many original colonies are there in total?
13
What is the name of the line in baseball that goes from home plate through first and third base and determines if the ball is in play?
Foul line
What do we call a group of stars that forms a pattern in the sky?
Constellation
What is the least common multiple (LCM) of 6 and 8?
24
What layer of the Earth is made of solid rock and sits beneath the crust?
Mantle
What are the three branches of government?
Legislative, executive, and judicial
How many holes are in a standard round of golf?
18
If you are facing north and turn 270 degrees clockwise, what direction are you facing
West
What is the volume of a box that is 5cm long, 4cm wide, and 7cm high?
140 cubic centimeters
What is the process of water changing from liquid to gas called?
Evaporation
What is the term for the system that makes sure no one branch of government becomes too powerful?
Checks and balances
What Olympic event combines running, swimming, and biking?
Triathlon
What do you call a word made by combining two words (like “can’t”)?
Contraction
What is 7/8 minus 1/2? (Simplify the answer)
3/8
What is the boiling point of water in Fahrenheit?
212 degrees
Who explored the Louisiana Territory and mapped a route to the Pacific Ocean in the early 1800s?
Lewis and Clark
What Olympic event combines shooting and cross-country skiing?
Biathlon
What do we call a word that sounds the same as another but has a different meaning and spelling (like “pair” and “pear”)?
Homophone