GEOGRAPHY
This is the largest continent by land area.
What is Asia?
This planet is known as the Red Planet.
What is Mars?
This U.S. president was the first president of the United States.
Who is George Washington?
This is the plural of the word “mouse.”
What is mice?
This instrument is used to measure atmospheric pressure.
What is a barometer?
The Nile River flows primarily through this continent.
What is Africa?
Water freezes at this temperature on the Celsius scale
What is 0 degrees Celsius
The Declaration of Independence was signed in this year.
What is 1776?
This literary term refers to a comparison using “like” or “as.”
What is a simile?
This Roman numeral represents the number 50.
What is L?
This European capital city is divided by the River Thames.
What is London?
This gas makes up about 78% of Earth’s atmosphere.
What is Nitrogen?
This war was fought between Athens and Sparta.
What is the Peloponnesian War?
This author wrote 1984 and Animal Farm.
Who is George Orwell?
This language has the most native speakers worldwide.
What is Mandarin Chinese?
This mountain range separates Europe from Asia.
What are the Ural Mountains?
This scale is used to measure the intensity of earthquakes
What is the Richter Scale?
This European conflict lasted from 1618 to 1648.
What is the 30 years' war?
This word means “a word that sounds like what it describes.”
What is onomatopoeia?
This ancient wonder was located in the city of Babylon.
What are the Hanging Gardens of Babylon?
This African country was formerly known as Abyssinia.
What is Ethiopia?
This type of blood cell is responsible for fighting infections.
What are white blood cells?
This treaty officially ended World War I.
What is the Treaty of Versailles?
This Shakespeare play features the characters Iago and Desdemona.
What is Othello?
This composer wrote the Fifth Symphony featuring the famous four-note motif.
Who is Ludwig van Beethoven?