Math Madness
Reading & Writing
Science Safari
Nevada Know-How (Social Studies)
Grab Bag (Mixed Subjects)
100

What is 3 × 7?

What is 21?

100

Define "Main Idea" for a story.

The main idea of a story is the central idea or concept that the author wants to portray through the narrative, characters, and settings.

100

What gas do plants use to make food?

What is carbon dioxide?

100

What is the capital of Nevada?

What is Carson City?

100

How many continents are there?

What is 7?

200

What is the place value of the 6 in 6,482?

What is thousands?

200

What type of word describes a noun?

What is an adjective?

200

What part of the body helps pump blood?

What is the heart?

200

What is Nevada’s state nickname?

What is the Silver State?

200

What is the name of our galaxy?

What is the Milky Way?

300

What is 1/2 + 1/4

What is 3/4?

300

What is a synonym for "happy"?

What is joyful or glad?

300

What are the three states of matter? *+100 if you can name the secret 4th state of matter

What are solid, liquid, gas? +100 = plasma

300

Name one Native American tribe from Nevada.

What is the Washoe, Shoshone, or Paiute?

300

What are the five vowels in the alphabet?

What are A, E, I, O, U?

400

Round 3,687 to the nearest hundred.

What is 3,700?

400

Name the 3 parts of a paragraph.

What are topic sentence, body, and conclusion?

400

What causes day and night?

What is Earth's rotation?

400

What big city is famous for casinos and entertainment?

What is Las Vegas?

400

What is the name of the U.S. president on the penny?

Who is Abraham Lincoln?

500

A triangle has angles of 40° and 90°. What is the third angle?

What is 50°?

500

What is a metaphor?

A comparison saying one thing is another without using “like” or “as”

500

What is the force that pulls objects toward Earth?

What is gravity?

500

What is the name of the large lake on the Nevada-California border?

What is Lake Tahoe?

500

What do you call a word that is the same forward and backward?

What is a palindrome?