8/7/2026

Random Trivia

100

Sports: 

The Winter Olympics are held every _____ years.

Four

200

Music:

How many strings does a guitar have? 

6

300

General: 

Name the only continent in which spiders don't exist?

Antarctica

400

Trivia: 

Which country shares the longest border in the world with the United States?

Canada

500

Music: 

Who performed at the Super Bowl halftime show in 2026?

Bad Bunny

Amendments

100

Which amendment protects citizens from unreasonable searches and seizures by the police?

• The Fourth Amendment (which generally requires a warrant based on probable cause).
  
  
  

200

When someone says they are "pleading the Fifth," what protection are they invoking?

Protection against self-incrimination (being forced to testify against oneself).

300

Which amendment guarantees the right to a speedy and public trial by an impartial jury, plus the right to a lawyer?

•  The Sixth Amendment.“The Sixth Amendment
• ensures the right to an attorney, recognizing that a fair trial depends on meaningful legal representation.”, stated by Civic Nebraska.
  
  

400

Which amendment bans cruel and unusual punishment and excessive fines?

“The Eighth Amendment protects people from being fined unreasonably by the government. This amendment prohibits the government from imposing excessive fines or cruel and unusual punishment.”

500

What does the Tenth Amendment say about powers not given to the federal government?

Those powers are reserved for the states or the people.

GED Social Studies Terms

100

Which term matches this definition: "A system of government where the power is held by the people, who rule either directly or through elected representatives"? [1]

A. Autocracy                 B. Democracy

C. Oligarchy                  D. Theocracy

B. Democracy

200

Which term matches this definition: "The amount of a good or service available and the desire of buyers for it, which together determine the price"?

A. Gross Domestic Product               B. Inflation

C. Tariffs                        D. Supply and Demand

 D. Supply and Demand

300

Which term matches this definition: "A system that allows each branch of a government to amend or veto acts of another branch to prevent any one branch from having too much power"?

A. Checks and Balances     B.  Federalism 

C. Separation of Powers     D. Feudalism

A. Checks and Balances

400

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Which term matches this definition: "A general and progressive increase in prices, which reduces the purchasing power of money over time"?

A. Deflation                           B. Recession

C. Inflation                            D. Stagnation

C. Inflation  

500

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Which term matches this definition: "The transition from hand production methods to machines, new chemical manufacturing and iron production, and the rise of the factory system"?

A. The Enlightenment

B. Industrial Revolution

C. The Great Depression

D. The Renaissance

B. Industrial Revolution

Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader

100

True or False. The Sun orbits the earth.

False

200

 Fill in the blank.

_________ are cold-blooded vertebrate animals that typically split their life cycle between water and land. The word comes from a Greek term meaning "double life". Familiar examples include frogs, toads, salamanders, newts, and worm-like caecilians

Amphibians

300

Which continent is the least populated?

Antarctica

The total count shifts by season, peaking around 4,000 to 5,000 people during the summer and dropping to about 1,000 people in the winter.  

 

400

Which animal has 3 hearts?

A. Anaconda       B. Cow

C. Octopus         D. Ostrich

C. Octopus 

An octopus’s three hearts have slightly different roles. One heart circulates blood around the body, while the other two pump it past the gills, to pick up oxygen.

Octopuses keep surprising us - here are eight examples how | Natural History Museum 

500

Which country gifted the Statue of Liberty to the United States?

France

to celebrate the 100th anniversary of American independence, honor the long-standing alliance between the two nations dating back to the American Revolution, and celebrate the abolition of slavery.

The French Connection - Statue Of Liberty National Monument (U.S. National Park Service) 

GED Social Studies Terms 2

100

Which term matches this definition: "The 19th-century belief that the expansion of the US throughout the American continents was both justified and inevitable"?

A. The Monroe Doctrine

B. The New Deal

C. Social Darwinism

D. Manifest Destiny

D. Manifest Destiny

200

Which term matches this definition: "A political system in which power is divided between a central national government and individual state governments"

A. Federalism

B. Totalitarianism

C. Communism

D. Monarchy

A. Federalism

300

Which term matches this definition: "The exclusive possession or control of the supply or trade in a commodity or service by a single company"?

A. Free Market                B. Tariffs

C. Monopoly                   D. Globalization

C. Monopoly

400

What type of government allows the citizens to vote for who represents them and leads them?

A Democracy

500

Which term matches this definition: "The right to vote in political elections"? [1

A. Veto                            B. Impeachment

C. Ratification                  D. Suffrage

D. Suffrage

Area and Perimeter

100

A rectangle has a length of 6 inches and a width of 2 inches.

What is the perimeter?

Area equals Length times width.

6 times 2 is 12 inches squared.

200

What is the area of this rectangle?

L = 8ft

W = 7ft

A = 56ft²

300

What is the Perimeter of a circle called?

Circumference

400

Find the Area AND Perimeter of a square if the sides are 9 ft.

A= 81ft²

P=36ft

500

The area of a rectangle is 28 in²

The length is 7 inches.

What is the width?

4 inches

Classic Video Game Characters

100

This Italian plumber first jumped over barrels as "Jumpman" in the 1981 arcade game Donkey Kong. He has expanded his role and is still in many video games today.

Who is (Super) Mario

200

This blue hedgehog was created by Sega in 1991 to be their mascot and rival to Nintendo's plumber.

Who is Sonic the Hedgehog?

 

300

This green-clad hero of Hyrule is often mistakenly called by the name of the princess he rescues.

Link from the Video game Zelda

400

This giant turtle-dragon king of the Koopas constantly kidnaps Princess Peach.

King Bowser

500

Armed with a dual-wielding pistols and dual-ponytails, this British archaeologist made her debut in 1996.

Lara Croft

GED Math

100

Put 14,320,000,000 into scientific notation

Answer: 1.432 x 10¹⁰

200

A store offers a 15% discount on a $40 item. What is the sale price?

Answer: What is $34?

300

There are 32 students in a class. Eight of those students are women. What is the probability that a woman is chosen at random?

1/4 or 25%

400

Find the area of the shape 

Area of the Trapezoid is 48ft²

500

2 part question, you must answer both parts to earn the points.

What is the formula for the Pythagorean Theorem? When can you use the Pythagorean Theorem?

a² + b² = c²

To find a missing side of a right triangle.