8th Grade Trivia (JIL A)

8th GradeMath

150

Find x of the following equation:

    30=-3x + 15

x= -5

200

No Calculator:

What is the square root of 144?

Answer- 12

250

What is 1/4 + 1/2 =?

What is 3/4?

300

How man degrees does a triangle have?

180

350

Find the value of 3x^3 - 4x^2 + x - 5 when x = -3 

Answer -17

400

What is the formula for volume of a cube?

V=S³

450

What is the diameter of a circle that has a radius of 3.25?

6.5

8th Grade Science

150

With magnets what 2 ends will attract each other?

North and South

South and North

200

How does mass effect the amount of force needed to move an object?

The greater the mass, the greater the amount of force needed to move it

250

When will magnets interact with a copper coil?

What is, when the coil has electrical current running through it? (When the coil becomes and electromagnet)

300

A red ball is red because it:

• absorbs all white light
• reflects all white light
• only reflects red light
• only absorbs red light

only absorbs red light

350

The sun is highest in the sky in the Northern Hemisphere during what part of the year?

What is summer?

400

What force causes a book to slow down when sliding across the floor?

Friction

450

How do earthquakes happen?

Tectonic plates under the Earth's crust shift and move causing a massive release of energy which we feel up on the surface.

8th GradeSocial Studies

150

Who is the current Vice President of the United States of America?

Kamala Harris

200

This country gave the USA the territory from the Louisiana Compromise

Who is France?

250

What was one of the main causes of the civil war?

Slavery

300

What does our second amendment give us the right to?

Right to bear arms 

350

What countries composed the Axis in WWI?

Germany, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire

400

What event sparked US involvement in WWII?

What is Pearl Harbor?

450

Name 3 different liberties of the first amendment 

speech, religion, press, assembly, petition the government

8th GradeEnglish

150

How many sentences does a paragraph need?

7-10

200

express the same message in different words is called doing what?

Paraphrase

250

Who is the famous poet who made the poem known as "The raven"?

Edgar Allen Poe

300

Place the coma where it belongs in this sentence

I wouldn't want to be the one to get hurt so I chose not to play the game

I wouldn't want to be the one to get hurt, so I chose not to play the game.

350

What is a theme of a story?

the lesson, or moral the author is trying to tell the reader. (Author's message)

400

What is a verb?

a word used to describe an action, state, or occurrence, and forming the main part of the predicate of a sentence, such as hear, become, happen.

450

What is the name of the Bruce School's Principal?

Mr. Tracey

8th GradeRandom

150

What is the name of a National Park in the United States?

Yellowstone, Yosemite, Olympic, Zion, Grand Teton, Arches, Grand Canyon, Rocky Mountain, Everglades, Denali, Death Valley.......

200

What is the formula for the area of a circle?

A= (PI)r²

250

Where is the statue of liberty located? (City/island,State)

Liberty island, New York

300

What famous scientist made the theory of relativity?

Albert Einstein 

350

How man points do you get for writing your name on the SAT?

400

400

How many total questions are in this game?

35

450

Find the answer (x means times)

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