History
The land deal between the U.S. and France that doubled the size of the United States
What is "The Louisiana Purchase"?
The popualr childrens fable in which the lesson "Slow and Steady wins the race" comes from.
What is The tortis and the hare?
What is the process called when a caterpillar transforms into a butterfly?
Metamorphasis
What is 14 x 5
70
The southernmost country in Africa is called what?
South Africa
Which word becomes shorter when you add 2 letters to it?
What was the capital of the Byzantine Empire?
Constantinople
The poetic device that involves giving human traits to non-human things is called?
What is Personification?
What is the chemical formula for methane?
CH4
The formula a^2 + b^2 = c^2 is used to find the sides of a triangle with this specific property
What is a right triangle?
This state is where Yellowstone National Park is located
Wyoming
Which is heavier: a ton of bricks or a ton of feathers?
None, they both weigh the same
Which explorer was the first to command a ship the whole way around the world?
Ferdinand Magellan
The British author that created the fantasy Series that begins with The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe.
Who is C.S. Lewis?
How many bones do sharks have
none
Bonus question (Worth twice as many points)
A circle has a circumference of 31.4 centimeters.
Using π (pi) = 3.14 what is the diameter?
What is 10 cm?
Where is Mount Everest Located?
In the Himalayas on the border of Nepal and Tibet
It belongs to you, but your friends use it more. What is it?
Your name
Who is credited with inventing the telephone?
Alexander Graham Bell
Substitutes for nouns or noun phrases
What is A PRONOUN?
What is the unit of measurement for distance?
Meter
This is the term for a number that has exactly two factors: 1 and itself.
Name the smallest one greater than 1.
What is a prime number? (Smallest is 2)
The line of latitude separating the Northern and Southern Hemispheres
What is the Equator?
You’ll find me in Mercury, Earth, Mars and Jupiter, but not in Venus or Neptune. What am I?
The letter "R"
The first antibiotic was discovered in 1928 by accident—and we still use it today. What is it called?
Penicillin
The famous American Novel written by Mark Twain about a boy who travels down the Mississippi River.
What is "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn"
What is the force that pushes objects apart when they are in close proximity?
Repulsion
If a train was supposed to arrive at 3:15 pm and arrived 35 minutes late, it arrived at... ?
What is 3:50pm?
What country has most time zones of any nation in the world?
What is France?
It’s the only place in the world where today comes before yesterday. Where is it?
The dictionary