Geography
How many continents are there?
Seven
What does 16 – 8 =?
8
Who was president during the American Civil War?
Abraham Lincoln
What’s the term for a word that describes a noun?
Adjective
What word is used to describe the moment when the moon passes in front of the sun?
Eclipse
What unit of measurement is represented by the letters lb?
Pounds
What country is the Sydney Harbor Bridge in?
Australia
What number does the Roman numeral XX represent?
20
Which harbor did Japan attack on December 7, 1941?
Pearl Harbor
What’s the past tense of this sentence: He is happy.
He was happy
What’s the name of the force that pulls you toward the center of the Earth?
Gravity
Mount Rushmore is located in which state?
South Dakota
What’s the capital of Texas?
Austin
What are the two numbers in fractions known as?
The numerator and the denominator
Which of the Seven Wonders of the World is still standing today?
The Great Pyramid
Who wrote Hamlet?
William Shakespeare
An animal that only eats plants is known as a
Herbivore
At what temperature does water boil?
100ºC
What four countries make up the United Kingdom?
England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales
How many feet are there in a mile?
5280
Who funded Christopher Columbus’ trip to the new world?
The King and Queen of Spain
What’s the term for two words for combining or placing two contradictory words next to each other?
Oxymoron
What’s the term used to describe two things that are pushed apart?
Repel
What is the writing system used in ancient Egypt known as?
Hieroglyphics
What’s the second-largest country in the world by size?
Canada
What’s the definition of a midpoint?
The middle point of a line segment
What was the first permanent colony in America?
Jamestown, Virginia
What’s the collective noun for a group of cows?
A herd
Which is the hottest planet in the Solar System?
Venus
How many sides does a parallelogram have?
4