Geography
Name the four major oceans
Atlantic, Pacific, Indian and Artic
What is Earth’s only natural satellite?
The moon
What is the past tense for “swim”?
Swam
Five of the U.S. federal holidays always fall on what day of the week?
Monday
True or False? The sum of two odd numbers will always be an even number.
True
What man, who would later be president, was the commander-in-chief of the American army during the U.S. Revolutionary War?
George Washington
What is the smallest continent?
Australia
In the northern hemisphere, the summer solstice occurs during what month?
June
Does the word “bone” have a long or short vowel sound?
Long
According to the U.S. Constitution, the president is part of which of the three branches of government?
Executive
You have two quarters, a nickel, three dimes, and four pennies. How much money do you have?
89 cents
What was the name of the war fought between the north and south regions of the United States?
The Civil War
What separates the Earth into Western and Eastern hemispheres?
The Prime Meridian
What is another name for the North Star?
Polaris
The main series of events in a story is called what?
The plot
Which amendment of the U.S. Constitution gives us the freedom of religion?
1st Amendment
How many inches are there in two yards?
72 inches
What did colonists famously toss into the Boston Harbor in 1774?
Tea
The United States and Mexico are separated by which river?
Rio Grande River
Approximately how long does it take for the moon to make one full orbit around the Earth?
One month
What is the name of a book’s introduction?
Preface or Prologue
An American citizen must be at least how old to serve as a congressperson in the U.S. House of Representatives?
25
How many degrees is the angle where perpendicular lines intersect?
90 degrees
There are two U.S. presidents buried in Arlington National Cemetery. William Taft is one of them. Who’s the other?
John F Kennedy
How many countries are in North America?
23
There are three basic types of muscle tissue in the human body. Smooth and skeletal are two of them. What’s the third?
Cardiac
Three trailing dots used at the end of a sentence that indicates something has been omitted from quoted text, or that a speaker or writer has paused or trailed off in speech or thought is called what?
Ellipsis
U.S. President John Adams was a member of what political party at the time of his election?
Federalist
What is the smallest prime number?
2
During what war did the British troops set the White House on fire?
The War of 1812