MATH
If a backyard is 50 feet long and 20 feet wide, how many square feet is the yard?
1000 ft2
What is the tallest mammal on Earth?
Giraffe
What is grammatically wrong with the following sentence?
"You times the base length by height to get the area of a rectangle."
You MULTIPLY the base length by the height to get the area of a rectangle.
Times is a preposition so it cannot be used as a verb. Multiply, however, is a verb so you would use multiply in this sentence, not times.
What is the plural form of the word "deer"?
Deer
What year did the Titanic sink?
1912
Where did the saying "bless you" come from?
In the olden times, when you would sneeze, people believed you were sneezing the devil out of you, so they helped by blessing you.
How many peas are in a pint?
One
There are about 52 weeks in a year
What is the process of a caterpillar turning into a butterfly called?
Metamorphosis
Who wrote the famous play "Romeo and Juliet"?
William Shakespeare
Whose picture is on the five-dollar bill?
x2 points if you can correctly answer this one too: What coin also has this person's picture on it?
President Abraham Lincoln
Which Norse god and ruler of Asgard is the father of Thor?
Odin
What is the name of the largest desert?
Antartica
What word do people spell wrong?
WRONG
How many zeroes are in the numeral for seven hundred billion?
11 zeroes
On the periodic table, which element is represented by the letter N?
Nitrogen
How many syllables are in Mississippi?
4
What is the capital of Russia?
Moscow
When did World War I begin?
1914
Why do we say that you hit your funny bone when you hit your elbow on something?
Because the elbow is the connection point to your humerus, so it is humorous when you hit your humerus.
If April showers bring May flowers, what does May flowers bring?
Pilgrims
The interior angles of a triangle always sum to what degree?
BONUS: x2 points if you can name at least 2 right triangle triples.
180o
Triples: 3, 4, 5 -- 5, 12, 13 -- 7, 24, 25 -- 20, 21, 29 -- etc.
What is the hardest mineral?
Diamond
Define onomatopoeia.
The naming of a thing or action by a vocal imitation of the sound associated with it. *Answers may vary*
Who invented the lightbulb?
Thomas Edison
What US State has the only three-word capital city?
Utah (Salt Lake City)
True or False: babies are born without kneecaps?
TRUE! Babies do not have kneecaps when they are born.
Why did the farmer name his pig "ink"?
Because he kept running out of the pen.
One inch is equal to how many centimeters?
2.54
What type of animal can live in both water and land? Hint: an example of this type of animal is a frog. A human is not this kind of animal.
An amphibian
Who is the author of the 1960 novel "To Kill a Mockingbird"?
The Stature of Liberty was a gift to the US from where?
France
What is a tariff?
Taxes on imports and exports
What is the official national animal of Scotland?
What part of the kitchen is the best at math?
The counter
8 รท 2 (2 + 2) =
16
Where is the smallest bone in our body?
x3 points if you know the name of this bone.
Located in the inner ear.
Called the stapes (STAY-peas)
In the sentence, "Sally is a very good person," what part of speech is the word "very"?
(Parts of speech: Noun, adjective, verb, adverb, preposition, etc...)
Adverb
What was the name of the last Queen of France?
Marie Antoinette
Where was Christopher Columbus trying sail to when he accidentally came across modern day America?
He was trying to sail to modern day India.
What animal has THREE hearts?
Octopus
What kind of tea is the hardest to swallow?
Reality.