Are you Smarter Than a 5th Grader

1st Grade

100

READING- Who was Little Red Riding Hood going to Visit?

Her grandmother

200

VOCABULARY- What is one piece of pizza usually called?

A slice

300

SOCIAL STUDIES- Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?

Thomas Jefferson

400

MATH- You and your friend have $100 all together. If you have $63, how much money does your friend have?

$37

500

GEOGRAPHY- What country is immediately north of Central America?

Mexico

2nd Grade

100

READING- In what town does the Grinch steal Christmas?

Who-ville

200

VOCABULARY- What does "gracias' mean in English?

Thank you

300

GRAMMAR- Correct this sentence: They ain't coming over here.

They aren't coming over here.

400

SOCIAL STUDIES- What tall structures were used as burial tombs in Ancient Egypt?

Pyramids

500

MATH- 9+8+7-19=?

5

3rd Grade

100

ENGLISH- In a popular Lewis Carroll poem, what is the Creature with eyes of flame that burbled as it came? A. Green Giant B. Dragony C. Jabberwock

C. Jabberwock

200

SPELLING- Find the misspelled word in the following sentence: The soul of my shoe leaves a footprint in the sandy beach.

soul should be sole

300

SOCIAL STUDIES- Frontiersman Davy Crockett was killed where?

Alamo, Texas

400

MATH- How many quarters do you need to equal $3.50?

14

500

GEOGRAPHY- True or False Iceland and Northern Greenland have the coldest temperatures on Earth.

False Antarctica is the coldest

4th Grade

100

ENGLISH- Lines of poetry are sometimes grouped into clusters known as what?

Stanzas

200

GRAMMAR- What are words that sound the same but have different meanings? A. Homophones B. Superlatives C. Endonyms

A. Homophones

300

SOCIAL STUDIES- What is the name of the medieval cathedral in Paris, France? A. Notre Dame B. Louvre C. Versailles

A. Notre Dame

400

MATH- A number that is less than 0 is called what kind of number?

Negative Number

500

GEOGRAPHY- Name the tallest mountain range in South America.

Andes Mountains

5th Grade

100

ENGLISH- A noun that receives the action of a verb is called what?

Direct Object

200

SOCIAL STUDIES- In 1857, the Supreme Court took a pro-slavery stand that pushed the United States closer toward war, This decision was known as what?

Dread Scott Decision

300

MATH- A thousand million equals what?

One Billion

400

SCIENCE- When a volcano erupts, lava flows out from the top. What type of rock is formed as the lava cools?

Igneous

500

GEOGRAPHY- What is it called when the earth's surface is projected into a flat map?

Mercator Projection