History
Who invented the light bulb in 1879?
Thomas Edison
What is the term for a word that has a similar meaning to another word?
synonym
In what city is the White House located?
A caterpillar grows and changes into what?
a butterfly
How many states made up the United States before Alaska and Hawaii joined?
48
What are the three branches of the United States government?
Executive, Judicial, Legislative
What type of literature features magical creatures, such as giants, gnomes, and goblins?
fairy tales
In what state is the Grand Canyon located?
Arizona
True or false: bats are mammals.
What is the area of a triangle with a height of 4 and a width of 4?
8
What action was Rosa Parks most famous for?
Refusing to give up her seat on the bus
The person in a novel who tells the story from a third-person perspective is called what?
On what continent is the country of Greece located?
Europe
The hardest naturally occurring mineral is...
diamond
If a shopping cart contains 1 apple, 2 bananas, 3 oranges, and 4 hot dogs, what percent of the cart's total contains fruit?
60%
Who wrote the national anthem of the United States of America?
Francis Scott Key
What type of word is "truthfully"? In other words, what parts of speech is it?
What country is both an island and a continent?
Australia
Animals that eat only meat are known as...
carnivores
If a train leaves the station and travels at 60 kilometers per hour, how much time will have passed when it arrives at a station 300 kilometers away?
5 hours or 300 minutes
In what two cities were the atomic bombs dropped which prompted Japan to surrender in WWII?
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
What is the name of the most famous English playwright?
William Shakespeare
The United States and Mexico are separated by which river?
The Rio Grande
What species can live both on water and land?
amphibians
Solve the following equation: (3 x 4) / (6 + 2 - 4)
3