History
The first Thanksgiving was celebrated by Native Americans and what other group of people?
Pilgrims
How many letters are in the English alphabet?
26
How many continents are there?
7
What causes tides?
the moon
You peer through a window into a classroom and count 20 eyes. If each person has a normal number of eyes, how many people are in the room?
10
Who invented the light bulb in 1879?
Thomas Edison
What is the term for a word that is similar in meaning to another word?
synonym
How many states are in the United States of America?
50
What is the biggest organ in the human body?
the liver
The first day of the 20th century was…
January 1, 1901
What are the three branches of the United States government?
Legislative, judicial, and executive
What are the five interrogative or "question" words?
Who, what, when, where, why
What three countries are located in North America?
Canada, the United States, and Mexico
What gas do plants breathe in that humans and animals breathe out?
Carbon Dioxide
What is the area of a triangle with a height of 4 and a width of 4? …
8
Which war was fought between the north and south regions in the United States?
Is “red” an adjective or a noun?
both
To travel from New York to London, one must fly over which ocean?
The Atlantic Ocean
Earth is located in what galaxy?
the milky way
On a class field trip, there are 4 buses taking 36 students to the zoo. Each bus has the same number of student. How many students are on each bus?
9 on each bus
The first fireworks were invented in the 7th century in what country?
China
The person in a novel who tells the story from a third-person perspective is called a what?
Narrator
What is the name for a body of land that is completely surrounded by water?
Island
What phenomenon might be felt on the surface when two tectonic plates rub against each other?
earthquake
When writing out a fraction, the numbers above and below the vinculum are called the…
numerator and denominator
Name the American president on the half dollar coin who was assassinated in 1963
John F. Kennedy
The main series of events in a story is called a what?
Plot
What is the capital of New York?
Albany
The hardest naturally occurring mineral is…
Diamond
A farmer notices that every day for the past 10 days, the number of pigeons in his field has doubled. There are 1024 pigeons in the field today, and there were 2 pigeons there the first day. How many pigeons were there yesterday?
512
The ancient Egyptian writing system was called what?
Hieroglyphics
What is the main character in a story called?
Protagonist
Which country is the largest in size?
Russia
What planet is nicknamed the “Red Planet?”
Mars
You have 20 pairs of shoes, but there is only room in your closet for 8 shoes. How many shoes do you have to get rid of?
32 shoes or 16 pairs
Who wrote the national anthem of the United States of America?
Francis Scott Key
A story conveying a moral lesson is called what?
A Fable
The United States and Mexico are separated by which river?
The Rio Grande
How long does Earth take to revolve once around the sun?
365 Days
Solve the following equation: 5 + 3 * 4 / 2 - 1 =
10
The modern day city of Istanbul was known by what name in the 13th century?
Constantiople
What is the name of the most famous English playwright?
Shakespeare
Which country is both an island and a continent?
Australia
What are the three states of matter?
liquid, solid, gas
A father has 7 daughters and 100 dollars. If he wants to give each daughter an equal amount of money, rounding to the nearest dollar, how much much does each daughter get?
14
The French and Indian war, which began in 1754, became the North American theater of this worldwide war that lasted from 1756 to 1763.
The Seven Years War
Often seen at the end of a sentence, the three trailing dots that indicate the omission from speech or writing of a word or words that are superfluous or able to be understood from contextual clues are known as…
Ellipsis
What is the name of the sea bordered by Europe to the north and North Africa to the south?
The Mediterranean Sea
What species can live on both water and land?
Amphibians
You collect 48 pieces of Halloween candy. Your parents say you can eat 2 pieces per day, plus an extra piece on Saturdays and Sundays. How many weeks will it take to finish all of your candy?
3 weeks