History
Who invented the light bulb in 1879?
Thomas Edison
In the story about the boy who cried wolf, what is the lesson?
Always tell the truth
In which country are the famous Pyramids of Giza?
Egypt
What is the force that causes objects to fall to the ground?
Gravity
How many states made up the United States before Alaska and Hawaii joined?
48
What is Rosa Parks most famous for?
Refusing to give her seat up in the front of the bus.
Adding conjunctions such as “and” or “but” turns a simple sentence into what type of sentence?
Compound sentence
What is the name for a body of land that is completely surrounded by water?
An island.
What is the closest planet to the sun?
Mercury
If a shopping cart contains 1 apple, 2 bananas, 3 oranges, 4 hot dogs, what percent of the cart’s total contents is fruit?
60%
The modern day city of Istanbul was known by what name in the 13th century…
Constantinople
Who is the author of the 1960 novel about social and racial inequality To Kill a Mockingbird?
Harper Lee
What is the name of the sea bordered by Europe to the north and North Africa to the south?
The Mediterranean Sea
Animals without backbones are known as...
Invertebrates
If a football field is 100 yards long, how many feet long is the football field?
300 feet
From whom did the United State buy territory in the Louisiana Purchase?
Napoleon/France
In this book titled The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, what is the last comma called?
The Oxford comma
Which country is the largest in size?
Russia
Animals that eat only meat are known as…
Carnivores
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
Italy, Japan, and Germany’s alliance was called what during WWII?
The Axis Powers
What is the term for a word that has the opposite meaning of another word?
Antonym
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
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 students on each bus.