8th Grade
How many days are in a leap year
366
A country that is it's own continent
Australia
How many years has Mrs. Brisbin been teaching?
28 years
This figure of speech gives human qualities, feelings, or actions to non-human things, such as saying "the wind howled in the night."
What is personification?
Which planet is the closest to the sun?
Mercury
In literature, what is theme?
The message that the author is trying to relay.
This Greaser is described as the "gang's pet" and kills a Soc named Bob in a park to save his best friend, Ponyboy.
Who is Johnny Cade?
This scenic North Carolina cliff formation gets its name from a legendary Cherokee wind that blows light objects back up toward the sky.
What is The Blowing Rock?
What is the largest planet in our solar system
Jupiter
If a pizza parlor offers 3 types of crusts, 4 types of meats, and 5 types of veggies, this is the total number of unique pizzas that can be made with exactly one crust, one meat, and one veggie.
What is 60? (Calculated as 3 × 4 × 5)
This English explorer and favorite of Queen Elizabeth I founded the ill-fated Roanoke Colony in 1587, which later became known as the "Lost Colony."
Who is Sir Walter Raleigh?
What country gifted the Statue of Liberty to the United States?
France
How many colors are in a rainbow?
7
What was the first main civilization in human history?
Mesopotamia
What is the largest bone in the Human body
Femur (thigh bone)
what is the largest organ in the human body
skin
Who invented the lightbulb in 1879?
Thomas Edison
How many sides does a trapezoid have?
4
Who wrote the play "Romeo and Juliet"?
William Shakespeare
This type of punctuation mark is used to join two independent clauses without a coordinating conjunction, as seen in: "I have a test tomorrow; I need to study tonight."
What is a semicolon?
You have 4 groups of 15 cookies. How many cookies do you have?
60
What is the process of water turning into gas.
evaporation
What do bees produce?
Honey
Which is the smallest country in the world?
Vatican City
What war did George Washington fight in with the British before the American Revolution?
French/Indian War