Grammar and Spelling
How do you spell the name of the U.S. coin that's worth 5 cents?
Nickel
Name the four major oceans:
Atlantic, Pacific, Indian and Arctic
True or False? A platypus is a mammal.
True
What is the past tense for “swim”?
Swam
How many stars are on the American flag?
50
How many sides are on an octagon?
Eight
Who was the 16th president of the United States?
Abraham Lincoln
What word in the following sentence needs a punctuation mark in order to make it grammatically correct? “Its going to be sad if our team loses the football game tonight.”
Its
What is the smallest continent?
Australia
In the northern hemisphere, the summer solstice occurs during what month?
June
A word, phrase or sequence that reads the same forward and backward is called what?
A palindrome
According to the U.S. Constitution, the president is part of which of the three branches of government?
Executive
You have two quarters, a nickel, three dimes, and four pennies. How much money do you have?
89 cents
What was the name of the war fought between the north and south regions of the United States?
The Civil War
What kind of word describes how, when or where?
Adverb
What separates the Earth into Western and Eastern hemispheres?
The Prime Meridian
What is the name of the scale that is used to measure earthquake intensity?
The Richter Scale
The word “crowd” is an example of what kind of noun?
Collective noun
What is the most populated state in the U.S.?
California
If Posie ate ½ the pie and Chris ate ⅛ the pie, how much is left?
⅜ of the pie
What did colonists famously toss into the Boston Harbor in 1774?
Tea
“As pretty as a picture” is an example of what type of figure of speech?
Simile
What is the capital of Wisconsin?
Madison
Approximately how long does it take for the moon to make one full orbit around the Earth?
One month
What are words called that are spelled the same, but have different meanings?
Homographs
An American citizen must be at least how old to serve as a congressperson in the U.S. House of Representatives?
25
How many numbers between 10 and 20 are perfect squares?
One
There are two U.S. presidents buried in Arlington National Cemetery. William Taft is one of them. Who’s the other?
John F. Kennedy
What is the subordinating conjunction in the following sentence? “They lost the competition because they didn’t practice.”
Because
How many time zones does Russia have?
11
Alveoli are located in what organ of the human body?
Lungs
Who wrote the book To Kill a Mockingbird?
Harper Lee
What was the most profitable export of the Jamestown settlement?
Tobacco
How many hours and minutes are in 555 minutes?
9 hours and 15 minutes
During what war did the British troops set the White House on fire?
The War of 1812