History
DAILY DOUBLE: Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin were the first two men in the entire world to do what?
Walk on the moon
What is the term for a word that is similar in meaning to another word?
Synonym
How many continents are there?
7
What causes tides?
The moon
The largest number that can be pronounced with a single syllable is?
12
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
Which state is called the Lone Star state?
Texas
True or false: Bats are mammals.
True
What number is the Roman numeral XVI?
16
The first fireworks were invented in the 7th century in what country?
China
Adding conjunctions such as “and” or “but” turns a simple sentence into what type of a sentence?
Compound sentence
DAILY DOUBLE: What is the capital of New York?
Albany
The hardest naturally occurring mineral is?
Diamond
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 battle of Gettysburg was fought in which war?
The Civil War
What do you call a group of crows?
A murder
Where is the largest desert in the world located?
Northern Africa
DAILY DOUBLE: What is the part of the eye that controls how much light enters?
Pupil
Solve the following equation: 5 + 3 x 4 / 2 - 1
10
The region known as the “fertile crescent” is located in present day?
Middle East
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
The Earth has 4 layers, the thickest of which is the mantle. What is the thinnest layer called?
The crust
Solve the following equation: (2 x 4)/(5 + 3 - 1)^0
8