Science
What gas do plants absorb during photosynthesis?
Carbon dioxide
What river is the longest in the world?
Nile (accepted: Amazon, depending on the measurement)
What is 25% of 200?
20
What is the largest mammal in the world?
Blue Whale
What is the term for the central character or force that opposes the protagonist?
Antagonist
What planet is known as the Red Planet?
Mars
Which country is both a continent and a country?
Australia
What is the least common multiple (LCM) of 6 and 8?
24
What is the freezing point of water in Celsius?
0 degrees Celsius
What type of word is formed by combining two words to create a new meaning (ex: “bittersweet”)?
Oxymoron
How many bones are in the adult human body?
206
Who is known as the “Father of the Constitution”?
James Madison
A rectangle has a perimeter of 50 cm. If the length is 15 cm, what is the width?
10 cm
Who is on the $100 bill?
Who is Benjamin Franklin?
What do we call a story that uses symbols to represent deeper moral or political meanings?
Allegory
What do we call molten rock below the Earth’s surface?
Magma
Which war ended with the Treaty of Paris in 1783?
The American Revolutionary War
If a shirt is originally $40 and you get a 15% discount, what is the sale price?
$34
What is the largest internal organ in the human body?
Liver
In poetry, what is the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line called?
Meter
What natural disaster is measured with the Richter scale?
Earthquakes
What is the capital of Canada?
Ottawa
Solve for x: 3(x − 2) = 21
x=9
What has lots of eyes, but can’t see?
What is a potato?
What is the term for the arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences, or for intentional manipulation of sentence structure?
Syntax