Are You Smarter Than An 8th Grader? (Math)
If a train was supposed to arrive at 3:15 pm and arrived 35 minutes late, it arrived at... ?
What is 3:50 PM?
Name that religious belief that said the U.S. was meant to expand from the East to the West?
Manifest Destiny
The general shape of a stop sign
What is an octogan?
Where did Ms. Hammond grow up?
Burlington, NC
What is the longest bone in the body?
Femur
What is another term for the "problem" in a fictional plot?
A. resolution
B. conflict
C. exposition
(c) conflict
Number considered to be a "bakers dozen"
What is 13
Name that Supreme Court case that declared enslaved people were not citizens and couldn’t sue in federal court.
Dred Scott vs Sanford or The Dred Scott Case
The first woman to win a Nobel prize
Marie Curie
In what year was Ms. Hammond born?
1978
How many chambers are in the heart?
4
Which word is spelled incorrectly?
A. Attendance
B. Application
C. Apprecciate
C. Apprecciate
Another name for a 90 degree angle
A right Angle
What was the land deal in 1803, where the United States purchased a vast territory from France
The Louisiana Purchase
This edible food does not go bad. Fun Fact: They have found edible versions of it in Ancient Egyptian tombs!
Honey
How many siblings does Ms. Hammond have?
one
No, it is a physical change
Protagonist
Simplify:
6x-8y-5x+3y
x-5y
The Declaration of Independence was signed on
July 4, 1776
How long have modern humans existed for?
300,000 years (or round about)
Where was Ms. Hammond born?
Philadelphia
The hottest planet in the solar system
What is Venus?
Who wrote The Landlady and Lamb to the Slaughter?
Roald Dahl
What are the first 9 digits of Pi?
3.14159265
What year did the Wall of Berlin go down? (2x points for exact date)
November 9 1989
Which war had the most deaths
a) WWI
b) Cold war
c) WWII
c) WW2
Name one of Ms. Hammond's pets.
Biscotti, Notte, Cannoli
What is the formula for Density?
Mass/Volume
The moment in a story where the protagonist discovers how to solve the conflict.
Climax