Are You Smarter Than Ms. Connolly?

Are you Smarter Than a 5th Grader MATH

200

If a backyard is 50 feet long and 20 feet wide, how many square feet is the yard?

1000 ft²

400

How many weeks are in a year?

There are about 52 weeks in a year

600

How many zeroes are in the numeral for seven hundred billion?

11 zeroes

800

The interior angles of a triangle always sum to what degree?

BONUS: x2 points if you can name at least 2 right triangle triples.

180^o 

Triples: 3, 4, 5 -- 5, 12, 13 -- 7, 24, 25 -- 20, 21, 29 -- etc.

1000

One inch is equal to how many centimeters?

2.54

1200

8 ÷ 2 (2 + 2) = 

16

Are you Smarter Than a College Student MATH

200

Which of the following is a correct line graph x≥1 and x≤4?

Line A

400

What do you call a triangle with no equal sides?

A scalene triangle

600

If a triangle has two angles that measure 15^o and 85^o, what is the measure of the third angle?

80^o

800

Find the missing number:

1 + 1 = 1

2 + 2 = 4

3 + 3 = 9

4 + 4 = 16

5 + 5 = ?

25

1000

Sarah is twice as old as her youngest brother. If the difference between their ages is 15 years, how old is her youngest brother?

15 years old

1200

True or False: In hyperbolic geometry, the sum of a rectangles 4 angles is less than 360^o?

TRUE!

Are you Smarter Than a 5th Grader SCIENCE

200

What is the tallest mammal on Earth?

Giraffe

400

What is the process of a caterpillar turning into a butterfly called?

Metamorphosis

600

On the periodic table, which element is represented by the letter N?

Nitrogen

800

What is the hardest mineral?

Diamond

1000

What type of animal can live in both water and land? Hint: an example of this type of animal is a frog. A human is not this kind of animal.

An amphibian

1200

Where is the smallest bone in our body?

x3 points if you know the name of this bone.

Located in the inner ear.

Called the stapes (STAY-peas)

Are you Smarter Than a College StudentSCIENCE

200

What is the most common blood type?

O positive

400

What is the powerhouse of the cell?

Mitochondria

600

Which subatomic particle is bigger, a proton or an electron?

A proton

800

What is the only metal on earth that is liquid at room temperature?

Mercury

1000

How many protons are in a water molecule?

Hint: A water molecule is written H₂O. Hydrogens atomic number is 1 and Oxygens atomic number is 8.

10 protons

1200

Where in the body is the labrum located?

The shoulder

Are you Smarter Than a 5th Grader ENGLISH

200

What is grammatically wrong with the following sentence?

"You times the base length by height to get the area of a rectangle."

You MULTIPLY the base length by the height to get the area of a rectangle.

Times is a preposition so it cannot be used as a verb. Multiply, however, is a verb so you would use multiply in this sentence, not times.

400

Who wrote the famous play "Romeo and Juliet"?

William Shakespeare

600

How many syllables are in Mississippi?

4

800

Define onomatopoeia.

The naming of a thing or action by a vocal imitation of the sound associated with it. *Answers may vary*

1000

Who is the author of the 1960 novel "To Kill a Mockingbird"?

Harper Lee

1200

In the sentence, "Sally is a very good person," what part of speech is the word "very"? 

(Parts of speech: Noun, adjective, verb, adverb, preposition, etc...)

Adverb

Are you Smarter Than a College StudentENGLISH

200

Who wrote "Pride and Prejudice"?

Jane Austen

400

According to proper English grammar rules, is the following sentence written correctly?

"At the store, I need to get milk, eggs, chocolate and bread."

No, it is not written correctly. There needs to be another comma after 'chocolate' and before the 'and', called the Oxford "comma". Journalists do not use the Oxford comma for efficiency; however, 'proper' English requires it.

600

What is the grammatical error in the following sentence?

"The class if hard, but the teacher is pretty funny."

The course is hard; however, the teacher is pretty funny.

800

Arrange the following words alphabetically:

Pepper, Mist, Square, Pendulum, Feather, Highway

Feather, Highway, Mist, Pepper, Pendulum, Square

1000

What is the syllable structure for a haiku?

5, 7, 5

1200

What type of figurative language is used in the following sentence?

"The tree's leaves danced in the wind as Layla looked and listened to the lonely wolf growl."

Personification, Alliteration, or Onomatopeia.

Are you Smarter Than a 5th Grader SOCIAL STUDIES

200

What is the plural form of the word "deer"?

Deer

400

Whose picture is on the five-dollar bill?

x2 points if you can correctly answer this one too: What coin also has this person's picture on it?

President Abraham Lincoln

600

What is the capital of Russia?

Moscow

800

Who invented the lightbulb?

Thomas Edison

1000

The Stature of Liberty was a gift to the US from where?

France

1200

What was the name of the last Queen of France?

Marie Antoinette

Are you Smarter Than a College StudentSOCIAL STUDIES

200

What year did the Titanic sink?

1912

400

Which Norse god and ruler of Asgard is the father of Thor?

Odin

600

When did World War I begin?

1914

800

What US State has the only three-word capital city?

Utah (Salt Lake City)

1000

What is a tariff?

Taxes on imports and exports

1200

Where was Christopher Columbus trying sail to when he accidentally came across modern day America? 

He was trying to sail to modern day India.

TrIviA

200

Where did the saying "bless you" come from?

In the olden times, when you would sneeze, people believed you were sneezing the devil out of you, so they helped by blessing you.

400

What is the name of the largest desert?

Antartica 

600

Why do we say that you hit your funny bone when you hit your elbow on something?

Because the elbow is the connection point to your humerus, so it is humorous when you hit your humerus.

800

True or False: babies are born without kneecaps?

TRUE! Babies do not have kneecaps when they are born.

1000

What is the official national animal of Scotland?

A Unicorn

1200

What animal has THREE hearts?

Octopus

jOkEs

200

How many peas are in a pint?

One

400

What word do people spell wrong?

WRONG

600

If April showers bring May flowers, what does May flowers bring?

Pilgrims

800

Why did the farmer name his pig "ink"?

Because he kept running out of the pen.

1000

What part of the kitchen is the best at math?

The counter

1200

What kind of tea is the hardest to swallow?

Reality.

All About Your Teachers

200

What is Ms. Connolly's first name?

x2 bonus points if you also know Ms. Fletcher's first name.

Ms. Connolly - Kendal 

Ms. Fletcher - Sydney

400

How old are Ms. Connolly and Ms. Fletcher?

Both 22!!

600

How many digits of pi does Ms. Fletcher know?

x2 the points if you know the same or more than her!

28

800

What was Ms. Connolly's main sport in high school?

Basketball

1000

What other language does Ms. Connolly know, besides English?

American Sign Language (ASL)

1200

Which president did Mrs. Duncan shake hands with when she walked across the stage to graduate college? 

President George W. Bush. At the time, he was the soon to be President of the United States!!