General Knowledge
What makes a square a square?
Four equal sides
If you cut a quarter into thirds, how many pieces would you have?
3 pieces
What is the smallest continent?
Australia
Can you pick the antonym of the word tame?
Tame
What is H2O also known as?
Water
Which farm animal completes the sentence below? A father _____ is called a boar
Pig
On a class field trip, there are four buses taking 36 students to the zoo. Each bus has the same number of students. How many students are on each bus? Nine students on each bus.
9
How many oceans are there?
Five: Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, Southern, and Arctic.
What tense is this: We will go to Disney World.
Future tense
How many legs do arachnids have?
Who invented the light bulb?
Thomas Edison
If it’s 5:30 when you leave for the store and 6:15 when you get there, how long did it take?
45 minutes
What measures distance north or south of the Equator: latitude or longitude?
Lattitude
What are the five interrogative or “question” words?
Who, what, when, where, why
What phenomenon might be felt on the surface when two tectonic plates rub against each other?
earthquake
What country did Mexico gain its independence from in the 1800s?
Spain
91 x 2 =
182
What is the largest country by size?
Russia
The person in a novel who tells the story from a third-person perspective is called a what?
Narrator
Why do you see often see lightning before you hear the thunder?
Light travels faster than sound
What are the two main languages spoken in South America?
Spanish and Portuguese.
34 x 20
680
What is the longest river in the world?
Nile
Which is an example of alliterative language? (1) The ocean glistened as the day turned to night, OR (2) The sea shimmered with the sinking sun.
Number 2
What species can live on both water and land?
Amphibians