US History
Grammar
Construction
Tall Buildings
The Olympics
500

The US bought Alaska from which country

Russia

500

Parts of speech used to represent a person, place, or thing

noun

500

Studs in a wall are typically placed this many inches apart

16

500

The world’s tallest building

Burj Khalifa

500

This former American competitive swimmer is the most decorated Olympian of all time

Michael Phelps

1000

Who was president during the attack on Pearl Harbor

FDR

1000

Daily Double

Article

1000

The framework used to support the roof of a house

trusses

1000

located in Chicago, this was the world’s tallest building until 1998

Willis Tower

1000

The five rings in the Olympic symbol represent the five of these that participate in the Olympic games

Continents

1500

The 19th amendment gives what group of people the right to vote

Women

1500

A conjugated verb that functions as an adjective in a sentence

Participle

1500

Daily Double

3

1500

The world’s tallest building from 1931 to 1972

Empire State Building

1500

This man holds the record for most X games gold medals and most Olympic gold medals by a snowboarder

Shawn White

2000

The first black supreme court justice in the united states

Thurgood Marshall

2000

A conjugated verb that functions as a noun in a sentence

Gerund

2000

These horizontal structures are used to support a floor such as an upper storey, a main floor over a basement, a deck, or any floor spanning over an open area.

Floor Joists

2000

Tallest building in Canada

CN Tower

2000

The longest track running event at the Olympic games

10000 meter run

2500

The exact date (Month and Day) that the declaration of independence was signed

August 2, 1776

2500

That, this, these, and those are considered to be this type of pronoun

demonstrative pronoun

2500

When building a house, there are four main stages of electrical work: The service, the rough-in, plug and switch, and the finish. How many stages are there of plumbing?

3

2500

Tallest building in the USA

One World Trade Center

2500

There are a total of this many sports in the Olympics:

A. 40

B. 80

C. 212

D. 448

40