Amazing Animals
U.S. Geography
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100

TRUE OR FALSE

The tiger has stripes on its skin as well as its fur.

TRUE


100

Mount Rushmore is located in which state?

South Dakota

100

Who made the famous midnight ride to warn that the British were coming?

Paul Revere

100

What is the name of our galaxy?

a. Milky Way          b. Snickers

c. Planetary           d. Moon Galaxy

a. Milky Way

100

What was the name of Ebeneezer Scrooge's business partner in "A Christmas Carol"?

a. Bob Marley         b. Bob Crachett

c. Jacob Marley       d. Tiny Tim

c. Jacob Marley

200

Which bird can stay in the air for up to 10 months without landing?

a. hummingbird          b. eagle

c. swift                      d. albatross

c. swift


200

Which Great Lake is the only one located entirely within the United States?

Lake Michigan

200

Which president was nicknamed "Ike"?

Dwight Eisenhower

200

What gas do plants absorb from the air?

Carbon dioxide

200

Little House on the Prairie author Laura Ingalls Wilder was born in which U.S. state?

Wisconsin

300

What color is an octopus's blood?

a. blue           b. red

c. green         d. white

a. blue

300
At the closest point, how far apart are Russia and the United States?

a. 250 miles                   b. 50 miles

c. 25 miles                    d. 2.5 miles

d. 2.5 miles


300

What was the name of the plane that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima?

The Enola Gay

300

What do you call someone who studies weather?

a meteorologist

300

Who wrote "Cat In the Hat?"

Dr. Seuss

400

What body part do butterflies taste their food with?

a. mouth       b. feet

c. antennae     d. wings

b. feet

400

What river forms much of the border between Texas and Mexico?

Rio Grande

400

Who became president after John F. Kennedy was assassinated?

Lyndon Johnson

400

What is the common name for sodium chloride?

table salt
400

Which Shakespeare play contains the line,

"To be, or not to be"?

Hamlet

500

Cats are generally solitary animals, however this family of cats live and hunt in groups.  What are they?

Lions

500

What is the only U.S. State whose name has just one syllable?

Maine

500

What North Carolina town did the Wright Brothers make their first powered flight?

Kitty Hawk

500

Water freezes at 32 degrees Fahrenheit.  What does it boil at (sea level)?  

212 F   or 100 C

500

What is the families last name in "The Grapes of Wrath?"

the Joads