SOCIAL STUDIES
What is the name of the largest artificial lake in Ghana and one of the largest in the world by surface area?
Lake Volta
Which planet in our solar system is known for its prominent rings?
Saturn
How many degrees are in a straight angle?
180 degrees
What literary device uses the words "like" or "as" to compare two unlike things?
Simile
Every dark cloud has a ................
silver lining
The official motto of Ghana, found on its Coat of Arms, is composed of which two words?
Freedom and Justice
What part of a cell is often called the "powerhouse" because it generates most of the cell's supply of ATP (Adenosine Triphosphate)?
Mitochondrion (plural: mitochondria)
What is the term for two angles whose measures add up to 90 degrees?
Complementary angles
A statement that seems contradictory but is actually true is called what?
Paradox
Don't count your chickens before they _____.
Hatch
The Bond of 1844 was a significant treaty signed between the British and which group of local chiefs, primarily granting the British legal jurisdiction over coastal areas?
The Fante Chiefs
Which of Newton's Laws of Motion states that for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction?
Newton's Third Law of Motion
What is the geometric shape that is defined as the set of all points in a plane that are equidistant from a central point?
A Circle
The use of words that imitate the sounds they represent, like "buzz," "hiss," or "sizzle," is known as what device?
Onomatopoeia
The pen is mightier than the _____
sword
Which major ethnic group in Ghana practices a system of matrilineal inheritance?
The Akan (e.g., Ashanti, Fante)
What type of bond involves the sharing of electron pairs between atoms?
Covalent bond
What is the sum of the interior angles of a pentagon?
540 degrees.
Hint: Use the formula (n-2) * 180
Giving human qualities or characteristics to non-human things (animals, objects, or ideas) is known as what term?
Personification
To throw caution to the _____
winds
Name the major landform, a significant geological feature, which separates the forest zone of Ghana from the northern savannah region.
The Kwahu Plateau (or Kwahu Escarpment)
Which major organ of the human body produces insulin?
The Pancreas
Name the specific type of quadrilateral where one and only one pair of opposite sides is parallel.
A Trapezoid (or a Trapezium, in some regions)
"Loud Silence" is an example of what literary device?
Oxymoron
Penny wise, .............
pound foolish