Who is the creator of the famous painting
"Starry Night"
Vincent Van Gogh
How many official planets are in the solar system?
8
Candy is to sweet as fire is to
a) burn
b) hot
c) eat
d) cook
b)
What is a numerator?
the top part of a fraction
What extinct animal has recently been "revived" in April 2025?
The dire wolf
How many gods are the in original Ancient Greek Pantheon (the ones who live on Olympus).
12
Name two infectious diseases.
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What do you call words that sound the same but have different meanings, like “to,” “two,” and “too”.
homophones
This is the total space inside a 2D shape, measured in square units.
area
The space-tourism company, Blue Origin, recently launched an all-female space crew into space. Name one of the members of that crew.
Katy Perry,
Gayle King,
Lauren Sánchez,
Aisha Bowe,
Amanda Nguyen,
Kerianne Flynn
Who first stepped on the moon?
Neil Armstrong and Buz Aldrin
What color reflects light?
What color absorbs light?
Reflect: white
Absorb: black
What is third-person omniscient?
When the narrator knows the thoughts and feelings of all the characters, the story is told from this point of view.
How many sides are in a heptagon
7
What is the name of the hippo in Thailand that skyrocketed to superstardom in 2024
A period in Chinese history (c. 475 – 221 BC) comprises the final centuries of the Zhou dynasty (c. 1046 – 256 BC), which were characterized by warfare, bureaucratic and military reform, and political consolidation.
This is the ______________________ Period
Warring States
What is every planet named after except for Earth?
Roman gods and goddesses
What is dramatic irony?
This type of irony occurs when the audience knows something the characters do not.
This is the name for the longest side of a right triangle.
hypotenuse
What is the social media platform was originally created as a short-video app called "musically" before rebranding in 2018.
Tik Tok
What is the Great Migration in America between the 1910s to the 1970s?
The movement of approximately six million African Americans from the rural South to urban areas in the North, Midwest, and West between 1910 and 1970.
Fill in the blanks:
The periodic table of elements in order of atomic number is Hydrogen, Helium, ____________, Berillium, Boron, _________, Nitrogen
Lithium, carbon
What is Prosody in reading?
The ability to read and understand text while sounding like normal speech.
What is the smallest positive number that is divisible by both 12 and 18.
36
Name 3 famous actors over 50 years old
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