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100

Akwa drank what school supply this year?

Glue- he thought it was water! 

100

What was the name of the snapping turtle we met at Laurel Creek?

Hilda! (because she chills on the hills)

100

There are three houses. One is red, one is blue, and one is white. If the red house is to the left of the house in the middle, and the blue house is to the right to the house in the middle, where is the white house?

In Washington D.C.

100

A clerk at the butcher shop is six feet tall and wears size 10 shoes. What does he weigh?

Meat- he is a butcher!

100

What planet has been found to have evidence of running water?

Mars

200

What is Ms. Gravenor's oldest cats name?

Leo

200

This person got lost in the woods at Laurel Creek

Samuel

200


You are in a cabin and it is pitch black. You have one match on you. Which do you light first, the newspaper, the lamp, the candle, or the fire?



The match! 



200

Divide 30 by ½ and add 10. What’s the answer?

It's 70. You’re dividing 30 by ½, not by two. Thirty divided by ½ is the same thing as multiplying it by two, which is 60. Plus 10 makes 70!

200

This planet spins on its side.

Uranus

300

What was the name of the guy who fixed the projector?

Chris!

300

Whose parents came with us to Laurel Creek?

Ms. Gravenor's mom, Armando's mom, Jordan's mom and Keira's mom!

300

A farmer has 17 sheep and all but nine die. How many are left?



Nine

300

You planted sunflower seeds in your back garden. Every day, the number of flowers doubles. If it takes 52 days for the flowers to fill the garden, how many days would it take for them to fill half the garden?

It would take 51 days. If the number of flowers doubles every day, half the garden would be full the day before, on the 51st day.

300

How many Earths could fit inside the sun?

1 million

400

What was Ms. Gravenor's grandpa's name? (you know this because you stalked me on the internet)

Donald

400

What were the teams that were playing on our first field trip to watch the hockey game? (MUST name both!!)

Laurier vs Guelph

400


In a year, there are 12 months. Seven months have 31 days. How many months have 28 days?




They all do! 



400

Using only addition, how can you use eight eights to get the number 1,000?

888 +88 +8 +8 +8

400

What planets would you not be able to walk on?

upiter, Saturn, Uranus or Neptune, they are the gas giants so they have no solid surface! 

500

What was the bit that George did to start the year (bit means the 'funny' things he yells out)

Michael Jackson -heuheuh

500

How did the GPS trackers work at Laurel Creek?

The GPS machine we held in our hand sent a signal to the satellites that are in space and then that satellite sends a signal back down to the GPS which then tells us the coordinates we are at. 

500

A man stands on one side of a river, his dog on the other. The man calls his dog, who immediately crosses the river without getting wet and without using a bridge or a boat. How did the dog do it?

The river was frozen

500

When Ashley was 15, her mother was 37. Now, her mother is twice her age. How old is Ashley?

Ashley is 22. Her mother is 22 years older, so when Ashley is 22, she’s now half her mother’s age.

500

What is space junk?

left over things from humans like satellites that no longer work, debris from human space operations or rockets that are stuck in Earths orbit!