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100
How many people participated in the world’s largest snowball fight?
6000
100
500 - 10 - 4 - 23 + 45 + 9 =
What is 517.
100
What state boarders Iowa to the east?
What is Illinois
100
What's wrong with this sentence: "Here is the oranges to take to soccer practice for snack."
The verb "is" is incorrect, because is is an singular verb and oranges is plural. So it should be "are" instead of "is".
100
What is the only known fish that can blink with both eyes?
What is a shark
200
Some lipsticks contain part of a fish. Which part?
Fish scales
200
6 raised to the 4th power
What is 1,296
200
What ocean is California on?
What is the Pacific Ocean
200
What’s going on this weekend at you’re house?
You're (you are) is incorrect. It should be the possessive: "your"
200
This part of a beaver is always growing, no matter how old the beaver is.
What are the teeth? (Teeth have to keep growing as they're worn down by chewing)
300
An inch of rain is equal to how many inches of snow?
What is 10 inches.
300
I have 12 dollars, 3 dimes, 2 quarters, and 10 nickels. I want to buy 7 fish. Each fish cost 2 dollars. How much more money do I need?
What is 70 cents.
300
What is the only state in the United States with a one syllable name?
What is Maine.
300
What are three of the six most commonly used letters in English?
Any three of the following letters is correct: R S T L N E.
300
A shrimp’s heart is located in what part of its body?
What is its head
400
How long does winter last on Uranus?
8 days 1 year 21 years (correct answer) 44 years
400
You're late to school, which starts at 8am. You usually walk to school, which takes you 20 minutes. Today you're late so you're riding your bike, which takes you 1/4 of the time it takes to walk. Based on this you expect to be 2 minutes late to school. What time did you leave the house?
7:57 (If it takes 1/4 the time to walk to school, then that means it takes 5 minutes. Since you're two minutes late for school--and it takes a total of 5 minutes--you must have left at 7:57)
400
What's the second longest river in the United States?
The Mississippi River (which is a little shorter than the Missouri River)
400
If the word 'racecar' is a palindrome. What is the definition of a palindrome?
A word that is spelled the same forwards as backwards.
400
A black bear’s normal heartbeat is 40-50 beats per minute. What does it drop to when the bear is in hibernation?
What is 8-10 beats per minute.
500
What was bubble wrap originally invented to be?
What is wallpaper.
500
You start a business. You're selling ice-cream sandwiches. You sell them for $2.50 per sandwich at first. At this rate you sell 100, but decide to increase your price and hire a worker. You raise the cost of $3 and sell another 100. Your worker has worked 7 hours and makes $8 an hour. You have to pay your mom back for loaning you the money to start your business, which was $400. How much have you made in profit for yourself after you pay her back and pay your worker?
What is $94
500
When was the last state admitted to the United States? What was it?
What is Hawaii in August 1959 (only a little later than Alaska, which was admitted January 1959)
500
The English language is ever changing, with some words going out of use and others being invented every day. No one knows how many words there are in it exactly, but people who study these things guess there are about how many words in the English language…? The English language is ever changing, with some words going out of use and others being invented every day. No one knows how many words there are in it exactly, but people who study these things guess there are about how many words in the English language…?
What is about 1,000,000
500
Rats multiply so quickly that in 1 1/2 years, two rats could have how many descendants?
What is 1,000,000 (one million)