Math
What is the value of x in the following equation?
x + 15 = 22
x= 7
Which is faster in the air, the speed of sound or the speed of light?
The Speed of light.
What is the US equivalent of a Prime Minister?
President
What are different words with the same pronunciation called?
homonyms
What do people call the underground system in London?
The tube
What is the square root of 144?
(hint: this number times itself = 144)
12
Which type of star is the sun?
It is a Yellow Dwarf
Which country backed the colonists in the revolutionary war?
France
What is expressing the same message in different words called?
Paraphrase / paraphrasing
What is the official language of Brazil?
Portuguese
What is 1/4 + 1/2 =?
What is 3/4?
What's the term in chemistry that makes a chemical reaction go much faster?
catalyst
How old do you have to be to president of the US?
at least 35 years old
What do you calls words that spell the same backwards and forwards?
palindromes
What is arachnophobia?
The fear of spiders.
How many degrees does a triangle have?
180
In the famous equation, e = mc2, name what one of the letters stands for.
e = energy m = mass c = speed of light
What country invented ice cream and soccer?
China
What does the prefix "post" mean? (for example: postwar)
after / following / behind
How many days are in a fortnight?
14 (two weeks)
Recite "pi" - up to at least 3 digits
3.14159265359 ...
In the Northern hemisphere, when does the longest day of the year occur?
Summer Solstice / around June 21st / first day of summer
Who was the U.S. President at the time Hiroshima was bombed?
Harry Truman
What is an unexpected turn in the plot called?
a twist
How many continents are there in the world? Name them.
There are 7 continents are Asia, Africa, Europe, North America, South America, Australia, and Antarctica.
How many sides in a hexagon?
6
What force causes a book to slow down when sliding across the floor?
Friction
Name a country today that is under Communist rule
China, Cuba, Laos, North Korea, Vietnam
Name the verb in the sentence: "Martin plans on hiking the Appalachian Trail some day. "
What was Shakespear's theatre called?
The Globe
What is the value of 5, tripled?
15
Who invented the telescope?
Galileo
Which branch of the US government can declare war ? legislative, executive, or judicial?
executive
What does to procrastinate mean?
to delay; to put off doing something
What is the state bird of Florida?
The northern mockingbird