General Knowledge 1

Time / Money

100

How many dimes make $1.50?

[A] 150   [B] 15

[C] 25     [D] 30

[B] 15

200

How many minutes are in an hour?

[A] 7     [B] 90

[C] 12   [D] 60

[D] 60

300

How many days are in 2 weeks?

[A] 30    [B] 60

[C] 14    [D] 48

[C] 14

400

How many days are in a year?

[A] 365 1/4      [B] 52 1/2

[C] 30 1/3        [D]  426 1/8

[A] 365 1/4

500

How many nickels make $1?

[A] 200  [B] 15

[C] 20    [D] 50

[C] 20

Space

100

How many planets are in our solar system?

[A] 8    [B] 12

[C] 6    [D] 24 

[A] 8  

200

What is the "hottest" planet in our solar system?

[A] Mercury    [B] Saturn

[C] Earth        [D] Venus

[D] Venus

300

Light can travel around the Earth __ times in a second.

[A] 7        [B] 30

[C] 150    [D] 1850

[A] 7

400

Mars's sunsets appear _____.

[A] orange   [B] red

[C] purple    [D] blue

[D] blue

500

_____ has a giant, long lasting storm called the Great Red Spot.

[A] Pluto       [B] Mars

[C] Jupiter    [D] Earth

[C] Jupiter

Food

100

______ are popular gifts in China.

[A] donuts   [B] apples

[C] kiwi       [D] watermelon

[D] watermelon

200

Bananas are _____________.

[A]  vegetables      [B] seeds

[C]  berries           [D] flowers

[C]  berries

300

The first food eaten in outer space was _________.

[A] ice cream   [B] applesauce

[C] cookies      [D] pudding

[B] applesauce

400

Food tastes different on an airplane than on the ground.

[A] True      [B] False

[A] True

500

Fortune cookies are from __________.

[A] Japan                [B] New Orleans

[C] San Francisco     [D] China

[C] San Francisco  

Human Body

100

What part of your body will never stop growing?

[A] hand    [B] foot

[C] arm     [D] nose

[D] nose

200

How many bones are in your foot?

[A] 26       [B]  50

[C]  112    [D] 203

[A] 26  

300

You shed between ___________ skin cells everyday.

[A] 30 - 40           [B] 300 - 400

[C] 3,000-4,000    [D] 30,000 - 40,000

 [D] 30,000 - 40,000

400

The himan body has _____ muscles.

[A] 11      [B] 78

[C] 620    [D] 1,503

[C] 620

500

What is the longest bone in the human body?

[A] femur    [B] vertebrae

[C] skull      [D] clavicle

[A] femur - your thigh bone

Louisiana

100

What is the Louisiana state flower?

[A] Rose      [B] Stinkweed

[C] Daisy     [D] Magnolia

  [D] Magnolia

200

What is the Louisiana state bird?

[A] Brown Pelican    [B] Robin

[C] Cardinal            [D] Bald Eagle

[A] Brown Pelican

300

What is the Louisiana state mammal?

[A] Skunk     [B] Black Bear

[C] Lion        [D] Rabbit

[B] Black Bear

400

What is the Louisiana state amphibian?

[A] Japanese Frog   [B] Green Tree Frog

[C] Box Turtle         [D] Newt

[B] Green Tree Frog

500

What is the Louisiana state tree?

[A] Magnolia  [B] Bald Cypress

[C] Oak         [D] Pine

[B] Bald Cypress