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Halloween Trivia
100

The temperature is 3 degrees below 0. It rises by 5 degrees. What is the new temperature? 

What is 2 degrees above 0? 

100


This is the symbol for oxygen.



What is O?


100

The main character in a story that has a conflict or a problem to solve. 

What is the protagonist? 

100

What is one of the main reasons explorers traveled to new lands? 

What is God, gold, or glory? 

100

Halloween is celebrated on this date. 

What is October 31st? 

200

A diver is 4 feet below sea level. The diver goes down 3 more feet. What is the diver's new elevation? 

What is 7 feet below sea level?

200


A horizontal row on the periodic table is called this.



 What is a period?


200

A main character in a story that causes the conflict or problem. 

What is the antagonist? 

200

What ocean did Vasco Nunez de Balboa discover in 1513? 

What is the Pacific Ocean? 

200


The tradition of carving jack-o'-lanterns began in Ireland, where people first carved this root vegetable before pumpkins were used.


What is a turnip? 

300
Mia has 8 dollars. She spends 11 dollars. What is her balance now? 

What is -3 dollars? 

300


A vertical column on the periodic table is called this. Elements in it share similar properties.



What is a group?


300

The point of view where a character in the story tells the story. 

What is 1st person POV?

300

What is the name for food that is grown to be sold for money? 

What is a cash crop?

300


In Scotland and Ireland, children went door to door in costume, performing songs or jokes in exchange for treats. This custom is called this.



What is guising?


400


The temperature is 2 degrees below zero. It rises by 7 degrees, then drops by 4 degrees. What is the final temperature?



What is 1 degree above zero?


400


This tells how many protons are in an atom of an element.



 What is the atomic number?


400

What literary element is this an example of? Her hair was as golden as the sun? 

What is a simile? 

400

The disease that infected thousands of Native Americans after Spanish arrival. 

What is smallpox? 

400

Long ago, many people wore costumes at Halloween to do this to evil spirits.


What is scare them away?


500


A hiker is at an elevation of -6 feet. The hiker climbs 9 feet, then descends 5 feet. What is the hiker’s final elevation?



What is -2 feet?


500


Most metals are found in these parts of the periodic table.



What are the left side and middle?


500

What is the literary term for a large exaggeration in a story? 

What is hyperbole? 

500

A system of trade between the Eastern and Western hemispheres. 

What is the Columbian Exchange? 

500

 


This ancient Celtic festival, held at the end of the harvest on October 31 and November 1, is the origin of Halloween.



 What is Samhain?