Math
Science
Literacy
Riddles
Miscellaneous
100

What is the formula for a linear equation? 

y = mx + b

100

What is the 11th element on the periodic table?

Sodium / Na

100

List 5 adjectives starting with the letter 'Q'

Quick, Quiet, Quirky, Qualified, Questionable, Quaint, Quarrelsome, Quizzical

100

I’m light as a feather, yet even the world’s strongest man can’t hold me for long. What am I?

Breath

100

What year did Canada become a country?

1867

200

What are the three main trigonometric ratios? In relation to a right angle triangle, what are the fractions? (State it completely.)

Sine, Cosine, Tangent 

SOH, CAH, TOA (Sine: Opposite/Hypotenuse, Cosine: Adjacent/Hypotenuse, Tangent: Opposite/Adjacent)

200

What organelle is the “powerhouse” of the cell?

Mitochondria

200

What is the term used for the most anticipated part of the film? 

'Climax'

200

What 4-letter word can be written forward, backward, or upside down and still be read from left to right?

NOON

200

Whose famous speech begins with “I have a dream”?

Martin Luther King Jr.
300

Alex, Nancy and Jake are playing basketball. Alex has 8 more points than Nancy. Nancy has 5 less than 3 times Jake's. All together, the three have scored 89 points. How many points did Alex score?

Alex scored 44 points.

(x/Jake = 13)

300

What is the difference between speed and velocity?

Speed is a scalar quantity. Velocity is a vector quantity. 


Speed only has magnitude, no direction. Vectors have a magnitude AND direction.

300

Identify the Shakespearean play this quote belongs to:

"To be, or not to be: that is the question:
Whether ’tis nobler in the mind to suffer
The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,
Or to take arms against a sea of troubles
And by opposing end them."

Hamlet

300

A girl has as many brothers as sisters, but each brother has only half as many brothers as sisters. How many siblings are there?

4 sisters, 3 brothers
300

What does “NASA” stand for?

National Aeronautics and Space Administration