Vocab
History
The Internet
Geography
Riddles
100
Uncanny
Surpassing the ordinary or normal
100
The American Revolution lasted from ____ to _____
1775 to 1783
100
The internet was created during this decade
1980's
100
Name the two US states that aren't part of the contiguous 48
Hawaii and Alaska
100
What is seen in the middle of March and April that can’t be seen at the beginning or end of either month?
The letter R
200
Unabashed
Not embarassed
200
This city was the first capital of the United States
New York City
200
This immensely popular social media website passed Google in popularity for a short while in June 2006
MySpace
200
Name this country
Mongolia
200
I speak without a mouth and hear without ears. I have no body, but I come alive with wind. What am I?
An echo
300
Ephemeral
Anything short-lived, as an insect that lives only for a day
300
The D in D-Day stood for ____
Nothing
300
This computer virus is regarded as the fastest spreading virus in the world, spreading to over one million people within 20 hours
Samy Worm
300
Brazil shares a border with every South American country but two. Name those two.
Chile and Ecuador
300
What English word has three consecutive double letters?
Bookkeeper
400
Espouse
Choose and follow a theory, idea, policy, etc.
400
The war of 1812 ended in this year
1815
400
Name 3 of the founders of Facebook
Mark Zuckerberg, Eduardo Saverin, Dustin Moskovitz, Andrew McCollum, Chris Hughes
400
There is a point in Iceland that sits on two tectonic plates. Name those two.
Eurasian and North American
400
A girl has as many brothers as sisters, but each brother has only half as many brothers as sisters. How many brothers and sisters are there in the family?
Four sisters and three brothers
500
Hoi Polloi
The common people generally
500
This constitutional amendment gave women the right to vote in 1920
19th amendment
500
Name 8 of the top 10 most searched words on Google
Youtube
Gmail
Amazon
Weather
Hotmail
Hotmail
Translate
Google Translate
500
Give the number of countries that sit on the equator
13
500
How can the number four be half of five?
IV, the Roman numeral for four, which is “half” (two letters) of the word five.