Math
What is 3 plus 4?
What is 5 times 9?
7, easy!
45, obviously!
What makes a kite fly?
If you try to push the "North" ends of two magnets together, will they stick or push away?
Wind/air
Push away (or repel)
Who were the very first people to live in North America? (Hint - Native...)
Which European country gifted the Statue of Liberty to the United States?
France
True or False: The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest ocean on Earth
Which ocean is directly to the west of California?
True
The Pacific Ocean
What is so fragile that saying its name breaks it?
Silence
What is 10 minus 9?
A metal shop sells bolts for $0.25 each. How many bolts can you buy with $5.00?
1
20 bolts
What do you call a baby sheep?
Is a whale a fish or a mammal?
A lamb
A mammal (it breathes air and gives birth to live young)
Before we had light bulbs and electricity, what did people use to see at night?
What is the name of the largest hot desert in the world, located in North Africa?
Candles
The Sahara
What is a map of the whole world shaped like a ball called?
Which continent is home to the Amazon Rainforest?
A globe
South America
I follow you all day long, but when the sun goes down, I’m gone. You can't touch me, but I'm always there. What am I?
Your shadow
What is 2 plus 2 plus 3?
What is 1/4 + 3/8?
7
5/8
What happens when water gets cold?
There is a network of "hallways" inside the cell used to transport materials from one place to another. What is its full name?
Turns into ice
The Endoplasmic Reticulum
Before cars and airplanes were invented, how did most people travel over land?
Who rose to power at the end of the French Revolution?
By horse
Napoleon Bonaparte
What do we call the line that is drawn around the middle of the Earth to separate the top half from the bottom half?
What is the lowest point in North America, located in California’s Inyo County?
The equater
Badwater Basin in Death Valley (282 feet below sea level)
You're in a race and you overtake the person in second place. What place are you in now?
Second Place. (You didn't pass first!)
Mary had 3 sheep, and then she got some more. Now she has 5, so how many did she just recently get?
You are buying pizza for 10 people. If each person eats 3 slices, and each pizza has 8 slices, what is the minimum number of pizzas you need to buy?
2 sheep
4 pizzas (With some left over)
What is it called when an animal blends in with its environment to hide from predators?
When a massive star runs out of fuel and collapses in a giant explosion, what is that event called?
Camouflage
A Supernova
Before cameras could take colorful photos instantly, were most pictures in Color or Black and White?
I became king at 20, never lost a battle, and created one of the largest empires in the world before I died at age 32
Black and white
Alexander the Great
What do we call a very dry place that gets almost no rain?
Which country is the only one in the world to border both the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea?
A desert
Egypt
How much dirt is in a hole that is 3 feet deep and 3 feet wide?
NONE! It's empty, it's a hole.
Sarah had 10 colored pencils. John gave her 2 more but then she lost 1. How many does she have now?
The total discount for an item marked 20% off with an additional 10% off the sale price. How much total percentage of discount did you get?
11 colored pencils
28%... Because 20% off of 100% is 80%, and then 10% of 80% is 8%. You first got 20% off and then another 8%, so 20 plus 8 equals 28%.
Is the sun a planet or star?
Humans share about 99% of their DNA with chimpanzees, but what percentage of DNA do we share with a banana?
A star.
50%
True or False: The first cars ever made were steered with a steering wheel just like cars today.
In what year did Neil Armstrong become the first person to walk on the moon?
False! Modern technology is very much diferent.
1969
True or False: Some volcanoes are under the ocean.
What is the smallest country in the world?
True
Vatican City
In a town with only two barbers, one has a perfect haircut and a clean shop. The other has a mess of hair and a filthy shop. Which one should you go to?
The one with the bad haircut. (He's the only one who could have cut the other guy's "perfect" hair)