Ancient History
When Xerxes became king of Persia, what people were his No. 1 enemy?
Greeks
What train goes to the North Pole on Christmas Eve, in Chris Van Allsburg’s book?
The Polar Express
Idaho borders which Canadian province?
British Columbia
Most of the Dead Sea Scrolls are written in what language?
Hebrew
The distance around a circle is called what?
Circumference
What event was recounted 400 years after it happened by the poet Homer?
The Trojan War
What name is shared by the Grinch's dog and the little boy in Where the Wild Things Are?
Max
The third highest of the “Seven Summits” is which North American peak?
Denali
What language was spoken by Aztecs (aka Mexica) when Cortes arrived in Mexico in 1519 and is still spoken in the country?
What shape is the graph of a quadratic function, such as y = x2?
Parabola
The most prominent Colosseum in the ancient world was located where?
Rome
What rainforest creature says “Slowly, Slowly, Slowly,” in an Eric Carle book title?
Sloth
What’s the most populous Mexican city bordering California?
Tijuana
What is the official language common to Morocco, Sudan, and Jordan?
Arabic
The x-axis and the y-axis of a graph divide a plane into regions called what?
Quadrants
Which of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World was alive?
Hanging Gardens of Babylon
Who was the Head of Gryffindor house during Harry Potter's time at Hogwarts?
Minerva McGonagall
What nation lies immediately north of the island of Cyprus?
Turkey
What official language is shared by the nations of Malawi and Zimbabwe?
English
If two lines are perpendicular to a transversal then they have what relationship?
They are parallel.
The Romans built these to carry 300 million gallons of fresh water to their city every day.
Aqueducts
What is the name of the infant that Jonas seeks to protect in The Giver by Lois Lowry?
Gabriel
Which capital lies 150 miles east of Port-au-Prince on the same island on Hispaniola?
Santo Domingo
What is the official language of the nation of Cambodia? (alternate name for "Cambodian")
Khmer
The line that splits angle ABC into two halves is called what?