Going the Distance
This unit is often used to measure photograph sizes, household objects, and clothing. It is equal to 2.54 centimeters.
What is an inch?
16 of this unit make a pound.
HINT* "An ___ of discretion is worth a pound of wit"
What is an ounce?
People often drink water out of this object that shares a name with which liquid measure?
What is a cup?
32 degrees Fahrenheit is known as ____
What is freezing?
You can run a marathon, but when your body's internal temperature is too high (above 99 degrees Fahrenheit) you are running one of these
What is a fever?
This unit, used to measure distance is equal to 30.48 centimeters.
*HINT* You also wear shoes with these.
What is a foot?
This cake, popular in the southern United States is named after this unit of measurement.
*HINT* This unit is equal to 16 ounces or 454 grams.
What is pound cake? / What is a pound?
2 cups make one of these, but be careful not to have too many.
What is a pint?
-40 Celcius and -40 Fahrenheit are
What is equal / the same?
This unit would be used to measure the distance from Clermont-Ferrand to Paris.
What is a mile?
In American football a team must carry the ball at least 10 of these units to achieve a "first down".
*HINT* The unit is equal to 3 feet or 91.44 centimeters.
What is a yard?
2.2 pounds is equal to one of this unit.
What is a kilogram?
What is a quart?
If measured in Celsius this temperature would mean you need a jacket. If measured in Fahrenheit you would need to stay inside.
What is 10-15 degrees?
This famous skyscraper completed in 1931 in New York City is 1,454 feet or 443.2 meters tall.
What is the Empire State Building?
This unit, used to measure long distances is equal to 5,280 feet or 1,609.344 meters.
*HINT* There is an English idiom "try to walk a ___ in their shoes" which expresses that one should try to see another person's point of view.
What is a mile?
The largest mammal, the blue whale weighs up to 392,000 pounds or 196 of this measurement.
What is a ton?
A large cowboy hat is also known as a "10 ___ hat".
What is a gallon?
Water boils at 100 degrees Celcius, and ____ degrees Fahrenheit.
This distance of 40,075 kilometers or 24,901 miles is measured at the equator.
What is the circumference of Earth? / What is the distance around the Earth?
This planet is on average 225,000,000 kilometers or 140,000,000 miles from Earth.
What is Mars?
This ship which weighed 52,310 tons sank in the year 1912.
What is the Titanic?
This size swimming pool is filled with 2,500,000 liters of water or about 660,000 gallons.
What is Olympic size?
The hottest recorded temperature on Earth of 56.7 Celsius or 134.1 Fahrenheit was recorded in this valley in California.
What is Death Valley?
The Cathedral Notre Dame de l'Assomption in Clermont-Ferrand is 96.1 meters tall. How many feet is this?
What is 315.28?