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100

What kind of precipitation is composed of regular hexagons?

What is snow


100

Name the Great Lake state that has more shoreline that the entire U.S. Atlantic coast?

What is Michigan


100

What holiday occurs closest to the shortest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere?

What is Christmas


100

Which word needs to be removed to make this sentence grammatically correct?  He was very kind enough to invite me.

What is very

100

What U.S. state had to call the national guard to help with evacuations due to a Volcanic eruption?

What is Hawaii


200

Fossils of the extinct mastodon indicate that it was similar to what present day mammal?

What is an elephant


200

What is the name for an artificial channel dug for irrigation or transportation?

What is a canal

200

In what country might you see this road sign?  The Outback starts here.

What is Australia


200

What book is befitting a teen's diary, and are filled with hand-written notes and simple drawings of Greg's daily adventures.

What is a diary of a wimpy kid

200

President Trump is meeting with the leader of what country to discuss disarmament and unification?

What is North Korea


300

What planet has exactly two moons?

What is Mars


300

After Russia and China, in terms of area, what is the third largest county in Asia?

What is India

300

The three U.S. states with the greatest populations are California, New York, and what other?

What is Texas


300

Choose the word that is the closest in meaning to the this italic word.   The hostile neighbor.

  A. congenial
  B. hospitable
  C. deceitful
  D. unfriendly

What is unfriendly

300

What famous department store founded in Iowa is going out of business in two weeks?

What is Younkers

400

In what organs is carbon dioxide extracted and oxygen absorbed by the blood?

What are lungs


400

In what U.S. national park is it possible to find as many as 30,000 elk and 2,500 buffalo?

What is Yellowstone


400

What is a group of singers in a church service called?

What is a choir


400

What is a metaphor?

A metaphor is a figure of speech that is used to make a comparison between two things that aren't alike but do have something in common. 


400

What is the name you call to a "smart speaker" to ask a question or give a command?

What is Alexa


500

Many animals can glide through the air for short distances, but the capability of self-powered flight is limited to insects, birds, and what kind of mammals?

What is a bat


500

What is the term for the basic written system of laws for an organization, a state or a country?

What is a constitution


500

What U.S. federal holiday honors those who died while serving in the American armed forces?

What is Memorial Day


500

A dog saves young Arliss Coates from a bear, his brother Travis from some wild hogs, and their mom from a wolf.  Name this book by Fred Gipson.

What is Old Yeller

500

What event is held every July with bike riders traveling from the Missouri River across Iowa to the Mississippi River?

What is RAGBRAI