Fun Facts
Geography Gems
Science Sense
American Holidays
Tallest, Fastest, or Largest
100
The animal from which wool is obtained?
What is a sheep?
100

This Canadian province shares a border with New Hampshire.

What is Quebec?

100
This scientific instrument makes small things look larger.
What is a microscope?
100

The two groups who celebrated the First Thanksgiving

What are Massachusetts settlers and the Wampanoag tribe?

100
The tallest mountain in the world.
What is Mt. Everest?
200

The Japanese art of paper folding.

What is origami?

200
In traveling north, this direction would be on your right.
What is east?
200
Earth's path around the sun is called this.
What is an orbit?
200
The two U.S. presidents for which we celebrate birthdays for in February.
Who are George Washington and Abraham Lincoln?
200
The tallest living thing in the world (you can see one in the state of Washington).
What is a giant redwood tree?
300

The material that dollar bills are made out of.

What is cotton or linen (either is accepted)?

300

This city is the capital of Norway.

What is Oslo?

300
The colored part of a human's eye is called this.
What is an iris?
300
This holiday is celebrated on the first Monday in September.
What is Labor Day?
300
The largest continent (not country).
What is Asia?
400
This bird is known for its beautiful tail.
What is a peacock?
400

The deepest part of the oceans (hint - it's featured in Finding Nemo).

What is the Mariana Trench?

400

This is the scale that measures the magnitude of earthquakes.

What is the Richter scale?

400

Who decides which holidays are official (federal) holidays?

Who is the United States Congress?

400

The country in which the world's tallest building is located 

*Double points if you can guess the name of the building!

What is Dubai?

The building is the Burj Khalifa.

500
The art of Japanese paper folding is called this.
What is origami?
500
The five 'Great Lakes' are : Lake Huron, Lake Ontario, Lake Superior, Lake Michigan, and _____________________.
What is Lake Erie?
500
Plants produce this gas in photosynthesis.

What is oxygen?

500

This November 11th holiday is called Victory Day in European countries, but in America it is called...

What is Veteran's Day?

500
The world's fastest sea animal.
What is a killer whale?