Middle School Advanced Trivia

English

100

What is 

To + Verb

Infinitive

200

How is "is" functioning in this sentence?

Freddy is my best friend.

Linking Verb

300

What are the four different types of sentences?

What are their punctuation marks?

Declarative (.)

Interrogative (?)

Exclamatory (!)

Imperative (.) (!)

400

How is "very" functioning in this sentence?

Anabelle was very tired after the flight.

Adverb

500

Bonus:

This type of sentence contains every letter in the language.

Pangram Sentence

Literature & Films

100

This tragedy, written by W. Shakespeare, was one of his most famous plays. It was about two people who were forbidden to love each other and were supposed to be enemies.

Romeo & Juliet

200

Suzanne Collins, an American writer, wrote about a 16-year-old girl chosen as a Tribute in this trilogy that was recently made into a movie.

The Hunger Games

300

R.L. Stine wrote this genre of books that include the Goosebumps Series.

Horror

400

This 1939 musical stars Scarlett O'Hara as Vivien Leigh in the South during the Civil War.

Gone With the Wind

500

Bonus:

This modern day Romeo and Juliet musical was made in 1961 and is about two New York City street gangs.

West Side Story

Math

100

What does PEMDAS stand for?

Parentheses,

Exponents,

Multiplication, Division,

Addition, Subtraction

200

What kind of triangle has no equal sides?

Scalene Triangle

300

A nonagon has how many sides?

Answer:0-10

9

400

What are angles that add up to 90* called?

Complementary Angles

500

Bonus:

What number am I?

-The sum of my digits is 9

-I am odd

-I am more than 100

-I am a power of 3

243

Science

100

What is the charge of a proton? An electron? A neutron?

Proton- Positive

Electron- Negative

Neutron- Neutral (no charge)

200

Meteors are found in this layer of the Earth's atmosphere.

Mesosphere

300

These types of elements always have two or more atoms together; never one.

Diatomic Elements

400

This instrument, invented by Leon Battista Alberti in mid-1400s, is used to measure the speed of the wind.

Anemometer

500

Bonus:

The chemical formula

C₁₂H₂₂O₁₁

stands for what common ingredient in baking?

Sugar

History & Geography

100

This continent does not have the letter "A" in it.

Europe

200

This pharaoh of ancient Egypt was only 9 when he came to the throne.

King Tutankhamun (King Tut)

300

The land between the Euphrates and Tigris River is also known as?

Mesopotamia 

400

If the year is 2000, what would be the year 3 Millenniums ago?

1000 B.C.

500

Bonus: 

What was the date of Julius Ceasar's death?

Ides of March

(March 15th) 44 B.C.