Geography
What is the main language spoken in the Canadian province of Quebec?
French
The what was the name of the last Queen of France?
Marie Antoinette
Who is the creator of the classic book characters Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn?
Mark Twain
A hexagon has how many sides?
Six
The Earth is at least how many billion years old?
4 billion
Which country is both an island and a continent?
Australia
The region known as the “Fertile Crescent” is located in present day…?
The Middle East
The words “the,” “an,” and “a,” are known as what in English grammar?
Articles
A father has 7 daughters and 100 dollars. If he wants to give each daughter an equal amount of money, rounding to the nearest dollar, how much much does each daughter get?
14 dollars
What are the three states of matter?
Solid, liquid and gas
What is the name of the sea bordered by Europe to the north and North Africa to the south?
The Mediterranean Sea
The modern day city of Istanbul was known by what name in the 13th century?
Constantinople
Who is the author of the 1960 novel about social and racial inequality To Kill a Mockingbird?
Harper Lee
If a football field is 100 yards long, how many feet long is the football field?
300 feet
The Earth has four layers, the thickest of which is the mantle. What is the thinnest layer called?
The Crust
The mountain range that includes Mount Everest is called...?
The Himalayas
The French and Indian war, which began in 1754, became the North American theater of this worldwide war that lasted from 1756 to 1763.
The Seven Years' War
Often seen at the end of a sentence, the three trailing dots that indicate the omission from speech or writing of a word (or words) that is superfluous or able to be understood from contextual clues are known as…?
An ellipsis
You collect 48 pieces of Halloween candy. Your parents say you can eat 2 pieces per day, plus an extra piece on Saturdays and Sundays. How many weeks will it take to finish all of your candy?
3 weeks
Animals without backbones are known as...?
Invertebrates
Imaginary lines traversing the globe from pole to pole are called…?
Meridians
In which decade did Hong Kong revert from British rule?
1990s (1997)
What is the name of the most famous English playwright?
William Shakespeare
Solve the following equation: (2 * 4)/(5 + 3 - 1)0…?
8
What species can live on both water and land?
Amphibians