Assorted Math
What is the area of a triangle with a base of 4 feet and a height of 17 feet? (Formula provided)
4 x 17 = 68 / 2 = 34 feet
According to the Olympics, there are roughly ___ countries in the world. Hint: the same number of bones in our body!
206
What are the only two US states that are not physically connected to the rest of the country?
Alaska and Hawaii
Spell the word...
Industrialization
A man pushes his car to a hotel and tells the owner he's bankrupt. What happened?
He was playing Monopoly.
You want to purchase a $21.50 shirt and a $30.00 jacket. There is a 7% sales tax on your total purchase. How much will you be charged including taxes?
$21.50 + $30.00 = $51.50 x 1.07 = $55.11
What is the largest continent in terms of land mass?
What is the largest continent in terms of number of countries?
Asia
Africa (54)
How many states are there in the United States?
What is the capital of the United States?
50
Washington DC
The Industrial Revolution began in the country of _____ in the mid/late _____.
Great Britain
1700s
You walk into a room with a match, a kerosene lamp, a candle, and a fireplace. Which one do you light first?
The match
Solve the following equation using PEMDAS:
12 + 2 x (52 - [4 + 3 x (8 - 6)]) / 2 = ?
27
Name all 7 continents.
Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Oceania/Australia, and Europe.
What 3 states are on the furthest point of the west coast?
California, Oregon, and Washington state
What are three things that you would have to consider about an invention before producing/trying to sell it?
Name, why it's needed, how you're going to advertise it, who you're going to market it to, what it's going to be made out of, how it's going to be made, what it's going to look like, etc.
I'm light as a feather, yet the strongest person can't hold me for five minutes. What am I?
Your breath
Name and briefly explain four different types of taxes for 100 points each.
Sales, capital gains, tariff, state, federal, income, payroll, excise, property, estate, etc.
Name that continent for 100 points each:
Argentina
Mexico
India
Russia
South America
North America
Asia
Asia/Europe
Name the 4 US states that begin with the letter I for 100 points each.
Iowa, Indiana, Idaho, Illinois
Before the Industrial Revolution, most people lived in...
The Spinning Jenny was known for...
What were working conditions like in early factories?
What groups of people tended to work in these factories?
Small farming villages and cottages
Spinning many threads at once to speed up production of clothing
Dangerous, dirty, unregulated
Children, lower classes, immigrants, and women
I speak without a mouth and hear without ears. I have no body, but I come alive with the wind. What am I?
An echo
Name 5 different options for storing your savings or retirement for 100 points each.
Certificate of deposit, savings account, 401k, Roth IRA, Traditional IRA, high yield savings account, money market account, checking account, in a safe at your home, with a friend/family member, US savings bond, the stock market, etc.
Name a country that starts with the letter...
A
J
T
R
M
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Boston is the capital of...
Augusta is the capital of...
Tallahassee is the capital of...
Phoenix is the capital of...
Lansing is the capital of...
Massachusetts
Maine
Florida
Arizona
Michigan
Briefly summarize what the following inventors were known for.
Albert Einstein
Gregor Mendel
Marie Curie
George Washington Carver
Isaac Newton
Einstein - Technology and formulas that led to the development of atomic weapons
Mendel - His work with peas made him known as the father of modern genetics
Curie - The first woman to be awarded a Nobel Prize for her discovery of radium
Carver - After he became freed from slavery, he invented many uses for a peanut
Newton - The 3 laws of motion/gravity
In a one-story house at the corner of the road, the bedrooms were yellow, the kitchen was orange, the living room was red, the garage was blue, the entry hall was green, and the sitting room was purple. What color were the stairs?
There’s no color because there are no stairs—it’s a one-story house.