English
Which of the following is not a type of poem?
a) Sonnet
b) Haiku
c) Ballad
d) Simile
D. Simile
What do you call a baby frog?
Tadpole
Fill in the blank: The 19th Amendment guarantees ____ the right to vote.
Women
What is the perimeter of a square that has an area of 25?
20
What is the longest word in the English language without a vowel?
Rhythm
In Shakespeare’s play “Romeo and Juliet,” which family does Romeo belong to?
a) Montague
b) Capulet
c) Borgia
d) Medici
a) Montague
What’s the only big cat that doesn’t roar?
Cheetah
What was the name of the series of programs and projects President Franklin D. Roosevelt enacted during the Great Depression?
The New Deal
This fraction represents the odds of flipping a coin four times in a row and each time it landing on heads.
1/16
In math, the ≈ symbol, which resembles a wavy equals sign, is to represent an ______________________.
Approximation
What is the capitalization rule for titles in English writing?
a) Capitalize every word
b) Capitalize only the first and last word
c) Capitalize all nouns and verbs
d) Capitalize the important words
d) Capitalize the important words
What’s the name of the process in which plants lose water through tiny pores in their leaves?
Transpiration
When did the Mexican Revolution start?
Nov. 20, 1910
Three fair coins are tossed at the same time. What is the probability that all three coins will come up heads OR all will come up tails?
1/4. 1/8 (all heads) + 1/8 (all tails) = 1/4
What do you call plastic material at the end of a shoelace?
Aglet
Who wrote the novel “To Kill a Mockingbird”?
a) F. Scott Fitzgerald
b) Harper Lee
c) Ernest Hemingway
d) John Steinbeck
b) Harper Lee
Which type of cloud is associated with thunderstorms?
Cumulonimbus
What was the name of the landmark Supreme Court case that ruled the racial segregation of schools unconstitutional?
Brown v. Board of Education
For the system of three equations: x-z=7, x+y=3, z-y=6, what is x?
8
This value is the only whole number that can not be represented using Roman Numerals.
0
What is the term for a word or phrase that means the opposite of its literal meaning?
a) Irony
b) Paradox
c) Sarcasm
d) Oxymoron
d) Oxymoron
How many vertebrae are there in the human spine?
33
Who had the shortest term of all U.S. presidents?
William Henry Harrison died 32 days into his presidency, making his the shortest tenure as U.S. president.
Does the point (0,4) lie on the line 4x + 5y = 20?
yes
Where was dictator Adolf Hitler born?
Austria