Recycled Scrambled Trivia

A

1

For 100 points each: Name the 8 parts of speech for English.

Noun, pronoun, verb, adjective, adverb, preposition, conjunction, and interjection

2

For 200 points: Name the only mammal capable of true flight.

A bat

3

For 300 points: What is the first name of the famous composer Beethoven?

Ludwig

4

For 400 points: The average adult makes about this many decisions a day.

35,000

5

For 500 points: What Ancient Civilization built the city of Machu Picchu?

The Incas

B

1

For 500 points: What do you call a word that sounds the same as another word but has a different meaning and spelling? (For example: New and Knew)

A homophone

2

For 100 points each: Name the 6 purposes established in the preamble

a. form a more perfect union

b. establish justice

c. insure domestic tranquility

d. provide for the common defense 

e. promote the general welfare

f. secure the blessings of liberty

3

For 200 points: The average adult spends about six months of their life waiting for this everyday activity.

Waiting at red lights

4

For 300 points: What metal is liquid at room temperature?

Mercury

5

For 400 points: What is a parade of rabbits hopping backwards.

Receding hare-line

C

1

For 400 points: What state has the only state capital without a McDonald's.

Vermont (Montpelier)

2

For 500 points: Name our five freedoms protected in the first amendment.

Speech, press, religion, assembly, petition

3

For 100 points: The fingerprints of this animal are so similar to humans that they have been confused at a crime scene.

A Kola

4

For 200 points: How long is the answer to this question

How long

5

For 300 points: What novel is considered the first science fiction novel?

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

D

1

For 300 points: Which country has the most time zones (including overseas territories)?

France

2

For 400 points: What was the name of the first permanent English settlement in North America?

Jamestown

3

For 500 points: How many official James Bond movies are there?

25

4

For 100 points: What is the largest internal organ in the human body?

The liver

5

For 200 points: Name of a group of Rhinos.

A Crash

E

1

For 200 points: What planet has the most moons?

Saturn

2

For 300 points: The first ever popsicle was created by accident in what year?

1905

3

For 400 points: Define Defenestration

Throwing someone out a window

4

For 500 points: Which element has the highest melting point of 6,192 °F?

Tungsten

5

For 100 points: Why shouldn't you trust atoms?

Because they make up everything.