English/Language Arts
Six-seven entered the English lexicon in the year 2025, even being added into the Oxford English Dictionary. What is the name we call a newly minted word or phrase?
Neologism
With over 2,000 different kinds, this tree can be found in Florida or California, but sounds like it could also fit right in your hand.
Palm tree
This ancient civilization got its name from the fact that it settled between two rivers: the Tigris and the Euphrates.
Mesopotamia
In which quadrant of the coordinate system would you find the point with coordinates (-5, -1)?
Third quadrant
Every Good Boy Does Fine in music is a way to remember lines on which clef?
Tenor clef
What is the literary technique that describes a person's meaning by using language that means the opposite, usually done in humor or for emphasis?
Irony
Don't call them monkeys! These primates have nearly naked faces, are tail-less, and have more complex brains (humans are an example of the high-end of this species.)
Apes
Cat lovers might love to visit the Catskill Mountains or the Kittatinny Mountains located in this eastern US mountain range?
Appalachian mountains
What is the sum of 1432, 1602, and 3200? (20s)
6,234
Leonardo da Vinci was famous for many, many artistic endeavors, but he might be most famous for this painting, which depicts a lady sitting quietly, with a small smile on her face. It's also a command you might hear in Art meaning to sit quietly with your hands in your lap.
The Mona Lisa
This word is defined as "a word which sounds like the noise it describes." Please name and spell this word.
Onomatopoeia
This mammal is both the only mammal in the proboscidea, and the only land mammal that is incapable of jumping.
Elephant
Tax evasion
What is the simplified fractional equivalent of 48%? (30s)
12/25
In which sport would you find teams such as the Montgomery Biscuits, El Paso Chihuahuas, Bowling Green Hot Rods, Binghamton Rumble Ponies, Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp, and the Amarillo Sod Poodles? I would also say the Savannah Bananas, but they technically play a version of this game.
Baseball
Harper Lee, JRR Tolkien, Ray Bradbury, Ayn Rand, and CS Lewis are all examples of what famous literary profession?
Author
Scorpions, ticks, and mites are all icky creatures, which makes sense because they are part of the same family spiders can be found in.
Arachnids
This Central Plains state's unofficial nickname is "The Free State" because of its admission into the US as a Free (or non-slave) State, the same era in which the term Jayhawker, a nickname for someone from the state, also originated.
Kansas
Solve for x in the problem 2x+3=15. (30s)
x=6
This movie franchise will return to Far, Far Away for the fifth installment of a family favorite movie which shares its title with the name of its green, swamp dwelling main character.
Shrek
Widely considered to be America's first world-renowned writer, this man, often associated with ravens and black cats, was a poet, author, and playwright, known for writing dark and disturbing short stories and poems.
Edgar Allan Poe
This chronic disease occurs when the human body either struggles to or loses completely the ability to produce insulin, resulting in sugars entering the blood system.
Diabetes
Riley students should be familiar with this animal, which is both a Looney Tunes character which always outwits a hapless coyote, as well as the state bird of New Mexico.
Roadrunner
What is the slope of the equation y=1/2x+5?
1/2
A low, continuous hum, a male honey bee, a person who only does as they are told, and a remote controlled aerial all share this one word definition.
Drone