In this dystopic adventure by Suzanne Collins, the heroine fights to the death against other children aged 12-18.
What is The Hunger Games?
100
This month is the shortest on the calendar
What is February?
100
"He eats like a pig," is an example of this figure of speech.
What is simile?
200
Delaware, Pennsylvania and New Jersey are found in this colonial region.
What is Middle Colonies?
200
You can only change one of these when conducting a fair test experiment.
What is a variable?
200
In this first installment of a series, the main character doesn't know he has magical powers until he accidentally sets a boa constrictor loose at the zoo.
What is Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone?
200
A meter is a little longer than _______ feet.
What is three?
200
"He eats like a pig," is an example of this figure of speech.
What is alliteration?
300
This is the name of the first English colony in the New World, established in 1607.
What is Jamestown?
300
The four Earth systems.
What are hydrosphere, atmosphere, biosphere, geosphere?
300
In this fantasy the main character, Charlie, has his life totally changed when he finds a coveted golden ticket.
What is Charlie and the Chocolate Factory?
300
This was the most popular dog breed in America in 2014, topping the chart for the 24th consecutive year.
What is the Labrador Retriever?
300
"The sun smiled down as I was walking to school" is this kind of figurative speech.
What is personification?
400
He founded the colony of Maryland.
Who is Lord Baltimore?
400
This can cause one star to look brighter than another star of the same size.
What is relative distance from Earth?
400
In this children's book made into a cartoon, the main character "speaks for the trees" in a message of ecological awareness.
What is The Lorax?
400
This artist's painting Starry Night hangs in the Museum of Modern Art in New York City.
Who is Vincent Van Gogh?
400
Buzz...ding...hiss... This figure of speech can produce a real roar!
What is onomatopoeia?
500
This colony was the wealthiest, due to its production of cash crops.
What is Virginia?
500
The reason we have seasons.
What is axial tilt (the Earth is tilted along its north/south axis so that one hemisphere is receiving more direct sunlight than another)?
500
In this fantastic adventure, a young being named Bilbo finds a ring that gives him mysterious powers.
What is The Hobbit?
500
It's how you write the year 2016 in Roman Numerals.
What is MMXVI?
500
Figuring out this figure of speech is a million times harder than others.