1st Grade
True or False: The koala is a marsupial.
True
Italy, Japan, and Germany’s alliance was called what during WWII?
The Axis Powers
The first fireworks were invented in the 7th century in what country?
China
What is the main character in a story called?
A Protagonist
Who is the creator of the classic book characters Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn?
Mark Twain
The first Thanksgiving was celebrated by Native Americans and what other group of people?
The Pilgrims
What city was the first to be attacked by an atomic bomb?
Hiroshima
What is the name for a body of land that is completely surrounded by water?
An Island
A story conveying a moral lesson is called what?
A Fable
A hexagon has how many sides?
6
In the story about the boy who cried wolf, what is the lesson?
Always tell the truth
OR
Never Lie
What type of literature features magical creatures, such as giants, gnomes, and goblins?
Fairy Tales
The main series of events in a story is called what?
The Plot
What do you call a group of cows?
A Murder
Often seen at the end of a sentence, the three trailing dots that indicate the omission from speech or writing of a word or words that are superfluous or able to be understood from contextual clues are known as...?
Ellipsis
What causes tides?
The Moon
What is the term for a word that has the opposite meaning of another word?
Antonym
What article do you use before a word that begins with a vowel?
An
If a train leaves the station and travels at 60 kilometers per hour, how much time will have passed when it arrives at a station 300 kilometers away?
5 hours or 300 minutes
The modern day city of Istanbul was known by what name in the 13th century…?
Constantinople
How many states made up the United States before Alaska and Hawaii joined?
48
In what state is the Grand Canyon located?
Arizona
The hardest naturally occurring mineral is…?
Diamond
A farmer notices that every day for the past 10 days, the number of pigeons in his field has doubled. There are 1024 pigeons in the field today, and there were 2 pigeons there the first day. How many pigeons were there yesterday?
512
How many electrons does an atom of carbon have?