Math
Write down the following number. Twelve point five seven nine. What place is the "seven" in?
hundredths
A civil right's activist delivered this speech from the Lincoln Memorial steps. In it, he describes a nation where his children "will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character." Name this anti-discrimination speech by Martin Luther King, Jr.
I Have a Dream
What is the freezing point of water on the Fahrenheit temperature scale?
32 degrees
A child uses this literary device (figurative language) when he says, " I have a million things to do," or "I'm so hungry I could eat a horse."
hyperbole
Name the frame in the form of an upright tripod that supports an artist's canvas.
easel
The distributive property can make it simple to multiply quickly. Use the distributive property or any other method you choose to find the product of 6 and 72.
432
A sequence of numbers starts with 5 and follows the rule of add three. What would be the fifth number in the sequence?
17
Spreading oil or grease between two surfaces that rub together is one way of reducing what?
friction
In this 2010 Caldecott- Winning book, one animal sits in another's muddy pawprint. It uses only pictures to retell an Aesop fable about repaying kindness. Identify this Jerry Pinkey book about the "King of the Jungle" and a rodent.
The Lion and the Mouse
Niagara Falls are in what two countries?
USA, Canada
Richie gets his height measured every year on his birthday. This year he was measured to be exactly 5 feet tall. How tall is Richie in inches?
60 inches
Benjamin Franklin wrote to a friend that he had become tired of carrying two pairs of spectacles, one for reading and the other for distance. What did he invent to eliminate this nuisance?
bifocals
Due to its sharp edges, this rock has made arrowheads and scalpel blades. It is mostly silica, but iron and magnesium give it a black shiny appearance. Give this extrusive igneous rock, a type of volcanic glass.
obsidian
In this book, a four-year-old boy lives with Spiker and Sponge after an escaped rhino eats his parents. When the boy travels inside an oversized fruit, he meets a Centipede, an Earthworm, a Ladybug, and Miss Spider. Name this children's novel by Roald Dahl.
James and the Giant Peach
A musician with "perfect" this can correctly identify one by itself, with no other reference point. What element of music generally refers to the highness or lowness of a sound?
pitch
How many minutes are in half of four and one-half hours?
135 minutes
What did cobblers make during the colonial period?
shoes
Examples of this type of energy include electric, chemical, and gravitational. It is the energy found in a system due to its position or arrangement. Name this type of energy which contrasts with kinetic.
Potential Energy
An asterisk has the shape of a.....
star
Tributaries of this waterway include the Ohio and the Missouri. It starts in Minnesota, and flows past several states before empyting in the Gulf of Mexico. Name this river, the longest in the US.
Mississippi
What time is it if it is 120 minutes to 4?
2:00
The nickname "doughboys" was given to American soldiers during which war?
World War I
A scale measuring this property of matter was devised by Friedrich Mohs in 1812. On that scale, talc has a measure of one, the lowest, while diamond has a measure of ten, the highest. What property determines how easy it is to scratch the surface of a substance?
hardness
What term means to begin writing a little way from the left margin at the beginning of paragraphs?
indent
What one word palindrome indicates a visual organ?
eye