Which is the nearest star to the Earth?
the Sun
Which man is credited for discovering much of the New World?
Christopher Columbus
What are the two oceans on the eastern and western coasts of the United States called?
Pacific Ocean from the west and Atlantic Ocean from the east?
What mathematical operation means "sum"?
addition
What did God create on the first day of creation?
How long does one Earth's rotation take?
One revolution?
24 hours.
365 day (or 365 and 1/4 days to be precise).
Who was the first European to land in North America before any other explorers?
Leif Erikson - from Norway in the 10th century
What two major mountain chains are located in the U.S. on either coasts of the nation?
The Rocky Mountains on the western side and the Appalachian Mountains on the east.
What are the names of the four mathematical operations?
addition, subtraction, multiplication, division
Which Apostle told Jesus that he would never leave Him and would even die for Him, even if all the others would betray and abandon Him?
Apostle Peter
Which is the longest bone in the human body?
The femur (thigh bone)
What was the name of the Native American woman who helped Meriwether Lewis and William Clark in their expedition to the West?
Sacagawea
What is the capital of Washington State?
Olympia, WA
What is the name of the answer of the mathematical operation of division called?
quotient.
What is the longest book of the Bible?
Psalms, with 150 chapters
What is an animal's ability to blend in with its surroundings?
Camouflage
What was the name of the first permanent English colony in America?
Jamestown, named after King James I of England, in 1607
What is the longest river in the U.S.?
the Missouri River
Which polygon has five sides?
pentagon.
Who were the first three sons of Adam and Eve?
Cain, Abel, and Seth
Which is the largest organ of the human body?
the skin
What is the oldest/first permanent European settlement in America, and which country settled it?
St. Augustine, FL - by the Spanish in 1565.
What is the largest freshwater lake by surface area in the U.S.?
Lake Superior
What are the two parts of a fraction called?
top one = numerator
bottom one = denominator
Who was the first Apostle to be a missionary to Rome?
Apostle Paul.
Although Apostle Peter also ministered to the Romans, Paul is believed to be first (Romans 15:20).
What are the names of the five categories/groups of the animal kingdom?
1. mammals
2. reptiles
3. fish
4. birds
5. amphibians
When the Pilgrims arrived in Plymouth, MA, in 1620 they wrote out the first document of laws and liberties while still aboard the Mayflower in order to preserve law and order in the New World. This document later helped in creating the Bill of Rights and the U.S. Constitution. What was the name of this document?
Mayflower Compact
What is the capital of Arkansas?
Little Rock
What do the letters "PEMDAS" in the order of operations stand for?
Solve:
9 + 4 x (33 _ 7) /8
P - parentheses [brackets]
E - exponents
M - multiplication
D - division
A - addition
S - subtraction
What did David take from the brook to fight Goliath?
What are the four states of matter?
1. solid
2. liquid
3. gas
4. plasma
What city was the first capital of the U.S. and what was it used to be called?
New York City, NY
used to be called New Amsterdam
In which state is Mount Rushmore located in?
Keystone, South Dakota, in the Black Hills.
Mason wants to buy a t-shirt that is priced at $9.00 but is on sale for 30% off. How much will the shirt cost Mason after the discount?
$6.30
($9.00 x 0.3 = $2.70 discount. So, $9.00 - $2.70 gives a final price of $6.30)
Who were the three disciples who came with Jesus to the Mount of Transfiguration?
Peter, James, and John
Which is the most abundant gas in the Earth's atmosphere?
Nitrogen - it makes up 78% of the atmosphere.
During the time of the United States' Civil War (1861-1865) when the nation split in half with the northern half being called the Union and the southern half being called the Confederacy, who was elected to be the first and only president of the Confederates?
Jefferson Davis
In which four states is the Grand Canyon located throughout, and what river runs through it?
Arizona, Nevada, Utah, and Colorado.
Colorado River.
Solve:
4 2/3 - 1 6/7
2 17/21
Who returned to Israel to rebuild the walls of Jerusalem?
Nehemiah
At which temperature are both the Celsius and the Kelvin temperature scales equal?
at -273.1 degrees Celsius
Who was the first president to live in the White House?
John Adams (second president of the U.S.) in the November of 1800.
Which state is known as the "Land of 10,000 Lakes"?
Minnesota
5 gal. + 3 qt. = _____ c. x 3
92 cups
(Each gallon has 4 quarts, which has 2 pints each, which has 2 cups each; making each gallon have 80 cups. That being said, there are 4 cups in each quart, or 12 in 3 quarts. 80 + 12 = 92 x 3 = 276 cups in all.)
After Jesus resurrected from the dead, how many days did He spend on earth before ascending to heaven?
40 days.
What is the formula for calculating energy?
E=mc2
to calculate the energy needed/exerted, one needs to multiply the mass (m) of the object by its speed (c) squared.
Once the colonists won their independence from England in 1776, what was the first governing document of the newly created United States, later replaced by the U.S. Constitution?
The Articles of Confederation (1777)
What is the highest mountain peak in North America?
Denali (a.k.a. Mt. McKinley) in Alaska, standing at 20,310 feet.
Find the area.
Answer: 1,320 cm2
In what city were believers first called "Christians"?