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100

What single word can be used for both "peanut" and "fly"?

Butter - butterfly, peanut butter 

100

What months come immediately before and after June?

May and July

100

This famous ship sank on its maiden voyage in 1912.

What is the Titanic?

100

Repeat these numbers backward: 7 - 2 - 9 - 4

4 - 9 - 2 - 7

100

Name four U.S. states that begin with the letter M. 

Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana

200

What word can follow class, room, and team?

Mate - classmate, roommate, teammate
200

What numbers come immediately before and after 97?

98 and 100

200

This American civil rights leader delivered the "I Have a Dream" speech in 1963.

Who is Martin Luther King Jr.?

200

Put these words in alphabetical order: zebra, apple, monkey, tiger. 

Apple, monkey, tiger, zebra

200

Name five countries beginning with S.

Examples: Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Serbia, Singapore, SLovakia, Slovenia, Somalia, Sudan

300

What do thermometer, ruler, scale, and stopwatch have in common?

They are all measuring instruments/tools.

300

Alphabetically, what letters come immediately before and after M?

L and N

300

This wall divided East and West Berlin until 1989.

What is the Berlin Wall?

300

Remember: Boston, banana, Chicago, apple, Denver, orange. Say the fruits first alphabetically, then the cities alphabetically. 

Apple, banana, orange; Boston, Chicago, Denver

300

Name five words that can mean "very large"

Examples: huge, enormous, massive, gigantic, immense

400

What do draft, current, account, and interest have in common?

They are all words that can be associated with banking/finance. 

400

If you count backward by 7s, what numbers come immediately before and after 70 in the sequence?

77 and 63

400

This 1969 mission resulted in the first humans walking on the Moon. 

What is Apollo 11?

400

Start with 80, subtract 7, add 12, subtract 5, then double the result. 

160

400

Name three words that have at least two different meanings, and explain both meanings.

Examples: bank, bat, bark, match, date, light, spring

500

What word can follow water, night, and foot?

Fall - waterfall, nightfall, footfall

500

Starting at 100 and subtracting 8 each time, what are the three numbers immediately after 76?

68, 60, 52

500

This ancient trade route connected China and Europe and helped spread goods, ideas, religions, and technologies across continents. 

What is the Silk Road?

500

Remember: 9, 3, 7, 2, 8, 5. Put the even numbers in ascending order, followed by the odd numbers in descending order. 

2, 8, 9, 7, 5, 3

500

In 30 seconds, name eight words associated with "travel" without saying car, plane, train, hotel, or vacation. 

Examples: passport, luggage, ticket, destination, map, cruise, itinerary, reservation, etc.