Money & Life Skills
You have a credit card balance and are charged interest monthly. The smartest way to avoid paying extra interest is:
A) Pay the minimum balance every month
B) Pay off the full balance each month
C) Make no payments
D) Only pay every three months
What is pay off the full balance each month?
What is the capital of Canada?
A) Toronto
B) Ottawa
C) Vancouver
D) Montreal
What is Ottawa?
Which organ is primarily responsible for filtering toxins from the blood and metabolizing drugs?
A) Kidney
B) Liver
C) Heart
D) Lungs
What is the liver?
What comes next in this sequence?
A, C, E, G, ___
A) H
B) I
C) J
D) K
What is I?
What is the name of the restaurant that is currently La Fonda and owned and operated by Grandma's family in the 1970's and 80's?
What is Westside Bar and Grill?
A cake recipe calls for 2 cups of flour to make 8 servings. If you want to make 20 servings, how many cups of flour are needed?
A) 4 cups
B) 5 cups
C) 5.5 cups
D) 6 cups
What is 5 cups?
Write down as many countries in Africa as you can in 60 seconds.
Team with the most written down gets the point.
If you want to predict the weather using natural signs, which observation is most reliable?
A) A rainbow in the morning
B) Clouds moving from east to west
C) The shape and type of clouds
D) Birds flying low
What is the shape and type of clouds, such as cumulonimbus?
A farmer has 10 sheep, and all but 7 run away. How many sheep does he have left?
A) 3
B) 7
C) 10
D) 0
What is 7?
What is Holly Street?
What does “FICO” in a FICO score, used to measure creditworthiness, stand for?
A) Federal Insurance & Credit Organization
B) Fair Isaac Corporation
C) Financial Interest & Credit Output
D) Funded Investment Credit Option
What is Fair Isaac Corporation?
By metropolitan area population, this city is the largest in the world.
A) Shanghai
B) Tokyo
C) Mumbai
D) Mexico City
What is Tokyo?
If you place a metal spoon in a hot cup of coffee, the spoon quickly becomes warm. This is an example of:
A) Convection
B) Conduction
C) Radiation
D) Evaporation
What is conduction?
A tank holds 120 gallons. Tap A fills at 8 gallons/hour, Tap B at 12 gallons/hour. How long to fill the tank using both taps?
A) 5 hours
B) 6 hours
C) 10 hours
D) 12 hours
What is 5 hours?
What year was the West Bottoms flood that displaced Grandpa and his family?
What is 1951?
If you invest $1,000 in a stock that gains 8% per year compounded annually, approximately how much will your investment be worth after 3 years?
What is $1,259.71?
If it is noon in Kansas City, what time is it in Hawaii?
A) 6:00 AM
B) 8:00 AM
C) 4:00 AM
D) 10:00 AM
What is 6:00 AM?
Blood vessels differ in structure and function. Which type of vessel carries blood away from the heart under high pressure, and which type returns blood to the heart using valves to prevent backflow?
A) Veins / Arteries
B) Arteries / Veins
C) Capillaries / Venules
D) Arterioles / Lymphatics
What is Arteries carry blood away from the heart; Veins return blood to the heart using valves?
A month has 31 days. The first day is Monday. What day of the week is the 15th?
A) Monday
B) Tuesday
C) Wednesday
D) Thursday
What is Monday?
What years were BJ, Melissa, Mary, and Chicky born respectively? All must be correct to get the point.
BJ (1968), Melissa (1970), Mary (1972), Chicky (1974)
You are checking your car’s tires before a road trip. What is the standard recommended tire pressure for most passenger cars. Any number within the range is correct.
What is 32–35 PSI?
You are packing your carry-on. Which of these is allowed in quantities over 100 mL?
A) Shampoo bottle
B) Water bottle
C) Toothpaste tube
D) None of the above
What is none of the above?
(Carry-on liquids must be ≤100 mL / 3.4 oz)
The study of the microscopic structure of tissues and cells, often used in diagnosing diseases, is called:
A) Histology
B) Hematology
C) Pathophysiology
D) Cytology
What is Histology?
A1, B4, C9, D16, E25, ___
A) F36
B) F30
C) F35
D) F40
What is F36?
(Letter +1, number = square of position: 1², 2²…6²=36)
Before spending time working at Manny's and Rudy's Grandpa and Grandma both worked at a restaurant owned operated by Aunt Josie and Uncle Richard. What was this the name if this restaurant?
What is Los Barreras (Cancun's can also get a point)