Thanksgiving
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Palindromes
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8th Grade Trivia
Home Depot
100

The sport Americans like to play and watch on Thanksgiving day?

What is American Football?

100

Diwali is often called this “Festival of ___.”

What is lights?

100

A time commonly used as the start of lunch, this is another name for 12:00PM

What is noon?

100

This yellow and black insenct makes honey and helps pollinate flowers.

What is a bee?

100

Plants use this process to turn sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide into food

What is photosynthesis?

100

The company is headquartered in this Georgia city.

What is Atlanta?

200

This is the most popular type of pie that is eaten during Thanksgiving

What is Pumpkin Pie?

200

This goddess of wealth and prosperity is worshipped on Diwali night.

Who is Lakshmi?

200

This Pokemon can evolve into more different forms than any other Pokemon. 

What is Eevee?

200

This long, green, and white vegetable has a mild onion flavor and is often paired with potatoes in soup.

What is a leek?

200

Solve for x: 3x + 5 = 20

What is 5?

200

Home Depot’s guiding principles number this many core values.

What is eight?

300

The day and month we celebrate Thanksgiving for the year 2027.

What is November 26th?

300

This fried, triangular pastry is often served during Diwali and usually stuffed with spiced potatoes and peas.

What is a samosa?

300

This detection system uses radio waves to locate objects and measure how far away they are.

What is radar?

300

This person designs systems using math and science.

What is an engineer?

300

Giving human traits to a non-human thing, as in “the wind whispered,” is called this.

What is personification?

300

This paint brand is sold in the US exclusively at Home Depot.

What is Behr?

400

The part of a turkey that two people pull apart so their wish can be granted.

What is a wishbone?
400

In this Himalayan nation the festival is called Tihar, and crows, dogs, and cows are honored

What is Nepal?

400

This Honda model shares its name with an adjective meaning "related to a city or its citizens"

What is civic?

400

This outdoor shelter in a garden or yard traps warmth so plants can grow.

What is a greenhouse?

400

The capital of Canada.

Where is Ottawa?

400

Complete the old slogan: “You can do it. ___.”

What is "We can help"?

500

The dish that is statistically Americans' favorite Thanksgiving side dish?

Stuffing

500

In 2023, public schools in this US city closed for Diwali for the first time.

What is New York City?

500

This is the first and last name of the main character in Louis Sarchar's Holes. 

Who is Stanley Yelnats?

500

This device on a vehicle measures how fast it's moving.

What is a speedometer?

500

This term is for a long speech in which a character alone on stage reveals their thoughts, like Hamlet’s “To be or not to be.”

What is a soliloquy?

500

The first Home Depot stores opened in this year.

What is 1979?