Noddin Elementary
Math Challenge
States & Capitals Challenge
Science Challenge
Language Arts & Grammar
100

Every spring, students spend the day outdoors racking up laps around the track to raise money for the school. What is this event called?

The Walkathon

100

What is 10 + 10 x 0 + 10?

20

100

This sunny southeastern state is home to Disney World, alligators, and the Kennedy Space Center. What is its capital?

Tallahassee (Florida)

100

Who in Lineysha's family is planning to go to space.

Her Uncle (Gaurav).. Hahaha.. Anika, Abi, Lineysha - you know this answer.

100

What do we call words that sound exactly the same but have different meanings and spellings, like "bare" and "bear"?

Homophones

200

Noddin is one of six elementary schools in the Union School District. Can you name at least two of the other five?

Alta Vista, Carlton, Guadalupe, Lietz, or Oster

200

If you have a perfect square, and its perimeter is exactly 40 inches, what is the total area of that square?

100 square inches

200

This huge southern state is known as the "Lone Star State," and its capital is famous for live music and a massive colony of bats that live under a bridge. What is the capital?

Austin (Texas)

200

Oxygen is important, but what is actually the most abundant gas in the Earth's atmosphere?

Nitrogen

200

"The wind howled in the night" is an example of what type of figurative language that gives human qualities to non-human things?


Personification

300

Mrs. Megan Wright is the principal now, but who was the principal when you all started Kindergarten five years ago?

Mr. Eric Scharer

300

If a cool new video game is on sale for 25% off its original price of $60, how much does the game cost now?

$45

300

You can visit the incredible Grand Canyon in this desert state, whose capital is named after a mythical bird of fire that rises from the ashes. What is the capital?

Phoenix (Arizona)

300

What classification of rock is formed by the cooling and solidifying of magma or lava?

Igneous rock

300

Identify the preposition in this sentence: "The secret treasure is hidden beneath the floorboards."

Beneath

400

We know the school is on Gilda Way, but what is the exact street address number of Noddin Elementary?

1755

400

 Look closely at the pattern. What is the next number in this sequence: 2, 5, 10, 17...


26 (Adding 3, 5, 7, then 9)

400

This state is home to the massive carved president faces on Mount Rushmore. Its capital is the only U.S. capital that shares absolutely no letters with the state's name! What is it?

Pierre (South Dakota)

400

What is the scientific term for the process where a gas turns directly into a liquid, like water droplets forming on a cold glass?

Condensation

400

What is the literary term used to describe the main character in a story, who is often the "hero"?

Protagonist

500

Before it became a school campus, what was originally located on the land where Noddin Elementary sits today?

An orchard (and a farmhouse)


500

I am a two-digit number. The sum of my two digits is 9. If you multiply me by 2, the answer is between 50 and 60. What number am I?

27

500

 It is the smallest state in the entire country—you could fit it inside California over 100 times! What is the capital of this tiny New England state?

Providence (Rhode Island)

500

What part of the human skeletal system is responsible for producing red blood cells?


Bone Marrrow

500

What punctuation mark is used to separate two independent clauses that are closely related, taking the place of a period or a conjunction like "and"?

Semicolon