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Science

100

How many bones are in the human body?

206

200

At what temperature are Celsius and Fahrenheit equal?

-40

300

Roughly how long does it take for the sun’s light to reach Earth

8 minutes

400

What is the largest desert in the world?

Antarctica

500

What does DNA stand for?

Deoxyribonucleic acid

Math

100

Simplify (if possible):

7 2/3 ÷ 4 78/90= ? 

1 42/73

200

What’s the square root of the square root of 14,641? (Clue: Stranger Things.)

11

300

Which is true?

1. (a.) A parallelogram that has four equal-length sides and may or may not have right angles is a rhombus, or…
2. (b.) A rhombus that has four equal-length sides and may or may not have right angles is a parallelogram, or…
3. (c.) Both are wrong.

1. (a)

400

What’s more: the number of feet in a mile, or the number of pounds in two tons?

Feet in a mile (5,280 vs. 4,000)

500

In 2009, researchers at Canada’s Carleton University conducted a mathematical exercise concluding that yes, civilization would very possibly come to an end if what horror-movie threat actually existed?

Zombies

Language Arts

100

Is this a sentence? The boy. True or False.

False

200

The balloon____________.

A. Flew              B.Sat

C. Popped         D. Sang

C. Popped

300

Is it a sentence? Ran so quickly. Yes or No.

No

400

For what country is the following true? German is the country's official language. Croatian, Slovene and Hungarian are each an official language in one of the country's states.

Austrailia

500

As of the 2010 US Census, English was, unsurprisingly, the most common language spoken in homes in the state of Georgia. In second place was Spanish, at ~7% of the state's population. What Asian language was third?

Korean

Social Studies

100

When was the Declaration of Independence signed?

August 2, 1776

200

Who was the fourth president of the United States?

James Madison

300

Which four presidents are on Mount Rushmore?

George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Thomas Jefferson, and Theodore Roosevelt

400

Who was the first woman to make a million dollars in the United States?

Madam C.J. Walker

500

Which year was George H.W. Bush elected president?

1988

Reading

100

A young boy takes a train to the North Pole on Christmas Eve in what classic 1985 children's book by Chris Van Allsburg?

The Polar Express

200

While promoting his sprawling novel "Freedom" in 2010, Jonathan Franzen was the first American novelist to appear on the cover of Time magazine since what legendary horror writer in 2000?

Stephen King

300

What is the name of the third book in the Twilight series by Stephenie Meyer? Scientifically, this title signifies an occurrence in which an astronomical object is temporarily obscured.

Eclipse 

400

Draco Dormiens Nunquam Titillandus," translated as "Never Tickle A Sleeping Dragon," is the official motto for what fictional place of learning?

Hogwarts

500

A large portion of what 2001 Yann Martel novel features the title character stranded on a lifeboat after a shipwreck with a Bengal tiger named Richard Parker?

Life of Pi