TRIVIA

English

100

What is the plural form a knife?

Knives

200

When I arrived home last night, I discover that Jane had prepared a beautiful candlelight dinner.

It is incorrect

300

What is the meaning of the capitalized word in the sentence below?
Asking the young boy to pay hundreds of dollars for an item was ABSURD.

A.Certain.

B.Understanding.

C.Silly.

D.Special.

C.Silly

400

This question has two parts. Answer part A, and then answer part B.

Read the paragraph.

In chess, there are six kinds of pieces: one king, one queen, two rooks, two knights, two bishops, and eight pawns. Each kind of chess piece moves a certain way. The object of the game is to checkmate your opponent’s king. Checkmate means your opponent cannot make a move without his or her king being captured. At the same time, you must protect your own king. The more you play chess, the less difficult the game will become.

Part A Which sentence is the BEST topic sentence for the paragraph?

A. The most powerful piece in chess is the queen.

B. The game chess is like checkers, but it is more complicated.

C. Chess has become a popular program for schools.

D. In recent years, computers have been programmed to play chess.

Part B

Why is your choice in part A the BEST choice?

A. It states a fact and an opinion.

B. It provides a reason to learn about the topic.

C. It offers a reason for the opinion.

D. It presents the topic and an opinion about it.

Part A: B

Part B: D

500

Story - Mount Rushmore

Mount Rushmore is a popular landmark in South Dakota. It was sculpted into the rocks of the Black Hills. Doane Robinson wanted to bring more tourists to South Dakota. He came up with an idea in 1923 to carve the faces of famous people into a mountain of South Dakota. Robinson talked to Gutzon Borglum about his idea.

First, the two men had to decide which mountain to carve the faces into. Robinson wanted the faces to be carved into the Needles. The Needles were another area of the Black Hills. However, Borglum decided to carve the faces into Mount Rushmore because the sun shines on this mountain.

Next, Robinson and Borglum had to decide who would be carved into the mountain. At first, Robinson wanted the faces of people from the Wild West to be on the mountain. By looking at their faces, Borglum felt that no one would know who those people were. He suggested using the faces of famous presidents.

Then, in 1927, Gutzon Borglum and his workers began to carve George Washington. Borglum and his workers used hand tools and dynamite to blast the rock away. In 1934, Washington was finished. After Washington, Thomas Jefferson was carved to Washington’s left side. Jefferson was finished in 1937. Then Theodore Roosevelt was carved into the mountain and it was finished in 1939. Before finishing the carving of Abraham Lincoln, Gutzon Borglum died in 1941. His son, Lincoln Borglum finished the carvings during the same year.

Read the story above - Mount Rushmore.
How is this text arranged?

The important events are written first.

It is written in the order it took place.

It is written with problems and solutions.

The important events are written last.

It is written in the order it took place.

Math

100

7 x 9 =

63

200

Mr. Johnson bought 376 pencils. He lost 39 of them. How many pencils does he have left?

A: 339
B: 337
C: 343
D: 243

B.337

300

3265 + 266 =

3531

400

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  The George family orders four pizzas to eat. Each pizza is sliced into five parts.  How many pizza slices do they get?

C. 4 × 6 = 6 + 6 + 6 + 6 = 24 pizza silces

500

Uncle Ben has 440 chickens on his farm. 39 are roosters and the rest are hens. 15 of his hens do not lay eggs. The rest lay eggs. How many egg-laying hens does Uncle Ben have on his farm

386 egg-laying hens

Unit of Inquiry

100

How many bones are there in human body?

206

200

Bones meet at:

joint

300

The ____________ is the part of the throat that is behind the mouth and nasal cavity and above the esophagus and the trachea, or the tubes going down to the stomach and the lungs.

pharynx

400

The digestive process starts in the:

• A) Stomach
• B) Esophagus
• C) Mouth
• D) Bathroom

C) Mouth

500

________________ is the outer, smaller bone located between the knee and the ankle.

Fibula

Miscellaneous

100

____________: the skull; encloses/ protects the brain.

Cranium

200

Daniel is ordering breakfast in a restaurant. He can have scrambled or hard boiled eggs. On the side, he can choose to have hashbrowns, a muffin, toast, or fruit. How many different combinations can Daniel order for breakfast?

A: 4
B: 8
C: 12
D: 24

D: 24

300

Muscles are made up of ______.

A fiber

B protein

C organs

D fat

A fibre

400

An office building is 3 stories tall. There are 20 offices on the first floor. There are 6 more offices on the second floor than on the first floor, and there are 2 more offices on the third floor than on the second floor. How many offices are there in all?

A: 28
B: 32
C: 60
D: 74

D: 74

500

Story - Technology

Different types of technology have been around for a long time. In the past several years, it has increased. In the 1920s people listened to radios. They could hear the news and weather reports. In the 1950s, people began watching television. They could see pictures instead of just hearing words. Then in the 1990s, people started using cell phones. They could communicate while they were away from their house.

Today, we use cell phones and small laptops. We carry them around. However, they can cause problems. Sometimes, people do not look where they are going. This is because they are looking at their cell phones. Carrying a cell phone around makes it easy to steal. Also, people play video games on their cell phones and laptops too much.

In the future, people believe that there will be even more technology. Yet, it is difficult to figure out. Some people will look at patterns that have been going on with technology. They feel that technology has been increasing and will continue to increase in the years to come.

1.Read Story - Technology above.
What is the main idea of the first paragraph?

Problems with technology.

Types of technology.

How technology will change in the future.

Cell phones.

2.Read Story - Technology above.
What detail supports the main idea in the first paragraph?

Cell phones let us play video games on them.

Different types of technology have been around for a long time.

People used radios, televisions and cell phones.

Laptops have become very small.

Types of Technology

People used radios, televisions and cell phones.