Grade 1
Which language is the most widely spoken in South America?
Spanish
What are the five interrogative or "question" words?
Who, what, when, where, and why
The main series of events in a story is called a what?
The plot
What planet is nicknamed the “Red Planet?”
Mars
A hexagon has how many sides?
Six
The plural of “moose” is ____.
Moose
What city in the world was the first to be attacked with an atomic bomb?
Hiroshima
The hardest naturally occurring mineral is ____.
Diamond
What do you call a group of crows?
A murder
Which country is both an island and a continent?
Australia
How many continents are there?
Seven
In what state is the Grand Canyon located?
Arizona
Julius Caesar was the emperor of what empire?
The Roman Empire
Where is the largest desert in the world located?
Northern Africa (Sahara)
What is the name of the most famous English playwright?
William Shakespeare
The largest number that can be pronounced with a single syllable is ____.
12
True or false: Bats are mammals.
True
What is the longest river in the world?
The Amazon
From whom did the United States buy territory in the Louisiana Purchase?
Napoleon/France
What are the three states of matter?
Solid, liquid, and gas
What causes ocean tides?
The moon
What number is the Roman numeral XVI?
16
If a shopping cart contains 1 apple, 2 bananas, 3 oranges, and 4 hot dogs, what percent of the cart’s total contents is fruit?
60%
A farmer notices that every day for the past 10 days, the number of pigeons in his field has doubled. There are 1024 pigeons in the field today, and there were 2 pigeons there the first day. How many pigeons were there yesterday?
512
The modern-day city of Istanbul was known by what name in the 13th century?
Constantinople