General Questions
A pharoah that is known for having around 100 children
Ramses
Of all the states of matter, which has a fixed shape and size?
What is solid?
This is when 2 words means the same thing
synonym
document signed on July 4, 1776?
What is the Declaration of Independence?
What is Rosa Parks known for?
Refusal to move her seat on a Montgomery bus-this act started a movement (bus boycott, lawsuit against segregated public transportation!)
DAILY DOUBLE!! What breaks as soon as you say its name?
Silence
A form of writing where symbols act as letter
Hieroglyphs
What is the closest planet to the sun in our Solar system.
What is Mercury?
"The wind howled throughout the night." Identify the literary device.
What is personification?
What is the amendment that abolished slavery?
What is the 13th Amendment?
what game do you get 7 cards and yell out one word when you win?
UNO!
Two mothers and two daughters are riding in a car, yet there are only three people there. How?
Grandma, Mom, Daughter
The capital of Egypt
Cairo
What is the process of a gas turning into a liquid?
Condensation
"The Track 5 boys are very musical. ______ always singing or drumming on the tables." Please spell it out.
What is "they're"?
What is the year the Constitution was written?
What is 1787?
What is the state bird of Texas?
Mockingbird
I have no wings, but I can fly. I have no eyes, but I can cry. What am I?
Cloud
DAILY DOUBLE: What country invented the number zero?
India
Name two elements on the periodic table
Many
,I need to go home," noah said.
How many grammar errors are in this sentence?
2, the comma in the beginning AND Noah should be capitalized
what is the capital of the united states and what is that short for
DC
District of Columbia
DAILY DOUBLE!!! Which Hall of Fame was President Abraham Lincoln inducted into?
National Wrestling Hall of Fame
What begins with T, ends with T and has T in it?
Teapot
How many amendments have their been
27
How long does it take sunlight to get to the Earth?
About eight minutes
What is an 'onomatopoeia'?
a word from a sound associated with what is named (pop, crash, boom, cuckoo, pow)
Name every major ocean
Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern (Antarctic), and Arctic
Where was the first capitol of Texas?
Louisiana (Los Adaes)
DAILY DOUBLE!!! What appears once in a minute, twice in a moment, but not once in a thousand years?
The letter M
DAILY DOUBLE: In the US only who declare war?
Congress
What is the fifth planet from the Sun?
Jupiter
in literature, what is the term for an exaggerated phrase to make a point and not to be taken literally?
Hyperbole
Daily Double!!! - 3 Branches of government and explain them
Teacher's judgement
* Random Question*
What is the capital of Russia
Moscow
What is always in front of you but can never be seen?
The future
Name all of PS' values
integrity, respect, compassion, gratitude, perserverance, courage
DAILY DOUBLE: What part of the cell contains genetic material? Double if can name the cell's powerhouse as well.
What is the nucleus? What is the mitochondria?
Define "irony" and provide an example.
When the opposite of what is expected occurs. Example: A firehouse burns down.
What is the practice of allowing each territory to decide for itself whether or not to allow slavery?
What is popular soveriegnty?
What side of the Nile river would you want to be buried on?
West
I speak without a mouth and hear without ears. I have nobody, but I come alive with the wind. What am I?
Echo