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2025 Trivia
100
What is the value of -3 + 7?
4
100
What is one power given to the federal government by the U.S. Constitution?
Examples: “declare war,” “coin money,” “regulate interstate commerce,” “raise an army”
100
What planet is known as the “Red Planet”?
Mars
100
Identify the noun in this sentence: “The dog chased the ball.”
dog
100
What year comes after 2025?
2026
200
Find the unit rate: 3/4 mile in 1/6 hour (miles per hour).
4.5 miles per hour
Unit rate = 
200
Name the continent where the country of Egypt is located.
Africa
200
What is the basic unit of life?
The cell
200
What is the main idea of a paragraph?
The main idea is the central point or most important idea the paragraph communicates.
200
The Summer Olympics next after 2024 will be held in which year?
2028
300
Multiply: (-4) x 3.5.
-14
300
What does “citizen participation” usually mean in a democratic government?
It means citizens vote or take part in civic duties; example: voting in elections.
300
Label whether this change is physical or chemical: melting ice.
Physical change
300
Define the literary term “metaphor” and give a short example.
Metaphor: a figure of speech that compares two unlike things directly. Example: “Time is a thief.”
300
Name one major global event type that often happens every year
“sports events (like the World Cup), award shows (like the Oscars), annual conferences (like COP).”
400
Solve for x: 3x - 5 = 16.
7
400
Describe one cause of the American Civil War in one sentence.
“One cause was the conflict over slavery and states’ rights.”
400
A sealed container of gas is heated. Describe what happens to the average speed of the gas particles and why (one sentence).
The average speed of gas particles increases because heating increases their kinetic energy.
400
Read this short sentence and rewrite it in correct punctuation and capitalization: “on tuesday, maria asked, can we go to the library”
“On Tuesday, Maria asked, ‘Can we go to the library?’”
400
In 2025, if a smartphone released on Jan 1 is 1 year old on Jan 1, 2026, how many months old is the phone on July 1, 2025?
From Jan 1 to July 1 is 6 months, so the phone is 6 months old.
500
A cylinder has radius 3 cm and height 10 cm. Write the formula you would use to find its volume and calculate the volume (use 
).
Volume formula 
. Compute: 
(approx 
).
500
Explain what a primary source is and give one example relevant to studying 20th-century history.
A primary source is an original document or artifact from the time studied (e.g., a wartime letter, diary, photograph).
500
Explain, in one or two sentences, how natural selection leads to adaptation in a population.
Natural selection: individuals with traits better suited to the environment survive and reproduce more, causing those traits to become more common in the population over generations.
500
Write a two-sentence inference: If Sarah’s umbrella is missing and the ground is wet, what can you infer and why?
Example inference: “It likely rained recently (evidence: ground is wet). Sarah may have left her umbrella somewhere at school or it was taken (evidence: umbrella missing).”
500
A magazine publishes 12 issues per year. If you start a subscription on March 1, 2025, how many issues will you receive by February 28, 2026?
12 issues