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How many great lakes are there in the United States?

4

3

5

7

Find the preposition: The pretty calico cat sat on the kitchen table.

on

the

calico

pretty

Which is a plural noun: toy, cup, children, leaf?

children

toy

cup

leaf

What tense is this: We will go to Disney World.

future

past

present

past participle

You have 20 pairs of shoes, but there is only room in your closet for eight shoes. How many pairs of shoes do you have to get rid of?

16

12

14

9

If a shopping cart contains one apple, two bananas, three oranges, and four hot dogs, what percentage of the cart's total contents is fruit?

60%

50%

40%

80%

Budapest is the capital of what European country?

Hungary

Poland

Belarus

Austria

How many faces are there on a cube?

6

4

8

12

The Great Sphinx in Egypt has the head of a man and the body of which species of animal?

lion

dog

bear

camel

How many compound words are in the following sentence? "Someone from the classroom was playing baseball in the cafeteria."

3

5

4

2

Who was the 16th president of the United States?

Abraham Lincoln

Zachary Taylor

Andrew Johnson

Martin Van Buren

True or False: The platypus is a mammal.

true

false

What's the largest and deepest ocean in the world?

Pacific

Atlantic

Indian

Arctic

Which of the following fractions is equivalent to 1/3?

9/27

10/40

3/1

7/28

What do you call a scientist who studies rocks?

geologist

proctologist

paleontologist

archaeologist

The Statue of Liberty was a gift to the US from where?

France

Great Britain

Italy

Spain

How many syllables are in the word “creation”?

3

4

2

1

In the sentence, "The race ended quickly." What part of speech is quickly?

adverb

adjective

preposition

verb

How many countries are in Africa?

54

123

37

29

The interior angles of a triangle always sum to what degree?

180

90

360

98.6

If you need 1/2 cup of flour and you only have a 1/4 measuring cup, how many times do you need to use it to get the right amount of flour?

two

three

four

eight

What ancient civilization built the Machu Picchu complex in Peru?

Inca

Maya

Aztec

Olmec

In the initials of the federal agency known as NASA, what does the first "A" stand for?

Aeronautics

Aerospace

Administration

Academy

Which one of these is a mammal: a seahorse, a sea lion, shark, or a sea urchin?

sea lion

seahorse

sea urchin

shark

True or false? The human shoulder is a ball-and-socket joint.

true

false

How many nouns are in the following sentence: "The rabbit ran to the cafeteria and ate a big salad"?

3

4

2

5

If a car is traveling at 40 mph, how long will it take to go 190 miles?

4 hours, 45 minutes

4 hours, 30 minutes

3 hours, 25 minutes

5 hours, 10 minutes

What country invented the fireworks in the 7th century?

China

Rome

Greece

Brazil

True or false? Bats are mammals.

true

false

What number is the Roman numeral XVI?

16

27

51

39

How many sides does a hexagon have?

6

8

10

12

How many grams are in a thousand kilograms?

1 million

1000

100

100,000

How long does it take for the earth to revolve around the sun?

365 days

24 hours

30 days

180 hours

What is the largest organ of the human body?

skin

large intestine

heart

spleen

What is the longest river in the world?

Nile

Mississippi

Amazon

Rio Grande

In what country is the Taj Mahal located?

India

South Africa

Egypt

Brazil

In English grammar, the words "a, an, & the" are called what?

articles

conjunctions

prepositions

gerunds

Who invented the light bulb in 1879?

Thomas Edison

Nikola Tesla

Benjamin Franklin

Joseph Swan