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  • True or False: The most populated city in the United States is New York.
    false
    true
  • Estimate the difference between these numbers by rounding to the nearest hundred: 749 and 565
    100 (700-600)
  • Which word does NOT come from Japanese?
    sushi
    honcho
    salami
    kimono
  • Which American city is the home of baked beans and the Red Sox?
    Cleveland
    Boston
    Cincinnati
    Dallas
  • What does the acronym "EU" stand for?
    European Union
    Europe United
    England United
  • How many syllables are in the word "temperature"?
    4
  • What major war started in 1939?
    Cold War
    World War 1
    World War 2
  • True or False: Blood circulates throughout your body in about five minutes.
    true
    false
  • What does it mean to "lose your cool"?
    to become lucky
    to become happy
    to become calm
    to become angry or upset
  • In the Middle Ages, which was the lowest class?
    serfs
    nobels
    vassals
  • Which is NOT an integer?
    3.5
    -12
    5
    17
  • Which continent is almost all covered by a huge ice cap?
    Artica
    Greenland
    Antarctica
    Iceland
  • What mountain range is in South America
    Andes
    Alps
    Sierra Nevada
    Himalayas
  • Is the United States a republic, a democracy, or both?
    republic
    both
    democracy
  • If you are in a "jovial" mood, are you jolly or bad-humored?
    bad-humored
    jolly
  • What sport is played in the NFL?
    football
  • Solve for n: 1/9=n/63
    7
  • In what country did the Ming dynasty rule?
    Japan
    China
    Korea
    India
  • Who invented the cotton gin?
    Eli Whitney
  • WHo has more money: a millionaire or a billionaire?
    billionaire
    millionaire
  • In which sport can you score a birdie?
    tennis
    golf
    basketball
    football
  • If you live "Down Under", do you live in Africa or Australia?
    Africa
    Australia
  • Complete this analogy: "Be:have been::go:______" ?
    have seen
    has been
    have gone
    has seen
  • What is the least common multiple of 4 and 6?
    12
  • What does an orthodontist do?
    fixes braces
  • Where is the Gobi Desert?
    Asia
    South America
    Africa
  • Where is the Taj Mahal?
    China
    Japan
    India
    Taiwan
  • Which is longer: radius or diameter?
    diameter
    radius
  • What is the capital of Cuba?
    Havana
  • "Best Day Ever!" Fact or Opinion?
    fact
    opinion
  • Find the value of a: 3a=45
    15
  • Which word is NOT both a noun and a verb?
    ruler
    date
    shower
    pencil
  • Which do you inhale when you breathe: oxygen or carbon dioxide?
    oxygen
    carbon dioxide
  • Protons and neutrons are found in what part of an atom?
    shell
    outside
    kernel
    nucleus
  • True or False: Spyware is software that collects info from your computer without your knowledge.
    False
    True
  • Which is a shade of yellow?
    ruby
    gold
    eggshell
    indigo
  • What does FBI stand for?
    Federal Bureau of Investigation
    Federal Business Institute
    Federal Banking Institute
    Federal Book Incorporation
  • Complete this simile: "As sly as a..."
    snail
    slug
    fox
    sloth
  • What is the southernmost state in the United States?
    Florida
    Mexico
    Hawaii
    Alaska
  • Which word can be abbreviated:Doctor Ann Lewis?
    Lewis
    Doctor
    Ann
  • A person who draws maps is called what?
    cinematographer
    radiologist
    podiatrist
    cartographer
  • Which word means "to see ahead of time"?
    preview
    interview
    review
  • "Put your John Hancock here." Does this mean : "sign your name" or "shake hands"?
    shake hands
    sign your name
  • What term is used to refer to half of the earth?
    equator
    hemisphere
    longitude
    latitude
  • How many centimeters is in 10 meters?
    1000 (10 X 100)
  • What is the name for someone who gets into a computer system and steals online info?
    criminal
    hacker
    fraud
  • Is a porpoise a fish, amphibian, or mammal?
    amphibian
    mammal
    fish
  • In which country are the cities of Hamburg and Munich?
    Greenland
    Germany
    Italy
    Switzerland
  • Which is NOT the same as the fraction 3/4?
    45/60
    60%
    70/100
    75%
  • If you are "fording a fjord", are you wading across an inlet, or driving through the snow?
    driving through snow
    wading across an inlet
  • If someone talks on and on, he is
    garrulous
    quarrelsome