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  • Which comes from petroleum?
    oil
    coal
    natural gas
  • What African country created apartheid to segregate its native population?
    South Africa
  • Slave trading was abolished in most countries in...
    1650
    1850
    1750
  • What color is fuchsia?
    green
    purple
    blue
  • Who was the Russian ruler who founded the city of St. Petersburg?
    Peter the Great
    Henry VIII
    Louis V
  • On which continent are the countries of Slovenia, Croatia, and Yugoslavia?
    Asia
    Africa
    Europe
    South America
  • If my chance of winning is 1 in 10,000, what are the odds I will lose?
    9,999 in 10,000
  • Costa Rica is in...
    South America
    Central America
  • True or False: The Magna Carta increased the power of English kings.
    False
    True
  • What does USPS stand for?
    United States Packaging Service
    United States Personal Service
    United States Postal Service
  • How do you say please in Spanish?
    por favor
  • Which European country is shaped like a boot?
    Italy
  • If "inertia" is in play, and you're resting, are you likely or unlikely to start jogging?
    likely
    unlikely
  • Why are the numbers +10 and -10 considered opposites?
    Because their sum equals zero
  • Say the following number out loud: 205,274
    Two hundred and five thousand, two hundred and seventy four
  • What ancient people held the first Olympic games?
    Greeks
  • Which European country awards Nobel prizes each year?
    Italy
    England
    Spain
    Sweden
  • Which is software used for making a presentation?
    Encryption
    PowerPoint
  • What word refers to both an orchestra leader and a railroad driver?
    conductor
  • True or False: E. coli is a type of bacteria that can sometimes cause food poisoning.
    True
    False
  • For which country did Hernan Cortes conquer land in the Americas?
    Spain
    England
  • Which state in the US is called the "Aloha state"?
    Florida
    Alaska
    Hawaii
  • I have 54 pens and markers. If 2 out of 3 are pens, how many are markers?
    18
  • Which city is NOT in France?
    Marseilles
    Nice
    Oslo
    Paris
  • Which is NOT a way to cook eggs?
    toasting
    boiling
    frying
    poaching
  • Complete the analogy: New York is to New Yorker as Paris is to...
    Parisian
  • Which has a larger population?
    Mexico
    Canada
  • Which is heavier?
    neither
    pound of cheese WITH holes
    pound of cheese WITHOUT holes
  • WHat is the only base you can't steal in baseball?
    home base
    third base
    second base
    first base
  • What is the capital of the Netherlands?
    Copenhagen
    Amsterdam
    Antwerp
  • Who is the author of Percy Jackson and the Olympians book series?
    Ronald Dahl
    Rick Riordan
    JK Rowling
  • "Dude! These beats are sick!" is an example of...
    jargon
    slang
  • Gumbo is...
    a bread
    a soup
    a drink
  • What number do you have to divide by 10 in order to get .4?
    40
    4
    400
  • Which country is NOT in the United Kingdom?
    Wales
    Scotland
    England
    Spain
  • When you divide a circle's circumference by its diameter, what is the result?
    pi (3.14)
  • Which instrument is played with your hands and feet?
    piano
    piccolo
  • Which body system distributes oxygen and nutrients to our body cells?
    skeletal system
    digestive system
    circulatory system
    reproductive system
  • Which form of writing can have rhyme, rhythm and stanzas?
    poetry
  • Iceland is considered part of which continent?
    North America
    Europe
  • What is a synonym of perspiration?
    tears
    sweat
    blood
  • When you inhale, does your chest expand or contract?
    contract
    expand
  • A government run by a few rich and powerful people is called...
    oligarchy
    monarchy
  • True or False: To square a number, you multiply it by itself.
    False
    True
  • Which examines the nature of matter and energy?
    chemistry
    physics
  • What do we call people who go to foreign countries to spread their religion?
    missionaries
  • Which state of matter has no shape or volume?
    solid
    gas
    liquid
  • "klunk", "bonk", and "pow" are all examples of...
    hyperbole
    onomatopoeia
  • How many degrees are in a triangle?
    180
  • What word can be added to "class", "home", and "bath" to get three compound words?
    room