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?
12
16
9
14
What was the name of the first satellite put into orbit by the United States?
Rover
Explorer
Challenger
Sputnik
What ancient civilization built the Machu Picchu complex in Peru?
Aztec
Maya
Inca
Olmec
How many sides does a hexagon have?
8
6
10
12
How many faces are there on a cube?
12
8
4
6
True or false? The human shoulder is a ball-and-socket joint.
true
false
Find the preposition: The pretty calico cat sat on the kitchen table.
on
pretty
the
calico
Does the word "phone" have a long or short vowel sound?
long
short
What literary term is an exaggeration to show emphasis?
inverted syntax
hyperbole
onomatopoeia
paradox
Who invented the light bulb in 1879?
Nikola Tesla
Thomas Edison
Joseph Swan
Benjamin Franklin
What color in the visible light spectrum does chlorophyll absorb the least?
green
violet
red
blue
What is the smallest country in the world?
Marshall Islands
Vatican City
Monaco
San Marino
In what country is the Taj Mahal located?
South Africa
India
Brazil
Egypt
True or false? Bats are mammals.
false
true
What number is the Roman numeral XVI?
39
27
51
16
Which one of these is a mammal: a seahorse, a sea lion, shark, or a sea urchin?
sea urchin
shark
seahorse
sea lion
What do you call the three trailing dots at the end of a sentence? (...)
brackets
ampersand
hyphen
ellipsis
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?
four
three
eight
two
What tense is this: We will go to Disney World.
past participle
present
past
future
In the initials of the federal agency known as NASA, what does the first "A" stand for?
Administration
Academy
Aerospace
Aeronautics
What is the positively charged subatomic particle that appears in the nucleus of all atoms?
proton
decathlon
neutron
electron
The Great Sphinx in Egypt has the head of a man and the body of which species of animal?
bear
lion
camel
dog
one meter is equal to how many milimetre?
Ten Thousand
One Hundreed
A Hundred Thousnad
One Thousand
What is the "&" symbol called?
ellipsis
apostrophe
ampersand
conjunction
In the sentence, "The race ended quickly." What part of speech is quickly?
adverb
verb
adjective
preposition
In English grammar, the words "a, an, & the" are called what?
prepositions
articles
conjunctions
gerunds
True or False: The platypus is a mammal.
false
true
How long does it take for the earth to revolve around the sun?
180 hours
24 hours
365 days
30 days
What country invented the fireworks in the 7th century?
Rome
Greece
China
Brazil
Which is a plural noun: toy, cup, children, leaf?
toy
leaf
children
cup
How many compound words are in the following sentence? "Someone from the classroom was playing baseball in the cafeteria."
2
4
3
5
How many syllables are in the word “creation”?
4
2
1
3
Which of the following fractions is equivalent to 1/3?
3/1
7/28
9/27
10/40
What is the longest river in the world?
Amazon
Rio Grande
Mississippi
Nile
How many provinces are there in Indonesia?
38
36
34
33
Known as "The Conqueror," what was the first name of the king who won the throne of England in 1066?
Henry
William
George
Bruce
The Statue of Liberty was a gift to the US from where?
Great Britain
Spain
France
Italy
What is the largest country in the world?
Africa
China
Antarctica
Russia
What do you call a scientist who studies rocks?
proctologist
geologist
paleontologist
archaeologist
How many grams are in a ten kilograms?
A Hundred
A Hundred Thousand
Ten thousand
A thousand
How many nouns are in the following sentence: "The rabbit ran to the cafeteria and ate a big salad"?
2
3
5
4
What planet is closest to the sun?
Uranus
Mercury
Venus
Mars
Which is an example of alliterative language?
The ocean glistened as the day turned to night.
The strong gusts whistled through the trees.
The sea shimmered with the sinking sun.
The moon smiled down on the sleeping children.
What's the largest and deepest ocean in the world?
Indian
Arctic
Atlantic
Pacific
What is the largest organ of the human body?
heart
skin
spleen
large intestine
Which blood type is known as the universal recipient?
O
AB
A
B
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?
80%
60%
50%
40%