How many amendments are in the Bill of Rights?
10
19
15
27
What unit of measurement is abbreviated "oz"?
inch
ounce
mole
ozone
How many syllables are in the word “creation”?
1
2
3
4
What was the most widely grown crop in the Middle Colonies?
barley
corn
wheat
tobacco
True or False: The platypus is a mammal.
false
true
Which is a plural noun: toy, cup, children, leaf?
leaf
cup
toy
children
What is the largest organ of the human body?
heart
spleen
skin
large intestine
How many feet is 2.5 yards?
1760
25
30
7.5
What is the longest river in the world?
Rio Grande
Mississippi
Nile
Amazon
In what country is the Taj Mahal located?
South Africa
India
Brazil
Egypt
True or false? The human shoulder is a ball-and-socket joint.
false
true
How many faces are there on a cube?
4
6
12
8
How many great lakes are there in the United States?
7
5
3
4
In the sentence, "The race ended quickly." What part of speech is quickly?
verb
adjective
adverb
preposition
On what date was Julius Caesar killed?
March 15
March 7
March 8
April 1
Who invented the light bulb in 1879?
Nikola Tesla
Benjamin Franklin
Joseph Swan
Thomas Edison
What is the smallest country in the world?
Monaco
Marshall Islands
Vatican City
San Marino
How many sides does a hexagon have?
8
12
10
6
What is the "&" symbol called?
ellipsis
conjunction
apostrophe
ampersand
What river forms the border between Indiana and Kentucky?
Ohio River
Missouri River
Meramec River
Green River
What ancient civilization built the Machu Picchu complex in Peru?
Maya
Inca
Aztec
Olmec
Known as "The Conqueror," what was the first name of the king who won the throne of England in 1066?
Henry
George
Bruce
William
What is the largest country in the world?
Russia
China
Africa
Antarctica
What do you call a scientist who studies rocks?
proctologist
archaeologist
geologist
paleontologist
Since the late 1930s, what calendar date has been designated for the inauguration of a United States president?
Nov 6
Jan 20
Nov 25
Jan 1
How many countries are in Africa?
29
37
123
54
If a car is traveling at 40 mph, how long will it take to go 190 miles?
4 hours, 45 minutes
5 hours, 10 minutes
4 hours, 30 minutes
3 hours, 25 minutes
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?
40%
80%
60%
50%
In the initials of the federal agency known as NASA, what does the first "A" stand for?
Academy
Aerospace
Aeronautics
Administration
What is the minimum age required to be a US President?
35
25
30
40
How many nouns are in the following sentence: "The rabbit ran to the cafeteria and ate a big salad"?
2
4
3
5
What literary term is an exaggeration to show emphasis?
inverted syntax
paradox
onomatopoeia
hyperbole
What's the capitol of Connecticut?
Fairfield
Scranton
Greenwich
Hartford
How many grams are in a thousand kilograms?
100,000
100
1 million
1000
Which blood type is known as the universal recipient?
O
A
B
AB
In English grammar, the words "a, an, & the" are called what?
articles
conjunctions
prepositions
gerunds
What color in the visible light spectrum does chlorophyll absorb the least?
green
violet
red
blue
True or false? Bats are mammals.
true
false
Who was the 16th president of the United States?
Andrew Johnson
Abraham Lincoln
Martin Van Buren
Zachary Taylor
What was the name of the first satellite put into orbit by the United States?
Rover
Sputnik
Challenger
Explorer
Does the word "phone" have a long or short vowel sound?
short
long
The interior angles of a triangle always sum to what degree?
98.6
360
180
90
What is the most abundant element in the universe?
helium
hydrogen
carbon
oxygen
One inch is equal to how many centimeters?
2.54
30.48
.91
22
What tense is this: We will go to Disney World.
present
future
past
past participle
What's the largest and deepest ocean in the world?
Atlantic
Arctic
Pacific
Indian
How many compound words are in the following sentence? "Someone from the classroom was playing baseball in the cafeteria."
5
3
4
2
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
two
eight
How many teaspoons are in 5 tablespoons?
15
10
12.5
21
What do you call the three trailing dots at the end of a sentence? (...)
ampersand
brackets
ellipsis
hyphen
Who is the author of the 1960 novel about social and racial inequality, To Kill a Mockingbird?
Atticus Finch
Tom Robinson
Harper Lee
Jean Louise Scout
Which one of these is a mammal: a seahorse, a sea lion, shark, or a sea urchin?
shark
sea urchin
sea lion
seahorse
What is the positively charged subatomic particle that appears in the nucleus of all atoms?
neutron
proton
electron
moron
What country invented the fireworks in the 7th century?
China
Brazil
Greece
Rome
How long does it take for the earth to revolve around the sun?
180 hours
30 days
365 days
24 hours
Which is NOT a type of rock?
igneous
sedimentary
monolithic
metamorphic
What number is the Roman numeral XVI?
16
39
51
27
What planet is closest to the sun?
Venus
Uranus
Mars
Mercury
The Great Sphinx in Egypt has the head of a man and the body of which species of animal?
bear
dog
camel
lion
Which is an example of alliterative language?
The moon smiled down on the sleeping children.
The ocean glistened as the day turned to night.
The strong gusts whistled through the trees.
The sea shimmered with the sinking sun.
Find the preposition: The pretty calico cat sat on the kitchen table.
on
pretty
the
calico
The bassoon is a member of what musical family?
string
brass
woodwind
percussion
Which of the following fractions is equivalent to 1/3?
3/1
10/40
9/27
7/28
The Statue of Liberty was a gift to the US from where?
Great Britain
Italy
France
Spain
What revolutionary leader wrote the influential "Common Sense" in 1776?
Thomas Jefferson
Alexander Hamilton
Thomas Paine
Aaron Burr
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
9
16
14