Chimpanzees make and use simple tools. True and False?
answer
True.
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Which of the following is associated with the word fowl?
answer
Birds
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What kind of rocks were made from cooling magma or lava?
answer
Igneous rocks
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How many sides does a cube have?
answer
Six
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Thomas Jefferson died on July 4, 1826. What other U.S. President died on the very same day?
answer
John Adams
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The lines of latitude on a globe or map run north and south. True or False?
answer
False (they run east and west)
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Which of the spellings below is correct for a type of light bulb?
A)fluorescent
B)florescent
C)flourescent
answer
A) fluorescent
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All insects have six legs. True or False?
answer
True.
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What fraction of a quarter is a dime?
answer
2/5
question
What is 16Β²?
answer
256
question
What is 17Β²?
answer
289
question
What is 18Β²?
answer
324
question
What is 19Β²?
answer
361
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In E.B. White's "Charlotte's Web", what is the name of the girl who rescues and cares for Wilbur?
answer
Fern
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In what year did the Mayflower Pilgrims arrive in North America?
answer
1620
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In what Native American culture do Kachina dolls plays an important role?
answer
Hopi
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Alexander the Great was once a student of Aristotle's. True of False?
answer
True
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Music designated with the abbreviation "mp" should be played which way?
answer
moderately soft
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What do a dollar and a century have in common?
answer
Both consist of 100 parts
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Kim's motor scooter requires 3/4 of a quart of oil. Kim can only measure the oil in ounces. How many ounces should she use?
answer
24 ounces
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All frogs are amphibians. True or False?
answer
True
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Which culture made the column a prominent feature of architecture?
answer
Greek
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Who was the first U.S. President to be impeached?
answer
Andrew Johnson
question
Because Saturn has rings, it has no moons. True or False?
answer
False
question
About how many breaths does the average person take each day?
answer
20,000
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In Greek mythology, Medusa was a monstrous, snake-haired creature known as a gargoyle. True or False?
answer
False (Medusa was a gorgon)
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When multiplying two numbers, the answer is called the quotient. True or False?
answer
False (it is called the product)
question
In 2003, NASA sent two robotic rovers to Mars to explore that planet's terrain and geology. What are the rovers' names?
answer
Spirit and Opportunity
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What is the longest river in Europe?
answer
The Volga
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The number system Americans use is Arabic. True or False?
answer
True
question
How did human beings first arrive in North America?
answer
By crossing the Bering Land Bridge during an ice age
question
Buddhism, like Hinduism, developed in India. True or False?
answer
True
question
What was the Italian composer Vivaldi's first name?
answer
Antonio
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The part of a flower that produces pollen is the anther. True or False?
answer
True
question
If you and a friend participate in a 5K run, how many miles will you run?
answer
3.2
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How many continents are there?
answer
Seven
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The U.S. Constitution was approved by the Continental Congress in 1787. In what year did the U.S. government begin operating under the provisions of the Constitution?
answer
1789
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The answer arrived at in a division problem the quotient. True or False?
answer
True
question
Hadrian's Wall is in what country?
answer
Scotland
question
The volcano Mount Hood is located in what U.S. state?
answer
Oregon
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Georgia was one of the original 13 American Colonies. True or False?
answer
True
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What does an entomologist study?
answer
insects
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What does an etymologist study?
answer
the history of the words
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If you travel south from Egypt, what country do you enter?
answer
Sudan
question
What is a flying buttress?
answer
a structural component in medieval buildings
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Density equals mass divided by volume. True or False?
answer
True
question
Carrots, Cucumbers, and potatoes. Which of these foods does not grow underground?
answer
Cucumbers
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A polygon with six sides will have nine vertices. True or False?
answer
False (the number of vertices equals the number of sides: six)
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In what state is Sutter's Mill?
answer
California
question
A diurnal animal is active during what part of the day?
answer
Daytime
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IF you could travel 100,000 miles of an hour, could you get to the moon in an hour or less?
answer
No (the moon is more than 238,000 miles from the earth)
question
The Rig Veda is a sacred book in what religion?
answer
Hinduism
question
If your motor scooter gets 66 miles to a gallon of gas, how much gas do you have to buy to go 165 miles?
answer
2.5 gallons
question
Which of the following is North America's only marsupial?
answer
opossum
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Which is longer, a meter or a yard?
answer
A meter
question
Approximately what time period did the Middle Ages encompass?
answer
470 - 1450 AD
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What country is home to the world's tallest waterfall?
answer
Angel Falls is in Venezuela. It is 3,230 feet high.
question
If a dependent clause begins a sentence, which punctuation mark separates it from the rest of the sentence?
answer
Comma
question
A molecule is a part of an atom. True or False?
answer
False (molecules are made up of atoms)
question
What is the function of the pancreas?
answer
it produces insulin and digestive enzymes
question
During a lunar eclipse, the Earth passes between the Sun and the moon. True or False?
answer
True
question
Greenland is a province of Denmark. True or False?
answer
True
question
What form of government does the U.S. have?
answer
Democratic Republic
question
Labor Day became a Federal holiday by an Act of Congress in 1894. In what century did Americans first celebrate it?
answer
The 19th century
question
September 6 is Jeff Foxworthy's birthday. He was born in Georgia. What is the state's capital?
answer
Atlanta
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What organ is the human body produces and secretes bile?
answer
Liver
question
What is the square root of 1,681?
answer
41
question
"Raj" refers to a political dynasty in what country?
answer
India
question
The Earth is 9.3 million miles from the Sun. True or False?
answer
False (it is 93 million miles)
question
How many prepositions are there in the following sentence? By the way, Cheryl said all the ice cream in the refrigerator at her house melted.
answer
Four (by, of, in, at)
question
Which of the two legendary brothers, Romulus or Remus,, was responsible for founding Rome?
answer
Romulus
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A pentagon is a variety of polygon. True or False?
answer
True
question
What are lodestones?
answer
naturally occurring magnets
question
How many days are in the months of June, September, and January combined?
answer
91
question
Who is pictured on a $10 bill?
answer
Alexander Hamilton
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5, 6, 7. Which is not a prime number?
answer
6
question
Pretend, Distance, Illusion. Which of the words is closest in meaning to the word "mirage"?
answer
Illusion
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Nicolaus Compernicus, the astronomer who established that the Earth is not at the center of the universe, was born in 1473 in what country?
answer
Poland
question
If both the president and vice president die, who becomes president of the U.S. ?
answer
The Speaker of the House
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Which country is the world's largest by landmass?
answer
Russia
question
A metronome is a device for establishing a steady tempo. True or False?
answer
True
question
The Great Wall of China was constructed to prevent whom from entering China?
answer
The Mongols
question
If you are walking straight north and then make a sharp left turn, which direction are you now going?
answer
West
question
What is the adverb in the following sentence?
The big, gray dog ran past us so quickly that we couldn't catch it.
answer
Quickly
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What are the names of the two U.S. space shuttle whose missions ended in tragedy?
answer
Challenger and Columbia
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Does electricity flow through a circuit when the circuit is open or closed?
answer
Closed
question
Rosh Hashanah, or the Jewish New Year, begins at sundown and ends at sundown in two days. How many hours after Rosh Hashanah begins in New York will it end in California?
answer
51
question
Missouri was one of the states that seceded from the Union to join the Confederacy. True or False?
answer
False
question
The day of the week Wednesday is named after the Anglo-Saxon pagan god Woden. True or False?
answer
True
question
Which South American country extends the farthest east?
answer
Brazil
question
There are exactly four odd numbers between 2 and 8. True or False?
answer
False.
question
Pelicans, Pigs, Porcupines.
Peccaries are most closely related to which?
answer
Pigs
question
Today is Columbus Day. From what country did Christopher Columbus sail on his voyage of discovery in 1492?
answer
Spain
question
How many ounces are in one gallon?
answer
128
question
How many adjectives are in the following sentence? "Sierra runs down the hill."
answer
Zero
question
There are no glaciers in Africa. True or False?
answer
False
question
What patriotic anthem written by Julia Ward Howe contains the line, "His truth is marching on"?
answer
Battle Hymn of the Republic
question
The lumbar section of a typical human spine contains how many vertebrae?
answer
5
question
What pigment found in plant leaves uses energy from sunlight to make energy?
answer
Chlorophyll
question
How many days equal two weeks?
answer
14 days
question
By definition, "pulmonary" refers to what organ in the human body?
answer
Lungs
question
Part of Grand Canyon National Park is located in Colorado. True or False?
answer
True
question
What Aztec emperor of the 16th century was overthrown by Spanish conquistador Hernan Cortes and his army?
answer
Montezuma
question
Which American author wrote "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow"?
answer
Washington Irving
question
There were 30 cookies at Leslie's party. If all nine kids at the party ate exactly two cookies, how many were left over?
answer
12
question
Olivia rubbing a balloon against her head and sticking it to a wall is an example of what?
answer
Static electricity
question
Approximately how much of the water on Earth is fresh water?
answer
3 percent
question
How many multiples of 8 fall in between 14 and 25?
answer
Two (16 and 24)
question
Some species of sea turtles live in freshwater lakes. True or False?
answer
False
question
The four main types of taste buds on the tongue are sweet, salty, sour, and what?
answer
Bitter
question
How many contractions are in the following sentence?
Nathan isn't dressing up as a cowboy fro Halloween, but Cody's brother is.
answer
1 (isn't)
question
What U.S. President only served one month in office?
answer
William Henry Harrison (he died from pneumonia)
question
Completed in 1943, the Jefferson Memorial stands in what U.S. city?
answer
Washington D.C.
question
What is the white part of an egg called?
answer
Albumin
question
What is the indentation under the nose called?
answer
Philtrum
question
What is the plastic/metal tip of the shoelace called?
answer
Agglet
question
Canberra is the capital of what country?
answer
Australia
question
A complete sentence must contain at least one adjective. True or False?
answer
False
question
Acorns come from what species of tree?
answer
Oak
question
Frontiersman John Chapman famously supplied fruit seeds to Midwest pioneers in the early 1800s, which earned him what two-word nickname?
answer
Johnny Appleseed
question
Morse code was named after the man who developed it in the 1830s. What was Mr. Morse's first name?
answer
Samuel
question
At certain times of the year, the sun shines 24 hours a day at the South Pole. True or False?
answer
True
question
What do you call the white part of the nail?
answer
Lunula
question
What two-word phrase, derived from Italian is a musical term meaning "to sing without accompaniment"?
answer
A cappella
question
In the human body, the optic nerve sends signals from the eye to what other organ?
answer
The brain
question
In terms of land area, the U.S.A. is the largest country in North America. True or False?
answer
False (Canada is the largest)
question
If the sum of negative 4 and positive 6 is y, then how much is y times 3?
answer
6
question
When the skull does not develop completely, such as from a mother infected with the Zika virus, what is the condition called?
answer
Microcephaly
question
From what viruses did the Zika Virus developed from?
answer
Yellow Fever and the West Nile Virus as it evolved
question
How many poles does a magnet have?
answer
2
question
The animal known as a "minnow" is a type of fish. True or False?
answer
True
question
In the mid 1700s, what man published a yearly periodical known as the "Poor Richard's Almanac" under the pseudonym Richard Saunders?
answer
Benjamin Franklin
question
A snail's speed, A whale's blubber content, A rattlesnake's rattle.
Which can be measured in decibels?
answer
A rattlesnake's rattle
question
Eighteenth-century classical music composer Wolfgang Mozart was born in what present-day country?
answer
Austria
question
According to the color wheel, what color is complementary to orange?
answer
Blue
question
By definition, the adjective "lunar" refers to what heavenly body in our solar system?
answer
The Moon
question
In the fall of 1621, the Pilgrims and the Wampanoag Indians sat down to a feast which would become known by what name?
answer
Thanksgiving
question
What is a transitive verb?
answer
a verb that is done to an object.
Ex: The teacher found his notes.
Ex: He played the Piano
question
Who renamed the "South Sea" as the "Pacific Ocean"?
answer
Ferdinand Magellan
question
What building is Washington, D.C., is pictured on the back of a U.S. $5 bill?
answer
Lincoln Memorial
question
Zebras are native to what continent?
answer
Africa
question
What is the smallest common multiple of 6 and 10?
answer
30
question
Who created penicillin?
answer
Nicholas Fleming
question
Who created the process of killing bacteria by heat often used for milk?
answer
Louis Pasteur
question
Who pioneered the concept of vaccinations with his research into preventing smallpox?
answer
Edward Jenner
question
On Dec. 1, 1955, Rosa Parks famously refused to give up her seat on a bus in what U.S. city?
answer
Montgomery, Alabama
question
If you're off the east coast of Australia near the Great Barrier Reef, what ocean are you in?
answer
Pacific Ocean
question
Nickel, Iron, Brass. Which of the metals would a magnet NOT attract?
answer
Brass
question
In what decade was the Herman Melville novel "Moby Dick" first published?
answer
the 1850s
question
What is the singular noun in the following sentence?
The boys and girls walked to the classroom with their books.
answer
Classroom
question
There are two U.S. states whose names start with the letter "K." Kentucky is one of them. What is the other?
answer
Kansas
question
Five of the U.S. Federal holidays always fall on what day of the week?
answer
Monday
question
Roughly when did the "Renaissance" in Europe begin?
answer
1300 A.D.
question
If Jacob goes bowling three times a week, how many times does he go bowling in 11 weeks?
answer
33
question
Where on your body would you find your Achilles tendon?
answer
The lower leg (connecting calf to heel)
question
Ebenezer Scrooge is the main character in what story by Charles Dickens?
answer
"A Christmas Carol"
question
In musical composition, the notation mf stand for what?
answer
Mezzo forte (Italian for moderately loud)
question
During the years of the Pony Express, how long did it take riders to take mail from Missouri to California?
answer
10 days
question
The North Pole, home to Santa Claus, is surrounded by five countries, including the United States, Russia, Canada and Denmark (via Greenland). What is the fifth?
answer
Norway
question
How many feet are in a mile?
answer
5280
question
If y=3x and 3x=12, then what number does "y" equal?
answer
12
question
On which planet would a person weigh the most?
answer
Jupiter
question
What living bird lays the biggest eggs?
answer
The Ostrich
question
What was the most important animal to the Plains Indian tribes of North America?
answer
The Buffalo
question
What two elements do you need to make water?
answer
Hydrogen and Oxygen
question
In the well-known song, what is the total number of gifts that "my true love" gave to "me" over the 12 days of Christmas?
answer
78
question
What are the four major chambers of the human heart?
answer
Right ventricle, left ventricle, right atrium, and left atrium
question
In which island chain would you find the countries of Cuba, Puerto Rico, Haiti, and the Dominican Republic?
answer
The West Indies (or Caribbean Islands)
question
Which U.S. President is featured on the face of the nickel?
answer
Thomas Jefferson
question
On what continent would you find the highest mountain on Earth?
answer
Asia
question
An interjection which precedes a sentence is often followed by which punctuation mark?
answer
Exclamation point
question
How many lines are there on a musical staff?
answer
5
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