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Ex. What is the capital of Brazil?

Boliv

ia

Arg

entin

a

Bra

silia

Rio

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A. Bolivia

B. Argentina

C. Brasilia

D. Rio

1. How many teaspoons are in a tablespoon?

2 3 4 6

0% 0%0%0%

A. 2

B. 3

C. 4

D. 6

2. How many tablespoons are in a cup?

10 12 16 24

0% 0%0%0%

A. 10

B. 12

C. 16

D. 24

3. Which vitamin is produced in the body when you are exposed to

sunlight?

A B C D

0% 0%0%0%

A. A

B. B

C. C

D. D

4. Which U.S. President was known as "Honest Abe"?

Ken

nedy

Nix

on

Was

hingto

n

Lin

coln

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A. Kennedy

B. Nixon

C. Washington

D. Lincoln

5. There is more of this mineral in your body than any other mineral.

What is this mineral?

Cal

cium Ir

on

Lea

d

Morti

te

0% 0%0%0%

A. Calcium

B. Iron

C. Lead

D. Mortite

6. What kind of dogs are white with black spots all over them?

Poodl

es

Dal

mat

ians

Bea

gles

Colli

es

0% 0%0%0%

A. Poodles

B. Dalmatians

C. Beagles

D. Collies

7. What is the shortest month of the year?

Sep

tem

ber

Dec

ember

Feb

ruar

y

June

0% 0%0%0%

A. September

B. December

C. February

D. June

8. How many weeks in a year?

50 52 54 60

0% 0%0%0%

A. 50

B. 52

C. 54

D. 60

9. What car holds the record as best selling car?

Volk

swag

en B

eetle

Ford

Mus

tang

Corv

ette

Lam

borghin

i

0% 0%0%0%

A. Volkswagen Beetle

B. Ford Mustang

C. Corvette

D. Lamborghini

10. Who engineered the first gas driven automobile?

Hen

ry F

ord

Kar

l Ben

z

Aust

in C

ooper

Ste

ve M

cQuee

n

0% 0%0%0%

A. Henry Ford

B. Karl Benz

C. Austin Cooper

D. Steve McQueen

11. Which Pokemon runs and hides when it senses people?

Cle

fabl

e

Slo

wpok

e

Wee

dle

Jig

gly

Puff

0% 0%0%0%

A. Clefable

B. Slowpoke

C. Weedle

D. Jiggly Puff

12. What is a pirate's flag often called?

Unio

n Jac

k

Hap

py H

arry

Sm

iley

Jack

Jolly

Roge

r

0% 0%0%0%

A. Union Jack

B. Happy Harry

C. Smiley Jack

D. Jolly Roger

13. What was Blackbeard's real name?

Jac

k Spar

row

Edwar

d Tea

ch

Hen

ry M

orga

n

Will

iam

Kid

d

0% 0%0%0%

A. Jack Sparrow

B. Edward Teach

C. Henry Morgan

D. William Kidd

14. A common nickname for this president was "rail splitter".

Andre

w Jac

kson

Thom

as J

effe

rson

Theo

dore

Roose

velt

Abra

ham L

inco

ln

0% 0%0%0%

A. Andrew Jackson

B. Thomas Jefferson

C. Theodore Roosevelt

D. Abraham Lincoln

15. Which US State is nicknamed “The Cornhusker State?”

Kan

sas

Neb

rask

a

Ken

tuck

y Io

wa

0% 0%0%0%

A. Kansas

B. Nebraska

C. Kentucky

D. Iowa

16. What is the capital of California?

San

Fra

ncisc

o

Los

Angele

s

San

Die

go

Sac

ram

ento

0% 0%0%0%

A. San Francisco

B. Los Angeles

C. San Diego

D. Sacramento

17. Which European country does not use the Euro as their standard

form of currency?

Spai

n

Fra

nce

Unite

d Kin

gdom It

aly

0% 0%0%0%

A. Spain

B. France

C. United Kingdom

D. Italy

18. What is the name of Detroit’s major league baseball team?

Tw

ins

Tig

ers

Roya

ls

Ran

gers

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A. Twins

B. Tigers

C. Royals

D. Rangers

19. Which country’s flag is shown below?

Ital

y

Portu

gal

Irel

and

Mex

ico

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A. Italy

B. Portugal

C. Ireland

D. Mexico

20. Which is the largest continent accounting for about 29.5% of all

the land on the Earth.

Asi

a

Afri

ca

Anta

rctic

a

South

Am

eric

a

0% 0%0%0%

A. Asia

B. Africa

C. Antarctica

D. South America

21. Which river, with a total length of 4195 miles, is the World’s

largest?

Nile

Am

azon

Mis

siss

ippi

Yan

gtze

0% 0%0%0%

A. Nile

B. Amazon

C. Mississippi

D. Yangtze

22. Which bird has the largest wingspan?

Bal

d Eag

le

Condo

r

Alb

atro

ss

Ost

rich

0% 0%0%0%

A. Bald Eagle

B. Condor

C. Albatross

D. Ostrich

23. Which animal is the largest carnivore on land?

Kodia

k Bea

r

Ele

phant

Tim

ber W

olf

Pola

r Bea

r

0% 0%0%0%

A. Kodiak Bear

B. Elephant

C. Timber Wolf

D. Polar Bear

24. What is the permanent memory built into your computer called?

RAM

CPU

ROM

CD-R

OM

0% 0%0%0%

A. RAM

B. CPU

C. ROM

D. CD-ROM

25. Who invented the telephone?

Thom

as E

dison

Jam

es W

att

Ale

xander

Gra

ham

Bel

l

Ben

jam

in F

rank

lin

0% 0%0%0%

A. Thomas Edison

B. James Watt

C. Alexander Graham Bell

D. Benjamin Franklin

26. Which famous scientist discovered “The Theory of

Relativity?”

Alb

ert E

inst

ein

Sir

Isaa

c New

ton

Char

les

Darw

in

Mic

hael F

arad

ay

0% 0%0%0%

A. Albert Einstein

B. Sir Isaac Newton

C. Charles Darwin

D. Michael Faraday

27. Who wrote Oliver Twist?

Will

iam

Sha

kesp

eare

Jonat

han S

wift

Mar

k Twai

n

Char

les

Dicke

ns

0% 0%0%0%

A. William Shakespeare

B. Jonathan Swift

C. Mark Twain

D. Charles Dickens

28. Which scale is used to measure the strength of earthquakes?

Doppl

er

Cel

sius

Ric

hter

Fah

renhe

it

0% 0%0%0%

A. Doppler

B. Celsius

C. Richter

D. Fahrenheit

29. Dr. Jonas Salk invented a vaccine to wipe out what disease?

Dip

hther

ia

Yel

low F

ever

Polio

Mum

ps

0% 0%0%0%

A. Diphtheria

B. Yellow Fever

C. Polio

D. Mumps

30. Sam-I-Am is a character in which Dr. Seuss book?

The

Cat in

the

Hat

Gre

en E

ggs a

nd Ham

Horto

n Hat

ches

the

Egg

If I

Ran th

e Circ

us

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A. The Cat in the Hat

B. Green Eggs and Ham

C. Horton Hatches the Egg

D. If I Ran the Circus

31. Which musical instrument is NOT a woodwind?

Xyl

ophone

Oboe

Cla

rinet

Pic

colo

0% 0%0%0%

A. Xylophone

B. Oboe

C. Clarinet

D. Piccolo

32. Tourists in which city take a ride in a gondola, a kind of long, narrow

boat?

Vie

nna

Ven

ezue

la

Van

couve

r

Ven

ice

0% 0%0%0%

A. Vienna

B. Venezuela

C. Vancouver

D. Venice

33. Which term describes a delicate situation?

Touch

and

go

Touch

me

not

Touch

footb

all

Touch

y-Fe

ely

0% 0%0%0%

A. Touch and go

B. Touch me not

C. Touch football

D. Touchy-Feely

34. In the song, 'My Favorite Things', what color are the dresses

that are worn by little girls?

Red

Whi

te B

lue

Yel

low

0% 0%0%0%

A. Red

B. White

C. Blue

D. Yellow

35. What do you call a scientist who studies the stars?

Ast

ronom

er

Anth

ropol

ogist

Arc

haeol

ogist

Cosm

etolo

gist

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A. Astronomer

B. Anthropologist

C. Archaeologist

D. Cosmetologist

36. In the song ‘A Tisket a Tasket’ what is dropped?

Bas

ket

Flo

wer

Let

ter

Rock

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A. Basket

B. Flower

C. Letter

D. Rock

37. What board game has 121 holes in it?

Chec

kers

Ches

s

Tro

uble

Chin

ese

Check

ers

0% 0%0%0%

A. Checkers

B. Chess

C. Trouble

D. Chinese Checkers

38. Where will you find The Kremlin?

Bei

jing

Mosc

ow

Bag

hdad

Was

hingto

n D.C

.

0% 0%0%0%

A. Beijing

B. Moscow

C. Baghdad

D. Washington D.C.

39. Where would you find The Acropolis?

Ath

ens

Ber

lin

Mosc

ow

Rom

e

0% 0%0%0%

A. Athens

B. Berlin

C. Moscow

D. Rome

40. Who wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin?

Em

ily B

ronte

Har

riet B

eech

er S

towe

Mar

garet

Mitc

hell

Alic

e W

alke

r

0% 0%0%0%

A. Emily Bronte

B. Harriet Beecher Stowe

C. Margaret Mitchell

D. Alice Walker

41. Who wrote Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban?

J.K

. Rowlin

g

Will

iam

Gold

ing

Rudya

rd K

iplin

g

Edith

Whar

ton

0% 0%0%0%

A. J.K. Rowling

B. William Golding

C. Rudyard Kipling

D. Edith Wharton

42. Which famous TV star was made from a coat that belonged to

Jim Henson's mother?

Osc

ar th

e Gro

uch

Elm

o

Big

Bird

Ker

mit

the

Frog

0% 0%0%0%

A. Oscar the Grouch

B. Elmo

C. Big Bird

D. Kermit the Frog

43. Which planet in our solar system rotates in a different

direction from the other planets?

Mer

cury

Ear

th

Ven

us

Sat

urn

0% 0%0%0%

A. Mercury

B. Earth

C. Venus

D. Saturn

44. Which is the only food that never gets rotten?

Map

le S

yrup

Honey

Nac

hos

Choco

late

0% 0%0%0%

A. Maple Syrup

B. Honey

C. Nachos

D. Chocolate

45. Which is the loudest noise made by any animal on earth?

The

lion’s

roar

The

elep

hant’s

trum

pet

The

cric

ket’s

chirp

The

blue

whale’

s whis

tle

0% 0%0%0%

A. The lion’s roar

B. The elephant’s trumpet

C. The cricket’s chirp

D. The blue whale’s whistle

46. If you were to take a lump of coal and squeeze for a long time at very high temperatures, you would

end up with:

Gra

phite

Volc

anic

Gla

ss

A S

mal

ler L

ump o

f Coa

l

Dia

mon

d

0% 0%0%0%

A. Graphite

B. Volcanic Glass

C. A Smaller Lump of Coal

D. Diamond

47. What percent of the human brain is water?

10%

45%

60%

85%

0% 0%0%0%

A. 10%

B. 45%

C. 60%

D. 85%

48. When the first Burger King Restaurant opened in 1954, how

much did a hamburger cost?

9 c

ents

18

cents

37

cents

50

cents

0% 0%0%0%

A. 9 cents

B. 18 cents

C. 37 cents

D. 50 cents

49. What was the first wrapped penny candy in America

Her

shey

’s K

isse

s

Toots

ie R

olls

Bla

ck J

ack

Taffy

BB B

ats

0% 0%0%0%

A. Hershey’s Kisses

B. Tootsie Rolls

C. Black Jack Taffy

D. BB Bats

50. What is the tallest building in North America?

The

Empire

Sta

te B

ui...

The

Sears

Tower

(Ch.

..

The

U.S. S

teel

Build

i..

Colu

mbia

Cen

ter (

Sea...

0% 0%0%0%

A. The Empire State Building (NYC)

B. The Sears Tower (Chicago)

C. The U.S. Steel Building (Pgh)

D. Columbia Center (Seattle)

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