Are You Smarter Than Your Peers?

Question 1

Fill in the blank: I couldn't find the keys, but they were right _____ under the mat.

Accepted Answer

there

Question 2

Which of these four is the most reactive?

Accepted Answer

Chlorine

Question 3

Who was the first person in Congress to sign the Declaration of Independence?

Accepted Answer

John Hancock

Question 4

During the War of 1812 who were the United States fighting against?

Accepted Answer

Great Britain

Question 5

Where was the first hostile action of the Civil War?

Accepted Answer

Fort Sumter, South Carolina

Question 6

What is the formula for the circumference of a circle?

Accepted Answer

2πr

Question 7

Choose the right homophone: A common way to wish actors good luck is to tell them to ___ a leg.

Accepted Answer

break

Question 8

Fill in the blank with the proper word: __________ pink sweater is this?

Accepted Answer

Whose

Question 9

What is a synonym for the bolded word: My grandmother makes really sweet jam.

Accepted Answer

sugary

Question 10

Who was the author of the pamphlet titled "Common Sense"?

Accepted Answer

Thomas Paine

Question 11

What element is found in diamonds?

Accepted Answer

carbon

Question 12

What artist/group is responsible for penning/recording the track, "Waterfalls"?

Accepted Answer

TLC

Question 13

True or False? Pi can be correctly written as a fraction.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 14

What American woman aided wounded soldiers on the battlefield during the Civil War?

Accepted Answer

Clara Barton

Question 15

In 1787, what city did our nation's leaders gather to write the Constitution?

Accepted Answer

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Question 16

What's the name of the document that Lincoln wrote that freed the slaves in Confederate states?

Accepted Answer

The Emancipation Proclamation

Question 17

The metal mercury is . . .

Accepted Answer

a liquid at room temperature

Question 18

What is the lightest element on the periodic table?

Accepted Answer

Hydrogen

Question 19

What is sodium's chemical symbol?

Accepted Answer

Na

Question 20

True or False? A convex shape curves outward.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 21

Choose the appropriate homophone that fits the sentence: Our dog dug a _____ in the garden.

Accepted Answer

hole

Question 22

What year did the Boston Bruins win the Stanley Cup?

Accepted Answer

2011

Question 23

Fill in the blank: The teacher said that he couldn't ________ my late assignment.

Accepted Answer

accept

Question 24

Fill in the blank: My parents promised that _______ going to take us to Disneyland next summer.

Accepted Answer

they're

Question 25

What is Miley Cyrus's real name (aka her birth name)?

Accepted Answer

Destiny Hope Cyrus

Question 26

What is the next number in the Fibonacci sequence?: 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, . . . ?

Accepted Answer

55

Question 27

Which of the following years did the Boston Red Sox win the World Series?

Accepted Answer

2004

Question 28

The perimeter of a circle is also known as what?

Accepted Answer

Circumference

Question 29

Who won World War II?

Accepted Answer

The Allied Powers

Question 30

What part of speech is the bolded word: Carlos can run faster than anyone in our school.

Accepted Answer

Adverb

Question 31

True or False? Opposite angles of a parallelogram are equal.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 32

What is the name of Beyonce and Jay-Z's daughter?

Accepted Answer

Blue Ivy

Question 33

Which of the following is NOT a prime number?

Accepted Answer

81

Question 34

Solve this problem: 60 / 3 - (-9 + 6)2

Accepted Answer

11

Question 35

Of the following celebrities, who did Taylor Swift NOT date?

Accepted Answer

Mario Lopez

Question 36

What poem's structured so that it has 3 lines-1st & 3rd lines have 5 syllables, 2nd line has 7?

Accepted Answer

haiku

Question 37

The Battle of New Orleans happened in 1815. What was so odd about the battle?

Accepted Answer

It was fought two weeks after the War of 1812 had ended

Question 38

In what state did the tracks join to form the Transcontinental Railroad?

Accepted Answer

Utah

Question 39

How much does a queen bee have to eat each day to produce her eggs?

Accepted Answer

80 times her body weight in food

Question 40

Of the following celebrities, who did Nick Jonas NOT date?

Accepted Answer

Demi Lovato

Question 41

Who were the OG members of the popular '90s R&B girl group, Destiny's Child?

Accepted Answer

B. Knowles, L. Roberson, K. Rowland, L. Tuckett

Question 42

True or False? In an isosceles triangle ALL sides are unequal.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 43

Which of the following actors/actresses were NOT on Mickey Mouse Clubhouse?

Accepted Answer

Selena Gomez

Question 44

What does the atomic mass of an element indicate?

Accepted Answer

the number of protons and neutrons

Question 45

Planet Earth is the ______ planet from the Sun.

Accepted Answer

Third

Question 46

What year did the Boston Celtics win the NBA Finals?

Accepted Answer

2008

Question 47

Fill in the blank: Our teacher says this quiz will have no ______ on our final grade.

Accepted Answer

effect

Question 48

About how many eggs does a queen bee lay each day?

Accepted Answer

1000 - 3000

Question 49

What shape is the galaxy we live in, the Milky Way?

Accepted Answer

flat spiral

Question 50

Solve this problem: 6 + (6 × 22 - 3)

Accepted Answer

27

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