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Brain Quest Trivia #1
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1
Sapphire, turquoise, and navy are all shade of what color?
green
blue
purple
silver
2
Which country fought against the U.S. in World War I?
Russia
Germany
3
What large muscle helps you breathe in and out?
bicep
diaphragm
heart
calf
4
"The angry sky dumped water on us!" - What is this literary device?
rhyme
onomatopoeia
personification
simile
5
Which ocean borders Australia to the south and west?
The Arctic Ocean
The Indian Ocean
The Atlantic Ocean
The Pacific Ocean
6
Which is the best conductor of electricity?
wood
copper
pie
ceramic
7
Who sailed to North America first?
Vikings
Spanish
Dutch
Portuguese
8
What is the tallest mountain in the United States
Mt. McMahon
Mt. McKinley
Mt. Rainier
Mt. Everest
9
Which expands the most when it's heated?
a solid
a liquid
all of the above
a gas
10
Which president was once the governor of Arkansas?
George H. Bush
Bill Clinton
John F. Kennedy
Jimmy Carter
11
Which animal is endangered?
emperor penguins
siberian hamsters
Asian elephants
blue whales
12
What is the linking verb in this sentence: "Joe feels awful"
awful
feels
Joe
13
Who discovered the law of gravity?
Isaac Chin
Isaac Edison
Isaac Buelvas
Isaac Newton
14
Who led the Spanish army that conquered the Aztecs?
Montezuma
Hernan Cortes
Diego Montoya
John Smith
15
Which is a cardiovascular exercise?
lifting weights
jumping rope
smiling
stretching
16
Which sport has been along the longest?
roller skating
skateboarding
basketball
ice skating
17
If a person has tuberculosis, what part of the body is affected?
the esophogus
the heart
the lungs
the brain
18
Name the largest mountain system on the continent of Europe.
The Alps
The Appalachians
The Rocky Mountains
The Scandinavian Mountains
19
What city in Missouri is famous for its Gateway Arch?
McDonald
Urbana
Bloomington
St. Louis
20
Where are Yankee Stadium and Madison Square Garden located?
New York City
Boston
Los Vegas
Los Angeles
21
Where was gun powder invented?
Egypt
India
Mesopotamia
China
22
What inventor used a steam engine to give greater power to boats?
Jeremy Page
Robert Fulton
Patrick Shanahan
James Litwin
23
Our bus left at 12:45pm. The trip took 4 1/2 hours. What time did we arrive?
6:45pm
5:15pm
5:45pm
6:15pm
24
I've (
swam, swum
) in the freezing cold water and will never do it again!
swam
swum
25
Which poetry is usually humorous?
limerick
free verse
epitaph
haiku
26
Are worker bees male or female?
female
male
27
What's another word for sad that is also a color?
black
blue
brown
periwinkle
28
Which state does NOT border California?
Arizona
Oregon
Washington
Nevada
29
Who won World War II?
Axis powers
Allied powers
30
What do rocks turn into when they erode?
dirt
gravel
sand
geodes
31
Which of the following is one of the Great Lakes?
Lake Airy
Lake Minnesota
Lake Sufficient
Lake Ontario
32
T of F: Wood is a renewable resource.
true
false
33
Who was the Roman goddess of love and beauty?
Minerva
Venus
Medusa
Nike
34
Change the verb to the future tense: People live on Mars.
live over
lived
will live
Some people
35
Which of these European cities is the largest
London
Denmark
Paris
Berlin
36
Which word means the same as "rot"?
decondresser
decost
decompose
decompress
37
What are the opening words of the Constitution called?
The Introduction
The Clincher
The Preamble
The Bill of Rights
38
You wear a belt around your ____________________.
waset
watse
waste
waist
39
What did Cyrus McCormick invent?
the cellular telephone
the escalator
the elevator
the reaper
40
How many zeros are there in 735 million?
four
six
three
seven
41
What does a space probe explore?
earth's atmosphere
the ozone layer
deep space
the mantle
42
What contains the embryo of a flowering plant?
seed
petal
cellular wall
root
43
What colony did Peter Stuyvesant govern?
Jamestown
Plymouth
Roanoke
New Netherland
44
Who was the author of
Common Sense
?
Thomas Paine
Samuel Adams
Thomas Jefferson
Patrick Henry
45
Which kind of atom is an element?
metals
solids
liquids
gases
46
How long does light from the sun take to reach the Earth?
8 seconds
8 hours
8 days
8 minutes
47
What do you call a plant that comes from two different species of plants?
a mish mosh
a combination
a mitochondria
a hybrid
48
Which of the following is
not
a type of shark?
hammerhead
tigerhead
shovelhead
49
What is the body's largest organ?
the intestines
the stomach
the heart
the skin
50
Which type of angle is larger than 90 degrees?
obtuse
acute
right