8th Grade Trivia Challenge November 13

Question 1

I'm 11 years old in this picture. Who am I?

Accepted Answer

Theodore Roosevelt

Question 2

What 18th century fountain yields around $3,000 a day for Italian charities?

Accepted Answer

Trevi Fountain

Question 3

Which advisor is not new to to the 8th Grade Team this year?

Accepted Answer

Ms. Mizelle

Question 4

Which animals carried the Bubonic Plague during the Middle Ages?

Accepted Answer

rats

Question 5

Mach 1 refers to the speed of sound. True or false?

Accepted Answer

True

Question 6

I'm 8 years old in this picture. Who am I?

Accepted Answer

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Question 7

Who is the Head of the Upper School?

Accepted Answer

Mr. Follett

Question 8

About what percentage of Turkey is geographically in Asia?

Accepted Answer

95%

Question 9

How long Cary Academy has been open?

Accepted Answer

24 years

Question 10

Which of these was once an event in the modern Olympic games?

Accepted Answer

Tug-of-War

Question 11

Baby elephants weigh about 20 pounds at birth. True or False

Accepted Answer

False

Question 12

I'm 11 years old in this picture. Who am I?

Accepted Answer

Barack Obama

Question 13

Which of these sports uses the tallest net?

Accepted Answer

volleyball

Question 14

Which baseball team won the 2020 World Series?

Accepted Answer

Los Angeles Dodgers

Question 15

What is the name of this structure built for the World's Fair of 1889?

Accepted Answer

Eiffel Tower

Question 16

What word completes Benjamin Franklin's famous statement: "In this world nothing is certain but death and ______."

Accepted Answer

taxes

Question 17

What was the Spanish Armada?

Accepted Answer

Fleet of ships

Question 18

A "goofy" snowboarder puts their right foot at the front of their board. True or False?

Accepted Answer

True

Question 19

Which is not a member of the Justice League?

Accepted Answer

Spider-Man

Question 20

Which of these individuals was not a United States President?

Accepted Answer

Benjamin Franklin

Question 21

About how many pounds does the equipment weigh that a professional ice hockey goalie wears?

Accepted Answer

50 pounds

Question 22

Which is a "House" in the Harry Potter series? (select all that apply)

Accepted Answer

Slytherin, Gryffindor, Ravenclaw, Hufflepuff

Question 23

I'm 18 years old in this picture. Who am I?

Accepted Answer

Marie Curie

Question 24

Which scientist created the Nobel Prize?

Accepted Answer

Alfred Nobel

Question 25

Which team won the 2020 Stanley Cup (NHL Championship)?

Accepted Answer

Tampa Bay Lightning

Question 26

I'm 13 years old in this picture. Who am I?

Accepted Answer

Amelia Earhart

Question 27

What is the piece at the end of shoelace called?

Accepted Answer

aglet

Question 28

Canada has how many time zones?

Accepted Answer

6

Question 29

Which current 8th grade advisor has been a 6th, 7th, and 8th grade advisor?

Accepted Answer

Ms. Mizelle

Question 30

Which two 8th grader advisors have been here since the school first opened? (select two)

Accepted Answer

Mr. Snively, Ms. Martin

Question 31

I'm 15 years old in this picture. Who am I? (Look carefully....there's a clue!)

Accepted Answer

Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)

Question 32

In what country would you climb Mount Fuji?

Accepted Answer

Japan

Question 33

Which is the largest planet in our solar system?

Accepted Answer

Jupiter

Question 34

Which 8th grade advisor got stuck in Europe for a week due to Superstorm Sandy?

Accepted Answer

Ms. Stewart

Question 35

What state is Dorothy from in the Wizard of Oz?

Accepted Answer

Kansas

Question 36

I'm 12 years old in this picture. Who am I?

Accepted Answer

Walt Disney

Question 37

Which country has the largest population?

Accepted Answer

China

Question 38

Who is Greg's best friend in the the book series Diary of a Wimpy Kid ?

Accepted Answer

Rowley

Question 39

I'm 8 years old in this picture. Who am I?

Accepted Answer

Pablo Picasso

Question 40

What number jersey did basketball legend Michael Jordan wear?

Accepted Answer

23

Question 41

I'm 18 years old in this picture. Who am I?

Accepted Answer

Ernest Hemingway

Question 42

Which 8th Grade advisor was the 2000 All State Showmanship Champion for Sheep showing at the NC State Fair?

Accepted Answer

Mr. Turner

Question 43

Oxygen is the first element on the periodic table. True or False?

Accepted Answer

False

Question 44

I'm 10 years old in this picture. Who am I?

Accepted Answer

Kamala Harris

Question 45

What was the name of the lunar module that carried Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin to the surface of the Moon in 1969?

Accepted Answer

Eagle

Question 46

In her twenties, Ms. Conde was known as a:

Accepted Answer

A rock’n’roll band drummer

Question 47

Who invented the telephone?

Accepted Answer

Alexander Graham Bell

Question 48

An earthworm can eat up to two-thirds its body weight in a day. True or False

Accepted Answer

True

Question 49

Which team won the 2020 NBA Championship?

Accepted Answer

Los Angeles Lakers

Question 50

Which 8th grade advisor has ceiling titles that match the first letter of his/her last name?

Accepted Answer

Mr. Chiaraviglio

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