Flashcard Bowl Try Out Test

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Grandma blew out 15 candles on her birthday cake. If this was 20% of the candles on the cake: how many candles were on the cake?

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75

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These always come in pairs and can enclose a single word, a phrase, or even an entire sentence. What is this punctuation that is used to set off information within a text or paragraph?

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parentheses

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Name the company, which was purchased for more than a billion dollars by Amazon in 2018, that popularized the video doorbell and helps prevent package theft.

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Ring

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What is the term for any form of water pulled from the atmosphere by gravity?

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precipitation

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Article 4 of the US Constitution establishes the US as this type of government. It guarantees that each state in the Union has this type of government. This term was first coined by the Roman Empire in 500 BC. Both Plato and Aristotle wrote about this form of government. Name this type of government that 159 of the world's 206 countries use as part of their names.

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Republic

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What is the length of the diagonal, in millimeters, of a rectangle that is 12 millimeters by 5 millimeters?

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13

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This American poet, and civil rights activist published seven biographies, three books of essays, several books of poetry, and was credited with a list of plays, movies, and television shows spanning over 50 years. Her autobiography, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, tells of her life up to the age of 17. Who is the author of the well-known and popular poems, "Phenomenal Woman" and "Still I Rise?"

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Maya Angelou

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This large wave is caused by earthquakes, volcanos, landslides or any other event which moves large amounts of water. Its name comes from the Japanese for "Harbor Wave." What is this wave featured in the animated movie Ponyo as well as the disaster film 2012?

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tsunami

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Its mission will be to ensure American dominance on the high frontier. Name the sixth branch of the U.S. military that President Trump officially directed the Pentagon to establish in the summer of 2018.

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Space Force

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The sum of three consecutive integers is 444. Find the largest of the three integers.

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149