Pickle Trivia
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Pickle Trivia
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English
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7th - 8th Grade
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Kathleen Basoco
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This quiz focuses on pickle trivia and cultural literacy, presenting factual information about pickles throughout history, geography, and popular culture. The content is appropriate for grades 7-8, as it requires students to recall specific facts and make connections between historical figures, cultural practices, and contemporary knowledge. Students need strong reading comprehension skills to process the detailed questions and apply their background knowledge about historical figures like Cleopatra, William Shakespeare, and Christopher Columbus. The quiz assesses students' ability to retain factual information, recognize cultural references, and understand how food traditions vary across different regions and time periods. The questions blend historical knowledge with contemporary statistics and regional customs, requiring students to think beyond basic recall and consider the cultural significance of food in different contexts. Created by Kathleen Basoco, an English teacher in the US who teaches grades 7 and 8. This trivia quiz serves as an excellent warm-up activity or brain break that can spark student interest while building cultural literacy and reading comprehension skills. Teachers can use this as a fun formative assessment tool to gauge students' general knowledge and ability to process factual information presented in various question formats. The quiz works particularly well as a Friday activity, homework assignment, or transitional exercise between more intensive lessons, allowing students to engage with informational text in a low-stakes environment. This type of content aligns with Common Core standards CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RST.6-8.7, which emphasizes integrating information from diverse formats, and CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.WHST.6-8.9, which focuses on drawing evidence from informational texts to support learning across subject areas.
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Ancient Egyptian queen Cleopatra claimed pickles
made her beautiful.
were reserved for the gods.
Tags
CCSS.RI.6.2
CCSS.RI.7.2
CCSS.RI.8.2
CCSS.RL.7.2
CCSS.RL.8.2
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The Department of Agriculture estimates that the average American eats ________ lbs of pickles a year.
7.5
10.2
8.5
3.5
Tags
CCSS.RI.6.5
CCSS.RI.7.3
CCSS.RI.7.5
CCSS.RI.8.3
CCSS.RI.8.5
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The phrase “in a pickle” was first introduced by _________________ in his play, The Tempest.
William Shakespeare
JK Rowling
Henry Winkler
Gordon Korman
Tags
CCSS.RL.2.6
CCSS.RL.8.3
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
November ________ is National Pickle Day.
10th
12th
14th
16th
Tags
CCSS.RI.7.3
CCSS.RI.7.5
CCSS.RI.8.3
CCSS.RI.8.5
CCSS.RI.9-10.3
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
If it weren’t for pickles, Christopher Columbus might never have “discovered” _____________.
France
America
Spain
Portugal
Tags
CCSS.RI.7.8
CCSS.RI.8.1
CCSS.RI.8.8
CCSS.RL.7.1
CCSS.RL.8.1
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
In Connecticut in order for a pickle to officially be considered a pickle, it must bounce.
False
True
Tags
CCSS.RL.5.6
CCSS.RL.6.6
CCSS.RL.7.6
CCSS.RL.8.6
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
In the Pacific Islands, natives pickle their foods in holes in the ground lined with _____________ leaves.
banana
coconut
pineapple
oak
Tags
CCSS.RI.7.3
CCSS.RI.7.5
CCSS.RI.8.3
CCSS.RI.8.5
CCSS.RI.9-10.5
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