Acadia Academic Trivia

Who was the first President of the United States?

• George Washington

• Washington George

• Thomas Jefferson

• Alexander Hamilton

The region known as the “Fertile Crescent” is located in present day…

• Western Europe

• South America

• Middle East

• Northern Asia

What was the ancient Egyptian writing system called?

• Cuneiform

• Hieroglyphics

• Arabic

• Sanskrit

Who is credited for writing the lyrics for the National Anthem of the United States of America?

• Woody Guthrie

• Irving Berlin

• Elizabeth “Betsy” Ross

• Francis Scott Key

What is the next line of this song?

This land is your land and this land is my land/

From California to the New York island/

From the redwood forest to the Gulf Stream waters....

• The voice was chanting as the fog was lifting

• Saw below me that golden valley.

• This land was made for you and me.

• This land was made for me and you.

This famous Founding Father of the United States was never a President, but he was our first Secretary of Treasury and has recently had a Broadway play created about him.

• Hamilton Adams

• Alexander Hamilton

• Thomas Jefferson

• Aaron Burr

The plural of “moose” is…

• Mooses

• Moose

• Mice

• Meese

A verb is...

• a person, place, or thing.

• an action word.

• a word used to express relationships between words.

• a descriptive word usually ending in "ly".

How many letters are in the English alphabet?

• 32

• 16

• 24

• 26

What punctuation mark is featured in the picture above?

• Semicolon

• Colon

• Exclamation Mark

• Comma