Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader?

1. What is the largest country in size?

• United States of America

• Canada

• Russia

• China

Answer explanation

2. What do we call an angle that is less than 90 degrees?

• Obtuse

• Acute

• Right

• Straight

Answer explanation

Why are angles important? It's needed to build furniture, which, like architecture, demands precise definitions and measurements!

3. What is the closest planet to the Sun?

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Answer explanation

4. A story that conveys a moral lesson is called a...

• Legend

• Tall Tale

• Short Story

• Fable

5. "Carefully" is an example of what type of word?

• Adjective

• Adverb

• Preposition

• Noun

Answer explanation

An adverb describes a verb, adjective, or another adverb. It tells us how, where, when, how much, and with what frequency.

6. Is this statement True or False? “Metal is the hardest natural mineral”.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Answer explanation

Diamond is the hardest natural mineral!

Bling, bling y'all!

7. What is the biggest and strongest bone in the human body?

• Fibula

• Tibia

• Femur

• Skull

8. What is the capital of Australia?

• Canberra

• Sydney

• Melbourne

• Perth

9. What are similar-sounding words called?

• Heteronyms

• Homonyms

• Synonyms

• Antonyms

10. Is this statement True or False? “DNA fingerprinting was first used for forensic science in the 80s”.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Answer explanation

These are the mugshots of Will West and William West. They were not the same person, nor were they related. In 1903, they were both sent to Leavenworth Prison. They are a port of the reason fingerprints are not used as a form of identification.