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WorksheetsHonors Trivia Night Round 2
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 20mins
Which element’s periodic table symbol comes from its German name, Wolfram?
Silver
Tungsten
Molybdenum
Vanadium
If you want to boil water at a temperature lower than 100 degrees Celsius on Earth, which of these processes will allow you to do so?
Freezing it before heating it
Lowering the air pressure
Raising the air pressure
It is not possible to boil water at a temperature lower than 100 degrees Celsius
Which United States bird, whose population numbered in the millions prior to 1600, was later hunted to extinction by 1914?
The archaeopteryx
The dodo
The laughing owl
The passenger pigeon
As of 2015, which state derives all its electrical power from completely sustainable sources?
Hawaii
Vermont
Connecticut
Alaska
Who is third in line in the U.S. order of presidential succession, after the Vice President and the Speaker of the House?
The Secretary of State
The Secretary of Defense
The President Pro Tempore of the Senate
The House Majority Whip
Charles Darwin hypothesized that the appendix helped human ancestors perform what function?
Digest plants
Expel waste
Walk upright
Give birth
Reginald Dwight is better known by what stage name?
The Rock
Bjork
Liberace
Elton John
Mason Ramsey became famous in 2018 for doing what?
Yodeling in a Walmart
Shoplifting three treadmills from Target
Holding a cat parade in a Best Buy
Catching a live fish in an artificial pond at a Bass Pro Shop
Before becoming the Huskies, UConn Athletics teams were known as?
The Aggies
The Minutemen
The Bluemen
The Panthers
What was the name of the University of Connecticut's first student newspaper?
The Charter Oak
The Lantern
The Lookout
The Chronicle
The word, “school,” is derived from a Greek word that had what original meaning?
Lecture
Studies
Books
Leisure
The TV Shows, “Glee” and “Freaks and Geeks,” are both set at high schools named after what U.S. President?
George Washington
William McKinley
Howard Taft
Grover Cleveland
In fireworks, the color green or blue-green is created by burning compounds of what element?
Silicon
Copper
Neon
Silver
What is the name of the pigment in leaves that makes them appear yellow, orange, and brown in the autumn?
Chlorophyll
Melanin
Carotenoid
Anthocyanin
In England, a "Hackney Carriage" is another name for what?
Taxi Cab
Ambulance
Airplane
Bus
In its thirty years of flight, ending in 2011, NASA's Space Shuttle Program flew how many missions?
200
123
79
135
Hippophobia is the fear of what creature?
Hippopotamus
Donkey
Zebra
Horse
What U.S. State is the leading fresh-cut flower producer?
New York
California
Kansas
New Mexico
What is the full name of Canadian rapper, singer, songwriter, record producer, and actor Drake?
Lindsey Drake Marcus
Jamie Drake Scott
Aubrey Drake Graham
Tyler Drake Parker
What was the very first game invented by Milton Bradley in 1860?
Chutes and Ladders
The Game of Life
Ouija Board
Monopoly
