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Mr. Oliver's Fun Common Knowledge

Total questions: 70

Worksheet time: 54mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the Milky Way?
a)
a candy bar
b)
a star
c)
a solar system
d)
a galaxy
2.
Which letter best represents Summer in the Northern Hemisphere?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
3.
The Earth's _______ is an imaginary line that goes from the North Pole to the South Pole.
a)
vernal equinox
b)
axis
c)
solar eclipse
d)
solar flare
4.
How long does it take the Earth to make one REVOLUTION around the Sun?
a)
12 hours
b)
24 hours
c)
365 days
d)
29.5 days
5.
Earth's rotation on its axis is what causes ______________________________.
a)
seasons
b)
moon phases
c)
day and night
d)
weather
6.
Earth's ________ on its axis causes day and night.
a)
rotation
b)
revolution
c)
phase
d)
comet
7.
What moon phase is at position 5? 
a)
waxing crescent 
b)
waxing gibbous
c)
full moon
d)
waning crescent 
8.

Which diagram shows how Earth rotates each day?

a)
b)
9.

Where is this monument?

a)

London

b)

New York

c)

San Francisco

d)

Los Angeles

10.

What is this game?

a)

baseball

b)

football

c)

soccer

d)

basketball

11.

Which country has this flag?

a)

Australia

b)

Canada

c)

The USA

d)

The Great Britain

12.

What monument is this?

a)

Statue of Liberty National Monument

b)

Taj Mahal

c)

Washington Monument

d)

Eiffel Tower

13.

What is the biggest country in the world?

a)

Canada

b)

America

c)

India

d)

Russia

14.

Most of earth is . . .

a)

Land

b)

People

c)

Animals

d)

Water

15.

What is the world's largest animal?

a)

elephant

b)

blue whale

c)

gorilla

d)

rhinoceros

16.

What do you get when you freeze water?

a)

ice cream

b)

steam

c)

vapor

d)

ice

17.

In what country are the great pyramids?

a)

England

b)

United States

c)

Egypt

d)

Japan

18.

What does a caterpillar turn into?

a)

butterfly

b)

worm

c)

bird

d)

ant

19.

Name this cartoon character?

a)

Harry

b)

Gary

c)

Larry

d)

Berry

20.

What is the capital of Germany?

a)

Frankfurt

b)

Munich

c)

Berlin

d)

Hamburg

21.

Name this famous cartoon cat?

a)

Sylvester the Cat

b)

Tom Cat

c)

Felix the Cat

d)

Cheshire Cat

22.

What movie is this photo from?

a)

Mulan

b)

Peter Pan

c)

Sleeping Beauty

d)

Lion King

23.
Is a tomato a.........
a)
Fruit
b)
Veggie
c)
None 
d)
Fruit and Veggie
24.
How many tigers do you see?
a)
Three.
b)
Two.
c)
One.
d)
No tigers.
25.

To refuse to buy goods is to ______________

a)

ramble

b)

trade

c)

boycott

d)

represent

26.
What is it called when we put text into our own words?
a)
paraphrasing
b)
footnoting
c)
synthesizing
d)
re-reading
27.
Which genre is full of fairies, ghosts, or people with magical powers?
a)
poetry
b)
expository
c)
fantasy
d)
realistic
28.
In an incomplete circuit, the light bulb would be lit.
a)
true
b)
false
29.
Which one is NOT a source of energy? 
a)
coal
b)
natural gas
c)
rain
d)
the sun
30.
Round 112 to the nearest ten.
a)
150
b)
100
c)
110
d)
200
31.
Who is this President? 
a)
George Washington
b)
Thomas Jefferson
c)
Andrew Jackson
d)
Ben Franklin
32.

Which ocean is the smallest?

a)

Atlantic Ocean

b)

Southern Ocean

c)

Pacific Ocean

d)

Indian Ocean

e)

Arctic Ocean

33.

Which month has Labor Day in it?

a)

September

b)

October

c)

November

d)

None of these are correct.

34.

What city is located the furthest west?

a)

Los Angeles

b)

Kansas City

c)

Chicago

d)

Boston

35.

During a leap year, what extra day is added in February?

a)

28th

b)

29th

c)

30th

d)

31st

36.

The center of the Earth is hotter than its surface.

a)

True

b)

False

37.
The safest place is inside your home.  The suffix "- est"  means..
a)
most
b)
more
c)
contest
d)
preferrable
38.

How many minutes in an hour?

a)

60

b)

24

39.

How many hours in a day?

a)

60

b)

24

40.

How many nickels in a dollar?

a)

100

b)

10

c)

20

d)

64

41.

How many inches in a yard?

a)

12

b)

3

c)

36

d)

8

42.

How many feet in a yard?

a)

12

b)

3

c)

36

d)

8

43.

What does "a pair" mean?

a)

2 itmes

b)

12

c)

6

d)

2

44.

What does "a half dozen" mean?

a)

2 itmes

b)

12

c)

6

d)

2

45.

How many days in a year?

a)

7

b)

28, 30, or 31

c)

365

d)

2

46.

What type of gas do plants absorb?

a)

Nitrogen

b)

Smoke

c)

Carbon dioxide

d)

Oxygen

47.

Which month of the year has the least number of days?

a)

March

b)

May

c)

February

d)

November

48.

Plants give us oxygen.

a)

True

b)

False

49.

What is an animal called whose body temperature changes with its environment?

a)

Warm blooded

b)

mammal

c)

amphibian

d)

cold blooded

50.

What is the buildup of electrical charge on an object or material

a)

fast electricity

b)

Protons

c)

static electricity

d)

Lightening

51.

What type of story is a 'myth'

a)

fiction

b)

nonfiction

c)

fantasy

d)

realistic fiction

52.

Which one of these is the way that plants reproduce:

a)

budding

b)

photosynthesis

c)

pollination

d)

smelling good

53.

Which is a larger unit of measurement?

a)

Ounce

b)

Pound

54.

How many feet are in a yard?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

4

d)

3

55.

How many feet are in a mile?

a)

1,760

b)

5,000

c)

5,280

d)

3,420

56.

How do you find the perimeter of a square?

a)

Add 2 sides

b)

Multiply length x width

c)

Find the total length of all sides

d)

add and subtract all sides

57.

What geometric shape is formed by two rays with a common endpoint?

a)

point

b)

pivot

c)

square

d)

angle

58.

What are 2 lines that run side by side but never meet?

a)

Parallel Lines

b)

Perpendicular Lines

c)

Vertical Lines

d)

Horizontal Lines

59.

What are two lines that meet at a 90 degree angle?

a)

Parallel Lines

b)

Perpendicular Lines

c)

Angle

d)

Degree

60.

What is a quadrilateral?

a)

Any three sided, closed figure

b)

a parallelogram with opposite equal acute angles

c)

Any four sided, closed figure

d)

a plane figure with four straight sides and four right angles

61.

How is the human body organized?

a)

Into categories

b)

Into classifications

c)

Into groups

d)

Into Systems

62.

What are the 3 states of matter?

a)

Solid, Liquid, Plasma

b)

Solid, Ice, Radon

c)

Hydrogen, Nitrogen, Oxygen

d)

Solid, Liquid, Gas

63.

What is the constant movement of water between Earth's surface and its atmosphere?

a)

The Water Cycle

b)

The Storm Cycle

c)

Evaporation Cycle

d)

The Wind Cycle

64.

What is a line that marks the edge of a place like a state or nation?

a)

a wall

b)

a river

c)

a marked line

d)

boundary or border

65.

What is an export?

a)

Make goods to send to another country to sell

b)

Borrowing goods from another country to buy

66.

The beginning of a river is called a:

a)

stream

b)

waterway

c)

penninsula

d)

source

67.

Which is the correct word to complete this sentence:

_________ house is red.

a)

Their

b)

They're

c)

There

68.

Which is the correct word to complete this sentence:

I see a truck over __________.

a)

Their

b)

There

c)

they're

69.

Water boils at ...

a)

0 degrees Celsius

b)

100 degrees Celsius

c)

212 degrees Celsius

d)

400 degrees Celsius

70.

Including Kindergarten, how many years would you be in school for when you graduate high school (assuming no failing or skipping)?

a)

10

b)

11

c)

12

d)

13

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