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Grudgeball Quiz

Total questions: 97

Worksheet time: 49mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What does the CIA stand for?

a)

Central Investigation Association

b)

Central Intelligence Agency

c)

Central International Agency

d)

Central Information Administration

2.

What year did National History Day (NHD) start?

a)

1984

b)

1974

c)

1964

d)

1994

3.

Which planet has 95 moons?

a)

Jupiter

b)

Saturn

c)

Neptune

d)

Uranus

4.

What is the name of the man who turned McDonald's into a franchise?

a)

Ray Kroc

b)

Richard McDonald

c)

Sam Walton

d)

Walt Disney

5.

How many presidents have been impeached?

a)

2

b)

3

c)

4

d)

5

6.

Who was the first man on the moon?

a)

Buzz Aldrin

b)

Neil Armstrong

c)

John Glenn

d)

Alan Shepard

7.

What does M&M stand for?

a)

Milk & Malt

b)

Mars & Murrie

c)

More & More

d)

Mac & Munch

8.

How many herbs and spices are in KFC chicken?

a)

9

b)

10

c)

11

9.

What war technique did the North Vietnamese use?

a)

Guerrilla Warfare

b)

Naval Combat

c)

Trench Warfare

d)

Blitzkrieg

10.

Who created the Hershey Bar?

a)

C.W. Post

b)

Milton Hershey

c)

H.B. Reese

d)

Charles Doolin

11.

What does the FBI stand for?

a)

Federal Bureau of Information

b)

Foreign Bureau of Investigation

c)

Federal Bureau of Investigation

d)

Federal Broadcast Intelligence

12.

Which ocean is not one of the five major ones?

a)

Indian

b)

Southern

c)

Eastern

d)

Pacific

13.

Which element has the symbol Au?

a)

Silver

b)

Aluminum

c)

Gold

d)

Argon

14.

What year did the Titanic sink?

a)

1910

b)

1912

c)

1914

d)

1920

15.

Who was the president during most of the Vietnam War?

a)

Richard Nixon

b)

Lyndon B. Johnson

c)

John F. Kennedy

d)

Gerald Ford

16.

Which direction do sunflowers face at night?

a)

West

b)

South

c)

East

17.

What is the formula for the area of a triangle?

a)

bh

b)

2πr

c)

½ bh

d)

a² + b² = c²

18.

How many feet are in a mile?

a)

5200

b)

5280

c)

5400

d)

5000

19.

Which state was the last to join the U.S.?

a)

Alaska

b)

Arizona

c)

Hawaii

d)

New Mexico

20.

What kind of electricity did Edison and JP Morgan support?

a)

AC

b)

DC

c)

Solar

d)

Wind

21.

What is the name of the fast-food system invented by the McDonald brothers?

a)

Fast Line System

b)

Express Order System

c)

Speedy System

d)

Quick Serve System

22.

Who created the Snickers bar?

a)

Milton Hershey

b)

Frank Mars

c)

H.B. Reese

d)

Charles Doolin

23.

Which candy bar did Babe Ruth create?

a)

Baby Ruth

b)

Home Run

c)

Grand Slam

d)

Power Hitter

24.

Why did Pizza Hut struggle on the East Coast?

a)

Too expensive

b)

Poor advertising

c)

Bad location

d)

Limited menu

25.

What are the cardinal directions?

a)

North, West, Southwest, East

b)

North, East, South, West

c)

Northeast, Southwest, Northwest, Southeast

d)

Up, Down, Left, Right

26.

Who invented the lightbulb?

a)

Nikola Tesla

b)

Albert Einstein

c)

Thomas Edison

d)

Alexander Graham Bell

27.

What does the term “rationing” mean?

a)

Buying extra food

b)

Trading food for money

c)

Limiting how much you can buy

d)

Wasting resources

28.

What was Pabst forced to make during Prohibition?

a)

Root Beer

b)

Cheese

c)

Soda

d)

Soup

29.

What is a monopoly?

a)

A company that competes fairly

b)

A company that shares profits

c)

A company with no competition

d)

A product with a discount

30.

What is the capital of Belgium?

a)

Antwerp

b)

Bruges

c)

Brussels

d)

Geneva

31.

Which U.S. amendment gave women the right to vote?

a)

15th

b)

18th

c)

19th

d)

21st

32.

Who painted the Mona Lisa?

a)

Michelangelo

b)

Leonardo da Vinci

c)

Raphael

d)

Picasso

33.

What shape is a quadratic graph?

a)

Line

b)

Parabola

c)

Circle

d)

Triangle

34.

What is the square root of 225?

a)

10

b)

14

c)

15

d)

18

35.

What is the capital of Zimbabwe?

a)

Lagos

b)

Nairobi

c)

Harare

d)

Kampala

36.

How many people live in Wisconsin (within 500k)?

a)

5 million

b)

6 million

c)

7 million

d)

8 million

37.

What is the average number of hours teens spend on their phones per day?

a)

3 hours

b)

5 hours

c)

8 hours

d)

10 hours

38.

What’s the difference between British Ale and German Lager?

a)

Ale is sweeter

b)

Lager is more bitter

c)

Ale is served warm, Lager cold

d)

Lager is stronger than Ale

39.

What is the formula to find the volume of a pyramid?

a)

base × height

b)

½ × base × height

c)

length × width × height

d)

⅓ × area of base × height

40.

What is the lightest element on the periodic table?

a)

Oxygen

b)

Hydrogen

c)

Helium

d)

Carbon

41.

How did Joseph Schlitz die?

a)

Illness

b)

Fire

c)

Shipwreck

d)

Explosion

42.

How many spices are in Colonel Sanders' chicken recipe?

a)

5

b)

9

c)

11

d)

13

43.

Which president was assassinated first?

a)

John F. Kennedy

b)

Abraham Lincoln

c)

William McKinley

d)

James Garfield

44.

What’s the first burger to receive a name?

a)

Big Mac

b)

Whopper

c)

Quarter Pounder

d)

Slider

45.

Where did ketchup originally come from?

a)

Germany

b)

France

c)

China

46.

What company created silly string?

a)

Hasbro

b)

Mattel

c)

Wham-O

d)

(Trick question) None — it was invented for medical use

47.

How long did the Battle of the Atlantic last?

a)

3 years

b)

5 years

c)

Almost 6 years

d)

7 years

48.

What does ADHD stand for?

a)

Attention Defined Health Disorder

b)

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

c)

Advanced Development of Hyper Disorder

d)

Adrenaline Deficiency Hyper Disorder

49.

What is spastic hemiplegia?

a)

A brain infection

b)

A form of muscular dystrophy

c)

A type of cerebral palsy that affects one side of the body

d)

A rare allergy

50.

How is spastic hemiplegia treated?

a)

Surgery

b)

Medicine

c)

Physical therapy

d)

Diet change

51.

Which of the following is a homogenous mixture?

a)

Salad

b)

Trail mix

c)

Air

d)

Chicken noodle soup

52.

What part of a plant anchors it and absorbs nutrients?

a)

Stem

b)

Leaves

c)

Roots

d)

Flowers

53.

What’s the name of the green pigment that absorbs sunlight in plants?

a)

Glucose

b)

Oxygen

c)

Chlorophyll

d)

Carbon dioxide

54.

Which part of a flower produces pollen?

a)

Stigma

b)

Anther

c)

Ovary

d)

Sepal

55.

Which U.S. state was the 30th to join the Union?

a)

Oregon

b)

Wisconsin

c)

Kansas

d)

Minnesota

56.

What is the formula for the area of a trapezoid?

a)

(base₁ + base₂) × height ÷ 2

b)

base × height ÷ 2

c)

base × height

d)

base + height

57.

What is the purpose of a counterclaim in argumentative writing?

a)

To agree with another argument

b)

To give more opinions

c)

To show both sides and refute the other

d)

To confuse the reader

58.

Who was the tallest U.S. president?

a)

George Washington

b)

Abraham Lincoln

c)

Thomas Jefferson

d)

Lyndon B. Johnson

59.

What was the first U.S. state attacked with a nuclear bomb?

a)

California

b)

Hawaii

c)

(Trick question: not a U.S. state)

d)

None — it happened in Japan

60.

What is the body's heaviest organ?

a)

Brain

b)

Skin

c)

Liver

d)

Intestines

61.

What is the name of the haunted hotel in Downtown Milwaukee?

a)

The Hilton

b)

The Fister

62.

Which president was in office during most of WWII?

a)

Harry Truman

b)

Franklin D. Roosevelt

c)

Dwight Eisenhower

d)

Woodrow Wilson

63.

What does PEMDAS stand for?

a)

Parentheses, Equations, Multiplication, Division, Algebra, Subtraction

b)

Parentheses, Exponents, Multiplication, Division, Addition, Subtraction

c)

Parentheses, Exponents, Metrics, Division, Algebra, Subtraction

d)

Parentheses, Equations, Mean, Division, Addition, Subtraction

64.

What is the capital of France?

a)

Rome

b)

Lyon

c)

Brussels

d)

Paris

65.

How many digits after the decimal point is the hundredths place?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

66.

What is a simile?

a)

A word that sounds like a sound

b)

A comparison using "like" or "as"

c)

A description without comparison

d)

A rhyme at the end of a poem

67.

What does "denotation" mean?

a)

Emotional meaning of a word

b)

Definition found in the dictionary

c)

The sound a word makes

d)

The feeling a word gives

68.

Which flower part receives the pollen during pollination?

a)

Anther

b)

Ovary

c)

Stigma

d)

Sepal

69.

What is the largest city in the U.S. by population?

a)

Los Angeles

b)

Houston

c)

Chicago

d)

New York City

70.

Which war was the deadliest in history?

a)

Vietnam War

b)

World War I

c)

World War II

d)

American Civil War

71.

What is the answer to 8 × 9?

a)

63

b)

72

c)

81

d)

69

72.

What’s the scientific name for a 3D circle?

a)

Cylinder

b)

Sphere

c)

Dome

d)

Cone

73.

What was the Chicago World’s Fair of 1893 known for?

a)

The Eiffel Tower

b)

Heinz Ketchup and electricity

c)

The Internet

d)

Jazz Music

74.

What are the main ingredients in Miller beer?

a)

Barley, wheat, sugar

b)

Corn, hops, malt, yeast, water

c)

Grapes, hops, yeast

d)

Rye, corn, sugar

75.

What is the meaning of “connotation”?

a)

Positive or negative emotion associated with a word

b)

The opposite of the definition

c)

Slang meaning

d)

The origin of a word

76.

What are the two types of pollination?

a)

Direct and indirect

b)

Male and female

c)

Self-pollination and cross-pollination

d)

Wind and water

77.

What is the scientific term for your body's ability to stay balanced internally?

a)

Regulation

b)

Balance

c)

Coordination

d)

Homeostasis

78.

What is the capital of Zimbabwe?

a)

Lusaka

b)

Harare

c)

Nairobi

d)

Kigali

79.

How many people are bitten by dogs each year in the U.S.?

a)

500,000

b)

1.2 million

c)

4.5 million

d)

10 million

80.

Who desegregated McDonogh 19 school in New Orleans?

a)

Rosa Parks

b)

Ruby Bridges

c)

Leona Tate, Tessie Prevost, and Gail Etienne

d)

The Greensboro Four

81.

When was slavery abolished in the United States?

a)

1776

b)

1863

c)

1865

d)

1870

82.

What is the name of the process where plants make their food?

a)

Germination

b)

Respiration

c)

Photosynthesis

d)

Fermentation

83.

Which artist cut off his own ear?

a)

Leonardo da Vinci

b)

Claude Monet

c)

Vincent van Gogh

d)

Pablo Picasso

84.

Who invented peanut butter?

a)

George Washington Carver

b)

Augustus Jackson

c)

Marcellus Gilmore Edson

d)

C.W. Post

85.

What is a sphere?

a)

A three-dimensional circle

b)

A 2D triangle

c)

A hollow cube

86.

What is the answer to 14 squared (14²)?

a)

128

b)

184

c)

196

d)

212

87.

What is the formula for the volume of a rectangular prism?

a)

l + w + h

b)

½ × l × w × h

c)

l × w × h

d)

(l × w) + h

88.

What was the last U.S. state to join the Union?

a)

Alaska

b)

New Mexico

c)

Hawaii

d)

Arizona

89.

What kind of warfare did the Germans use in the Battle of the Atlantic?

a)

Guerrilla Warfare

b)

U-Boat Submarines

c)

Blitzkrieg

d)

Trench Warfare

90.

What does the “www” in a website URL stand for?

a)

Wide Web Window

b)

World Web Way

c)

World Wide Web

d)

Web Window Widget

91.

What is the name of the first character Walt Disney ever created?

a)

Mickey Mouse

b)

Oswald the Lucky Rabbit

c)

Goofy

d)

Donald Duck

92.

Which math acronym helps remember the order of operations?

a)

SOHCAHTOA

b)

PEMDAS

c)

BEDMAS

d)

FOIL

93.

Who led the Manhattan Project?

a)

Albert Einstein

b)

Dwight Eisenhower

c)

J. Robert Oppenheimer

94.

What is the formula for density?

a)

Volume + Mass

b)

Mass + Volume

c)

Weight × Volume

d)

Volume ÷ Mass

95.

What is the top number of a fraction called?

a)

Denominator

b)

Dividend

c)

Numerator

d)

Quotient

96.

What does a letter usually represent in math?

a)

Answer

b)

Equation

c)

Variable

d)

Constant

97.

Which number is a perfect square?

a)

30

b)

50

c)

64

d)

75