GED Test 740 Questions with Verified Answers
"WOW! Mom rides a kayak at noon." How are the underlined words alike? - CORRECT ANSWER They are
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Who was the author of Common Sense: Thomas Paine or Thomas Jefferson? - CORRECT ANSWER Thomas Paine
What is NOT a real shark: hammerhead, shovelhead, or tigerhead? - CORRECT ANSWER tigerhead
What is the force that slows down an object or stops its motion? - CORRECT ANSWER friction
Which is greater than 90 degrees: an acute angle or an obtuse angle? - CORRECT ANSWER obtuse angle
What continent lies East of Europe? (page 1) - CORRECT ANSWER Asia
Correct the verb: "My friends have went to summer camp." - CORRECT ANSWER "My friends have gone to summer camp."
What government executive conducts most of its business in the Oval Office? - CORRECT ANSWER President of the United States
Each kind of atom is an element. Are most elements gases, liquids, or metals? - CORRECT ANSWER metals
If your class is catting online with an author "real time," that's now. True or false? - CORRECT ANSWER true
Do you wear a belt around your w-a-i-s-t or w-a-s-t-e? - CORRECT ANSWER w-a-i-s-t
Where were the shots fired that began the American Revolutionary War? - CORRECT ANSWER Lexington, Massachusetts
Which is a cardiovascular exercise: jumping rope or lifting weights? - CORRECT ANSWER jumping rope
What large muscle helps you breath in and out: the heart or the diaphragm? - CORRECT ANSWER diaphragm
A number that's divided by another is called the divisor. True or false? - CORRECT ANSWER false.
Classify from lowest to highest: Sierra Nevada, Rockies, and Appalachians - CORRECT ANSWER Appalachians, Sierra Nevada, Rockies
"The angry sky dumped water on us!" Is this an example of personification or metaphor? - CORRECT ANSWER personification
In what city was George Washington worn in as the first US president? - CORRECT ANSWER New York City
Is a simple machine consisting of a wheel and a rope called a lever, a gear, or pulley? - CORRECT ANSWER pulley
What is the tallest mountain in the United States? - CORRECT ANSWER Mt. McKinley
Which uses a linking verb?
A: "Joe feels awful."
B: "Joe feels the dog's fur." - CORRECT ANSWER A: "Joe feels awful."
What inventor used a steam engine to give greater power to boats? - CORRECT ANSWER Robert Fulton
If your tea is decaffeinated, it has caffeine in it. True or false? - CORRECT ANSWER false
Do most of your muscles work individually or in pairs? - CORRECT ANSWER pairs
Find the product of 80*7 - CORRECT ANSWER 560
On a map, the numbered and lettered squares form a pattern called ... what? - CORRECT ANSWER grid
Answer with a homonym pair: What's it called when the cost of a bus ride is reasonable? - CORRECT ANSWER fair fore
When the Aztecs were conquered by the Spanish, who was their chief? - CORRECT ANSWER Montezuma
In chemistry, what does the symbol "C" stand for? - CORRECT ANSWER carbon
What sport has been around the longest: roller skating, ice skating, or skateboarding? - CORRECT ANSWER ice skating
"Jed was sick. Now he's better." Use a conjunction to connect these sentences - CORRECT ANSWER "Jed was sick, but now he's better."
Are the opening words of the Constitution called the Introduction or the Preamble? - CORRECT ANSWER Preamble
To meditate, do you sit quietly and clear your mind or do you try to float in the air? - CORRECT ANSWER You sit quietly and clear your mind.
Which forms over an ocean: a hurricane or a tornado? - CORRECT ANSWER a hurricane
Our bus left at 12:45 pm. The trip took 4 1/2 hours. What time did we arrive? - CORRECT ANSWER 5:15 pm
Name the largest mountain system on the continent of Europe - CORRECT ANSWER Alps
Is a flashback a story interruption that gives past information or a brainstorm? - CORRECT ANSWER It's a story interruption that gives information that happened in the past
Who led the Spanish army that conquered the Aztecs? - CORRECT ANSWER Hernando Cortes
Which is the best conductor of electricity: wood, ceramic or copper? - CORRECT ANSWER copper
Is "confetti" bits of colored paper or very thin noodles? - CORRECT ANSWER bits of colored paper
Spell the noun that comes from the adjective "silly." - CORRECT ANSWER silliness
In what war were the American forces called the Continental Army? - CORRECT ANSWER The American Revolution or War of Independence
The bald eagle has no feathers on its head. True or false? - CORRECT ANSWER false
During an equinox, are the hours of daylight and darkness equal or unequal? - CORRECT ANSWER equal
Using pencil and paper, find the sun of $23.47 and $69.03 - CORRECT ANSWER $92.50
Which of these European cities is the largest: Berlin, London, or Paris? - CORRECT ANSWER London
Should Tina "lay" or "lie" the pencil on the desk? - CORRECT ANSWER lay
What machine made the US the largest producer of cotton in the 1800s? - CORRECT ANSWER the cotton gin
Who discovered the law of gravity? - CORRECT ANSWER Isaac Newton
Sapphire, turquoise, and navy are all shades of what color? - CORRECT ANSWER blue
I've (swam or swum?) in the freezing cold water and will never do it again! - CORRECT ANSWER swum
Was New Amsterdam a city or a colony in early America? - CORRECT ANSWER a city
If someone says your "epidermis" is showing, what body part do they mean? - CORRECT ANSWER your skin
Are the worker bees male or female? - CORRECT ANSWER female
The band has 3 drums and 3 flutes. What's the ratio of drums to flutes? - CORRECT ANSWER 1 to 1
What city in Missouri is famous for its Gateway Arch? - CORRECT ANSWER St. Louis
Which poetry is usually humorous: a haiku, a limerick, or free verse? - CORRECT ANSWER a limerick
Did Cyrus McCormick invent the reaper or the elevator? - CORRECT ANSWER the reaper
What contains the embryo of a flowering plant? - CORRECT ANSWER a seed
Is the holiday of Yam Kippur observed by Jews or by Christians? - CORRECT ANSWER by Jews
"I'll read you the story." Which word is the indirect object? - CORRECT ANSWER you
Who won Word War II: the Axis or the Allies? - CORRECT ANSWER the Allies
Find the misfit in this group: Bach, Chopin, Picasso, Schubert - CORRECT ANSWER Picasso
What do rocks turn into when they erode? - CORRECT ANSWER sand
How many zeros are there in 735 million? - CORRECT ANSWER 6
Which state does NOT border on California: Nevada, Washington, or Arizona? - CORRECT ANSWER Washington
There is no real English word that rhymes with "orange." True or false? - CORRECT ANSWER true
Which country fought against the US in World War I: Russia or Germany? - CORRECT ANSWER Germany
Does light from the sun take 8 seconds, 8 minutes, or 8 days to reach Earth? - CORRECT ANSWER 8 minutes
Which are NOT endangered: blue whales, Asian elephants, or emperor penguins? - CORRECT ANSWER emperor penguins
Complete this analogy: High is to low as tall is to ... what? - CORRECT ANSWER short
A century is a period of 100 years. How many years is a millennium? - CORRECT ANSWER 1,000
Was gunpowder invented in Egypt, China, or India? - CORRECT ANSWER China
What is your body's largest organ? - CORRECT ANSWER the skin
Round to the nearest hundred, then estimate the difference: 669 minus 435 - CORRECT ANSWER 300
If you fly from Boston to Los Angeles, how many time zones do you travel through? - CORRECT ANSWER four
What's another word for sad that's also a color? - CORRECT ANSWER blue
Which president was once a governor or Arkansas: Bill Clinton or Jimmy Carter? - CORRECT ANSWER Bill Clinton
What do you call a plant that comes from two different species of plants? - CORRECT ANSWER a hybrid
In what game is a plastic disk tossed between players with a flip of the wrist? - CORRECT ANSWER Frisbee
Change the verb to the future tense: "people live on Mars." - CORRECT ANSWER "People will live on Mars."
Who sailed to North America first: the Vikings, the Dutch or the Portuguese? - CORRECT ANSWER the Vikings
Who was the Roman goddess of love and beauty: Venus or Minerva? - CORRECT ANSWER Venus
Wood is a renewable resource. True or false? - CORRECT ANSWER true
If your album has 6 photos per page, on which page is the 45th photo? - CORRECT ANSWER the 8th page
Which ocean borders Australia to the South and West? - CORRECT ANSWER the Indian Ocean
How was the word "boulevard" abbreviated in addresses? - CORRECT ANSWER Blvd.
Did Peter Stuyvesant govern Plymouth, New Netherlands, or Jamestown? - CORRECT ANSWER New Netherlands
Which expands the most when it's heated: a liquid, a solid, or a gas? - CORRECT ANSWER a gas
What part of your body moves when you shrug? - CORRECT ANSWER the shoulders
Change both verbs to the past tense: "the baby repeats whatever we say." - CORRECT ANSWER "The baby repeated whatever we said."
Name the power the President has to prevent a bill from becoming law - CORRECT ANSWER the power of veto
Who advises actors on how to play their parts: the producer or the director? - CORRECT ANSWER the director
Does your cranium protect your brain, your heart, or your intestines? - CORRECT ANSWER your brain
Bill spent $3.55 on lunch. He has $4.23 left. How much did he start out with? - CORRECT ANSWER $7.78
About how long is the Oregon Trail: 200 or 2,000 miles? - CORRECT ANSWER 2,000 miles
"Your blob of jelly is blobby, her blob is blobbier, but mine is...what? - CORRECT ANSWER blobbiest
In what year did Barack Obama become the first African American President? - CORRECT ANSWER he took office in 2009
Fog is actually a stratus cloud close to the ground. True or false? - CORRECT ANSWER true
Which musical instrument does NOT have a reed: a flute, a clarinet, or a saxophone? - CORRECT ANSWER flute
How many language does a trilingual person speak? - CORRECT ANSWER three
in 1790, what American city did Benjamin Banneker help plan? - CORRECT ANSWER Washington D.C.
In what religion is Ramadan a holiday? - CORRECT ANSWER Islam
When a person has tuberculosis, what part of the body is affected? - CORRECT ANSWER the lungs
What 4 coins are equal to the decimal .04? - CORRECT ANSWER 4 pennies
Were the Hawaiian islands formed by volcanoes, tidal waves, or glaciers? - CORRECT ANSWER volcanoes
"peak" or peek"? "what around the corner to see the mountain's what?" - CORRECT ANSWER "peek around the corner to see the mountain's peak"
Why did Southerners of the 1850s refer to cotton as "king cotton"? - CORRECT ANSWER because cotton was the South's most important crop
Our galaxy is one of the largest in our universe. What's it called? - CORRECT ANSWER the Milky Way
In what year was Obama bin Laden, mastermind of the 9/11/01 terrorist attacks, killed? - CORRECT ANSWER in 2011, 10 years after the September 11, 2001 attacks
Which means the same as "rot": decompose or decompress? - CORRECT ANSWER decompose
Did Francisco Coronado lead expeditions into the American West, South, or Southwest? - CORRECT ANSWER Southwest
In what city can you watch an event at Yankee Stadium or Madison Square Garden? - CORRECT ANSWER New York City
Does a space prob explore the Earth's atmosphere or deep space? - CORRECT ANSWER deep space
Multiply 1 2/3 * 3/5. What's the product? - CORRECT ANSWER 1
What's the collective name for the five lakes that include Lake Ontario? - CORRECT ANSWER the Great Lakes
Which three are vivid synonyms for "tiny": teeny-weeny, small, microscopic, or puny? - CORRECT ANSWER teeny-weeny, microscopic, and puny
What US document is known as "the supreme law of the land"? - CORRECT ANSWER the Constitution
After a male and female praying mantis mate, which one eats the other? - CORRECT ANSWER the female eats the male
If you are a valedictorian, do you have the best or the worst grades in your class? - CORRECT ANSWER the best grades
What is the superlative form of the adjective "bad"? - CORRECT ANSWER worst
What speech by Abraham Lincoln begins, "four score and seven years ago..."? - CORRECT ANSWER the Gettysburg Address
Name the largest snake on Earth - CORRECT ANSWER the anacoda
Which is a flow of electrons: static electricity or an electric current? - CORRECT ANSWER an electric current
Add $57.94 + $6.19 + $9.07. What's the total? - CORRECT ANSWER $73.20
What are the two longest rivers in the world? - CORRECT ANSWER the Nile River and the Amazon River
"The giant gulped his food and slurped his drink." Name the vivid-sounding verbs - CORRECT ANSWER gulped and slurped
Besides the chief justice, how many justices serve on the Supreme Court? - CORRECT ANSWER eight
Which is the second-largest planet in our solar system: Venus or Saturn? - CORRECT ANSWER Saturn
Pistachios, cashews, pecans, and almonds are all kinds of what food? - CORRECT ANSWER nuts
Which prefix do you add to "visible" to get its opposite? - CORRECT ANSWER in
Native Americans kept written records of their history. True or false? - CORRECT ANSWER false
Find the boy named fora biblical hero: Samson, Sidney, Silas, or Seymour? - CORRECT ANSWER Samson
Is a spider classified as an insect, a crustacean, or an arachnid? - CORRECT ANSWER an arachnid
Find the misfit: cube, sphere, cone, square, pyramid - CORRECT ANSWER square
What do we call the island countries in the Caribbean? - CORRECT ANSWER the West Indies
Is a recipe for chocolate cupcakes an example of narrative or expository writing? - CORRECT ANSWER expository writing
What does it mean when the President vetos a bill? - CORRECT ANSWER the President rejects the bill and sends it back to Congress
What kind of chip makes a computer work? - CORRECT ANSWER a microchip
When daylight saving time starts, do we turn clock forward or backward an hour? - CORRECT ANSWER forward
"Tablet computers are better than desktops." Fact or opinion? - CORRECT ANSWER opinion
Did the Great Depression begin in 1929 or 1992? - CORRECT ANSWER 1929
In what book of the Bible does Eve eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil? - CORRECT ANSWER Genesis
The inside of a light-bulb is a vacuum. True or false? - CORRECT ANSWER true
When you bisect a circle, what new forms do you get? - CORRECT ANSWER 2 semicircles or 2 half-circles
Which is further West: Colorado or Idaho? - CORRECT ANSWER Idaho
"E-readers are changing the way we read." Main idea or supporting detail? - CORRECT ANSWER main idea
Which was named for the King of England: Louisiana or Georgia? - CORRECT ANSWER Georgia
What does a crab use to find food in total darkness? - CORRECT ANSWER its antennae
What is the common name for a polygraph test? - CORRECT ANSWER a lie-detector test
Find the metaphor: "At night my room is a cave filled with shadows." - CORRECT ANSWER my room is a cave
Who serves a six-year term in the US Congress: a senator or a representative? - CORRECT ANSWER a senator
When you separate an egg, what two parts do you get? - CORRECT ANSWER the egg white and the egg yolk
Does laryngitis affect your lungs or your larynx? - CORRECT ANSWER larynx
If your beats 80 times a minute, how many times will it beat in an hour? - CORRECT ANSWER 4,800 beats per hour
Which is NOT in the Eastern time zone: Chicago, Miami, Boston, or Atlanta? - CORRECT ANSWER Chicago
"I like peanut butter. She like jelly." Make this a compound sentence - CORRECT ANSWER "I like peanut butter, and she like jelly." or "I like peanut butter, but she likes jelly."
Name the woman who inspired a bus boycott in Montgomery, Alabama - CORRECT ANSWER Rosa Parks
Does your doctor listen to your heart with a telescope or a stethoscope? - CORRECT ANSWER a stethoscope
What bird lays the largest eggs of all? - CORRECT ANSWER the ostrich
Replace the name Tom with pronouns: "Tom is my friend, so I invited Tom over." - CORRECT ANSWER "He is my friend, so I invited him over."
What do we call the chief executive of a city government? - CORRECT ANSWER the mayor
Spell the six-letter plural of "octopus" - CORRECT ANSWER o-c-t-o-p-i
Do faults in the Earth's crust cause earthquakes or volcanic eruptions? - CORRECT ANSWER earthquakes
Find the value of n in 7/3 = 28/n - CORRECT ANSWER 12
What Caribbean island is a commonwealth of the United States? - CORRECT ANSWER Puerto Rico
"W-e-a-t-h-e-r" or "w-h-e-t-h-e-r?" "what we go outside depends on the what." - CORRECT ANSWER "Whether we go outside depends on the weather."
Who was the first to round the Cape of Good Hope: Vasco de Gama or Bartolomeu Dias? - CORRECT ANSWER Bartolomeu Dias
Choose the best conductor of heat: glass, wood, metal, or sand - CORRECT ANSWER metal
Which is an anthropoid: an ape or an insect? - CORRECT ANSWER an ape
"Play that song again I love it." What punctuation can correct this run-on? - CORRECT ANSWER a period after "again"
Put in chronological order: ghost town, boomtown, small mining town - CORRECT ANSWER small mining town, boomtown, and ghost town
Which form of music came first: rap, jazz, or rock? - CORRECT ANSWER jazz (in the early 1900s)
In a tornado, try to seek shelter in a windowless room like a closet or bathroom. True or false? - CORRECT ANSWER true
What do you subtract from 3/4 to leave a difference of 1/2? - CORRECT ANSWER 1/4
Name the largest country in the western hemisphere - CORRECT ANSWER Canada
What word added to the front or back of these words makes two new words: bubble, drop? - CORRECT ANSWER gum
During what war did Francis Scott Key write "The Star-Spangled Banner"? - CORRECT ANSWER the War of 1812
What part of a poisonous snake releases its venom? - CORRECT ANSWER the fangs
Which is NOT a spice: cinnamon, ginger, salt, pepper, paprika? - CORRECT ANSWER salt
"There was so much milk in the bowl, it was a lake." simile or metaphor? - CORRECT ANSWER metaphor
Which city was founded by Puritans: Richmond, Philadelphia, or Boston? - CORRECT ANSWER Boston
The great fire of 1871 occurred in what US city? - CORRECT ANSWER Chicago
Is a rhinoceros a carnivorous, herbivorous, or omnivorous mammal? - CORRECT ANSWER a herbivorous mammal
Which has two pairs of parallel sides: a trapezoid or a parallelogram? - CORRECT ANSWER a parallelogram
Which country is NOT in Africa: Angola, Ukraine, Nigeria, or Chad? - CORRECT ANSWER Ukraine
The Life of Albert Einstein: Is this book likely to be historical fiction or biography? - CORRECT ANSWER biography
To impeach the President is to remove him from office at once. True or false? - CORRECT ANSWER false
Is an organism's DNA code found in its cytoplasm or its genes? - CORRECT ANSWER its genes
In ancient Greece, what did the athletes wear at the Olympic Games? - CORRECT ANSWER nothing
Which adjective describes how bacon tastes: fried, salty, sizzling? - CORRECT ANSWER salty
From what country did the US buy the land known as the Louisiana Territory? - CORRECT ANSWER France
What keyboard characters form the emoticon for "happy"? - CORRECT ANSWER :)
Density is equal to mass divided by volume. True or false? - CORRECT ANSWER true
How much is .3 multiplied by 8? - CORRECT ANSWER 2.4
The highest degrees of latitude are closest to the equator. True or false? - CORRECT ANSWER false
What word combines with "door" for an opening to a hidden place: "back" or "trap"? - CORRECT ANSWER trap
How many amendments have been added to the US Constitution: 19, 27, or 35? - CORRECT ANSWER 27
Which is made up of only one kind of atom: an element, a compound, or a molecule? - CORRECT ANSWER an element
Which would a vegetarian NOT choose to eat: guacamole or chili con carne? - CORRECT ANSWER chili con carne
Which lemony, sunny color rhymes with the word "mellow"? - CORRECT ANSWER yellow
Was the first steamboat called the Monitor, the Maine, or the Clermont? - CORRECT ANSWER the Clermont
What Japanese dish is made of raw fish: sushi, sukiyaki, or teriyaki? - CORRECT ANSWER sushi
Are tidal waves found near the shore or in the middle of the ocean? - CORRECT ANSWER near the shore
What fraction of a pound of 8 ounces? - CORRECT ANSWER 1/2
If you sail from Hawaii to Tokyo, in which direction do you travel? - CORRECT ANSWER west
Continue this sequence: I do, you do, he or she ... - CORRECT ANSWER does
Women voted for the first time in a US Presidential election in 1900. True or false? - CORRECT ANSWER false
Which are NOT parasites: mosquitoes, ticks, or ants? - CORRECT ANSWER ants
Can a computer get a cold or a virus? - CORRECT ANSWER a virus
If you express your point of view in a letter to a newspaper's editor, is it fact or opinion? - CORRECT ANSWER opinion
Anne Hutchinson was the first governor of Massachusetts. True or false? - CORRECT ANSWER false
When you tighten a guitar string, do you raise or lower its pitch? - CORRECT ANSWER raise it
What force keeps the stars of the Milky Way in place? - CORRECT ANSWER gravity
In 6 weeks, we'll leave on our camping trip. How many days must we wait? - CORRECT ANSWER 42 days
Which is a work of nature: a canal, a dam, or a canyon? - CORRECT ANSWER a canyon
Which syllable is stressed in the "dolphin": the first or the second? - CORRECT ANSWER the first
Was a telegraphic code invented by Samuel Morse or Alexander Graham Bell? - CORRECT ANSWER Samuel Morse
How many pairs of ribs do you have? - CORRECT ANSWER 12
Is a "baguette" a little purse or a long French bread? - CORRECT ANSWER a long French bread
Make this an interrogative sentence: "The well is dry." - CORRECT ANSWER "Is the well dry?"
What American city held a famous "tea party" in 1773? - CORRECT ANSWER Boston
The whale shark is the largest shark in the world. True or false? - CORRECT ANSWER true
To find the velocity of a spacecraft, do you measure its volume, weight, or speed? - CORRECT ANSWER its speed
You're charged a 20% late fee on a $20 credit card bill. How much extra is that? - CORRECT ANSWER $40
Which city is the capital of Colorado: Boulder, Denver, or Colorado Springs? - CORRECT ANSWER Denver
Were the scared trick-or-treaters (terrified or pleased?) by the spaghetti "brains"? - CORRECT ANSWER terrified
Was the Cumberland Gap a natural trail or a man-made road? - CORRECT ANSWER a natural trail
Whales are mammals, so they can live briefly on land. True or false? - CORRECT ANSWER true
On what continent were the conga drums first played? - CORRECT ANSWER Africa
Correct this comparison: "My cousin is more older than I am." - CORRECT ANSWER "My cousin is older than I am."
For his time, George Washington was considered a giant. True or false? - CORRECT ANSWER true
Which state occupies two peninsulas: Florida or Michigan? - CORRECT ANSWER Michigan
What color absorbs the most sunlight? - CORRECT ANSWER black
Add these together: 8 * 100 and 4 * 20 - CORRECT ANSWER 880
Which US state is known as the Land of 10,000 Lakes? - CORRECT ANSWER Minnesota
Put the verb in the past tense: "Joe finds a lucky penny on the sidewalk." - CORRECT ANSWER "Joe found a lucky penny on the sidewalk."
Which came first: America's war with Mexico or the California Gold Rush? - CORRECT ANSWER America's war with Mexico
Giant anteaters have 2-foot-long tongues to help them eat. Oddity or adaption? - CORRECT ANSWER adaption
What do you call a machine that looks and behaves like a human being? - CORRECT ANSWER a robot
The answer to the homonym riddle is "a sent cent" What's the question? - CORRECT ANSWER What do you call a mailed penny?
What city was the first capital of the newly formed United States? - CORRECT ANSWER New York City
Which kind of doctor delivers babies: an optician or an obstetrician? - CORRECT ANSWER obstetrician
What do fish use their gills for? - CORRECT ANSWER breathing
Which digit is in the thousands place in 25,864? - CORRECT ANSWER 5
Which European country is made up of islands: Switzerland or Greece? - CORRECT ANSWER Greece
Which word comes from French: voyage or trip? - CORRECT ANSWER voyage
Which group was against slavery: plantation owners or abolitionists? - CORRECT ANSWER abolitionists
How many pairs of chromosomes did you inherit from your parents: 23 or 46? - CORRECT ANSWER 23 pairs
In which weather condition could you experience a whiteout: a hailstorm or a blizzard? - CORRECT ANSWER a blizzard
What consonant is silent in all these words: fasten, castle, moisten, and wrestle? - CORRECT ANSWER t
What mountains did early pioneers have to cross to reach present-day Kentucky? - CORRECT ANSWER the Appalachians mountains
You can send an e-mail to the President at the White House website. True or false? - CORRECT ANSWER true
Does an El Nino change weather patterns around the Atlantic or Pacific Ocean? - CORRECT ANSWER the Pacific Ocean
Find the least common denominator of 3/4 and 5/6. Is it 8, 12, or 24? - CORRECT ANSWER 12
What do the Mediterranean, the Caribbean, and the Adriatic have in common? - CORRECT ANSWER they're all seas
When you write an essay, should you use formal or informal language? - CORRECT ANSWER formal language
Put these US Presidents in chronological order: Jackson, Adams, Lincoln - CORRECT ANSWER Adams, Jackson, and Lincoln
What does it mean if a disease is contagious? - CORRECT ANSWER you can catch it
Which is a longer period of time: three decades or a quarter of a century? - CORRECT ANSWER three decades
Does the word spelled h-e-r-o-s refer to people or big sandwiches? - CORRECT ANSWER big sandwiches
Besides Germany, what European country declared war on the US in 1941? - CORRECT ANSWER Italy
Is a "latte" a green tea or a drink made with strong coffee and hot milk? - CORRECT ANSWER a drink made with strong coffee and hot milk
What natural phenomenon creates sand dunes? - CORRECT ANSWER the wind
If Joe spent 10% of her money and has $9 left, how much did she have to start with? - CORRECT ANSWER $10
Which country is NOT in South America: Chile, Peru, Guatemala, or Paraguay? - CORRECT ANSWER Guatemala
What do we cal a person who has a billion dollars? - CORRECT ANSWER a billionaire
Are goods bought from another country called imports or tariffs? - CORRECT ANSWER imports
Light can travel around the Earth 7 times in 1 second. True or false? - CORRECT ANSWER true
How many babies in a set of quadruplets? - CORRECT ANSWER four
In a writer's group, authors share their writing with one another. True or false? - CORRECT ANSWER true
Who sailed from England to Newfoundland in 1497: Henry Hudson or John Cabot? - CORRECT ANSWER John Cabot
In Roman mythology, who was king of the gods: Mercury or Jupiter? - CORRECT ANSWER Jupiter
Which part of a green plant is like a tiny food factory: the leaf or the stem? - CORRECT ANSWER the leaf
Add 3/4 and 2/4. Is the total less or greater than 1? - CORRECT ANSWER greater
Which is farthest West: Colorado, Nevada, or Utah? - CORRECT ANSWER Nevada
Insert a present-tense helping verb: "Snowflakes falling on my nose." - CORRECT ANSWER "snowflakes are falling on my nose."
Who led a historic slave revolt in 1831: Harriet Truman or Nat Turner? - CORRECT ANSWER Nat Turner
Were microscopes invented in the 1600s, 1800s, or 1900s? - CORRECT ANSWER 1600s
If you deposit money, do you add it to your bank account or subtract it? - CORRECT ANSWER you add it
How is the word "apartment" abbreviated in addresses? - CORRECT ANSWER Apt.
In what region of our country did the Chinook and the Nez Perce live? - CORRECT ANSWER the Northwest
What do the letters "FBI" stand for? - CORRECT ANSWER Federal Bureau of Investigation
Do planets travel around the sun in circular or elliptical orbits? - CORRECT ANSWER elliptical orbits
The value of the ratio 16/n = 16/1 is 16. True or false? - CORRECT ANSWER false
What country separates Alaska from the rest of the continental US? - CORRECT ANSWER Canada
Add a word before "bones" to get a compound word for an inactive person - CORRECT ANSWER lazybones
What do we call a US citizen who wasn't born in the United States? - CORRECT ANSWER a naturalized citizen
Where in space can astronauts from many countries live and work together? - CORRECT ANSWER on the International Space Station
Does a person suffering from insomnia have trouble eating, breathing, or sleeping? - CORRECT ANSWER sleeping
Correct this sentence with a helping verb: "I seen that movie twice." - CORRECT ANSWER "I have seen that movie twice"
Which group formally casts votes for the President of the US? - CORRECT ANSWER the electoral college
What do we call a musical composition written for four musicians? - CORRECT ANSWER a quartet
What animal group does ornithologist study? - CORRECT ANSWER birds
Which is a prime number: 5 or 6? - CORRECT ANSWER 5
What place in England marks the prime meridian? - CORRECT ANSWER Greenwich
Make this an imperative sentence: "Will you sit down and listen to me?" - CORRECT ANSWER "sit down and listen to me"
Name the group of federal agents who protect the President - CORRECT ANSWER the secret service
What part of your body shows where the umbilical cord was attached? - CORRECT ANSWER the navel, or belly button
Baby pigeons are rarely seen. Do they hatch fully grown or stay nest-bound for two months? - CORRECT ANSWER they stay in their nests for two months
My mother got a loan from the bank. Is she the borrower or the lender? - CORRECT ANSWER the borrower
What country was the first to put men on the moon? - CORRECT ANSWER the United States
Which always falls on a Thursday: Christmas, New Year's Day, or Thanksgiving? - CORRECT ANSWER Thanksgiving
What's your normal body temperature in Celsius degrees: 37, 57, or 98? - CORRECT ANSWER 37 degrees Celsius
If you stream 4 videos a day for 3 days, how many will you see in total? - CORRECT ANSWER 12
Are Louisiana's Cajuns of Italy, Spanish, or French descent? - CORRECT ANSWER French
Find the homophones: p-i-e-c-e, p-e-a-s, and p-e-a-c-e - CORRECT ANSWER p-i-e-c-e and p-e-a-c-e
Name the British general who surrendered to George Washington in 1781 - CORRECT ANSWER Lord Charles Cornwallis
What natural product is most often used in manufacturing plastics? - CORRECT ANSWER petroleum
Does the term "link rot" mean a webpage was mot found or a decaying fence? - CORRECT ANSWER a webpage was not found
Which words go inside quotation marks: Mary Lou shouted, Watch your step! - CORRECT ANSWER "watch your step!"
Was Delaware the first state or the last state to ratify the Constitution? - CORRECT ANSWER the first state
What language was created for people who can't hear or speak? - CORRECT ANSWER sign language
Which describes a star?
1) a ball of fiery gas
2) a mass of hot lava - CORRECT ANSWER 1) a ball of fiery gas
If 5 times 32 is 160, what is 160 divided by 32? - CORRECT ANSWER 5
A 747 jet flies from Texas to Ohio. Is it headed northwest, due north or northeast? - CORRECT ANSWER northeast
"The fog was a wet blanket." Is this an example of a simile or a metaphor? - CORRECT ANSWER a metaphor
On what waterway could a barge travel from Lake Erie to the Atlantic Ocean? - CORRECT ANSWER the Erie canal
Did Albert Einstein discover gravity, electricity, or the theory of relativity? - CORRECT ANSWER the theory of relativity
The 1960s saw the beginning of the Pop Art movement. What is "Pop" short for? - CORRECT ANSWER popular
Change the pronouns to their plural form: "Don't call me; I'll call you." - CORRECT ANSWER "Don't call us; we'll call you."
If Texas broke away from the US, would it secede or succeed? - CORRECT ANSWER secede
In the King Arthur stories, is Merlin a magician or a knight? - CORRECT ANSWER a magician
Which refracts light: a lens or a mirror? - CORRECT ANSWER a lens
One side of a square is 3 centimeters long. What's the area of the square? - CORRECT ANSWER 9 square centimeters
Do pineapples grow in California, Oregon, or Hawaii? - CORRECT ANSWER Hawaii
Find to rhyming words for "stinky stomach." - CORRECT ANSWER smelly belly
In the 19th century, did most immigrants come to the US from Europe or Africa? - CORRECT ANSWER Europe
Which cannot make its own food: a mushroom, a fern, or a bamboo tree? - CORRECT ANSWER a mushroom
In what religion is Rosh Hashanah an important holiday? - CORRECT ANSWER Judaism, or Jewish religion
Correct this sentence: "I used to do bad in school." - CORRECT ANSWER "I used to do badly in school."
Who was president of the Confederacy during the Civil War? - CORRECT ANSWER Jefferson Davis
What word names your relationship to your mother's brother's son? - CORRECT ANSWER cousin
What system in your body carries messages to and from your brain? - CORRECT ANSWER the nervous system
What is the sum of 1 5/9 and 7 4/9? - CORRECT ANSWER 9
When it's summer in Canada, what season is it in Australia? - CORRECT ANSWER winter
Which homonym spelling is for the yummy dessert: m-o-o-s-e or m-o-u-s-s-e? - CORRECT ANSWER m-o-u-s-s-e [Show Less]