Middle School Trivia 4
How many sides does a decagon have?
10
How many countries are there in the world?
195
What is the smallest prime number?
2
What is 20% of 100?
20
How many hours are there in a day?
24
How many weeks are there in a year?
52
How many continents are there?
7
How many legs do Arachnids have?
8
How many pints are in a gallon?
8
How many sides does an octagon have?
8
How many minutes are in 1.5 hours?
90
What is the largest land animal?
African Elephant
What do you call someone who can write with both hands equally as well?
Ambidextrous?
What is the largest continent in the world?
Asia
What is both a country and a continent?
Australia
What do vampire bats eat?
Blood
What is the second largest country in the world?
Canada
If you were born on Christmas day, which star sign would you belong to?
Capricorn
What is chocolate made from?
Cocoa beans
What are the 3 secondary colors?
Cyan (blue+green), magenta (blue+red), and yellow (green+red)
What is the third planet from the sun?
Earth
What is the shortest month of the year?
February
The Statue of Liberty was gifted to the USA by which country?
France
What is the name given to an animal that only eats plants?
Herbivores
Where is your larynx?
In your throat
Who wrote the Harry Potter series?
J.K. Rowling
When was the Declaration of Independence signed?
July 4th, 1776
Who invented Facebook?
Mark Zuckerberg
What is a mammal with a pouch called?
Marsupial
What is the closest planet to the sun?
Mercury
What are the order of the planets (starting with the planet closest to the sun)?
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
What is the highest mountain in the world?
Mount Everest
Who were the first two men on the moon?
Neil Armstrong and Buz Aldrin
What are the names of all 7 continents?
North America, South America, Asia, Africa, Europe, Australia, Antarctica
What do you call the middle of an atom?
Nucleus
Where are your taste buds located?
On your tongue
What is the largest bird in the world?
Ostrich
What are the names of the 4 oceans? BONUS: Can you name the 5th (less known) ocean?
Pacific, Atlantic, Arctic, and Indian Ocean. The 5th is the Southern Ocean, located near Antarctica.
What is the capital of France?
Paris
What are the 3 primary colors?
Red, blue, and yellow
What is the capital of California?
Sacramento
What is the biggest manmade structure on Earth?
The Great Wall of China
Which piece on a chess board makes an L-shaped move?
The knight
What happens during a solar eclipse?
The moon comes between the Earth and the Sun
Who has more neck bones, a human or a giraffe?
They have the same number of vertebrae (bones)
Who invented the lightbulb?
Thomas Edison
What is 5 in Roman numerals?
V
Who created Mickey Mouse?
Walt Disney
Who wrote 'Hamlet'?
William Shakespeare
What is ten in Roman numerals?
X
Which rodent has no tail?
a Guinea Pig
What is the biggest animal on Earth (land and sea)?
the Blue Whale
What is the name of the imaginary line around the center of the Earth?
the Equator
What is the longest river in North America?
the Mississippi River
What is the longest river in the world?
the Nile River
