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5th Grade Trivia

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Which bird can mimic car alarms and camera shutters with amazing accuracy?

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What is the name for Earth's outermost solid layer where we live?

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How many continents are there on Earth?

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Which planet has the most famous bright rings?

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What do we call the angle that is exactly ninety degrees?

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Which composer wrote The Four Seasons, published in 1725?

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Which planet is nicknamed the Red Planet?

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What is the exact value of pi rounded to six decimal places?

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What is the capital city of France?

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What do bees collect from flowers to make honey?

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Which star is the closest known star to the Sun?

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What is the chemical symbol for gold on the periodic table?

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In computing, what does CPU stand for?

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Which Australian animal is famous for hopping and carrying a joey in a pouch?

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Which sense organ lets you see colors and shapes?

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In what year did humans first land on the Moon?

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What is the smallest country in the world by land area?

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Which exact element has atomic number 79?

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What organelle is known as the powerhouse of the cell?

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What is the exact speed of sound in dry air at twenty degrees Celsius in meters per second?

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Who is the author of The Chronicles of Narnia?

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Which is the largest ocean on Earth by area?

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Who flew a kite in a lightning storm to study electricity in 1752?

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Which explorer completed the first circumnavigation of the globe (though he died on the journey)?

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What do we call a baby frog before it grows legs?

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What is the name of the deepest known point in the Pacific Ocean?

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Which constellation contains the star Betelgeuse?

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Which sea separates Europe and Africa near Gibraltar?

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Who was the first president of the United States?

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What is the largest planet in our solar system by diameter?

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What is the largest animal ever known to have lived on Earth?

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What is the tallest mountain on Earth measured from sea level?

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Which book won the first Newbery Medal in 1922?

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Which Apollo mission number performed the only crewed landing near the Fra Mauro formation?

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Which shape has all sides equal and four right angles?

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Which scientist proposed the three laws of motion in 1687?

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What is the star at the center of our solar system called?

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Which city is home to the Golden Gate Bridge?

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Which island nation uses the capital city of Port Moresby?

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Which famous American document begins with 'We the People'?

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What is the tallest living land animal species?

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Which month has twenty-eight days in most years?

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Which volcano buried Pompeii in the year 79?

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What is the formal scientific term for the windward side of a mountain range?

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Which day of the week comes right after Friday?

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What is the name of Earth's natural satellite?

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What is the capital city of Canada, located on the Ottawa River?

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Which monarch signed the English Bill of Rights in 1689?

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In what year did the Titanic sink in the North Atlantic?

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Who is the Greek myth hero who performed twelve labors?

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What is the largest bone in the human body?

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What is the common name for the compound H2O?

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Which language family does the Malagasy language belong to?

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What is the name for how plants make their food using light?

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Which instrument family does the clarinet belong to?

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Who was the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean?

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What is the exact freezing point of saltwater at thirty-five parts per thousand salinity in Celsius?

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Which river is the longest entirely within a single country and which country is it in?

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In what year did Marie Curie win her second Nobel Prize and in which field?

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Which city hosted the first modern Olympic Games in 1896?

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Who wrote the Harry Potter book series?

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What is the official name for the breathing muscle that separates chest from abdomen?

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In what year was the Declaration of Independence adopted in Philadelphia?

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In what exact year did the first modern crossword puzzle appear in a newspaper?

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Which country built the Great Wall that still stands today?

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What is the largest internal organ of the human body by surface area when flattened?

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Which author wrote The Lightning Thief in the Percy Jackson series?

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Which continent has the most countries?

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Which bacterium causes strep throat in humans?

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Which sport is played with a bat, a ball, and four bases?

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Which ancient library was founded during the reign of Ptolemy II Philadelphus?

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In which year did the first successful polio vaccine trial take place in the United States?

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When liquid water changes into water vapor, what is this process called?

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What is the full title of Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 as first published in German?

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What is the fastest land animal over short distances?

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What is the imaginary line that divides Earth into Northern and Southern Hemispheres?

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Which physicist discovered the electron in 1897 using cathode rays?

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Which river flows through the city of London?

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What is the precise term for animals that maintain constant internal body temperature?

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Which city hosted the first FIFA World Cup final in 1930?

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Which treaty ended World War One with Germany and was signed in 1919?

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Which famous bell cracked in Philadelphia not long after its first ringing?

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How many stripes are on the United States flag?

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What is the official currency used in Japan?

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What is the official name of the largest known living tree by volume in Sequoia National Park?

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Which instrument has keys, pedals, and strings?

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What is the official length of an Olympic-size swimming pool in meters?

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What do we call a word that has the opposite meaning of another word?

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Which chess world champion introduced the Queen's Gambit Declined Orthodox line innovation known as the Capablanca freeing maneuver?

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Which rare earth element is used to make strong magnets in many electric motors?

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Which continent holds the Sahara, the largest hot desert?

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In which year did the Wright brothers make their first powered flight at Kitty Hawk?

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Who wrote Charlotte's Web?

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What is the population of New York City as of 2023?

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What is the Latin scientific name for the modern human species?

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Which gas do green plants take in during photosynthesis?

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Which river runs through the Grand Canyon?

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What is the smallest prime number?

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Which famous ship struck an iceberg in 1912 and sank in the North Atlantic?

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Which scientist is famous for the apple story about gravity?

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Which metal was first smelted by humans around 5000 BCE in the Balkans?

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Which number is the only even perfect number less than thirty?

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In which U.S. state can you visit the Grand Canyon?

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What is the official residence of the British monarch in London?

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What is the main language spoken in Brazil?

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Which continent contains the Amazon rainforest?

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What is the term for animals that are active at night?

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Which glacier-carved valley is the deepest in the United States outside Alaska?

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Which organ pumps blood through your body?

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Who painted the Mona Lisa, now in the Louvre Museum?

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In what year did the Berlin Wall fall, opening the way to German reunification?

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Which Antarctic research station is run by the United States at the geographic South Pole?

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Which city is the capital of Italy?

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What is the exact number of bones in an adult human skeleton?

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Which mathematician wrote the 1202 book Liber Abaci introducing Fibonacci numbers to Europe?

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Which sport features a shuttlecock and a net?

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Which place is both a continent and a country?

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Which comet has the shortest famous orbital period among bright comets visible from Earth?

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What is the exact boiling point of pure water at sea level in degrees Celsius?

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What was the first national park established in the world and the year it was created?

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