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5th Grade Trivia
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What type of bird is known for being able to talk and repeat words that humans say?
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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 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 element on the periodic table 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 led the expedition that first circumnavigated the globe, though he died during the voyage?
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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 ocean, located in the Mariana Trench?
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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 the ancient Roman city of Pompeii in 79 AD?
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What is the term for the dry area on the sheltered side of a mountain, where little rain falls?
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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?
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Which co-ruling monarchs gave royal assent to the English Bill of Rights in 1689?
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In what year did the Hindenburg airship disaster occur in New Jersey?
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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 to flow entirely within a single country?
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In what year did Marie Curie win her second Nobel Prize, this time in Chemistry?
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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 name of the dome-shaped muscle that separates the chest from the abdomen and helps you breathe?
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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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Which internal organ is the heaviest in the human body?
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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 type of bacteria 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 in Egypt was one of the largest and most famous in the ancient world?
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In which year did the large-scale Salk polio vaccine field trial begin in the United States?
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When liquid water changes into water vapor, what is this process called?
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Which famous poem by Friedrich Schiller inspired the choral finale of Beethoven's Symphony No. 9?
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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 scientific term for animals that generate their own body heat internally, such as mammals and birds?
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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 in Philadelphia is known for its prominent crack?
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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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In which country did the ancient board game chess originate?
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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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Which U.S. state was the last to be admitted to the Union, joining in 1959?
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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 of these is a perfect number, where the sum of its proper divisors equals the number itself?
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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 river gorge on the Idaho-Oregon border is the deepest in the United States?
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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 named comet has the shortest known orbital period, completing an orbit around the Sun roughly every 3.3 years?
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Which planet in our solar system has the most known moons?
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What was the first national park established in the United States, created in 1872?
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