🎓 6th Grade Trivia - Mind-Blowing Facts That Will Amaze Students and Parents

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In what year did the first iPhone launch in the United States?

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Which exact spacecraft performed the first soft landing on the far side of the Moon in 2019?

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

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Which explorer completed the first circumnavigation of Earth after his leader died in the Philippines?

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Which scientist proposed that continents drift and once formed Pangaea?

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Which country hosted the first modern Olympic Games in 1896?

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What exact distance is a nautical mile standardized to?

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What is the main language spoken in Brazil?

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Which organ pumps blood through the human body?

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Which Antarctic base recorded the world's lowest reliably measured temperature in 1983?

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Which city is known as the City of Canals in Italy?

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Which natural satellite orbits Earth?

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What exact frequency in hertz is the standard musical pitch A above middle C?

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Which scientist coined the term 'cell' after looking at cork?

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What is the main language spoken in Egypt?

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Which bird is a national symbol of the United States?

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In what state is the Grand Canyon located?

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Which country drinks the most tea per person according to many surveys?

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Which exact treaty ended the Peloponnesian War in 404 BCE?

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Which country is famous for the city of Machu Picchu?

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Which planet is known for its giant storm called the Great Red Spot?

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Which famous ship sank in 1912 on its maiden voyage?

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What is the hardest natural substance on Earth?

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Which number is the smallest abundant number?

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Which chemical law states that volumes of gases combine in simple ratios at constant temperature and pressure?

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Which Asian capital sits on the Chao Phraya River?

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What gas do plants release during photosynthesis?

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Which animal is the largest living mammal?

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What exact length is a marathon as defined after the 1908 London route?

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Which element do all organic compounds contain?

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Which city is the capital of Canada?

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What do we call the change of a caterpillar into a butterfly?

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Which precise style of Japanese poetry counts syllables five-seven-five?

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Which lake holds the greatest volume of liquid freshwater on Earth?

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Which sport uses a net, a shuttlecock, and rackets?

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Which explorer mapped the St. Lawrence River and founded Quebec City in 1608?

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Which exact city printed the first edition of Don Quixote in 1605?

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Which dynasty issued the first government-backed paper money around the eleventh century?

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Which precise novel edition first used the name Big Brother in print?

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What is the scientific term for animals that eat both plants and meat?

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Which sea separates Europe from Africa at its narrowest near Gibraltar?

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Which medieval code compiled under Justinian reorganized Roman law in the sixth century?

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Which treaty ended World War One with Germany in 1919?

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Which composer wrote Für Elise for solo piano?

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Which precise method do bees use to communicate food distance and direction discovered by Karl von Frisch?

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What is the smallest country in the world by area?

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Which literary novel begins with the line 'Call me Ishmael'?

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Which number is a perfect square?

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How many continents are there on Earth?

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Which number is the first Mersenne prime with an exponent greater than twenty-five?

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Which formula gives the area of a spherical triangle in radians on a unit sphere?

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The Statue of Liberty was a gift to the United States from which country?

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Which ancient civilization built step pyramids in Mesopotamia called ziggurats?

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Which instrument has black and white keys and is played with both hands?

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Which continent has the most countries?

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What is the longest bone in the human body?

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Which famous wall can be seen from space only with help and not by unaided eye?

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Which scientist in 1869 published the periodic table ordering elements by atomic mass?

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Which empire built the road called the Royal Road for speedy couriers?

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Which country won the FIFA World Cup in 2014?

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Which city hosted the 2016 Summer Olympics?

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Which ancient mathematician measured Earth's circumference using shadows at Syene and Alexandria?

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What is the currency used in Japan?

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Which ocean current keeps Western Europe milder than expected?

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What is the largest internal organ in the human body?

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Which early computer won a game show against humans in 2011 on Jeopardy!?

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Which African country kept its name from the ancient kingdom of Aksum?

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Who wrote the play Romeo and Juliet?

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What is the smallest prime number?

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What do bees collect from flowers to make honey?

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Which city is home to the Taj Mahal mausoleum?

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Which novel introduced the detective C. Auguste Dupin in 1841?

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Which famous scientist developed the three laws of motion?

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What is the only country that is also a continent by itself?

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Which Renaissance architect wrote The Four Books of Architecture in 1570?

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Which exact year did women in New Zealand gain the right to vote in national elections?

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Which famous desert covers much of northern Africa?

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Which ruler issued the Edict of Nantes in 1598 granting limited rights to French Protestants?

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Which early human ancestor discovered in 1974 in Ethiopia was nicknamed Lucy?

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Which exact particle carries the strong nuclear force between quarks?

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In what exact year did the eruption of Mount Tambora cause the Year Without a Summer?

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Which writing system uses logograms and is used in Japan alongside kana?

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Which composer completed the Goldberg Variations BWV 988 in 1741?

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What is the exact boiling point of pure ethanol at one atmosphere?

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What is the only mammal capable of true sustained flight?

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Which precise mineral makes rubies red due to chromium impurity?

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Which mathematician is known for the sequence where each term is the sum of the two before it?

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Which continent has the driest desert known for places with near zero rainfall?

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Which planet is closest to the Sun?

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Which metal is liquid at room temperature?

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Which exact glacier inspired the word tsunami after Japanese observers in 1896 reported wave damage?

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Which food was carried by sailors to prevent scurvy in the Age of Sail?

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What is the process by which liquid water becomes water vapor?

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Which organelle is the powerhouse of the cell by producing ATP?

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Which expedition in 1911 first reached the South Pole?

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Which ancient city used the Antikythera mechanism found in a shipwreck dated to the first century BCE?

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Which precise painting technique uses egg yolk binder and was common before oil painting?

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Which ocean is the largest by area?

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Which mathematician proved the last case of Fermat for regular primes using Kummer theory?

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What is the longest river in Africa?

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

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In which exact year did the Berlin Wall open to free passage?

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Which language has the most native speakers in the world?

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What instrument measures temperature?

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Which book series features a school called Camp Half-Blood?

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What is the chemical symbol for gold?

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The deepest part of the world ocean, the Challenger Deep, is in which trench?

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Which exact celestial coordinate measures north or south of the celestial equator?

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Which element has the atomic number one?

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In the human body, which vitamin is primarily made in the skin when exposed to sunlight?

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Which ancient wonder stood at Alexandria and guided ships?

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Which number is the exact count of keys on a standard modern piano including black and white?

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Which river flows through the Grand Canyon?

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What is the capital of Japan?

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Which material did ancient Chinese alchemists accidentally invent while searching for immortality?

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Which precise bacterium causes bubonic plague?

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Which city is the highest capital by elevation in the world?

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Which scientist sent the first radio signal across the Atlantic in 1901?

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Which country is famous for inventing chess in its early form?

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Who painted The Starry Night while at a hospital in Saint-Rémy?

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Questions (121 of 121)

In what year did the first iPhone launch in the United States?

Which exact spacecraft performed the first soft landing on the far side of the Moon in 2019?

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

Which explorer completed the first circumnavigation of Earth after his leader died in the Philippines?

Which scientist proposed that continents drift and once formed Pangaea?

Which country hosted the first modern Olympic Games in 1896?

What exact distance is a nautical mile standardized to?

What is the main language spoken in Brazil?

Which organ pumps blood through the human body?

Which Antarctic base recorded the world's lowest reliably measured temperature in 1983?

Which city is known as the City of Canals in Italy?

Which natural satellite orbits Earth?

What exact frequency in hertz is the standard musical pitch A above middle C?

Which scientist coined the term 'cell' after looking at cork?

What is the main language spoken in Egypt?

Which bird is a national symbol of the United States?

In what state is the Grand Canyon located?

Which country drinks the most tea per person according to many surveys?

Which exact treaty ended the Peloponnesian War in 404 BCE?

Which country is famous for the city of Machu Picchu?

Which planet is known for its giant storm called the Great Red Spot?

Which famous ship sank in 1912 on its maiden voyage?

What is the hardest natural substance on Earth?

Which number is the smallest abundant number?

Which chemical law states that volumes of gases combine in simple ratios at constant temperature and pressure?

Which Asian capital sits on the Chao Phraya River?

What gas do plants release during photosynthesis?

Which animal is the largest living mammal?

What exact length is a marathon as defined after the 1908 London route?

Which element do all organic compounds contain?

Which city is the capital of Canada?

What do we call the change of a caterpillar into a butterfly?

Which precise style of Japanese poetry counts syllables five-seven-five?

Which lake holds the greatest volume of liquid freshwater on Earth?

Which sport uses a net, a shuttlecock, and rackets?

Which explorer mapped the St. Lawrence River and founded Quebec City in 1608?

Which exact city printed the first edition of Don Quixote in 1605?

Which dynasty issued the first government-backed paper money around the eleventh century?

Which precise novel edition first used the name Big Brother in print?

What is the scientific term for animals that eat both plants and meat?

Which sea separates Europe from Africa at its narrowest near Gibraltar?

Which medieval code compiled under Justinian reorganized Roman law in the sixth century?

Which treaty ended World War One with Germany in 1919?

Which composer wrote Für Elise for solo piano?

Which precise method do bees use to communicate food distance and direction discovered by Karl von Frisch?

What is the smallest country in the world by area?

Which literary novel begins with the line 'Call me Ishmael'?

Which number is a perfect square?

How many continents are there on Earth?

Which number is the first Mersenne prime with an exponent greater than twenty-five?

Which formula gives the area of a spherical triangle in radians on a unit sphere?

The Statue of Liberty was a gift to the United States from which country?

Which ancient civilization built step pyramids in Mesopotamia called ziggurats?

Which instrument has black and white keys and is played with both hands?

Which continent has the most countries?

What is the longest bone in the human body?

Which famous wall can be seen from space only with help and not by unaided eye?

Which scientist in 1869 published the periodic table ordering elements by atomic mass?

Which empire built the road called the Royal Road for speedy couriers?

Which country won the FIFA World Cup in 2014?

Which city hosted the 2016 Summer Olympics?

Which ancient mathematician measured Earth's circumference using shadows at Syene and Alexandria?

What is the currency used in Japan?

Which ocean current keeps Western Europe milder than expected?

What is the largest internal organ in the human body?

Which early computer won a game show against humans in 2011 on Jeopardy!?

Which African country kept its name from the ancient kingdom of Aksum?

Who wrote the play Romeo and Juliet?

What is the smallest prime number?

What do bees collect from flowers to make honey?

Which city is home to the Taj Mahal mausoleum?

Which novel introduced the detective C. Auguste Dupin in 1841?

Which famous scientist developed the three laws of motion?

What is the only country that is also a continent by itself?

Which Renaissance architect wrote The Four Books of Architecture in 1570?

Which exact year did women in New Zealand gain the right to vote in national elections?

Which famous desert covers much of northern Africa?

Which ruler issued the Edict of Nantes in 1598 granting limited rights to French Protestants?

Which early human ancestor discovered in 1974 in Ethiopia was nicknamed Lucy?