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Mr. Comm
GOAL
How to Operate
Ex. What is the capital of Brazil?
Boliv
ia
Arg
entin
a
Bra
silia
Rio
0% 0%0%0%
A. Bolivia
B. Argentina
C. Brasilia
D. Rio
1. How many teaspoons are in a tablespoon?
2 3 4 6
0% 0%0%0%
A. 2
B. 3
C. 4
D. 6
2. How many tablespoons are in a cup?
10 12 16 24
0% 0%0%0%
A. 10
B. 12
C. 16
D. 24
3. Which vitamin is produced in the body when you are exposed to
sunlight?
A B C D
0% 0%0%0%
A. A
B. B
C. C
D. D
4. Which U.S. President was known as "Honest Abe"?
Ken
nedy
Nix
on
Was
hingto
n
Lin
coln
0% 0%0%0%
A. Kennedy
B. Nixon
C. Washington
D. Lincoln
5. There is more of this mineral in your body than any other mineral.
What is this mineral?
Cal
cium Ir
on
Lea
d
Morti
te
0% 0%0%0%
A. Calcium
B. Iron
C. Lead
D. Mortite
6. What kind of dogs are white with black spots all over them?
Poodl
es
Dal
mat
ians
Bea
gles
Colli
es
0% 0%0%0%
A. Poodles
B. Dalmatians
C. Beagles
D. Collies
7. What is the shortest month of the year?
Sep
tem
ber
Dec
ember
Feb
ruar
y
June
0% 0%0%0%
A. September
B. December
C. February
D. June
8. How many weeks in a year?
50 52 54 60
0% 0%0%0%
A. 50
B. 52
C. 54
D. 60
9. What car holds the record as best selling car?
Volk
swag
en B
eetle
Ford
Mus
tang
Corv
ette
Lam
borghin
i
0% 0%0%0%
A. Volkswagen Beetle
B. Ford Mustang
C. Corvette
D. Lamborghini
10. Who engineered the first gas driven automobile?
Hen
ry F
ord
Kar
l Ben
z
Aust
in C
ooper
Ste
ve M
cQuee
n
0% 0%0%0%
A. Henry Ford
B. Karl Benz
C. Austin Cooper
D. Steve McQueen
11. Which Pokemon runs and hides when it senses people?
Cle
fabl
e
Slo
wpok
e
Wee
dle
Jig
gly
Puff
0% 0%0%0%
A. Clefable
B. Slowpoke
C. Weedle
D. Jiggly Puff
12. What is a pirate's flag often called?
Unio
n Jac
k
Hap
py H
arry
Sm
iley
Jack
Jolly
Roge
r
0% 0%0%0%
A. Union Jack
B. Happy Harry
C. Smiley Jack
D. Jolly Roger
13. What was Blackbeard's real name?
Jac
k Spar
row
Edwar
d Tea
ch
Hen
ry M
orga
n
Will
iam
Kid
d
0% 0%0%0%
A. Jack Sparrow
B. Edward Teach
C. Henry Morgan
D. William Kidd
14. A common nickname for this president was "rail splitter".
Andre
w Jac
kson
Thom
as J
effe
rson
Theo
dore
Roose
velt
Abra
ham L
inco
ln
0% 0%0%0%
A. Andrew Jackson
B. Thomas Jefferson
C. Theodore Roosevelt
D. Abraham Lincoln
15. Which US State is nicknamed “The Cornhusker State?”
Kan
sas
Neb
rask
a
Ken
tuck
y Io
wa
0% 0%0%0%
A. Kansas
B. Nebraska
C. Kentucky
D. Iowa
16. What is the capital of California?
San
Fra
ncisc
o
Los
Angele
s
San
Die
go
Sac
ram
ento
0% 0%0%0%
A. San Francisco
B. Los Angeles
C. San Diego
D. Sacramento
17. Which European country does not use the Euro as their standard
form of currency?
Spai
n
Fra
nce
Unite
d Kin
gdom It
aly
0% 0%0%0%
A. Spain
B. France
C. United Kingdom
D. Italy
18. What is the name of Detroit’s major league baseball team?
Tw
ins
Tig
ers
Roya
ls
Ran
gers
0% 0%0%0%
A. Twins
B. Tigers
C. Royals
D. Rangers
19. Which country’s flag is shown below?
Ital
y
Portu
gal
Irel
and
Mex
ico
0% 0%0%0%
A. Italy
B. Portugal
C. Ireland
D. Mexico
20. Which is the largest continent accounting for about 29.5% of all
the land on the Earth.
Asi
a
Afri
ca
Anta
rctic
a
South
Am
eric
a
0% 0%0%0%
A. Asia
B. Africa
C. Antarctica
D. South America
21. Which river, with a total length of 4195 miles, is the World’s
largest?
Nile
Am
azon
Mis
siss
ippi
Yan
gtze
0% 0%0%0%
A. Nile
B. Amazon
C. Mississippi
D. Yangtze
22. Which bird has the largest wingspan?
Bal
d Eag
le
Condo
r
Alb
atro
ss
Ost
rich
0% 0%0%0%
A. Bald Eagle
B. Condor
C. Albatross
D. Ostrich
23. Which animal is the largest carnivore on land?
Kodia
k Bea
r
Ele
phant
Tim
ber W
olf
Pola
r Bea
r
0% 0%0%0%
A. Kodiak Bear
B. Elephant
C. Timber Wolf
D. Polar Bear
24. What is the permanent memory built into your computer called?
RAM
CPU
ROM
CD-R
OM
0% 0%0%0%
A. RAM
B. CPU
C. ROM
D. CD-ROM
25. Who invented the telephone?
Thom
as E
dison
Jam
es W
att
Ale
xander
Gra
ham
Bel
l
Ben
jam
in F
rank
lin
0% 0%0%0%
A. Thomas Edison
B. James Watt
C. Alexander Graham Bell
D. Benjamin Franklin
26. Which famous scientist discovered “The Theory of
Relativity?”
Alb
ert E
inst
ein
Sir
Isaa
c New
ton
Char
les
Darw
in
Mic
hael F
arad
ay
0% 0%0%0%
A. Albert Einstein
B. Sir Isaac Newton
C. Charles Darwin
D. Michael Faraday
27. Who wrote Oliver Twist?
Will
iam
Sha
kesp
eare
Jonat
han S
wift
Mar
k Twai
n
Char
les
Dicke
ns
0% 0%0%0%
A. William Shakespeare
B. Jonathan Swift
C. Mark Twain
D. Charles Dickens
28. Which scale is used to measure the strength of earthquakes?
Doppl
er
Cel
sius
Ric
hter
Fah
renhe
it
0% 0%0%0%
A. Doppler
B. Celsius
C. Richter
D. Fahrenheit
29. Dr. Jonas Salk invented a vaccine to wipe out what disease?
Dip
hther
ia
Yel
low F
ever
Polio
Mum
ps
0% 0%0%0%
A. Diphtheria
B. Yellow Fever
C. Polio
D. Mumps
30. Sam-I-Am is a character in which Dr. Seuss book?
The
Cat in
the
Hat
Gre
en E
ggs a
nd Ham
Horto
n Hat
ches
the
Egg
If I
Ran th
e Circ
us
0% 0%0%0%
A. The Cat in the Hat
B. Green Eggs and Ham
C. Horton Hatches the Egg
D. If I Ran the Circus
31. Which musical instrument is NOT a woodwind?
Xyl
ophone
Oboe
Cla
rinet
Pic
colo
0% 0%0%0%
A. Xylophone
B. Oboe
C. Clarinet
D. Piccolo
32. Tourists in which city take a ride in a gondola, a kind of long, narrow
boat?
Vie
nna
Ven
ezue
la
Van
couve
r
Ven
ice
0% 0%0%0%
A. Vienna
B. Venezuela
C. Vancouver
D. Venice
33. Which term describes a delicate situation?
Touch
and
go
Touch
me
not
Touch
footb
all
Touch
y-Fe
ely
0% 0%0%0%
A. Touch and go
B. Touch me not
C. Touch football
D. Touchy-Feely
34. In the song, 'My Favorite Things', what color are the dresses
that are worn by little girls?
Red
Whi
te B
lue
Yel
low
0% 0%0%0%
A. Red
B. White
C. Blue
D. Yellow
35. What do you call a scientist who studies the stars?
Ast
ronom
er
Anth
ropol
ogist
Arc
haeol
ogist
Cosm
etolo
gist
0% 0%0%0%
A. Astronomer
B. Anthropologist
C. Archaeologist
D. Cosmetologist
36. In the song ‘A Tisket a Tasket’ what is dropped?
Bas
ket
Flo
wer
Let
ter
Rock
0% 0%0%0%
A. Basket
B. Flower
C. Letter
D. Rock
37. What board game has 121 holes in it?
Chec
kers
Ches
s
Tro
uble
Chin
ese
Check
ers
0% 0%0%0%
A. Checkers
B. Chess
C. Trouble
D. Chinese Checkers
38. Where will you find The Kremlin?
Bei
jing
Mosc
ow
Bag
hdad
Was
hingto
n D.C
.
0% 0%0%0%
A. Beijing
B. Moscow
C. Baghdad
D. Washington D.C.
39. Where would you find The Acropolis?
Ath
ens
Ber
lin
Mosc
ow
Rom
e
0% 0%0%0%
A. Athens
B. Berlin
C. Moscow
D. Rome
40. Who wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin?
Em
ily B
ronte
Har
riet B
eech
er S
towe
Mar
garet
Mitc
hell
Alic
e W
alke
r
0% 0%0%0%
A. Emily Bronte
B. Harriet Beecher Stowe
C. Margaret Mitchell
D. Alice Walker
41. Who wrote Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban?
J.K
. Rowlin
g
Will
iam
Gold
ing
Rudya
rd K
iplin
g
Edith
Whar
ton
0% 0%0%0%
A. J.K. Rowling
B. William Golding
C. Rudyard Kipling
D. Edith Wharton
42. Which famous TV star was made from a coat that belonged to
Jim Henson's mother?
Osc
ar th
e Gro
uch
Elm
o
Big
Bird
Ker
mit
the
Frog
0% 0%0%0%
A. Oscar the Grouch
B. Elmo
C. Big Bird
D. Kermit the Frog
43. Which planet in our solar system rotates in a different
direction from the other planets?
Mer
cury
Ear
th
Ven
us
Sat
urn
0% 0%0%0%
A. Mercury
B. Earth
C. Venus
D. Saturn
44. Which is the only food that never gets rotten?
Map
le S
yrup
Honey
Nac
hos
Choco
late
0% 0%0%0%
A. Maple Syrup
B. Honey
C. Nachos
D. Chocolate
45. Which is the loudest noise made by any animal on earth?
The
lion’s
roar
The
elep
hant’s
trum
pet
The
cric
ket’s
chirp
The
blue
whale’
s whis
tle
0% 0%0%0%
A. The lion’s roar
B. The elephant’s trumpet
C. The cricket’s chirp
D. The blue whale’s whistle
46. If you were to take a lump of coal and squeeze for a long time at very high temperatures, you would
end up with:
Gra
phite
Volc
anic
Gla
ss
A S
mal
ler L
ump o
f Coa
l
Dia
mon
d
0% 0%0%0%
A. Graphite
B. Volcanic Glass
C. A Smaller Lump of Coal
D. Diamond
47. What percent of the human brain is water?
10%
45%
60%
85%
0% 0%0%0%
A. 10%
B. 45%
C. 60%
D. 85%
48. When the first Burger King Restaurant opened in 1954, how
much did a hamburger cost?
9 c
ents
18
cents
37
cents
50
cents
0% 0%0%0%
A. 9 cents
B. 18 cents
C. 37 cents
D. 50 cents
49. What was the first wrapped penny candy in America
Her
shey
’s K
isse
s
Toots
ie R
olls
Bla
ck J
ack
Taffy
BB B
ats
0% 0%0%0%
A. Hershey’s Kisses
B. Tootsie Rolls
C. Black Jack Taffy
D. BB Bats
50. What is the tallest building in North America?
The
Empire
Sta
te B
ui...
The
Sears
Tower
(Ch.
..
The
U.S. S
teel
Build
i..
Colu
mbia
Cen
ter (
Sea...
0% 0%0%0%
A. The Empire State Building (NYC)
B. The Sears Tower (Chicago)
C. The U.S. Steel Building (Pgh)
D. Columbia Center (Seattle)
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