Deck 1

Question 1

What is the correct term for ostrich feathers?

Answer 1

plumes

Question 2

The game of horseshoes is an outdoor tossing game. What is a word that means “of or pertaining to horses

Answer 2

equine

Question 3

What do we call the religious songs that are usually sung in church?

Answer 3

hymns

Question 4

What was the nickname for General George S. Patton?

Answer 4

Old Blood and Guts

Question 5

What is the term given to a group of soldiers traveling on foot?

Answer 5

infantry

Question 6

What is the term given to a group of soldiers traveling on horseback?

Answer 6

cavalry

Question 7

Flowering plants are divided into two groups according to their leaves. What are the two types of leaves?

Answer 7

monocot and dicot

Question 8

In the book Island of the Blue Dolphins, what animal does the girl befriend?

Answer 8

a dog

Question 9

What is the name of the bully in the book Tom Brown’s Schooldays?

Answer 9

Flashman

Question 10

What is the setting for the book Tom Brown’s Schooldays?

Answer 10

Rugby School

Question 11

What is the name of the boy in the book The Black Stallion?

Answer 11

Alec Ramsey

Question 12

Where does the majority of the book The Black Stallion take place?

Answer 12

a deserted island

Question 13

Where had the main character of the book The Black Stallion been before he boarded the ship?

Answer 13

India

Question 14

What part of speech is the word “however”?

Answer 14

a conjunction

Question 15

What do we call a phrase that begins with the word “to” followed by a verb and the phrase is used as a noun?

Answer 15

infinitive phrase

To help the poor people of the world is a very noble goal.

Question 16

What do we call the portion of food that moves from a cow’s stomach to its mouth so that it can be chewed again?

Answer 16

cud (the u is pronounced as in bud)

Question 17

Who was President of the United States at the beginning of World War II?

Answer 17

Truman

Question 18

What U.S. President was nicknamed “his Accidency”?

Answer 18

Tyler

Question 19

President Bill Clinton came from what state?

Answer 19

Arkansas

Question 20

The Erie Canal leads to what ocean?

Answer 20

the Atlantic

Question 21

What territory of Canada lies closest to Alaska?

Answer 21

the Yukon

Question 22

What island is the setting for the Anne of Green Gables books by Lucy Maud Montgomery?

Answer 22

Prince Edward Island

Question 23

What novel by Mary Norton features a family of tiny people who live secretly in the walls and floors of an English house?

Answer 23

The Borrowers

Question 24

In the book My Friend Flicka, what kind of animal was Flicka?

Answer 24

a horse

Question 25

What book by Anna Sewell is narrated in first person by a horse?

Answer 25

Black Beauty

Question 26

In the book Heidi by Anna Sewell, who raises Heidi?

Answer 26

her grandfather

Question 27

What island in Canada has Halifax as its capital and is know for its Victoria Era public gardens?

Answer 27

Nova Scotia

Question 28

In what body part would you find the carotid artery?

Answer 28

neck

Question 29

In what body part would you find the brachial artery?

Answer 29

the arm (upper arm)

Question 30

What is the name given to our smallest blood vessels?

Answer 30

capillaries

Question 31

What animal is the largest invertebrate in the world?

Answer 31

Giant Squid (the Colossal Squid)

Question 32

What kind of animal was Moby Dick?

Answer 32

white whale

Question 33

What tribe did Sacajawea belong to?

Answer 33

Shoshone

Question 34

Who wrote the book Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret?

Answer 34

Judy Blume

Question 35

The book Where the Red Fern Grows features two animal characters named Old Dan and Little Ann. What kind of animal were they?

Answer 35

dogs

Question 36

What do we call a deer under a year old?

Answer 36

fawn (Know how to spell it.)

Question 37

What is the hardest substance in the human body?

Answer 37

teeth

Question 38

What do we call the two halves of the brain?

Answer 38

hemispheres

Question 39

What Great Lake lies between Michigan and Wisconsin?

Answer 39

Lake Michigan

Question 40

What is the only Great Lake to lie entirely in the United States?

Answer 40

Lake Michigan

Question 41

Where is Lake Mead found?

Answer 41

Nevada

Question 42

What is Lake Mead known for?

Answer 42

It is the largest reservoir in the United States (in water capacity).

Question 43

In what country is the Namibe Desert found?

Answer 43

Africa

Question 44

Saddam Hussein was the president of his country for more than twenty years. What was the country?

Answer 44

Iraq