Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? Trivia Quiz

1. What man is on the front of the U.S. twenty dollar bill?

A. George Washington
B. Alexander Hamilton
C. Andrew Jackson
D. Thomas Jefferson

2. Which color absorbs the most light?

A. Black
B. White
C. Blue
D. Yellow

3. A heptagon is a shape with how many sides?

A. Five
B. Six
C. Seven
D. Eleven

4. Inca civilizations were concentrated on what continent?

A. Asia
B. Australia
C. North America
D. South America

5. If you add equal amounts of red and blue paint, what color paint do you get?

A. Brown
B. Green
C. Purple
D. Puce

6. True or false: The Earth's Moon gives off its own light?

A. True
B. False

7. How many adjectives are in the following sentence? "My teacher was a lovely woman."

A. One
B. Two
C. Three
D. Four

8. Which is longer, one kilometer or one mile?

A. One kilometer
B. One mile

9. Emma has 2 yardsticks. She also has a 12-inch ruler. She places them end-to-end in a line. How many feet long is the line?

A. Five
B. Six
C. Seven
D. Eight

10. True or false: In geometry, parallel lines never meet.

A. True
B. False

11. Of a drum, violin or saxophone, which is a woodwind instrument?

A. Drum
B. Violin
C. Saxophone

12. A chimpanzee's natural habitat is on what continent?

A. Africa
B. Asia
C. Australia
D. South America

13. What is the largest and heaviest organ in the human body?

A. Brain
B. Heart
C. Liver
D. Stomach

14. How many millimeters are in a centimeter?

A. One
B. Ten
C. 100
D. 1,000

15. True or false: A turtle is an amphibian.

A. True
B. False

16. The cerebrum is the biggest part of what organ in your body?

A. Brain
B. Heart
C. Small intestine
D. Spinal cord

17. In the Northern Hemisphere, in what month is the autumnal equinox?

A. August
B. September
C. October
D. November

18. What is the official name for the North Star?

A. Achernar
B. Celaeno
C. Orionis
D. Polaris

19. The Tropic of Cancer lies entirely in which hemisphere?

A. Northern
B. Southern
C. Eastern
D. Western

20. How many articles are in the following sentence? "I went to the store and bought a loaf of bread and an onion."

A. One
B. Two
C. Three
D. Four

21. In the equation 6 divided by 2 equals 3, which number represents the dividend?

A. Six
B. Two
C. Three

22. What is the lowest prime number?

A. One
B. Two
C. Three
D. Five

23. How long is one regular term for a U.S. Representative?

A. One year
B. Two years
C. Four years
D. Six years

24. In square inches, what is the surface area of a cube with 5 inch sides?

A. Ten
B. 25
C. 150
D. 225

25. What is the greatest common factor of 2 and 3?

A. One
B. Two
C. Three
D. Six

26. What is the world's second-largest country in terms of land area?

A. Australia
B. Canada
C. Russia
D. United States

27. What is the compound word in this sentence? "The bus driver took an alternative route to the airport."

A. Driver
B. Alternative
C. Route
D. Airport

28. True or false: "Carefully," "easily" and "barely" are examples of adjectives.

A. True
B. False

29. True or False: An icicle-shaped mineral deposit hanging from the roof of a cavern is a stalagmite.

A. True
B. False

30. If you have a gross of pencils, how many pencils do you have?

A. Ten
B. Twelve
C. 100
D. 144

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