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STELLAR_Trivia
STELLAR Grade 5 Trivial Pursuit
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is the temperature in Mammoth Cave? | 54 degrees F |
| Who named the White House? | Theodore Roosevelt |
| What is “hardtack”? | Ship’s biscuit |
| What is “Davy Jones’ locker”? | The bottom of the sea |
| What is the birthstone for April? | diamond |
| What two countries border Spain? | Portugal, France |
| What caused the Titanic to sink? | an iceberg |
| How did Mercury serve the Roman gods? | as a messenger |
| What is the tallest waterfall in North America? | Ribbon Falls, California |
| Where is the tallest waterfall in the world? | Angel Falls, Venezuela |
| What is the distance of the Kentucky Derby Race? | 1 ¼ miles |
| What four presidents are pictured on Mount Rushmore? | Roosevelt, Lincoln, Jefferson, Washington |
| What is Mauna Loa? | volcano |
| Where is Mauna Loa? | Hawaii |
| Under what river does the Lincoln Tunnel run? | Hudson River |
| Where is the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier? | Arlington, VA |
| Who burned the White House in 1814? | the British |
| What was Houdini’s special kind of magic? | escape |
| What are the first seven words of the Constitution? | We, the people of the United States… |
| What race horse won the Triple Crown in 1973? | Secretariat |
| What was Francis Scott Key’s occupation? | a lawyer |
| How many people died in the United States in the blizzard of 1888? | 400 people |
| Where did paper get its name? | papyrus, a reed used by Egyptians |
| What are the beginning words to the Gettysburg Address? | Four score and seven years ago… |
| Who gave the Gettysburg Address? | Abraham Lincoln |
| What was a “piece of eight”? | a Spanish coin |
| What is the world’s largest whale? | blue whale |
| What was the Hindenburg? | an airship; a blimp |
| What is the Blue Grotto and where is it? | a cave on the Italian island of Capri, in Italy |
| Name three places to find quicksand? | sand bars, bottoms of streams, sand flats along seacoasts |