Elementary Samples
 

Some things to note:

• Pronunciations provided for even moderately difficult words

• Each subset of five questions has one Math, one Science, one Social Studies, one Language Arts and one Humanities question--no "runs" of multiple questions from any one area

• The question "payoff" is found at the end of the question to reward in-depth knowledge

• Optional parts of the response are in parentheses

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1.         The Bill of Rights was added to the Constitution in what year?

                                   1791

 2.         Loose means “not tight.”  Correctly spell its near-homophone, a verb that means “to suffer a loss.”

                                   L-O-S-E

 3.       When a scientist tries to solve a problem, he will make an educated guess.  What is this educated guess called?

                         HYPOTHESIS  (do NOT accept: THEORY)

 4.         Round 3928.593 to the nearest tenth.

                         3928.6

 5.         One of the most famous buildings in the history of architecture is what cathedral located in Paris?

                         (CATHEDRAL OF) NOTRE DAME  [no-trah-DAHM]

6.         Our earth travels in a fixed path around the sun called a what?

                         ORBIT

 7.    The expenses for the Adams’ family vacation were $784 for hotels, $427 for meals $204 for transportation, and $172 for souvenirs.  What was their total cost?

                         $1587 

 8.       During this decade, there were riots at Kent State, and bell bottom jeans were the height of fashion. What was the decade of disco and Watergate?

                        (19) 70’S

 9.       Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote what novel to illustrate the evils of slavery and the injustice of the Fugitive Slave Law?

                         UNCLE TOM’S CABIN

 10.     Melissa sees the abbreviation “e-t-c-period.”  She wants to know its language of origin.  What common book should she use?

                        DICTIONARY

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