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This is a quiz about random facts. I found most of the answers on wikianswers or wikipedia, (so I can't exactly guarantee they're perfectly correct.... But I think I did pretty good. :P) but I'd prefer it if you did NOT look up the answers. (PLEASE DO NOT LOOK UP THE ANSWERS! THAT IS CHEATING. YOU WILL BE ELIMINATED! :D:D:D:D:D) Instead, just take a guess or skip it! Don't look at other peoples answers until you have posted your answers, and I will tell you if you are correct. The person to get the most correct answers wins a virtual fifty dollars! Here we go!
1. Who was the 14th president?
2. Do all crickets chirp?
3. What is the correct name for your funny bone?
4. Do sharks lay eggs?
5. Is it impossible to sneeze with your eyes open?
6. How much does the heaviest recorded orca whale weigh?
7. What is Pangaea?
8. What is igneous rock made from?
9. What’s the capitol of Australia?
10. Henry VIII of England had six wives, two of whom he executed. Can you name his six wives? Do you know which were executed?
11. How does a dolphin sleep?
12. How many popes have there been?
13. How fast can a cheetah run?
Guess away. :)
Robyn~D~
submitted by R~D~, age 14, I <3 My Washing
(February 22, 2011 - 3:45 pm)
(February 22, 2011 - 3:45 pm)
I probably could, Elizabeth M. I'll make another one of these quizzes in a couple days, if everyone wants that. :)
(February 24, 2011 - 11:35 am)
Please do! I really enjoyed this one.
(February 24, 2011 - 12:57 pm)
Right! I meant Jane, not Mary!
I wanted to put Melbourne, but couldn't think of it. (It was getting close to bedtime.)
:D
(February 24, 2011 - 2:39 pm)
I meant that I would have put Melbourne, but still would have been wrong if I had been able to remember what it was called.
I confuse myself sometimes...
(February 24, 2011 - 2:40 pm)
@RD-- THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!!!!!
(February 25, 2011 - 8:25 am)
:):) You're welcome! It might take a couple days, though, because I'll have to find some good questions.... when I'm supposed to be doing schoolwork! :)
(February 25, 2011 - 6:01 pm)
I can wait... *looks at watch*
(February 26, 2011 - 2:48 am)
1. Who was the 14th president?
Abraham Lincoln
2. Do all crickets chirp?
no
3. What is the correct name for your funny bone?
humorous (I don't know how to spell it :) )
4. Do sharks lay eggs?
umm.........
5. Is it impossible to sneeze with your eyes open?
Well it is impossible to me, cause when I sneeze I always close my eyes. Someone else probably could do it tho...
6. How much does the heaviest recorded orca whale weigh?
no idea :)
7. What is Pangaea?
The mass continent of prehistoric times that split apart to form the current continents.
8. What is igneous rock made from?
from being melted or heated up or something?
9. What’s the capital of Australia?
Sydney I think
10. Henry VIII of England had six wives, two of whom he executed. Can you name his six wives? Do you know which were executed?
nope
11. How does a dolphin sleep?
hmm, I'll have to get back to you on that...
12. How many popes have there been?
I'll have to get back to you on that too. :)
13. How fast can a cheetah run?
I thought it was like 36 miles per hour or something like that.
(March 2, 2011 - 7:46 pm)
Sorry I didn't get back to you sooner on this, Emily J! Okay, you got questions number 2, 3, and 7 correct! No, it is impossible to sneeze with your eyes open, and igneous rock is made from lava or molten rock. Oh, and a cheetah can run up to 75 mph!!! Great job!
So sorry everyone, I have most of the questions ready to post another one of these, hopefully I get to that tomorrow!
(March 3, 2011 - 10:09 pm)
*looks at invisible watch*
(March 4, 2011 - 8:22 am)
1. Pierce
2. Usually I'd say yes, but maybe there's a catch? Some strange variety that squawks?
3. No idea. I'm curious now. Hmm...
4. They're fish, not mammals, so yes, I'd say so.
5. No, it is not, or that is what I've read in some magazine somewhere.
6. Absolutely no idea.
7. *mystical voice* Pangea was the one big continent long, long ago before continental drift when all the continents were mushed together. The reason Africa and South American look like they could fit together is because they did... *mystical music*
8. Oooh, I would have known this in sixth grade or something like that, but - wait! Isn't igneous hardened lava? Wow, I feel really ignorant taking this test.
9. I would say Sidney, but something tells me it's not. Melbourne? I have a feeling it's not that either. Huh.
10. One of them was named Anne, and one was Catherine. I believe Anne was executed. And I remember he executed her so that he could have a boy not a girl and he was fed up with her. He just wasn't happy with one girl - and I think that's why he formed his own church, the Church of England... so that he could divorce. I think he wanted to divorce Catherine. Am I really off? And I know I've only mentioned two. But last year, we only learned about two. /excuses
11. Ooh, good question. I'd really like to know that.
12. No idea. Wasn't Peter the first?
13. Also no idea. I think someone told me when I was about 6 and I forgot.
Alas, I only took this quiz because I knew the first answer. I now know that my general knowledge needs some brushing up.
(March 4, 2011 - 6:44 pm)
Leaf, you got question number 1 (the only one to get that one!!!) 7 and 8 correct! BUT, yours was the most humerous to read. :) hehe! I think I'll give you half a point on question 9, also, because you explain it quite well, even though you didn't get all the names. (I made a comment on here teling all the names, you can find that). Great job! :)
(March 5, 2011 - 11:24 am)
Aw, thanks Robyn!! Also, the reason I got number 1 right was because, in third grade, I learned a song with all the presidents in order. Just for kicks, I'll post it here:
(Sung to the tune of Yankee Doodle)
George Washington, first president,
was followed by John Adams,
Tom Jefferson and Madison,
Monroe and Quincy Adams.
Jackson and Van Buren,
Harrison and Tyler,
Polk, Taylor, Fillmore,
Pierce, Buchanan, Lincoln.
Johnson, Grant, and R.B. Hayes
James Garfield, Arthur, Cleveland,
Harrison and Cleveland,
McKinley, Roosevelt, Taft.
Wilson, Harding Coolidge,
Hoover, Roosevelt, Truman, Ike
Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon Ford,
Carter, Reagan, Bush, and Clinton...
(after song, in a jazzy tune) And George W....."
Wow, I can't believe I remember that! Oh, and there's some updated version my third grade teacher came up with for her newer third grade classes that includes Obama, but I don't know it, and I don't like it as much (because it doesn't fit the tune as well). But that's your random song for the day, whether you wanted it or not. ;)
What a great, helpful song, Leaf! Thanks for sharing it with us. The things learned when you're young will stay with you forever. I can still hear my second grade teacher saying, "All right is always two words."
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(March 5, 2011 - 7:45 pm)
HAHA! :) Very cute song! :) whenever states are brought up, I was taught a song saying all the states names in order in second grade, so I go through that in my head... or sing it out loud, depending on the people I'm around. :D:D Funny the things we learn in grade school and still remember!
(March 5, 2011 - 11:54 pm)
That's a great song! Haha! And to the tune of Yankee Doodle...a great way to remember presidents.
When I was in first and second grade, I learned to skip count to Bible songs on a tape. They were like parables or Bible stories set to music, with numbers added--For example, the 6 song was about Mary and Martha and how Martha thought there were too many things to do...6, 12, 18, 24 and 30 dishes on the counter (My! Weren't they dirty!) and counting other tasks. So now whenever I have to count groups of something, it's always to the tune of that number's song. The 8 song was about Zacheus and the 10 song was about the lost sheep, etc.
(March 6, 2011 - 9:39 pm)