Chatterbox: Chirp at Cricket

Another fact quiz!!!  All right same rules as last time.  No looking up the answers.  I will try to get back to you as soon as possible to grade you're answers!  Here we go! 

 

1.       What gas makes up the majority of the air we inhale?

2.       What is a truffle hog used for?

3.       If an enormous amount of ocean water freezes, does it form an iceberg?

4.       What is the longest river in the world?

5.       Who was president during the great depression?

6.       Are all snowflakes different?

7.       What is a guillotine?

8.        Abraham Lincoln’s famous Gettysburg Address starts with these six words:

9.       The length of a rectangle is 16 feet and the height of this rectangle is 12 feet.  What is the area?

10.   What is the tallest mountain in the world?

11.   Can a puffin fly?

12.   What is the chemical formula for carbon dioxide?

13.   How do zebras use their stripes as camouflage? 

14.    How old was the oldest person ever to live (besides those in the Bible?):

15.   How many miles is a 5K?

 

Robyn~D~

submitted by R~D~, age 14
(March 4, 2011 - 12:32 pm)

back to the Chirp at Cricket

Oops, I accidentally posted the same thing twice. I thought it hadn't came through, but it had. Sorry.

no problem! -admin

submitted by Ima
(March 8, 2011 - 5:02 pm)

1. Oxygen

2. Making truffles? I dunno!

3. Um, erm, no?

4. Nile River

5. Roosevelt

6. Yes

7. Killing device from French Revolution

8. I have absolutely positively no clue!

9. 192 squared ft.

10. Mt. Everest

11. Yep! I'm doing a report on those!

12. CO2

13. Blend in as a pack

14. no clue

15. 6?

submitted by Mockingjay, District 12
(March 8, 2011 - 6:19 pm)

Mockingjay, you got questions number 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, and 13 correct.  Great job!  You guys are all so smartly brilliant. :)

submitted by R~D~
(March 8, 2011 - 10:48 pm)

Robyn post more, more, more?!??!?!?!?!!?!

submitted by Elizabeth M , age 11, Germany: stuck
(March 9, 2011 - 1:51 am)

Oh my goodness. :P  You enjoy these, huh?  Welllll- how about someone else tries it?  Maybe the person who got the most right can, or just whoever wants to?

submitted by R~D~, age 14, WA
(March 9, 2011 - 4:01 pm)

Yes, I do. Sorry, I wasn't saying you had to do such hard work! :P Somebody else can too... I might try it but be warned: my questions may be really easy...

 

The Duke of Captcha says ubef. You bet? Are you saying they'll be easy!? Well there you have it folks! :) 

submitted by Elizabeth M , age 11, Germany: stuck
(March 9, 2011 - 4:26 pm)

:)  Really, I would probably do far worse than you!  I'm terrible at random facts, unless they have to do with the ocean, then I know a lot. :)  You could make one, sure!  It's not terribly hard work, it just takes up a bit of time, thinking up random questions, then researching the answers.

submitted by R~D~, age 14
(March 9, 2011 - 6:38 pm)

I just found out who the oldest person was. Boy, that's old!

submitted by ALD, age 12, the earth
(March 9, 2011 - 10:40 pm)

I think I'll make one!

submitted by Elizabeth M , age 11, Germany: Cold g
(March 10, 2011 - 2:26 am)

@ALD: I know, right?

 

@Elizabeth:  Okey dokey!

 

Robyn~D~

submitted by R~D~, age 14
(March 10, 2011 - 2:23 pm)

I'll make one, too, after a lot have people have done Elizabeth's. It looks fun.

submitted by Ima
(March 10, 2011 - 8:10 pm)

I Better Start! 

submitted by Elizabeth M , age 11, Germany: Cold g
(March 11, 2011 - 2:00 am)

1.       What gas makes up the majority of the air we inhale? Nitrogen

2.       What is a truffle hog used for? To search for truffles.  Poodles are better though because they don't eat them.)

3.       If an enormous amount of ocean water freezes, does it form an iceberg? Yes

4.       What is the longest river in the world? The Amazon

5.       Who was president during the great depression? Franklin Delano Roosevelt

6.       Are all snowflakes different? Yes

7.       What is a guillotine? It sounds familiar but I am not sure

8.        Abraham Lincoln’s famous Gettysburg Address starts with these six words: Four score and seven years ago

9.       The length of a rectangle is 16 feet and the height of this rectangle is 12 feet.  What is the area? 192 sq. ft.

10.   What is the tallest mountain in the world? Mount Everest

11.   Can a puffin fly? I don't think so.

12.   What is the chemical formula for carbon dioxide? I don't know

13.   How do zebras use their stripes as camouflage?  They go into shadey places where the shade is in stripes so they blend in with it.

14.    How old was the oldest person ever to live (besides those in the Bible?): No idea

15.   How many miles is a 5K? Wow, I don't know a lot.

submitted by Elizabeth D., age 14, Texas
(March 10, 2011 - 11:19 pm)
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