Group Quiz Game
Questions: 16 · 10 minutes
1. Two fair coins are tossed. What is the probability of getting exactly one head?
One quarter
Three quarters
One half
One third
2. An email claims to be from your bank and directs you to an imitation login page designed to capture your password. What is this tactic called?
Encryption
Phishing
Defragmentation
Cloud syncing
3. Suppose all ravens are birds and no birds are mammals. Which conclusion must be true?
All mammals are ravens
Some birds are mammals
No mammals exist
No ravens are mammals
4. When vinegar and baking soda are mixed, which gas produces the visible fizzing?
Oxygen
Carbon dioxide
Nitrogen
Hydrogen
5. Who wrote the novel Animal Farm?
George Orwell
Aldous Huxley
H. G. Wells
John Steinbeck
6. A solution changes from pH 3 to pH 5. Approximately how has its hydrogen-ion concentration changed?
It is 2 times lower
It is 10 times higher
It is 100 times lower
It is 100 times higher
7. What is the official distance of a marathon?
42.195 kilometres
40 kilometres
41.5 kilometres
45 kilometres
8. Which English king is associated with sealing Magna Carta in 1215?
Richard II
Henry II
King John
Edward I
9. Your team is looking for a European country whose mainland borders Spain and the Atlantic Ocean and whose capital is Lisbon. Which country fits every clue?
France
Italy
Belgium
Portugal
10. Which double-reed woodwind instrument commonly provides the tuning note for an orchestra?
Bassoon
Clarinet
Flute
Oboe
11. Why does Earth experience seasons?
Earth moves much closer to and farther from the Sun each year
Earth’s tilted axis changes the angle and duration of sunlight by hemisphere
The Sun produces substantially different amounts of heat each season
The Moon periodically blocks part of the Sun’s warmth
12. A story describes a benevolent ruler who regularly forgives debts and provides food during shortages. What does “benevolent” most nearly mean?
Cautious and reserved
Ambitious and competitive
Kind and generous
Strict and inflexible
13. A constitution divides authority among legislative, executive, and judicial branches. What is the main purpose of this separation?
To ensure every law is decided by popular vote
To remove the need for elected representatives
To give courts responsibility for writing national budgets
To prevent too much power from being concentrated in one branch
14. A houseplant placed beside a window gradually bends toward the incoming light. What is this growth response called?
Phototropism
Germination
Pollination
Transpiration
15. A full Moon rises around sunset because it is located in which position relative to Earth and the Sun?
The Moon is approximately between Earth and the Sun
Earth is approximately between the Sun and the Moon
The Moon is at a right angle to the Sun as viewed from Earth
The Moon is directly above Earth’s North Pole
16. Which artist painted The Starry Night?
Vincent van Gogh
Paul Cézanne
Claude Monet
Edvard Munch