Student
Plano, Texas
Garrett is 13 years old. He already invests in the stock market and hopes to work on Wall Street.
$500
According to the Oxford Dictionary of Modern Quotations, what cartoon character said, “Kids, you tried your best and you failed miserably. The lesson is, never try”?
A: John F. Kennedy B: Mahatma Gandhi
C: Martin Luther King, Jr. D: Homer Simpson
Answer
D: Homer Simpson
A Boy Scout newsletter urges Scouts around campfires to avoid “rusty coat hangers” and getting their what “engulfed in flames”?
A: Compass B: Canteen
C: Marshmallow D: First aid kit
Answer
C: Marshmallow
Which of these rhyming pairs of creatures have a symbiotic relationship, with the latter living in the fur of the former?
A: Cats & bats B: Dogs & frogs
C: Ferrets & parrots D: Sloths & moths
ATA
A: 7% B: 0% C: 2% D: 91%
Answer
D: Sloths & moths
Lying in a border river, Pheasant Island - known both as “Isla de los Faisanes” and “Ile des Faisans” - switches ownership every 6 mos. between what 2 countries?
A: Norway & Sweden B: France & Spain
C: Italy & Austria D: Germany & Poland
Answer
B: France & Spain
$5,000
Unveiled in 2016, the arcade game “War of Currents” pits what 2 inventors against each other, delivering players actual electric shocks when they take damage?
A: Bill Gates and Steve Jobs B: Alfred Nobel and Johannes Gutenberg
C: Archimedes and Leonardo da Vinci D: Nikola Tesla and Thomas Edison
Answer
D: Nikola Tesla and Thomas Edison
If, like Phileas Fogg, you were to travel around the world in 80 days, how many miles would you need to average per day to complete the 25,000-mile journey?
A: 31.52 B: 312.5
C: 3,125 D: 3,152
Answer
B: 312.5
$10,000
Derived from the world meaning “almond,” which of these is a part of the brain that processes emotions, and NOT a character in Greek literature?
A: Agamemnon B: Amygdala
C: Antigone D: Ajax
CTQ
Answer
B: Amygdala
Like “He” for “Helium,” if the element represented by the symbol H used the first two letters of its name instead, it would appear on the periodic table how?
A: Hi B: Ha
C: Hy D: Hu
Answer
C: Hy
Which of the following has the sole power to impeach a U.S. president?
A: The House of Representatives B: The Supreme Court
C: The Electoral College D: The Senate
Answer
A: The House of Representatives
QotD
According to the Mayo Clinic, in order to stay healthy, most teens need to do what for about nine hours every day?
A: Read B: Sleep
C: Fix their hair D: Look at their phones
Answer
B: Sleep
While there are about a half million words between the four of them combined, which of the following J.R.R. Tolkien books is by far the longest?
A: The Hobbit B: The Fellowship of the Ring
C: The Two Towers D: The Return of the King
50/50
50/50 leaves The Fellowship of the Ring and The Return of the King.
+1
Garrett’s +1 is his mom. She doesn’t know. She advises him to walk.
Answer
B: The Fellowship of the Ring
Garrett wins $20,000.
Garrett wins $20,000.