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What Do You Remember From School?
You spent all those years learning about history, literature, science, geography, and math, and what do you remember? Let's see if you still know some of the things you learned--or should have learned--when you were in school.
1
Geography: What is the longest river in the world?
a)
Nile River
b)
Amazon River
c)
Mississippi River
d)
Thames River
2
Geometry: In describing the sides of a right-angled triangle, the formula A
2
+ B
2
= C
2
is
a)
The quadratic equation
b)
The Pythagorean theorem
c)
Avogadro's number
d)
The universal combination for opening all lockers
3
World History: What region of the world is known as "the cradle of civilization"?
a)
New York
b)
Mesopotamia
c)
Aztec Empire
d)
Rome
4
Social Studies: The first ten amendments to the Constitution of the United States are known as
a)
The Preamble
b)
The Bill of Rights
c)
The Magna Carta
d)
Top Ten Amendments
5
Literature: Who wrote the epic poem the
Odyssey
?
a)
Virgil
b)
Shakespeare
c)
James Joyce
d)
Homer
6
Biology: The process of a cell's nucleus replicating and dividing in preparation for the division of the cell is called
a)
Cloning
b)
Reproduction
c)
Infinity
d)
Mitosis
7
European History: The Industrial Revolution, in which production changed from manual labor to machine, began in which century?
a)
12th century
b)
15th century
c)
18th century
d)
20th century
8
Geometry: The area of a circle can be determined by which of the following formulas?
a)
½ base x height
b)
2πr
c)
x+y
d)
πr
2
9
American History: In 1933, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt sought to counteract the damage wrought by the Great Depression in the United States by introducing a set of federal programs, regulations, and subsidies known as
a)
The Great Society
b)
No Child Left Behind
c)
Prohibition
d)
The New Deal
10
Chemistry: How many elements in the periodic table are considered noble gases?
a)
92
b)
500
c)
6
d)
47
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