Trivia Middle School

In the nursery rhyme, who sat on a wall before having a great fall?

• Humpty Dumpty

• Little Miss Muffet

• The Old Woman in the Shoe

• Puss n' Boots

What planet is the closets to earth?

• Venus 

• Mars 

• Saturn 

• Earth

She refused to obey the bus driver order to give up her seat in the "colored section" to a white passenger and an activist in the civil rights movement.

• Ella Baker

• Rosa Parks

• Maya Angelou

• Irene Morgan

She is an American singer-songwriter and one of the leading contemporary recording artists, she is known for narrative songs about her personal life. She is one of the best-selling music artists of all time, having sold more than 40 million albums.

• Katy Perry

• Pink

• Adele

• Taylor Swift

Which word is a synonym for 'happy'?

• Sad

• Joyful

• Angry

• Tired

What is the past tense of 'run'?

• Running

• Ran

• Runs

• Runned

Identify the adjective in the following sentence: 'The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.'

• Quick

• Jumps

• Over

• Dog

Which of the following sentences is correctly punctuated?

• I went to the store, and bought milk.

• I went to the store and bought milk.

• I went to the store; and bought milk.

• I went to the store: and bought milk.

What is the main idea of the following passage? 'The sun is a star at the center of our solar system. It provides light and heat to the planets that orbit it.'

• The sun is a planet.

• The sun is a star that provides light and heat.

• The planets orbit the moon.

• The solar system is small.

Which character is from a famous English play by William Shakespeare?

• Harry Potter

• Frodo Baggins

• Hamlet

• Katniss Everdeen