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General Knowledge Vol. 3

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This board helps players review General knowledge · Mixed topics through a Jeopardy-style game format on Kleveroo. It includes categories such as Hidden in Plain Sight, Around the Map, How Stuff Works, Screen & Sound, On the Menu. It is useful for classroom review, team trivia, family game night, test prep, and group play.

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  • Hidden in Plain Sight

    What everyday object uses graphite, not lead, for its writing core?

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    Pencil

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  • Around the Map

    Which U.S. state is closest to Africa?

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    Maine

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  • How Stuff Works

    What force pulls objects toward Earth?

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    Gravity

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  • Screen & Sound

    What yellow cartoon family lives in Springfield?

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    The Simpsons

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  • On the Menu

    Guacamole gets its green color mainly from what fruit?

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    Avocado

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  • Way Back When

    Which ancient civilization built the Colosseum?

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    Romans

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  • Words We Use

    What word can mean both a season and to jump suddenly?

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    Spring

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  • Odds & Ends

    What color are an airplane's famous 'black boxes'?

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    Orange

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Hidden in Plain Sight

$100 — What everyday object uses graphite, not lead, for its writing core?
Pencil
$200 — What small pocket on jeans was originally designed to hold a specific item?
Pocket watch
$300 — Why are the tiny holes in some pen caps intentionally there?
To allow airflow if swallowed
$400 — The ridged edges on many coins historically helped prevent people from doing what?
Shaving or clipping precious metal from them
$500 — Why do most mirrors appear to reverse left and right but not up and down?
They actually reverse front-to-back, not left-to-right

Around the Map

$100 — Which U.S. state is closest to Africa?
Maine
$200 — Which country is completely surrounded by South Africa?
Lesotho
$300 — If you travel due south from Detroit, which foreign country can you enter?
Canada
$400 — Which national capital sits where the Blue Nile and White Nile meet?
Khartoum
$500 — Which two countries share the world's longest international land border?
Canada and the United States

How Stuff Works

$100 — What force pulls objects toward Earth?
Gravity
$200 — Why does a metal spoon usually feel colder than a wooden one in the same room?
Metal conducts heat away from your hand faster
$300 — Why does adding salt help melt ice on a road?
It lowers water's freezing point
$400 — Why can you sometimes see your breath on a cold day?
Water vapor condenses into tiny droplets
$500 — A microwave primarily heats food by causing what type of molecules to rotate rapidly?
Polar molecules, especially water

Screen & Sound

$100 — What yellow cartoon family lives in Springfield?
The Simpsons
$200 — Which actor provided the voice of Woody in Toy Story?
Tom Hanks
$300 — Before becoming a movie franchise, Shrek began as what type of work?
A children's picture book
$400 — What famous movie sound effect named for a character has been reused in hundreds of films?
The Wilhelm scream
$500 — What television term for an episode ending at a tense moment comes from serialized fiction?
Cliffhanger

On the Menu

$100 — Guacamole gets its green color mainly from what fruit?
Avocado
$200 — What type of pastry is traditionally used to make profiteroles?
Choux pastry
$300 — Which nut is traditionally used to make marzipan?
Almond
$400 — Worcestershire sauce traditionally contains what small fish?
Anchovies
$500 — What spice comes from the dried stigma of a flower and is famously expensive by weight?
Saffron

Way Back When

$100 — Which ancient civilization built the Colosseum?
Romans
$200 — The purchase of Alaska from Russia occurred under which U.S. president?
Andrew Johnson
$300 — Which came first: the zipper, the telephone, or the light bulb?
Telephone
$400 — Which modern country was formerly known as Siam?
Thailand
$500 — Which empire was ruled at its height by Mansa Musa?
Mali Empire

Words We Use

$100 — What word can mean both a season and to jump suddenly?
Spring
$200 — What punctuation mark gets its name from Greek for 'together' and 'writing'?
Hyphen
$300 — What common English word contains three consecutive double letters?
Bookkeeper
$400 — What word describes a word like 'buzz' or 'hiss' that imitates the sound it represents?
Onomatopoeia
$500 — What is the only common English number whose letters appear in alphabetical order?
Forty

Odds & Ends

$100 — What color are an airplane's famous 'black boxes'?
Orange
$200 — Which common game piece has exactly 21 dots across all six of its sides?
A standard die
$300 — A standard dartboard's numbers were deliberately arranged primarily to punish what?
Inaccuracy
$400 — In a deck of cards, which king is traditionally depicted without a mustache?
King of Hearts
$500 — If you shuffle a standard 52-card deck thoroughly, why is its exact order likely historically unique?
There are 52! possible arrangements

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