Kindergarten Knowledge –A-Thon Questions 2008

Nursery Rhymes

1) What was Old Mother Hubbard Looking for in the cupboard?     ANSWER: A bone for her dog

2) Diddle, diddle dumpling, my son John, went to bed with one shoe off and ________.
          ANSWER: One shoe on

3) What did Little Bo Peep lose?     ANSWER: Her sheep

4) Where was Little Boy Blue sleeping?     ANSWER: Under the haystack

5) Jack was nimble and quick.  What did he jump over?     ANSWER: The candlestick

6) Who tried to put Humpty Dumpty back together? ANSWER: All the king’s horses and all the king’s men

7) What did Little Jack Horner pull out of his Christmas pie?     ANSWER: A plum

8) In “Sing a Song of Sixpence” how many blackbirds were baked inside the pie?   ANSWER: 4 and 20 (or 24)

9) What did Mother kitten give her three little kittens when they found their mittens?    ANSWER: Pie

Poetry and Fables

10) In Robert Louis Stevenson’s poem “Time to Rise,” a birdie with a yellow bill hopped upon the ?
          ANSWER: Windowsill

11) What was the moral of “The Tortoise and the Hare?”
          ANSWER: Slow and steady wins the race. (Hard work is important, not just talent.)

12) How was the tiny mouse a big help to the great lion in Aesop’s fable “The Lion and the Mouse?”
          ANSWER: He gnawed the nets open and saved the lion.

Stories and Fairy Tales

13) Which little pig in “The Three Little Pigs” worked the hardest and made the sturdiest house?
          ANSWER: The third pig that made his house of bricks

14) Why didn’t the troll eat the littlest Billy Goat Gruff?   ANSWER: He told him to wait for his bigger, fatter brother.

15) In the Japanese folktale about Momotaro, a boy came out of a ______ and grew up to stop the Oni monsters from stealing.     ANSWER: A peach

16) Why wouldn’t the Little Red Hen share her bread with the dog, the cat and the pig?
          ANSWER: Because they wouldn’t help with any of the work to make the bread.

17) What foolish thing did Chicken Little believe?     ANSWER: The sky is falling.

18) In the Sioux Native American story “Jumping Mouse,” the mouse became what animal?          ANSWER: An eagle

19) In “The Bremen Town Musicians,” why did the dog, the rooster, the donkey and the cat run away to Bremen Town?    ANSWER: Their masters thought they were useless and were going to get rid of them.

20) In the African tale “Tug of War,” the little turtle beats the great big hippo and the elephant by...        ANSWER: making them think he is very strong

21) What animal broke into Mother Goat’s house and gobbled up her seven kids?     ANSWER: A wolf

22) What did King Midas find out was more important than gold?     ANSWER: His daughter

23 How did Rabbit count the Leopard’s spots in “How Many Spots Does a Leopard Have?”
          ANSWER: Dark ones plus light ones equals 2.

Tall Tales

24) What was John Chapman known for?     ANSWER: Planting apple seeds as he went west.

25) Why was Casey Jones a brave and famous train engineer?       ANSWER: He held the brake down to stop the train and saved many lives, but he died.

Sayings

26) April Showers Bring __________.     ANSWER: May Flowers

27) Do Unto Others as ___________.     ANSWER: You Would Have Them Do Unto You.

28) Practice Makes __________.     ANSWER: Perfect

29) A Place For Everything and ________________.     ANSWER: Everything in its Place
 

History and Geography

30) Name the seven continents.     ANSWER: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Australia, & Europe

31) What is the imaginary line that divides the earth into northern and southern hemispheres?
          ANSWER: The Equator

32) The Eiffel Tower is in which country?     ANSWER: France

33) The Great Wall of China is on which continent?     ANSWER: Asia

34 Lions, zebras, rhinos, hippos, ostriches, and elephants come from which continent?  ANSWER: Africa

35) “From Sea to Shining Sea” refers to which two oceans that touch North America?
          ANSWER: Atlantic and Pacific

36) What South American mountain range has condors and llamas, and is the largest mountain range in the world?     ANSWER: Andes Mountains

37) Name one of the two longest rivers in the world and what continent it is located in.
          ANSWER: The Nile River in Africa or the Amazon River in South America

38) What continent has billabongs, boomerangs, kangaroos, koalas, and the duckbill platypus?
          ANSWER: Australia

39) What is the largest continent?     ANSWER: Asia

American History

40) “Old Glory,” “Stars and Stripes,” and “The Red, White, and Blue” refer to the ____?
ANSWER: American Flag

41) Native Americans of the plains lived in _______ and hunted ________?
ANSWER: Teepees and Buffalo

42) Native Americans near the Pacific Ocean hunted salmon, made canoes, and made tall wooden carvings that told a story or honored someone. These carvings are called_______?
          ANSWER: Totem poles

43) When did Christopher Columbus come to America?     ANSWER: 1492

44) What were the names of Christopher Columbus’s ships?  ANSWER: The N?na, the Pinta  and the Santa Maria

45) In 1620, the Mayflower arrived with people from England who wanted to worship their own way. They were called _______?     ANSWER: Pilgrims

46) The Mayflower landed near a big rock called __________?     ANSWER: Plymouth Rock

47) Which Native Americans helped the Pilgrims?    ANSWER: The Wampanoag  (Wam-puh-noe-ug)

48) To what feast did the Pilgrims invite the Native Americans?     ANSWER: The first Thanksgiving

49) Why do we celebrate the 4th of July?     ANSWER: We declared our independence from England

50) France gave us a birthday present when our country was 100 years old.  It is in New York’s harbor and has a torch of freedom.  What is it?     ANSWER: The Statue of Liberty

51) What does Democracy mean?     ANSWER: “Rule of the People”

52) People who are owned by other people and must obey their masters are called ______?   ANSWER: Slaves

53) Who was our first President?     ANSWER: George Washington

54) Thomas Jefferson wrote the ______________ which stated, “All men are created equal.”
          ANSWER: Declaration of Independence

55) Which president is credited with freeing the slaves?     ANSWER: Abraham Lincoln

56) Which president said, “Speak softly & carry a big stick?”     ANSWER: Theodore Roosevelt

57) Four presidents are on what famous mountainside?     ANSWER: Mount Rushmore

Math

58) In the following pattern what comes next?   mromromr _?_
[Show students the pattern.]     ANSWER: square

59) What number comes after 14?     ANSWER: 15

60) What number is this?   49 [Show students the number.]   ANSWER: Forty nine

61) What does 100 + 2 equal?  ANSWER:  102

62) Mrs. Brown has 3 pencils on her desk.  She finds 2 more pencils.  How many pencils does Mrs. Brown have now?  ANSWER:  5

63) Count backward from 10.     ANSWER: 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1

64) Count by two’s to 20.     ANSWER:  2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20

65) How many cents is a dime worth?     ANSWER: 10 cents

66) If something is cut into 2 equal parts of the same size, it is cut in _______? ANSWER:  Half

67) 6+2=____?     ANSWER: 8

68) Say all the months of the year...     ANSWER:  January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December

69) Say all the days of the week....
          ANSWER:  Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday

70) Put your right hand on your head.     ANSWER:  (observe)

Science

71) What are the 5 parts of a sunflower plant?     ANSWER: Roots, stem, leaves, seeds, and flowers

72) What do plants need to grow?     ANSWER: Soil, water, air, and sunlight

73) What are the 4 seasons?    (In any order)     ANSWER: Summer, winter, fall, spring

74) If the red part of a thermometer goes up, is it getting warmer or colder?     ANSWER: Warmer

75) Pine trees are evergreen and keep their leaves all winter.  What kind of tree loses its leaves in the winter?    ANSWER: Deciduous

76) When tiny drops of water vapor or ice clump together in the sky, what forms?
 ANSWER: Clouds

77) What do pets need?     ANSWER: Food, water, and a safe, clean home

78) What are the 5 senses?     ANSWER: Sight, smell, taste, touch & hearing

79) Instead of throwing away trash made of glass, paper, metal, and plastic, we can help the environment by_____________?     ANSWER: Recycling

80) A magnet will stick to which of these:  Stuffed Animal, Paper Clip, Book, or Wooden Block
      ANSWER: Paper Clip

81) George Washington Carver was called “The Plant Doctor.”  He helped farmers in the south by teaching them to grow new crops like _________?     ANSWER: Peanuts

82) What famous scientist went to Africa to study chimpanzees?     ANSWER: Jane Goodall

83) The Wright Brothers, Wilbur and Orville Wright, were patient, and worked hard to construct
something.  In 1903 it worked.  What did they do?     ANSWER: They built and flew the first airplane.

Spanish

84) Say turtle in Spanish.     ANSWER: tortuga
 
85) Say frog in Spanish.     ANSWER: rana

86) Say fish in Spanish.     ANSWER: pez

87) Say blue in Spanish.     ANSWER: azul

88) Say red in Spanish.     ANSWER: rojo

89) Say green in Spanish.     ANSWER: verde

90) Say yellow in Spanish.     ANSWER: amarillo

91) Say nose in Spanish.     ANSWER: nariz

92) Say eyes in Spanish.     ANSWER: ojos

93) Count to ten in Spanish.     ANSWER: uno, dos, tres, cuatro, cinco, seis, siete, ocho, nueve, diez

Music

94) What is the name of the boy who got in trouble with trolls in Grieg’s “In the Hall of the Mountain King?”      ANSWER: Peer Gynt

95) What comes after Do, Re . . .?     ANSWER:  Mi

96) What march did we watch in Babes in Toyland?     ANSWER: “The March of the Toys”

97) How many titi’s equal one ta?     ANSWER: 2
 

Art

98) What are the cool colors? ANSWER: GREEN, BLUE, PURPLE

99) What do you call 3-dimensional artwork?  ANSWER:  SCULPTURE

100) Name the primary colors.  ANSWER:  RED, BLUE, YELLOW