Second Grade Knowledge –A-Thon Questions 2008

Literature

1) Name the 4 major characters in Charlotte’s Web? (In any order)    ANSWER: Charlotte, Fern, Wilber and Templeton

2) What saying best describes the moral of the story “A Christmas Carol?”     ANSWER: Turn over a new leaf

3) Peter Pan never did what?     ANSWER:  grow up

4) Recite the first sentence of the poem “Twas the night before Christmas.”
          ANSWER: Twas the night before Christmas and all through the house, not a creature was
          stirring not even a mouse.

5) What two birds are looking for the Cubird?     ANSWER: Owl and Roadrunner

6) Don’t ______ a book by its cover.     ANSWER: judge

7) Who wrote “A Christmas Carol?     ANSWER: Charles Dickens

8) Who was the tall tale hero who hammered his way through a mountain?     ANSWER: John Henry

9) Who was the tall tale hero who could eat a pancake the size of a house?     ANSWER: Paul Bunyan

10) Finish the saying:  Where there’s a _________.”  ANSWER: will, there’s a way
 

Language Arts

11) What are the five important parts of a sentence?  ANSWER:  It has to make sense and have a subject, verb, capital letter, and an end mark.

12) After you go to the verb, adjective or another adverb, what questions do you ask?  What do you get?  ANSWER:  How? When? And Where? ; an adverb

13) After you go to the noun or pronoun, what questions do you ask?  What do you get?  ANSWER:  What kind? Which one? How many?; an adjective

14) How can you tell that a word is a possessive noun (PN)?  ANSWER:  it has an 's or an s'

15) What are the 7 subject pronouns (SP)?  ANSWER:  I, we, he, she, it, they, you

16) What are the 7 possessive pronouns (PP)?   ANSWER: my, our, his, her, its, their, your

17) What are two noun jobs?  ANSWER:  Subject Noun (SN) and Object of the Preposition (OP)

18) The prepositional phrase goes from the what to the what?  ANSWER:  Preposition (P) to the object of the preposition (OP).

19) What are words that mean the exact opposite of each other called? What are words that mean almost the same thing called?    ANSWER: Antonyms, synonyms
 

Science

20) What does “cycle” mean?     ANSWER: circle

21) What causes the 4 seasons?     ANSWER: The tilt of the earth on its axis

22) Name the components of the water cycle?     ANSWER:  Evaporation, Condensation and Precipitation

23) Why are simple machines important?     ANSWER: They can make hard jobs easier to do.

24) What is a complex machine?     ANSWER: A machine made up of two or more simple machines.

25) A ramp is an example of what simple machine?     ANSWER: inclined plane

26) Why is a cell important?     ANSWER: It is the building block of all plants, animals and human beings.

27) How long does food stay in your stomach?  ANSWER: 2-3 hours

28) What are the 3 main body parts of any insect?     ANSWER: Head, thorax and abdomen

29) Describe the stages of an insect's life cycle:  ANSWER: egg, larva, pupa, adult
 

American and World Geography
 
30) Is the world made up of mostly land or water?     ANSWER: Water

31) How many continents are there?          ANSWER: 7

32) What two seas border the country of Greece?     ANSWER: The Mediterranean and the Aegean (ah gee an) Seas.

33) In the War of 1812, what continent did our opponents come from?  ANSWER:  Europe

34) The Statue of Liberty was a gift from what country?  ANSWER:  France

35) In which city and colony was the constitutional convention held?
          ANSWER: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

36) Which river in India is said to have healing powers?  ANSWER: The Ganges (gan geez) River

37) What does contiguous mean and name 2 countries that have a contiguous border with the United States?   ANSWER:  contiguous means touching; Canada and Mexico

38) What 2 states are NOT part of the contiguous United States?  ANSWER: Alaska and Hawaii

39) What city is named after the Greek goddess Athena?  ANSWER: Athens
 

American & World History

40) Who was the British king the colonists revolted against in the Revolutionary War?  ANSWER: King George

41) What 2 countries did the U.S. fight in the War of 1812?  ANSWER: England and France

42) Who is known as the Father of the Constitution?  ANSWER: James Madison

43) Who wrote the poem that the “Star Spangled Banner” was based on? ANSWER:  Francis Scott Key

44) What was the name of the canal that made travel westward much faster?  ANSWER: The Erie Canal

45) What is Harriet Tubman famous for?  ANSWER: Leading over 300 slaves to freedom on the
          Underground Railroad.

46) What was the name of the document that freed all the slaves in the confederate states?
          ANSWER: The Emancipation Proclamation.

47) What does “E Pluribus Unum” mean?  ANSWER: Out of many – one.

48) Who refused to give up her seat on a segregated bus, sparking a year long bus boycott in
          Montgomery, Alabama?  ANSWER: Rosa Parks

49) What is the nickname of the U.S.S. Constitution?  ANSWER: “Old Ironsides”
 

Math

50) Where is the comma in a full date?  ANSWER: Between the number and the year.

51) Count by 5’s to 50. Start with 0.  ANSWER: 0, 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, 50.

52) Count by 3’s to 30.  ANSWER: 0, 3, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18, 21, 24, 27, 30

53) Count by 25 to 100 and what coin is worth 25 cents?  ANSWER: 0, 25, 50, 75, 100; quarter

54) When you add a 2-column addition problem which column do you start with?  ANSWER: The one’s column.

55) What coin is worth 5 cents?   ANSWER: a nickel

56) In the number 673, which number is in the ten’s column?  ANSWER: 7

57) What coin is worth 10 cents?  ANSWER:  a dime

58) Is the long hand of a clock the hour or minute hand?  ANSWER: The minute hand

59) What two things do you need in the answer when you are adding or subtracting money?        ANSWER: A dollar sign and a decimal point.

 
Spelling

60) What two letters do you add to words to change the word to talk about yesterday?  ANSWER:  e-d

61) Spell receive.  ANSWER: r-e-c-e-i-v-e

62) Spell through.  ANSWER: t-h-r-o-u-g-h

63) Spell thought.  ANSWER: t-h-o-u-g-h-t

64) Spell where, (as in “I don’t know where it is.”) ANSWER:  w-h-e-r-e

65) Spell repeat.  ANSWER:  r-e-p-e-a-t

66) Spell feat and feet.  ANSWER:  f-e-a-t and f-e-e-t.

67) Spell Mr. Bomann’s last name.  ANSWER:  capital B-o-m-a-n-n

68) Spell enough, rough, tough.  ANSWER:  e-n-o-u-g-h, r-o-u-g-h-, t-o-u-g-h
 
69) Spell leader(as in “the leader of the wolf pack”).  ANSWER : l-e-a-d-e-r

70) Spell Mrs. Campshure’s last name.  ANSWER:  capital C-a-m-p-s-h-u-r-e
 

Spanish

71) What is a bicycle in Spanish?     ANSWER: bicicleta

72) What is a skateboard in Spanish?     ANSWER: monopatín

73) What is museum in Spanish?     ANSWER: museo

74) What is school in Spanish?     ANSWER: escuela

75) What is boat in Spanish?     ANSWER: barco

76) What is library in Spanish?     ANSWER: biblioteca

77) What is scooter in Spanish?     ANSWER: patinete

78) What is store in Spanish?     ANSWER: tienda

79) What are north, south, east and west in Spanish?     ANSWER: norte, sur, este, oeste

80) Count from 10 to 100 by tens in Spanish:
          ANSWER: diez, veinte, treinta, cuarenta, cincuenta, sesenta, setenta. ochenta, noventa, cien

Art

81) A line that is lying down is called a _________________ line?     ANSWER: Horizontal

82) Name an object or something that could be found in a landscape painting?  ANSWER: Trees, hills, sky, earth, ground, people, animals etc.

83) Who painted the “Cat and Bird”?  Answer: Paul Klee  (pronounced Clay)

84) Are the paintings of birds by John James Audubon abstract or life-like?     ANSWER: Life-like

85) What is the art of designing buildings called?   ANSWER: Architecture

86) If something were symmetrical, would both sides have the same shape?   ANSWER: Yes

87) Who painted the picture called “The Starry Night”?  ANSWER: Van Gogh

88) Is Brancusi’s “Bird in Space” sculpture realistic or abstract?  ANSWER:  Abstract

89) A line that goes up and down is called what? Answer:  Vertical

90) Is the Parthenon symmetrical? Answer: Yes
 

Music

91) To what family of instruments does the cello belong?   ANSWER: strings

92) Drums belong to what family of instruments?   ANSWER: percussion

93) Is the organ a keyboard instrument?    ANSWER: yes

94) Who wrote The Four Seasons?     ANSWER: Vivaldi

95) Who wrote Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring?     ANSWER: Bach

96) Who wrote Für Elise?     ANSWER: Beethoven

97) How many quarter notes equal a half note?     ANSWER: Two

98) Who was Casey Jones?     ANSWER: A train engineer

99) What comes after Do, Re, Mi, Fa, Sol, La?    ANSWER Ti

100) Fill in the blank:  Swing Low, Sweet ___________?     ANSWER: Chariot