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Salmon swim upstream to:
cool off
lay their eggs
find food
get exercise
visit relatives

Which of the following sentences is correct?
I had to weight for the bus this morning.
I didn’t get hear on time because my clock broke.
My brother past his driving test yesterday.
We’re having a break after the test.
I red Harry Potter books this summer

Peter decided to learn a string instrument this year, but he wants to learn the biggest one. Which does he choose?
Bass
Viola
Violin
Cello
bassoon

Which is your largest organ?
Liver
Skin
Stomach
Intestines
Brain

There are 17 students in Madison’s English class. If they bring 60 cupcakes to celebrate surviving the first week of school, and share them equally, how many will be left over for the teacher to eat?
3
5
7
9
11

What number comes next in the following sequence: 1, 4, 9, 16, 25
27
21
45
36
144

Which of the following is a shade of a secondary color?
Sky
Lime
Cranberry
Butter
Ebony

Which of the following city-landmark pairs is correct?
St. Louis – arch
New York - Eiffel Tower
Pisa - Empire State Building
Seattle - golden gate bridge           
Rome - Big Ben       

Which of the following proverbs is closest in meaning to, “All that glitters is not gold?”
Don’t look a gift horse in the mouth.                       
Don’t put the cart before the horse.
People who live in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones.
You can’t judge a book by its cover.                
Haste makes waste.

Which is longest?
Half a century
Ten Olympiads
Three score years
A tenth of a millennium
A generation

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