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Answer all of the questions on the quiz, then select the Score button to grade the quiz.

There are 15 Questions total.

1. What is an ice shelf?

buildup in your freezer
permanent floating ice sheet
landmark in Alaska
top portion of an iceberg

2. According to a U.S. study on kids and junk food, which item has been advertised the most?

Pasta
Chocolate
Yogurt
non-chocolate candy

3. Who was not nominated for eight Grammy awards?

Mariah Carey
John Legend
U2
Kanye West

4. What percent of the water we use in our homes needs to be drinkable?

About 25%
About 50%
About 75%
100%

5. What is the name of the UK’s first purpose-built children’s theatre?

The Dragon Theatre
The Unicorn Theatre
The Mermaid Theatre
The Kid’s Theatre

6. What year should all Machu Picchu artifacts have been returned to Peru?

1911
2005
1916
Never

7. In what state was a black bear found hibernating beneath a house?

California
Chicago
North Carolina
Pennsylvania

8. How big was the lava shelf that collapsed into the ocean as a result of Kilauea Volcano?

44-acres
Very small
2-acres
There was no lava shelf that collapsed.

9. The Patriot Act was recently extended for how many years?

2
3
4
5

10. The Vendee Globe race is a race of:

cars
boats
skateboards
bicycle

11. The 2006 Winter Olympics will be held in what country?

Italy
France
England
Canada

12. If air and water currents across the world stop, the temperature in South America will become:

colder
freezing
rainy
warmer

13. Recently in Borneo, a "camera trap" snapped a photo of what mysterious animal?

dog
lizard
cat
bird

14. For how many years was Lady Margaret Thatcher the Prime Minister of Britain?

11
15
18
6

15. According to a law passed by Congress, schools must have a nutrition program by:

The end of 2005
2006
2007
2010

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