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Are you smarter than a (public schooled) 5th Grader? 
Here's a quiz I found that's like the TV show. (OK, my mom really found it and suggested posting it) It's interestin' stuff though. See how well you do. I'll post the answers soon.
1. Read the sentence. Look for the phrase that completes the sentence correctly.
The team _______________ play baseball.
Answers:
a. did not want
b. refusing to
c. thought about
d. loved to
2. Select the best answer.
The Second Continental Congress chose _______________ to lead the Continental Army.
Answers:
a. John Adams
b. John Hancock
c. Benedict Arnold
d. George Washington
3. Read the question carefully and find the correct answer.
What is 1285 rounded to the nearest hundred?
Answers:
a. 1290
b. 1280
c. 1300
d. 1200
4. Read the question. Find the phrase with correct punctuation.
Which is the correct way to close a letter?
Answers:
a. Yours Truly.
b. Yours truly,
c. Yours Truly:
d. Yours truly
5. Read the question and choose the correct answer.
Which layer of the earth do humans actually live on?
Answers:
a. core
b. crust
c. mantle
d. none of the above
6. Read the problem carefully and choose the correct answer.
Which decimal is the smallest amount?
Answers:
a. 0.0003
b. 0.003
c. 0.03
d. 0.3
7. Read the question and choose the best answer.
Quakers such as William Penn practiced a religious belief called
tolerance. Which of the following terms means the same as "tolerance"?
Answers:
a. prayer
b. judgment
c. study
d. acceptance
8. Select the best answer.
The British hired nearly 30,000 troops from Germany to help them
fight the colonists.
These mercenaries, or ______________, were the _____________.
Answers:
a. civilians, Swamp Fox Fighters
b. Redcoats, Paul Revere's Riders
c. paid professional soldiers, Hessians
d. Whigs, Revolutionaires
9. Where would 2 3/4 be found on the number line?

Answers:
a. between C and B
b. at L
c. between K and L
d. between L and M
10. Read each sentence to see if it contains figurative
language.
Then select the best answer.
We tramped through the mall parking lot like a
gaggle of geese.
Answers:
a. simile
b. metaphor
c. personification
d. no figurative language
11. Jane rents ice skates at noon.
The charges are $5.00 for the first hour, and $.50 per every
quarter-hour thereafter. Her rental charges are $6.50. What time does
she return the skates?
Answers:
a. 1:45 p.m.
b. 2:00 p.m.
c. 1:30 p.m.
d. Insufficient information
12. Select the best answer.
____________ established a colony in Maryland where they
could worship freely.
Answers:
a. William Penn and the Quakers
b. Roger Williams and Anne Hutchinson
c. George Calvert and the Catholics
d. John Winthrop and the Puritans
13. Select the proper way to capitalize the word or words
that completes the sentence.
_______________ told me I couldn't go to the movies tonight.
Answers:
a. my dad and mom
b. my Dad and Mom
c. My Dad and Mom
d. My dad and mom
14. Read the problem carefully and choose the correct answer.

Which of these figures are congruent?
Answers:
a. 1 and 4
b. 1 and 2
c. 2 and 3
d. none of the above
15. Read the question and choose the correct answer.
Air pressure is measured with an instrument called a
Answers:
a. microscope
b. barometer
c. thermometer
d. anemometer
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