Quiz: Are You Smarter Than an 8th-Grader?

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"correctAnswer" : false }, { "answer" : "Edgar Allan Poe", "correctAnswer" : true }, { "answer" : "Robert Frost", "correctAnswer" : false } ], "multiSelect" : false, "explanation" : "Answer:

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"answers" : [ { "answer" : "parable", "correctAnswer" : false }, { "answer" : "allegory", "correctAnswer" : true }, { "answer" : "myth", "correctAnswer" : false }, { "answer" : "anecdote",

"correctAnswer" : false } ], "multiSelect" : false, "explanation" : "Answer: b. allegory", "hint" : "", "hintLink" : "", "questionImgCaption" : "", "questionImgCredit" : ""}, { "question" :

"Which of the following is not an example of onomatopoeia?", "answers" : [ { "answer" : "boom", "correctAnswer" : false }, { "answer" : "sizzle", "correctAnswer" : false }, { "answer" :

"meow", "correctAnswer" : false }, { "answer" : "cents", "correctAnswer" : true } ], "multiSelect" : false, "explanation" : "Answer: d. cents", "hint" : "", "hintLink" : "",

"questionImgCaption" : "", "questionImgCredit" : ""}, { "question" : "Where was the First Continental Congress held?", "answers" : [ { "answer" : "Washington, D.C.", "correctAnswer" : false

}, { "answer" : "Boston", "correctAnswer" : false }, { "answer" : "Philadelphia", "correctAnswer" : true }, { "answer" : "Richmond, Va.", "correctAnswer" : false } ], "multiSelect" : false,

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States?", "answers" : [ { "answer" : "James Monroe", "correctAnswer" : false }, { "answer" : "Thomas Jefferson", "correctAnswer" : true }, { "answer" : "John Adams", "correctAnswer" : false

}, { "answer" : "James Madison", "correctAnswer" : false } ], "multiSelect" : false, "explanation" : "Answer: b. Thomas Jefferson", "hint" : "", "hintLink" : "", "questionImgCaption" : "",

"questionImgCredit" : ""}, { "question" : "What American woman aided wounded soldiers on the battlefield during the Civil War?", "answers" : [ { "answer" : "Clara Barton", "correctAnswer" :

true }, { "answer" : "Dolley Madison", "correctAnswer" : false }, { "answer" : "Betsy Ross", "correctAnswer" : false }, { "answer" : "Florence Nightingale", "correctAnswer" : false }

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truck for one day. She contacted two companies. Scott’s Truck Rentals charges a flat $20 plus $2 per mile. Big Haul Truck Rentals charges $3 per mile. After how many miles will the total

cost for both companies be the same?", "answers" : [ { "answer" : "10", "correctAnswer" : false }, { "answer" : "15", "correctAnswer" : false }, { "answer" : "20", "correctAnswer" : true },

{ "answer" : "25", "correctAnswer" : false } ], "multiSelect" : false, "explanation" : "Answer: c. 20", "hint" : "", "hintLink" : "", "questionImgCaption" : "", "questionImgCredit" : ""}, {

"question" : "The Earth’s water cycle is powered by:", "answers" : [ { "answer" : "wind ", "correctAnswer" : false }, { "answer" : "sun", "correctAnswer" : true }, { "answer" : "radioactive

decay", "correctAnswer" : false }, { "answer" : "energy of the Earth’s rotation", "correctAnswer" : false } ], "multiSelect" : false, "explanation" : "Answer: b. sun", "hint" : "",

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"correctAnswer" : false }, { "answer" : "pi times radius squared", "correctAnswer" : false }, { "answer" : "base times height divided by 2", "correctAnswer" : true }, { "answer" : "base

times height divided by 3", "correctAnswer" : false } ], "multiSelect" : false, "explanation" : "Answer: c. base times height divided by 2", "hint" : "", "hintLink" : "",

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"answer" : "radius", "correctAnswer" : false }, { "answer" : "perimeter", "correctAnswer" : false }, { "answer" : "boundary", "correctAnswer" : false } ], "multiSelect" : false,

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