1. It’s O.K. to be SMART!

2. It’s the season that follows summer. Is it spelled a-u-t-o-m or a-u-t-u-m-n?

3. Was the first mammal to be cloned successfully a chicken, a pig or a sheep?

4. What South American people built the great city of Machu Picchu?

5. Give the most degrees an obtuse angle can have. (hint: an obtuse angle is between 90 °~180° )

6. What American holiday marks the unofficial end of summer?

7. On what continent will you find the cities of Munich, Marseilles and Warsaw?

8. Which was not a Chinese dynasty: Han, Ming or Zen?

9. In which process do plants bend toward the light: phototropism or geotropism?

10. Which sentence is correct? (a)That’s real hard to do. (b)That’s really hard to do.

11. Name the four Presidents whose faces are carved on Mount Rushmore.

12. It’s time to check your answers!

13. It’s the season that follows summer. Is it spelled a-u-t-o-m or a-u-t-u-m-n? Ans: autumn

14. Was the first mammal to be cloned successfully a chicken, a pig or a sheep? Ans: a sheep (in 1997) called Dolly

15. What South American people built the great city of Machu Picchu? Ans: the Incas

16. Give the most degrees an obtuse angle can have. Ans: 179 ° ( Remember, 180 ° is a straight line or straight angle. )

17. What American holiday marks the unofficial end of summer? Ans: Labor Day

18. On what continent will you find the cities of Munich, Marseilles and Warsaw? Europe

19. Which was not a Chinese dynasty: Han, Ming or Zen? Ans: Zen (a Buddhist sect)

20. In which process do plants bend toward the light: phototropism or geotropism? Ans: phototropism (photo- = light)

21. Which sentence is correct? (a)That’s real hard to do. (b)That’s really hard to do. Ans: (b) That’s really hard to do.

22. Name the four Presidents whose faces are carved on Mount Rushmore. Ans: (left to right: George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, T. Roosevelt, Abraham Lincoln)