Trivia for 5th Graders: 375 Questions with Answers

Trivia is a fun way for 5th graders to learn and test their knowledge!

It helps them think quickly, remember important facts, and get better at different subjects.

Trivia questions can make learning exciting because they feel like a game instead of regular schoolwork.

In this blog, you’ll find trivia questions for five main subjects: English Language Arts, Math, Science, Social Studies, and Computer Science.

These questions cover grammar, history, coding, and more!

No matter if you’re a student, parent, or teacher, this trivia is a fun and engaging way to learn while having a great time.

Get ready to challenge yourself and see how much you know!

English Language Arts (ELA) Trivia for 5th Graders

Grammar & Parts of Speech

1. What part of speech describes a person, place, or thing?
   Answer: Noun

2. What is the verb in this sentence? “She runs to the park every morning.”
   Answer: Runs

3. Which word is an adjective in this sentence? “The fluffy cat slept on the couch.”
   Answer: Fluffy

4. What is the correct pronoun to replace the noun in this sentence? “John loves to play soccer. ___ is very good at it.”
   Answer: He

5. What type of word connects two sentences together, such as “and,” “but,” or “because”?
   Answer: Conjunction

6. Which word in this sentence is an adverb? “She quickly finished her homework.”
   Answer: Quickly

7. What is the plural form of the word “baby”?
   Answer: Babies

8. Which sentence uses the correct past tense verb?
   a) She goed to the store.
   b) She went to the store.
   Answer: b) She went to the store.

9. What is the subject in this sentence? “The big dog barked loudly at the mailman.”
   Answer: The big dog

10. What is the predicate in this sentence? “My little brother eats ice cream every weekend.”
    Answer: Eats ice cream every weekend

11. What type of sentence is this? “Watch out for the falling rock!”
    Answer: Exclamatory

12. What punctuation mark is needed at the end of this sentence? “Where are we going”
    Answer: Question mark (?)

13. What is the possessive form of the noun “dog”?
    Answer: Dog’s

14. Which sentence is written in first-person point of view?
    a) I love to read books.
    b) She loves to read books.
    Answer: a) I love to read books.

15. What is the synonym of the word “happy”?
    Answer: Joyful

Spelling & Vocabulary

16. What is the correct spelling?
    a) Embarass
    b) Embarrass
    Answer: b) Embarrass

17. What is the opposite of the word “brave”?
    Answer: Cowardly

18. Which word is spelled correctly?
    a) Recieve
    b) Receive
    Answer: b) Receive

19. What does the word “gigantic” mean?
    Answer: Very large or huge

20. Choose the word that means the same as “quick.”
    a) Rapid
    b) Slow
    Answer: a) Rapid

21. How many syllables are in the word “elephant”?
    Answer: Three

22. What does the prefix “un-” mean in the word “unhappy”?
    Answer: Not or opposite of

23. Which sentence uses “their” correctly?
    a) They forgot their lunch at home.
    b) I will go over their soon.
    Answer: a) They forgot their lunch at home.

24. What does the word “delicious” mean?
    Answer: Very tasty or full of flavor

25. Which word means “a large group of people watching an event”?
    Answer: Audience

26. What is the correct spelling?
    a) Definetly
    b) Definitely
    Answer: b) Definitely

27. What is a word that sounds the same but has a different meaning, like “pair” and “pear”?
    Answer: Homophone

28. Which word is a synonym for “intelligent”?
    Answer: Smart

29. What does the suffix “-ful” mean in the word “hopeful”?
    Answer: Full of

30. What does “predict” mean?
    Answer: To guess what will happen next

Literary Devices

31. What type of figurative language compares two things using the words “like” or “as”?
    Answer: Simile

32. What is the term for giving human qualities to non-human things, like “The wind whispered through the trees”?
    Answer: Personification

33. What type of figurative language is used in this sentence? “The classroom was a zoo.”
    Answer: Metaphor

34. What is the repetition of the same beginning sound in words, like “Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers”?
    Answer: Alliteration

35. What kind of figurative language is this? “I have told you a million times!”
    Answer: Hyperbole

36. What is the term for words that sound like the noises they describe, like “buzz” or “bang”?
    Answer: Onomatopoeia

37. What is the main idea or message of a story called?
    Answer: Theme

38. What is the literary device where an object or idea represents something else, like a heart representing love?
    Answer: Symbolism

39. What type of figurative language is used in this phrase? “The stars danced in the night sky.”
    Answer: Personification

40. What do we call a phrase that means something different from its literal meaning, like “It’s raining cats and dogs”?
    Answer: Idiom

41. What is the term for a struggle or problem in a story?
    Answer: Conflict

42. What is the point of view called when the narrator uses “I” or “we” to tell the story?
    Answer: First-person point of view

43. What do we call a story with talking animals that teaches a lesson, like “The Tortoise and the Hare”?
    Answer: Fable

44. What literary device is used in this sentence? “Her smile was as bright as the sun.”
    Answer: Simile

45. What is the setting of a story?
    Answer: The time and place where the story happens

Famous Books & Authors

46. Who wrote Charlotte’s Web?
    Answer: E.B. White

47. What is the name of the young wizard in Harry Potter?
    Answer: Harry Potter

48. What is the title of the book where a little girl named Matilda has special powers?
    Answer: Matilda

49. Who wrote Charlie and the Chocolate Factory?
    Answer: Roald Dahl

50. In The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, what magical land do the children visit?
    Answer: Narnia

51. Who is the author of The Cat in the Hat?
    Answer: Dr. Seuss

52. What book series features a girl named Anne who lives in Green Gables?
    Answer: Anne of Green Gables

53. What classic book features a character named Alice who falls into a magical world?
    Answer: Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland

54. In Percy Jackson & the Olympians, Percy is the son of which Greek god?
    Answer: Poseidon

55. Who wrote The Tale of Peter Rabbit?
    Answer: Beatrix Potter

56. What famous book begins with the line, “Where’s Papa going with that ax?”
    Answer: Charlotte’s Web

57. Who is the main character in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer?
    Answer: Tom Sawyer

58. What is the name of Dorothy’s dog in The Wizard of Oz?
    Answer: Toto

59. Who wrote A Wrinkle in Time?
    Answer: Madeleine L’Engle

60. What book features a boy named August Pullman who has a facial difference and teaches kindness?
    Answer: Wonder

Reading Comprehension

61. What is the main idea of a story?
    Answer: The central point or message of the story.

62. What do we call the people or animals in a story?
    Answer: Characters

63. What part of a story introduces the setting, characters, and beginning of the plot?
    Answer: Exposition

64. If a book is written about a real person’s life by someone else, what type of book is it?
    Answer: Biography

65. What is the lesson or moral of a story called?
    Answer: Theme

66. What is the problem in a story that the character tries to solve?
    Answer: Conflict

67. What do we call a short summary of the main events of a story?
    Answer: Plot summary

68. What part of a story builds up excitement before the climax?
    Answer: Rising action

69. If a character tells a story using “I” or “we,” what point of view is that?
    Answer: First-person point of view

70. What do we call hints in a story that suggest what will happen next?
    Answer: Foreshadowing

71. In fiction, what is the difference between a protagonist and an antagonist?
    Answer: The protagonist is the main character (hero), and the antagonist is the opposing force (villain or conflict).

72. What do we call a statement that explains what happened in a passage using only the most important details?
    Answer: Summary

73. If you compare how two characters are similar and different, what reading skill are you using?
    Answer: Compare and contrast

74. What type of story is passed down through generations and often explains how something in the world came to be?
    Answer: Folktale or myth

75. What do we call a book that is based on facts and real information?
    Answer: Nonfiction

Mathematics Trivia for 5th Graders

Fractions & Decimals

76. What is 1/2 as a decimal?
    Answer: 0.5

77. What is 0.75 as a fraction in simplest form?
    Answer: 3/4

78. Which fraction is equal to 0.25?
    Answer: 1/4

79. What is 3/5 as a decimal?
    Answer: 0.6

80. If you cut a pizza into 8 equal slices and eat 3, what fraction of the pizza is left?
    Answer: 5/8

81. What is 1/4 + 1/4?
    Answer: 1/2

82. What is 0.9 as a fraction in simplest form?
    Answer: 9/10

83. Which is greater, 2/3 or 3/4?
    Answer: 3/4

84. Convert 5/10 to a decimal.
    Answer: 0.5

85. What is 1/3 as a decimal (rounded to two decimal places)?
    Answer: 0.33

86. If a number has a decimal point, is it always greater than a whole number?
    Answer: No

87. What is 1/5 + 2/5?
    Answer: 3/5

88. Convert 0.125 into a fraction in simplest form.
    Answer: 1/8

89. Which is greater, 0.7 or 2/3?
    Answer: 0.7

90. If you have 4/6 of a candy bar and your friend has 2/3, do you both have the same amount?
    Answer: Yes, because 4/6 simplifies to 2/3

Geometry & Shapes

91. What do you call a shape with four equal sides and four right angles?
    Answer: Square

92. How many sides does a hexagon have?
    Answer: Six

93. What is the name of a three-sided shape?
    Answer: Triangle

94. A shape with eight sides is called a ____.
    Answer: Octagon

95. What is the total sum of the angles in a triangle?
    Answer: 180 degrees

96. What do we call a 3D shape that has six square faces?
    Answer: Cube

97. Which shape has only one curved surface and no edges?
    Answer: Sphere

98. What is the name of a four-sided shape with opposite sides equal?
    Answer: Rectangle

99. If a shape has five sides, what is it called?
    Answer: Pentagon

100. What is a line that divides a shape into two equal parts called?
     Answer: Line of symmetry

101. What do we call a triangle that has all three sides of different lengths?
     Answer: Scalene triangle

102. What do we call a triangle where two sides are the same length?
     Answer: Isosceles triangle

103. What is the perimeter of a rectangle with a length of 5 cm and a width of 3 cm?
     Answer: 16 cm (Perimeter = 2 × (5 + 3))

104. A circle is divided into two equal parts. What is each part called?
     Answer: A semicircle

105. If a square has a side length of 4 cm, what is its area?
     Answer: 16 cm² (Area = side × side)

Multiplication & Division

106. What is 6 × 7?
     Answer: 42

107. What is 56 ÷ 8?
     Answer: 7

108. If you multiply any number by zero, what is the answer?
     Answer: Zero

109. What is 9 × 9?
     Answer: 81

110. If a dozen eggs costs $3, how much do 3 dozen eggs cost?
     Answer: $9

111. What is 144 ÷ 12?
     Answer: 12

112. If a book has 200 pages and you read 50 pages a day, how many days will it take to finish the book?
     Answer: 4 days

113. What is 25 × 4?
     Answer: 100

114. A bakery sells cookies in packs of 6. How many packs are needed to have 36 cookies?
     Answer: 6 packs

115. What is 8 × 12?
     Answer: 96

116. What is the product of 15 and 3?
     Answer: 45

117. If you divide 80 by 10, what is the answer?
     Answer: 8

118. A farmer has 5 baskets, each with 24 apples. How many apples does he have in total?
     Answer: 120 apples

119. What is 7 × 8?
     Answer: 56

120. If you have 90 stickers and you share them equally among 10 friends, how many stickers does each friend get?
     Answer: 9 stickers

Word Problems & Logic

121. Sarah has 5 boxes of pencils, and each box contains 12 pencils. How many pencils does she have in total?
     Answer: 60 pencils

122. A farmer has 48 cows and wants to divide them evenly into 6 pens. How many cows will be in each pen?
     Answer: 8 cows

123. A library has 250 books. If each shelf holds 50 books, how many shelves are needed?
     Answer: 5 shelves

124. If you buy 3 notebooks for $2 each, how much do you spend in total?
     Answer: $6

125. A family is driving 300 miles to visit relatives. If they drive 60 miles per hour, how many hours will the trip take?
     Answer: 5 hours

126. Liam has 4 bags of marbles. Each bag contains 15 marbles. He gives 10 marbles away. How many marbles does he have left?
     Answer: 50 marbles

127. Emma bakes 5 trays of cookies, and each tray holds 8 cookies. How many cookies does she bake in total?
     Answer: 40 cookies

128. A toy store has 7 shelves with 9 toys on each shelf. How many toys are in the store?
     Answer: 63 toys

129. A soccer game lasts 90 minutes. If the first half is 45 minutes, how long is the second half?
     Answer: 45 minutes

130. A box has 120 crayons, and they are split equally among 10 students. How many crayons does each student get?
     Answer: 12 crayons

131. Mike buys 4 packs of markers, and each pack has 6 markers. How many markers does he have in total?
     Answer: 24 markers

132. A train travels 60 miles per hour for 3 hours. How far does it travel?
     Answer: 180 miles

133. A baker makes 36 cupcakes and sells them in boxes of 6. How many boxes does he need?
     Answer: 6 boxes

134. A school cafeteria serves 240 students during lunch. If each table seats 8 students, how many tables are needed?
     Answer: 30 tables

135. A movie ticket costs $8, and James buys 5 tickets. How much does he spend in total?
     Answer: $40

Algebra Basics

136. What is the missing number in the equation 5 + __ = 12?
     Answer: 7

137. If x = 4, what is 2x + 3?
     Answer: 11

138. What is the value of y in the equation y – 8 = 12?
     Answer: 20

139. What is 3 times a number (n) plus 5, written as an algebraic expression?
     Answer: 3n + 5

140. Solve for x: x ÷ 5 = 3
     Answer: x = 15

141. If a banana costs b dollars, how much do 4 bananas cost?
     Answer: 4b

142. If m = 10, what is m ÷ 2 + 4?
     Answer: 9

143. What is the value of n in n + 9 = 20?
     Answer: 11

144. If p × 4 = 32, what is p?
     Answer: 8

145. What is the missing number in the pattern? 2, 4, 8, 16, __, 64
     Answer: 32

146. What does the variable in an algebraic expression represent?
     Answer: A number that can change or be unknown

147. If a box contains x pencils and you buy 5 more, what expression represents the total number of pencils?
     Answer: x + 5

148. Solve for y: y/3 = 7
     Answer: y = 21

149. If z = 6, what is 4z – 2?
     Answer: 22

150. If you have n apples and triple the amount, what is the expression?
     Answer: 3n

Science Trivia for 5th Graders

Earth Science

151. What is the name of the outermost layer of the Earth?
     Answer: Crust

152. What are the three main types of rocks?
     Answer: Igneous, sedimentary, metamorphic

153. What do we call molten rock that erupts from a volcano?
     Answer: Lava

154. What is the process by which rocks are broken down into smaller pieces?
     Answer: Weathering

155. What do we call the large pieces of Earth’s crust that move and cause earthquakes?
     Answer: Tectonic plates

156. What is the term for water changing from a liquid to a gas?
     Answer: Evaporation

157. What gas do plants take in from the atmosphere to help them make food?
     Answer: Carbon dioxide

158. What do we call a huge storm that forms over warm ocean water and has strong winds?
     Answer: Hurricane

159. What is the name of the process where plants release water into the air through their leaves?
     Answer: Transpiration

160. What layer of the Earth is beneath the crust?
     Answer: Mantle

161. What do we call a place where an underground stream of hot water erupts from the ground?
     Answer: Geyser

162. What is the name of the imaginary line that divides the Earth into the Northern and Southern Hemispheres?
     Answer: Equator

163. What do we call the shaking of the ground caused by the movement of the Earth’s plates?
     Answer: Earthquake

164. What do we call the path the Earth takes around the Sun?
     Answer: Orbit

165. What is the name of the large body of salt water that covers most of Earth?
     Answer: Ocean

Life Science

166. What is the basic unit of life in all living things?
     Answer: Cell

167. What organ in the human body pumps blood?
     Answer: Heart

168. What do plants need to make their own food through photosynthesis?
     Answer: Sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide

169. What part of a plant absorbs water and nutrients from the soil?
     Answer: Roots

170. What body system includes the brain, spinal cord, and nerves?
     Answer: Nervous system

171. What do we call animals that only eat plants?
     Answer: Herbivores

172. What is the process by which animals shed their skin, like snakes?
     Answer: Molting

173. Which gas do humans breathe in to stay alive?
     Answer: Oxygen

174. What is the name of the process where a caterpillar turns into a butterfly?
     Answer: Metamorphosis

175. What part of the human body helps digest food and absorb nutrients?
     Answer: Stomach

176. What do we call animals that eat both plants and meat?
     Answer: Omnivores

177. What is the function of white blood cells?
     Answer: To fight infections and protect the body from disease

178. What type of reproduction involves only one parent and creates identical offspring?
     Answer: Asexual reproduction

179. What is the name of the process in which plants release oxygen into the air?
     Answer: Photosynthesis

180. What do we call an animal that hunts and eats other animals?
     Answer: Predator

Physical Science

181. What force pulls objects toward the center of the Earth?
     Answer: Gravity

182. What are the three states of matter?
     Answer: Solid, liquid, gas

183. What tool is used to measure temperature?
     Answer: Thermometer

184. What is the energy of moving objects called?
     Answer: Kinetic energy

185. What do we call a material that does not allow electricity to pass through easily?
     Answer: Insulator

186. What is the smallest unit of matter?
     Answer: Atom

187. What do we call the process of a liquid turning into a gas?
     Answer: Evaporation

188. What type of energy is stored in food and fuel?
     Answer: Chemical energy

189. What happens when light bends as it passes through water or glass?
     Answer: Refraction

190. What is a simple machine that is a flat, slanted surface called?
     Answer: Inclined plane

191. What is the flow of electricity through a wire called?
     Answer: Electric current

192. What kind of energy does the Sun give us?
     Answer: Solar energy

193. What type of energy is produced by vibrating objects, like guitar strings?
     Answer: Sound energy

194. What do we call the force that slows down moving objects, like when you rub your hands together?
     Answer: Friction

195. What kind of change happens when ice melts into water?
     Answer: Physical change

Scientific Method & Experiments

196. What is the first step in the scientific method?
     Answer: Ask a question

197. What do we call a testable explanation or educated guess?
     Answer: Hypothesis

198. What is the variable in an experiment that is changed on purpose?
     Answer: Independent variable

199. What is the variable in an experiment that is measured or observed?
     Answer: Dependent variable

200. What do we call an experiment where only one variable is changed at a time?
     Answer: Controlled experiment

201. What tool is used to magnify very small objects, such as cells?
     Answer: Microscope

202. What do we call information collected during an experiment?
     Answer: Data

203. If the results of an experiment do not support the hypothesis, what should a scientist do?
     Answer: Modify the hypothesis and test again

204. What is the final step in the scientific method where a scientist explains what they learned?
     Answer: Conclusion

205. What unit of measurement is used for length in the metric system?
     Answer: Meter

206. What do we call a detailed, step-by-step plan for conducting an experiment?
     Answer: Procedure

207. What tool is used to measure mass?
     Answer: Balance or scale

208. What is a prediction about what will happen in an experiment called?
     Answer: Hypothesis

209. What is a qualitative observation?
     Answer: An observation that describes qualities (e.g., color, texture, smell)

210. What is a quantitative observation?
     Answer: An observation that includes numbers or measurements (e.g., 5 cm long, 20 grams)

Animal & Plant Kingdoms

211. What is the process by which plants make their own food?
     Answer: Photosynthesis

212. What do we call an animal that only eats meat?
     Answer: Carnivore

213. What part of the plant makes seeds?
     Answer: Flower

214. What is the largest land animal?
     Answer: Elephant

215. What is the green pigment in plants that helps them absorb sunlight?
     Answer: Chlorophyll

216. What type of animal lays eggs and has feathers?
     Answer: Bird

217. What part of the plant carries water from the roots to the leaves?
     Answer: Stem

218. What is the name for animals that are active at night?
     Answer: Nocturnal

219. What do fish use to breathe underwater?
     Answer: Gills

220. What are the three main parts of a seed?
     Answer: Seed coat, embryo, food supply

221. What do we call animals that have a backbone?
     Answer: Vertebrates

222. What type of tree stays green all year?
     Answer: Evergreen

223. What is the young form of a frog called?
     Answer: Tadpole

224. What do we call animals that can live both in water and on land?
     Answer: Amphibians

225. What type of consumer eats both plants and animals?
     Answer: Omnivore

Social Studies Trivia for 5th Graders

U.S. History

226. Who was the first President of the United States?
     Answer: George Washington

227. What year did the United States declare independence from Britain?
     Answer: 1776

228. What document begins with “We the People”?
     Answer: The U.S. Constitution

229. Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
     Answer: Thomas Jefferson

230. What war was fought between the North and South in the U.S.?
     Answer: The Civil War

231. What was the name of the ship that brought the Pilgrims to America?
     Answer: The Mayflower

232. Who was known for making the first American flag?
     Answer: Betsy Ross

233. What do we celebrate on the Fourth of July?
     Answer: Independence Day

234. What was the name of the purchase that doubled the size of the United States in 1803?
     Answer: The Louisiana Purchase

235. Who was the U.S. President during the Civil War?
     Answer: Abraham Lincoln

236. What was the Underground Railroad?
     Answer: A secret network that helped enslaved people escape to freedom

237. What are the first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution called?
     Answer: The Bill of Rights

238. Who was the first African American President of the United States?
     Answer: Barack Obama

239. What event happened on December 7, 1941, leading the U.S. into World War II?
     Answer: The attack on Pearl Harbor

240. Who gave the famous speech called “I Have a Dream”?
     Answer: Martin Luther King Jr.

Geography

241. What is the largest continent in the world?
     Answer: Asia

242. What are the four cardinal directions on a compass?
     Answer: North, South, East, West

243. What is the longest river in the United States?
     Answer: Missouri River

244. What is the capital of the United States?
     Answer: Washington, D.C.

245. What ocean is on the West Coast of the United States?
     Answer: Pacific Ocean

246. What ocean is on the East Coast of the United States?
     Answer: Atlantic Ocean

247. What is the name of the imaginary line that divides the Earth into the Northern and Southern Hemispheres?
     Answer: Equator

248. What is the name of the imaginary line that divides the Earth into the Eastern and Western Hemispheres?
     Answer: Prime Meridian

249. What is the largest state in the U.S. by land area?
     Answer: Alaska

250. What is the smallest state in the U.S.?
     Answer: Rhode Island

251. What is the tallest mountain in North America?
     Answer: Denali (Mount McKinley)

252. Which two U.S. states are not connected to the mainland?
     Answer: Alaska and Hawaii

253. What is the name of the Great Lake that is entirely within the U.S.?
     Answer: Lake Michigan

254. What U.S. state is known as the “Sunshine State”?
     Answer: Florida

255. What is the name of the desert that covers parts of California, Nevada, Utah, and Arizona?
     Answer: The Mojave Desert

Government & Civics

256. How many branches of government does the United States have?
     Answer: Three

257. What are the three branches of the U.S. government?
     Answer: Executive, Legislative, Judicial

258. Who is the leader of the Executive Branch?
     Answer: The President of the United States

259. How many U.S. Senators are there in total?
     Answer: 100 (2 per state)

260. How many U.S. Representatives are there in Congress?
     Answer: 435

261. What is the highest court in the United States?
     Answer: The Supreme Court

262. How long is a U.S. President’s term?
     Answer: 4 years

263. What is the main job of Congress?
     Answer: To make laws

264. Who has the power to veto a bill?
     Answer: The President

265. How many justices serve on the U.S. Supreme Court?
     Answer: 9

266. What do we call the first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution?
     Answer: The Bill of Rights

267. What is the minimum age to vote in a U.S. election?
     Answer: 18

268. What do we call a change or addition to the U.S. Constitution?
     Answer: Amendment

269. Who was the main writer of the U.S. Constitution?
     Answer: James Madison

270. What is the name of the document that declared America’s independence from Britain?
     Answer: The Declaration of Independence

Famous Leaders & Events

271. Who was the first President of the United States?
     Answer: George Washington

272. Who wrote the Emancipation Proclamation, which freed enslaved people in the U.S.?
     Answer: Abraham Lincoln

273. What famous speech begins with “Four score and seven years ago”?
     Answer: The Gettysburg Address

274. Who was the leader of the Civil Rights Movement and gave the “I Have a Dream” speech?
     Answer: Martin Luther King Jr.

275. What famous American invented the light bulb?
     Answer: Thomas Edison

276. Who was the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean?
     Answer: Amelia Earhart

277. What year did the United States land the first astronauts on the Moon?
     Answer: 1969

278. Who was the first African American justice on the U.S. Supreme Court?
     Answer: Thurgood Marshall

279. What U.S. President was known for the New Deal, a program to help America during the Great Depression?
     Answer: Franklin D. Roosevelt

280. What event led the U.S. into World War II on December 7, 1941?
     Answer: The attack on Pearl Harbor

281. Who was the Native American woman who helped Lewis and Clark on their expedition?
     Answer: Sacagawea

282. What was the Boston Tea Party?
     Answer: A protest against British taxes where colonists threw tea into Boston Harbor

283. What war was fought between the U.S. and Britain from 1775-1783?
     Answer: The American Revolutionary War

284. Who was the U.S. President during the American Civil War?
     Answer: Abraham Lincoln

285. What movement in the 1960s fought for equal rights for African Americans?
     Answer: The Civil Rights Movement

Economics & Money

286. What is the money people earn from working called?
     Answer: Income

287. What do we call the money people spend on goods and services?
     Answer: Expenses

288. What is the term for saving money and earning extra money from it over time?
     Answer: Interest

289. What do we call a person who buys goods and services?
     Answer: Consumer

290. What do we call a person or company that makes goods or provides services?
     Answer: Producer

291. What is the name of the paper money used in the United States?
     Answer: U.S. Dollar

292. What is the term for trading goods and services without using money?
     Answer: Bartering

293. What do we call the total amount of money a business earns before paying expenses?
     Answer: Revenue

294. What do we call the amount of money that a worker is paid per hour or per job?
     Answer: Wage

295. What is it called when you spend more money than you have?
     Answer: Debt

296. What is the difference between a need and a want?
     Answer: A need is something necessary for survival (food, shelter), while a want is something nice to have but not necessary (toys, video games).

297. What is the term for the amount of money left after all expenses are paid?
     Answer: Profit

298. If demand for a product is high but supply is low, what usually happens to the price?
     Answer: The price goes up

299. What do we call a budget that helps you track how much money you make and spend?
     Answer: Personal budget

300. What is the term for a person who starts and runs their own business?
     Answer: Entrepreneur

Computer Science Trivia for 5th Graders

Basic Coding Concepts

301. What is a set of instructions that a computer follows to complete a task called?
     Answer: Program

302. What is the name for a mistake in a computer program?
     Answer: Bug

303. What do we call the process of finding and fixing errors in a program?
     Answer: Debugging

304. What is the name of the special language used to write computer programs?
     Answer: Programming language

305. In coding, what do we call a loop?
     Answer: A set of instructions that repeats until a condition is met

306. What is the symbol used to represent a decision in coding, like “if-else” statements?
     Answer: Conditional statement

307. What is the most common programming language used to create websites?
     Answer: HTML, CSS, and JavaScript

308. What does “CPU” stand for in a computer?
     Answer: Central Processing Unit

309. What is the function of an algorithm in coding?
     Answer: A step-by-step procedure to solve a problem

310. What is the purpose of a variable in programming?
     Answer: To store data that can change while the program runs

311. What does the “if-else” statement do in coding?
     Answer: It makes decisions based on conditions

312. What does “AI” stand for in computer science?
     Answer: Artificial Intelligence

313. What is the full form of HTML?
     Answer: HyperText Markup Language

314. What is the most basic unit of data in a computer, represented as 0 or 1?
     Answer: Bit

315. What is an example of a block-based coding language used for beginners?
     Answer: Scratch

Internet & Cyber Safety

316. What is a strong password made of?
     Answer: A mix of letters, numbers, and special characters

317. What should you never share online with strangers?
     Answer: Personal information (name, address, phone number, passwords)

318. What does “HTTPS” mean at the beginning of a website URL?
     Answer: The website is secure and uses encryption

319. What is cyberbullying?
     Answer: Bullying that happens online through messages, social media, or emails

320. What should you do if you get a suspicious email asking for personal information?
     Answer: Do not open or reply; report it as a scam

321. What is phishing?
     Answer: A scam where someone tries to steal your personal information by pretending to be a trusted company

322. What is malware?
     Answer: Harmful software like viruses and spyware that can damage your computer

323. What should you do before downloading an app or game?
     Answer: Check if it’s from a trusted source and read reviews

324. What is two-factor authentication (2FA)?
     Answer: A security step that requires a password plus a second verification (like a code sent to your phone)

325. What is the best way to keep your computer safe from viruses?
     Answer: Install and update antivirus software

326. What is the purpose of a firewall?
     Answer: To protect your computer from unauthorized access or attacks

327. Why should you log out of an account after using a public computer?
     Answer: To prevent others from accessing your account

328. What do you call the trail of information you leave behind when using the internet?
     Answer: Digital footprint

329. Why is it important to ask an adult before chatting online with someone new?
     Answer: To stay safe from online predators and scams

330. What is the best way to know if an online source is reliable?
     Answer: Check if it’s from a trusted organization, look for author credentials, and verify facts with other sources

Technology History

331. Who is known as the “Father of Computers”?
     Answer: Charles Babbage

332. What company created the first iPhone?
     Answer: Apple

333. What year was the first email sent?
     Answer: 1971

334. Who founded Microsoft?
     Answer: Bill Gates and Paul Allen

335. What was the name of the first widely used web browser?
     Answer: Netscape Navigator

336. What does “WWW” stand for in a web address?
     Answer: World Wide Web

337. What company created the first personal computer (PC)?
     Answer: IBM

338. Who co-founded Apple along with Steve Jobs?
     Answer: Steve Wozniak

339. What was the first search engine ever created?
     Answer: Archie

340. What is the name of the first programmable computer?
     Answer: ENIAC (Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer)

341. What social media platform was created by Mark Zuckerberg?
     Answer: Facebook

342. What was the first video game ever made?
     Answer: Pong

343. What does USB stand for?
     Answer: Universal Serial Bus

344. What is the name of the famous artificial intelligence that defeated a chess grandmaster in 1997?
     Answer: Deep Blue

345. What is the most widely used operating system in the world?
     Answer: Windows

Hardware & Software

331. Who is known as the “Father of Computers”?
     Answer: Charles Babbage

332. What company created the first iPhone?
     Answer: Apple

333. What year was the first email sent?
     Answer: 1971

334. Who founded Microsoft?
     Answer: Bill Gates and Paul Allen

335. What was the name of the first widely used web browser?
     Answer: Netscape Navigator

336. What does “WWW” stand for in a web address?
     Answer: World Wide Web

337. What company created the first personal computer (PC)?
     Answer: IBM

338. Who co-founded Apple along with Steve Jobs?
     Answer: Steve Wozniak

339. What was the first search engine ever created?
     Answer: Archie

340. What is the name of the first programmable computer?
     Answer: ENIAC (Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer)

341. What social media platform was created by Mark Zuckerberg?
     Answer: Facebook

342. What was the first video game ever made?
     Answer: Pong

343. What does USB stand for?
     Answer: Universal Serial Bus

344. What is the name of the famous artificial intelligence that defeated a chess grandmaster in 1997?
     Answer: Deep Blue

345. What is the most widely used operating system in the world?
     Answer: Windows

Typing & Digital Literacy

361. What is the home row on a keyboard?
     Answer: The row where your fingers rest—ASDF and JKL;

362. What key do you press to make a letter uppercase?
     Answer: Shift key

363. What is the space bar used for?
     Answer: To create spaces between words

364. What is the function of the Caps Lock key?
     Answer: It makes all letters uppercase until turned off

365. What are the arrow keys used for?
     Answer: Moving the cursor in different directions

366. What shortcut copies text on a computer?
     Answer: Ctrl + C (Windows) / Command + C (Mac)

367. What shortcut pastes text?
     Answer: Ctrl + V (Windows) / Command + V (Mac)

368. What shortcut undoes the last action?
     Answer: Ctrl + Z (Windows) / Command + Z (Mac)

369. What is a cursor on a computer screen?
     Answer: The blinking line that shows where you are typing

370. What do we call a file that contains text, images, or other information on a computer?
     Answer: A document

371. What does a search engine help you do?
     Answer: Find information on the internet

372. What is an example of a search engine?
     Answer: Google, Bing, Yahoo

373. What do we call a web address that takes you to a website?
     Answer: URL (Uniform Resource Locator)

374. What does a web browser do?
     Answer: It allows you to visit websites (e.g., Chrome, Safari, Firefox)

375. What is the best way to know if a website is safe to visit?
     Answer: It has “https://” and a lock symbol in the address bar

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