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Little round (ages 6–8): Animals · Space · US states. Pages: the ten question cards, two answer sheets to a page (print one page per two teams), and the key on the last page, to fold back.
1. What gives a flamingo its pink color?
- A. the warm sunshine
- B. bathing in mud
- C. the food it eats
2. What kind of space object is the Sun?
- A. a moon
- B. a star
- C. a planet
3. Which part of the United States is Maryland in?
- A. the Midwest
- B. the South
- C. the West
4. What does a skunk spray to keep other animals away?
- A. cold water
- B. sticky honey
- C. a stinky liquid
5. Which planet is closest to the Sun?
- A. Mercury
- B. Venus
- C. Earth
6. Which part of the United States is Arizona in?
- A. the Northeast
- B. the West
- C. the Midwest
7. What plant do monarch caterpillars eat?
- A. grass
- B. clover
- C. milkweed
8. What is the name of the galaxy we live in?
- A. the Milky Way
- B. the Big Dipper
- C. the Andromeda Galaxy
9. Which part of the United States is North Carolina in?
- A. the Midwest
- B. the South
- C. the West
10. I go up when the rain comes down. What am I?
- A. 🌞 The sun
- B. 🎈 A balloon
- C. ☂️ An umbrella
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The key (for the host: fold this page back)
- C: the food it eats. Flamingo chicks hatch with white fluffy feathers and take years to turn pink.
- B: a star. The Sun is a hot, glowing ball of gas at the center of our solar system.
- B: the South. The Census Bureau puts Maryland in the South, one of the four parts it uses.
- C: a stinky liquid. Before it sprays, a skunk stomps its feet and lifts its tail as a warning.
- A: Mercury. Mercury is also the smallest planet, only a bit bigger than our Moon.
- B: the West. The Census Bureau puts Arizona in the West, one of the four parts it uses.
- C: milkweed. Grown-up monarch butterflies sip sweet nectar from many kinds of flowers.
- A: the Milky Way. A galaxy is a huge group of stars, gas and dust held together by gravity.
- B: the South. The Census Bureau puts North Carolina in the South, one of the four parts it uses.
- C: ☂️ An umbrella. A riddle: every clue fits only one of the three.
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