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Middle round (ages 9–11): Space · US states · Your body. 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. Who was the first American woman to fly in space?
- A. Peggy Whitson
- B. Sally Ride
- C. Eileen Collins
2. What is the capital of Indiana?
- A. Santa Fe
- B. Indianapolis
- C. Boston
3. How many bones does a grown-up's body have?
- A. 106
- B. 206
- C. 406
4. Which planet is the hottest in our solar system?
- A. Mercury
- B. Mars
- C. Venus
5. What is the capital of Nebraska?
- A. Lincoln
- B. Honolulu
- C. Harrisburg
6. What happens to the pupils of your eyes in bright light?
- A. they get bigger
- B. they get smaller
- C. they change color
7. Which planet is tipped so far over that it seems to spin on its side?
- A. Saturn
- B. Neptune
- C. Uranus
8. What is the capital of Michigan?
- A. Helena
- B. Baton Rouge
- C. Lansing
9. How many chambers, or rooms, does the human heart have?
- A. four
- B. six
- C. two
10. You wear me on your feet, and I come in pairs. What am I?
- A. 🧢 A hat
- B. 👟 Shoes
- C. 🧣 A scarf
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The key (for the host: fold this page back)
- B: Sally Ride. She flew on the space shuttle in 1983 and later became a physics professor.
- B: Indianapolis. Indianapolis is the capital of Indiana, where its state government meets.
- B: 206. A baby starts with about 300 bones, and some of them grow together.
- C: Venus. Mercury is closer to the Sun, but Venus's thick air traps heat.
- A: Lincoln. Lincoln is the capital of Nebraska, where its state government meets.
- B: they get smaller. The pupil is really an opening that lets light into your eye.
- C: Uranus. Its tilt makes it roll around the Sun like a ball.
- C: Lansing. Lansing is the capital of Michigan, where its state government meets.
- A: four. The top two are the atria and the bottom two are the ventricles.
- B: 👟 Shoes. A riddle: every clue fits only one of the three.
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