Week 20 Trivia

Week 20 Trivia

Ages 5–9 · 5 minutes · Science, Geography

What do you call a group of lions? No need to be humble!

What do you call a group of lions? No need to be humble!

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Standards alignment

Common Core State Standards

  • L.2.1.a — Use collective nouns (e.g., group).
  • SL.1.2 — Ask and answer questions about key details in a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media.

Alabama

  • ELA21.2.7a — Use collective nouns.
  • SS10.2.2.4 — Describing the history of American symbols and monuments

Alaska

  • L.2.1.a — Use collective nouns (e.g., group).
  • SL.1.2 — Ask and answer questions about key details in a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media.

Arizona

  • 2.L.1.a — Use collective nouns (e.g., group).
  • 1.H4.1 — Explain and explore origins of key American symbols, documents, landmarks, holidays, and leaders as well as their importance from the past to the present in our country. • Symbols include but are not limited to American flag, bald eagle, Statue of Liberty, White House, Washington Monument, Mount Rushmore, Liberty Bell, United States Capitol, and Arizona state symbols • Holidays include but are not limited to Columbus Day, Thanksgiving, Veterans Day, Memorial Day, Labor Day, Presidents Day, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Independence Day, Constitution Day, and Arizona Statehood Day • Leaders include but are not limited to local and/or Tribal leaders, state leaders, and national leaders
  • E2 — The Earth and our solar system are a very small part of one of many galaxies within the Universe.

Arkansas

  • 3.L.2.S — Use collective nouns (e.g., group, flock, herd).
  • 3.RC.4.RF — Build general and academic vocabulary and background knowledge of age and grade-appropriate topics through discussion, reading, and writing.
  • 2.RC.4.RF — Build general and academic vocabulary and background knowledge of age and grade-appropriate topics through discussion, reading, and writing.
  • H.1.K.4 — Recognize historic figures and other people who have made an impact on history.

California

  • L.2.1.a — Use collective nouns (e.g., group).
  • 1.3.3 — Identify American symbols, landmarks, and essential documents, such as the flag, bald eagle, Statue of Liberty, U.S. Constitution, and Declaration of Independence, and know the people and events associated with them.
  • SL.1.2 — Ask and answer questions about key details in a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media.

Colorado

  • RWC20-GR.2-S.3-GLE.4-EO.a.i — Use collective nouns (for example: group).

Connecticut

  • L.2.1.a — Use collective nouns (e.g., group).
  • SL.1.2 — Ask and answer questions about key details in a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media.

Delaware

  • L.2.1.a — Use collective nouns (e.g., group).

Florida

  • SS.3.G.2.5 — Identify natural and man-made landmarks in the United States, Canada, Mexico, and the Caribbean.
  • ELA.K.C.4.1 — Recall information to answer a question about a single topic.

Georgia

  • ELAGSE2L1.a — Use collective nouns (e.g., group).

Hawaii

  • 2.L.1a — Use collective nouns (e.g., group).
  • SS.1.3.17.1 — Investigate historically significant events, people, and observances in history

Idaho

  • K.RS.DR.2 — Listen to a series of texts organized around a variety of conceptually related topics to build knowledge about the world.
  • 3.GC.GU.1c — Use collective nouns (e.g., family, crew, assembly) matched to plural verb forms.

Illinois

  • L.2.1.a — Use collective nouns (e.g., group).
  • SL.1.2 — Ask and answer questions about key details in a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media.

Indiana

  • 5.ESS.1 — Analyze the scale of our solar system and its components: our solar system includes the sun, moon, seven other planets and their moons, and many other objects like asteroids and comets.

Iowa

  • L2.1.a — Use collective nouns (e.g., group).
  • SL.1.2 — Ask and answer questions about the main topic and key details in a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media.

Kansas

  • SL.2.7.a — Use collective nouns when speaking.

Kentucky

  • L.2.1.a — collective nouns.

Louisiana

  • 3.6 — Identify and describe national historical figures, celebrations, and symbols. a. Describe the achievements of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Lewis and Clark, Sacagawea, Abraham Lincoln, Frederick Douglass, Harriet Tubman, Sojourner Truth, Sitting Bull, George Washington Carver, Susan B. Anthony, Mabel Ping-Hua Lee, Theodore Roosevelt, the Wright Brothers, Thomas Edison, Henry Ford, Alexander Graham Bell, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Jackie Robinson, Sally Ride, Katherine Johnson, and Mae Jemison. b. Describe the significance of state and nationally designated holidays, including New Year’s Day, the birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr., Inauguration Day, Washington’s Birthday, Mardi Gras, Memorial Day, Juneteenth, Independence Day, Labor Day, Columbus Day, Veterans Day, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day. c. Describe the history of American symbols, including the Liberty Bell, U.S. flag (etiquette, customs pertaining to the display and use of the flag), bald eagle, national anthem, Uncle Sam, Statue of Liberty, The Pledge of Allegiance, and the national motto “In God We Trust.” d. Identify and describe man-made American monuments and landmarks including the Gateway Arch, the Golden Gate Bridge, Jefferson Memorial, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial in Washington D.C, Lincoln Memorial, Mount Rushmore, Pearl Harbor Museum, September 11 Memorial and Museum, Statue of liberty, the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, U.S. Capitol, Washington Monument, and the White House. e. Identify and describe natural American landmarks, including the Grand Canyon, Mississippi River, Monument Valley, Niagara Falls, Rocky Mountains, Smoky Mountains, and Yellowstone National Park.
  • L.2.1.a — Use collective nouns (e.g., group).

Maine

  • L.1.2.a — Use collective nouns (e.g., group).
  • SL.2.1.a — Ask and answer questions about key details in a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media.

Maryland

  • L.2.1.a — Use collective nouns (e.g., group).

Massachusetts

  • L.2.1.c — Use collective nouns and frequently occurring irregular plural nouns.

Michigan

  • L.2.1.a — Use collective nouns (e.g., group).

Minnesota

  • 2.3.1.1.3 — Use maps, photos or other geographic tools to identify and locate major landmarks or major physical features of the United States. For example: Physical features—the Atlantic Coast, Rocky Mountains, Mississippi River, Lake Superior. Landmarks—Statue of Liberty, Angel Island, Gateway Arch in St. Louis, Mount Rushmore, Crazy Horse Memorial.
  • 0.3.2.3.1 — Identify the physical and human characteristics of places, including real and imagined places. For example: Physical characteristics—landforms (Rocky Mountains, Mount Everest), ecosystems (forest), bodies of water (Hudson Bay, Indian Ocean, Amazon River), soil, vegetation, weather and climate. Human characteristics—structures (Great Wall of China, Eiffel Tower), bridges (Golden Gate Bridge), canals (Erie Canal), cities, political boundaries, population distribution, settlement patterns, language, ethnicity, nationality, religious beliefs.

Mississippi

  • L.2.1.a — Use collective nouns (e.g., group).

Missouri

  • 2.L.1.A.b — use collective nouns

Montana

  • L.2.1.a — Use collective nouns (e.g., group).
  • SL.1.2 — Ask and answer questions about key details in a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media.

Nebraska

  • SS K.4.3.a — Recognize historical people from a variety of cultures.
  • SS K.4.3.b — Identify symbols of the United States.

Nevada

  • L.2.1.a — Use collective nouns (e.g., group).
  • SL.1.2 — Ask and answer questions about key details in a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media.

New Hampshire

  • L.2.1.a — Use collective nouns (e.g., group).

New Jersey

  • L.2.1.a — Use collective nouns (e.g., group).
  • SL.1.2 — Ask and answer questions about key details in a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media.

New Mexico

  • L.2.1.a — Use collective nouns (e.g., group).

New York

  • 2.3d — Symbols of American democracy serve to unite community members.
  • KL5 — Explore and discuss word relationships and word meanings.

North Carolina

  • ESS.3.1.1 — Use models to recognize that the Earth is part of a system called the solar system that includes the sun (a star), planets, and many moons, and that the Earth is the third planet from the sun.

Ohio

  • L.2.1.a — Use collective nouns (e.g., group).
  • SL.1.2 — Ask and answer questions about key details in a text read aloud or information presented in various media and other formats (e.g., orally).
  • 5.ESS.1 — The solar system includes the sun and all celestial bodies that orbit the sun. Each planet in the solar system has unique characteristics.
  • K.LS.2 — Living things have physical traits and behaviors, which influence their survival.

Oregon

  • 2.L.1a — Use collective nouns.
  • 1.SL.2 — Ask and answer questions about key details in a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media.

Pennsylvania

  • 8.3.3.A. — Identify contributions of individuals and groups to United States history.
  • 8.3.3.B. — Identify and describe primary documents, material artifacts and historic sites important in United States history.
  • 8.4.3.B. — Identify historic sites and material artifacts important to world history.
  • CC.1.5.3.C — Ask and answer questions about information from a speaker, offering appropriate detail.

Rhode Island

  • L.2.1.c — Use collective nouns and frequently occurring irregular plural nouns.
  • SL.1.2 — Ask and answer questions about key details in a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media.

South Carolina

  • ELA.1.C.9.1 — Listen to others to ask and answer questions on a topic.
  • ELA.K.C.9.1 — Ask and answer questions in conversation on a topic.

South Dakota

  • 2.L.1.b — Use collective nouns (e.g., group, herd, class).
  • 1.SL.2 — Ask and answer questions about key details in a text read aloud, information presented orally, or through other media.

Tennessee

  • 2.FL.SC.6.a — Use collective nouns.
  • 2.20 — Identify and examine the significance of well-known national symbols and landmarks, including: Mt. Rushmore, the White House, the Statue of Liberty, and the bald eagle.

Texas

  • 5.11D.iii — collective nouns;
  • 5.16D — explain the significance of important landmarks, including the White House, the Statue of Liberty, and Mount Rushmore.

Utah

  • 1.2.3.d — Identify national symbols, documents, and landmarks (e.g., Declaration of Independence, U.S. Constitution, Liberty Bell, Washington Monument).
  • 2.SL.2 — Speak clearly and audibly while asking and answering questions about a topic and key details.

Vermont

  • L.2.1.a — Use collective nouns (e.g., group).
  • SL.1.2 — Ask and answer questions about key details in a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media.
  • D2.Geo.6.K-2 — Individually and with others, students… Identify some cultural and environmental characteristics of specific places.

Virginia

  • 2.RV.1.A — Discuss meanings of new words or phrases acquired through conversations and literature.
  • 2.RV.1.B — Use vocabulary across content areas.
  • 2.RV.1.G — Develop breadth of vocabulary knowledge by listening to and reading high quality, complex text.
  • 2.4.b — The student will apply history and social science skills to recognize state and national symbols including, but not limited to explaining the meaning behind symbols including, but not limited to the American flag, bald eagle, Washington Monument, Liberty Bell, and Statue of Liberty.

Washington

  • L.2.1.a — Use collective nouns (e.g., group).
  • SL.1.2 — Ask and answer questions about key details in a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media.

Washington, D.C.

  • L.2.1.a — Use collective nouns (e.g., group).
  • SL.1.2 — Ask and answer questions about key details in a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media.

West Virginia

  • ELA.2.36.a — Use collective nouns (e.g., group).

Wisconsin

  • ELA.2.L.5.a — Collective nouns, adjectives and adverbs, frequently occurring regular plural nouns, frequently occurring irregular past tense verbs.
  • ELA.1.SL.2 — Ask and answer questions about key details in a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media.
  • SS.PS1.a.K-1 — Describe symbols, songs, and traditions that identify our state and country. Assess the importance of rules and laws at home, in school, and in the community.

Wyoming

  • L.2.1.a — Use collective nouns (e.g., group).