Are You Smarter than a 4th Grader?

What kind of humiliation would you endure if your friends discovered you had the education of a fourth grade or below? Take this test to prove you are smarter once and for all!

Please do not become too upset if you do not get the score you want. Everybody is smart just in different ways and some people just need the determination to learn.

Created by: Kira Maru
  1. What is the solution to x[2] + 5x + 6 = 0 (Remember []=power)
  2. The second angle of a triangle is 20 degrees larger than the first, while the third angle of the triangle is twice the second. How big is the first angle? Remember, the sum of the angles in any triangle is 180 degrees.
  3. Solve this equation. x = The square root of 4 - 3x
  4. Which of these is an irrational number?
  5. What is the proper way to divide fractions?
  6. Solve this problem. 2 + 2 = ?
  7. What was the name of Adolf Hitler's book?
  8. What event started the American-Japanese war?
  9. Who was the first president of the United States?
  10. What year did the Titanic sink in?
  11. When did Israel become a sovereign state?
  12. Who was the first king of Israel?
  13. What is a Samurai's sword called?
  14. Who was the British king that killed all his wives?
  15. What was the name of the Roman Catholic organization devoted to killing "heretics"?
  16. Who wrote the Lord of the Rings?
  17. Who conquered Mexico?
  18. What is the primary gas in Earth's atmosphere?
  19. What is a binary star?
  20. What was the name of the probe that was sent into Jupiter's atmosphere?
  21. How many minutes does it take the sun's light to reach Earth?
  22. What is the name of Saturn's moon that has an atmosphere?
  23. How was Neptune discovered?
  24. What is the brightest "star" in the night sky?
  25. Why does Venus' temperature regularly reach 800+ degrees F?
  26. What is absolute zero (temperature)?
  27. Name the three "ages" of the Mesozoic time period in the Geologic time scale.
  28. What is the basic concept behind cloning?
  29. A species has the genetic information for warm blood, 4 legs, 2 ears, two eyes, paws, a tail, all fur colors, and hair. Over the course of eternity and all breeding combinations what kind of organism could NOT be bred from it and why?
  30. Based on your answer to the previous question, how would you describe the various "races" of humanity from a scientific point of view?
  31. What does DNA stand for?
  32. If an atom has 12 electrons how many protons will it have?
  33. What is the second law of Thermodynamics?

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