Practical Knowledge Quiz

Introduction

Practical Knowledge questions deal with subjects that you should have learned at some point in your education and with issues that may be used by you some time in the future. The questions are presented to have fun and at the same time, learn interesting facts.

Guiding Question

How many questions can you answer without looking up the answer? Answer all twenty questions correctly. Where will you look to find the answers to the questions that you do not know?

Questions

1.  The British equivalent to the US dollar is what?

2. If an automobile tire is a 195/65 R 15,91H, then what is the rim diameter in inches?

3.  In music, what does "a capella" mean?

4.  Pure gold is how many karats?

5. If high tide at a beach occurs at 9:00 am, then what approximate time will it be at the next high tide?

6. How far can a skunk spray?

7. A fathom is how deep?

8. How many tablespoons are in a cup?

9. In what states would you find: Yellowstone? Yosemite? Zion National Park? Pike's Peak? Crater Lake?

10. How many days after April Fool's Day is the last day to legally file a tax return with the Internal Revenue Service, without incurring a penalty?

11.  Which of the following fabrics are synthetic: cotton, nylon, polyester, rayon, silk, or wool?

12.  In banking, a person's PIN refers to what?

13.  How many complete miles are run in a marathon?

14.  The underbelly of a black widow spider has what appears to be a design of what, and in what color?

15. How many are in a "baker's dozen?"

16. For best protection, when adding anti-freeze to an automatic radiator, what percentage of anti-freeze to water should be used?

17. How many yards are in a furlong?

18. What is the only food that does not spoil?

19. Due to superstitions, which floor is often skipped when numbering the floors of a building?

20. What are the postal abbreviations for the following states? Maine? Mississippi? Minnesota? Missouri? Michigan?

Internet Resources

·  British Currency

·  Tires and Rims

·  A Capella

·  Gold

·  High Tide

·  Skunks

·  Fathom

·  Tablespoons

·  Yellowstone

·  Yosemite

·  Zion National Park

·  Pike's Peak

·  Crater Lake

·  Taxes

·  Synthetics

·  PIN

·  Furlong

·  Food

·  Postal Abbreviations

·  National Parks

·  Marathon

·  Black Widow

·  Baker's Dozen

·  Antifreeze

·  Superstitions

Activities

1. Answer all of the questions.

2. Write a paragraph using any one question to explain when you would use this information.

3. Choose one of the twenty questions and state, in a paragraph, which of the twenty is the most important information to know, and why.

4. Rank the questions 1-20 in importance, in your opinion, with 1 being the most important and 20 the least important.

Marc Christensen, Teacher, developed this web hunt.

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