8th Grade Trivia
From the 'King of Pop' to the 'King of the World,' prove you're smarter than an average 14-year-old with this mix of pop culture and classroom basics.
EXAMPLE QUESTIONS
When watching a distant fireworks display, you see the explosion before you hear it because which phenomenon travels significantly faster?
Light
Widely recognized in motor racing since 1906, what specific signal indicates that a driver has completed the session and crossed the finish line?
The checkered flag
Defying the common misconception that all rivers flow toward the equator, in which cardinal direction does the Nile River flow?
North
Which American track star famously challenged Nazi racial propaganda by winning four gold medals at the 1936 Berlin Olympics?
Jesse Owens
Founded in 1732 by James Oglethorpe as a buffer against Spanish Florida, which colony was the last of the original thirteen to be established?
Georgia