| A Basic Test For Idiots |
| 1. | The number of days in one year? | ____________________ |
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| 2. | When will the next leap year occur? | ____________________ |
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| 3. | The number of days in one leap year? | ____________________ |
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| 4. | How many years are in a United States President's term of office? | ____________________ |
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| 5. | How many hours in a day? | ____________________ |
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| 6. | How many minutes in an hour? | ____________________ |
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| 7. | How many seconds in a minute? | ____________________ |
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| 8. | How many quarts in a gallon? | ____________________ |
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| 9. | How many pints in a gallon? | ____________________ |
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| 10. | What are the five basic vowels in the English languge? | ____________________ |
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| 11. | What is the square root of 169? | ____________________ |
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| 12. | How many states are in the continental United States? | ____________________ |
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| 13. | If the sales tax rate is 6.25 percent and you purchase a twenty dollar item, what will be the total cost? | ____________________ |
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| 14. | What is the decimal equivalent of the fraction 1/4? | ____________________ |
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| 15. | How many letters are in the English alphabet? | ____________________ |
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| 16. | What is eight squared? | ____________________ |
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| 17. | What is four cubed? | ____________________ |
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| 18. | Who was the first President of the United States? | ____________________ |
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| 19. | What are the primary colors? | ____________________ |
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| 20. | In what century is the year 2000? | ____________________ |
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| 21. | Spell the homonym for "pier". | ____________________ |
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| 22. | Name the four kinds of sentences. | ____________________ |
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| 23. | What are the two types of nouns? | ____________________ |
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| 24. | What are the two types of verbs? | ____________________ |
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| 25. | What is the general spelling rule when the word has the letters "i" and "e" following each other? | ____________________ |
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| 26. | What are the five senses of the human body? | ____________________ |
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| 27. | What is the synonym of "car"? | ____________________ |
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| 28. | What is the average temperature of the human body? | ____________________ |
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| 29. | In donating blood, what type blood is the "universal" donor? | ____________________ |
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| 30. | What is the largest organ of the human body? | ____________________ |
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| 31. | How many feet in a mile? | ____________________ |
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| 32. | In the New Testament of the Bible, what are the first four books? | ____________________ |
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| 33. | In the Bible, who was swallowed by the whale? | ____________________ |
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| 34. | How many commandments did God give to mankind? | ____________________ |
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| 35. | What is the speed of light? | ____________________ |
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| 36. | What is the speed of sound? | ____________________ |
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| 37. | What is one-half of nine? | ____________________ |
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| 38. | How many times a minute does the average human heart beat? | ____________________ |
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| 39. | How many inches in a yard? | ____________________ |
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| 40. | What is the square root of 81? | ____________________ |
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| 41. | How many square feet in a square yard? | ____________________ |
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| 42. | A person wants to cover a nine foot by twelve foot room with either carpet or floor tiles. The tiles sold by 12" by 12" pieces for $1 each and the carpet sold by the yard for $10. Which is the best buy (carpet or tile)? | ____________________ |
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| 43. | How many donuts in a baker's dozen? | ____________________ |
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| 44. | How many years in a decade? | ____________________ |
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| 45. | How many years in a century? | ____________________ |
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| 46. | Write the year 1956 in Roman numerals. | ____________________ |
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