Can You Answer These Questions?

Just the experience of preparing for the GeoBee or Spelling Bee can help with learning more about your world and your language!

Here are some sample questions: (Answers at the bottom of the page)

• A $10 bill has a life span of less than five years. Most U.S. currency is printed at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing in Fort Worth, located in which state that borders the Gulf of Mexico— Wyoming or Texas?
• What's the definition of manger?
• The first ice skates were made from animal bones. These skates were used thousands of years ago in present-day Finland on which continent?
• What is the language of origin of the word peach?
• Casablanca is the chief port on the Atlantic coast of which country in North Africa?

Get a chance to answer these and other questions at the Homeschool Spelling Bee or Geography Bee!

Spelling Bee is January 24, 1:30pm, at Village Home Education Resource Center. Register HERE by January 24 to participate!

GeoBee is January 31, 1:30pm, at Village Home Education Resource Center. Register HERE by January 24 to participate!

Email bees@villagehome.org with any questions!



ANSWERS

Fort Worth is located in Texas.

A manger is a long open box or trough for horses or cattle to eat from.

Finland is on the continent of Europe.

Peach traces back to the Latin phrase malum persicum, literally meaning "Persian fruit."

Casablanca is in Morocco.