[LM_NET] HIT: Sources of Trivia for contests

[Mary Wegher <mary_wegher@HOTMAIL.COM>]

Sources of Trivia: 
Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader: Use questions from the game.
Trivial Pursuit and Trivial Pursuit Jr.
Questions from middle school academic team.
Books in teacher supply stores with educational questions.
The publication, Classroom Connect, Connected Newsletter has a calendar page each 
month with a  research question. For example in the March 2007, it says for the 
15th, Kites, How were kites used during World War I. Then it gives a website: 
www.gombergkites.com/nkm/hist1.htmlInternet searches on specific topics
Uncle John's Bathroom Readers.
Here's some information from the ASLA Conference workshop by Jennifer A. Wetzel
Library Media Specialist/School Technology Coordinator
Hendron-Lone Oak Elementary School
The following websites are good sites for obtaining riddles or core content 
questions for a weekly trivia contest.
 
· Brain Food http://rinkworks.com/brainfood/riddles.shtml
· National Institute of Environment Health Sciences 
http://www.niehs.nih.gov/kids/braint.htm
· Az Kids Net http://www.azkidsnet.com/riddles.htm
· Kids Domain http://www.kidsdomain.com/holiday/
· Fun Trivia http://www.funtrivia.com
· CIA Homepage for Kids http://www.cia.gov/cia/ciakids/games/
· Time for Kids http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/games/
Some places I get ideas are: 
I have an "author and illustrator" calendar, and a lot of times the questions are 
about an author whose birthday is that week. 
I also do questions about things we are studying in library classes that week (I'm 
on a fixed schedule). 
Sometimes I look on this website for ideas: 
http://www.kidsreads.com/funstuff/trivia/index.asp
And sometimes they're just general library skills questions like: Where would you 
find Dr. Seuss' books in our library?  How are fiction books in order?, etc. 
Daily there are questions to answer at the National Geographic Society's web site:  
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/geographybee/
presidential trivia
http://www.apples4theteacher.com/prestriv.html

science trivia
http://sciencespot.net/Pages/triviatogo.html
http://sciencespot.net/Pages/trivia.html

various subject areas
http://www.internet4classrooms.com/subject_area.htm
http://kids.aol.com/homework-help/brain-games
http://www.funtrivia.com/quizzes/geography/physical_geography/bodies_of_water.html 
(this is just one of many topics)

are you smarter than a 5th grader?
http://television.aol.com/tv-trivia-quiz/smarter-than-fifth-grader-elementary-test
Poll your teachers and take a question from each discipline. 
You could also do famous book/movie quotes.
Mary Wegher
Library Media Specialist
Wagonwheel and 4J Elementary Schools
Gillette, WY


"One day, all children in this nation will have the opportunity to attain an 
excellent education."
http://www.teachforamerica.org
 



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