Ancient and modern animals
This large marine mammal is actually the largest animal ever known to have lived on Earth—even bigger than any dinosaur.
What is the blue whale?
Botanically speaking, this popular red produce used in salads is technically classified as a fruit rather than a vegetable.
What is a tomato?
This iconic animated green ogre lives in a swamp and loves his companion, Donkey.
Who is Shrek?
This invisible force keeps us glued to the ground and causes dropped objects to fall downward.
What is gravity?
Shaped like a giant boot, this European country has its capital in Rome.
What is Italy?
Unlike most other cats, domestic cats cannot taste this specific flavor profile because they lack the taste buds for it.
What is sweet?
Fun fact: Cats are completely indifferent to sweet things!
This natural sweetener never truly spoils; archaeologists have famously found pots of it in ancient Egyptian tombs that are thousands of years old and still edible.
What is honey
In the classic holiday movie Home Alone, young Kevin McCallister famously defends his house from this duo of bumbling burglars.
Who are the Wet Bandits?
(Harry and Marv)
Water freezes at 32 degrees Fahrenheit, which translates to this number on the Celsius scale.
What is zero degrees?
Known as the Land of the Rising Sun, this island nation features Mount Fuji and Tokyo as its capital.
What is Japan?
These clever birds are known to recognize human faces, use tools, and hold grudges against people who bother them.
What are crows?
This popular green snack food is actually a single-seeded berry that grows on trees.
What is an avocado?
This magical boarding school for witchcraft and wizardry is reached by students taking a special train from Platform 9¾.
What is Hogwarts?
This main layer of gas surrounding our planet protects us from harmful ultraviolet solar radiation.
What is the ozone layer?
Located in South America, this famous ancient Incan citadel sits high in the Andes Mountains.
What is Machu Picchu?
A group of flamingos is given this colorful collective noun.
What is a flamboyance?
Unlike table salt mined from the earth, this flaky finishing salt is harvested from evaporating sea water and is prized for its clean, crunchy texture.
What is sea salt?
Released in 1995, this Pixar film was the very first feature-length computer-animated movie ever made.
What is Toy Story?
You see lightning before you hear thunder because light travels significantly faster than this.
What is sound?
This massive desert covers most of North Africa and is the largest hot desert in the world.
What is the Sahara Desert?
Octopuses have three hearts and this unusual color of blood due to copper-based molecules instead of iron.
What is blue?
he unique spicy heat in chili peppers comes from this active chemical compound.
What is capsaicin?
In the world of Star Wars, this glowing energy sword is the weapon of choice for Jedi and Sith alike.
What is a lightsaber?
This everyday household metal is magnetic, rusts easily when exposed to moisture, and is the primary ingredient used to make steel.
What is iron?
Though it is the smallest continent by land area, this country is unique because it is also an entire sovereign nation.
What is Australia?