Food
Tomatoes are key to Italian dishes, where do they originate from?
South America
What is the correct order of operations?
Parenthesis, exponents, multiplication/division, addition/subtraction
According to the Roman poet Ovid, how did Medusa get cursed?
(BONUS 100: What was her curse?)
Athena was enraged by the desecration of her sacred temple after Poseidon assaulted Medusa. Unable to punish her powerful uncle, Athena punished Medusa by turning her into a gorgon.
(Her hair became snakes and her gaze would petrify people)
This rapper was named artist of the decade (2000s) by Billboard, dominating both the Billboard 200 and Hot 100 charts
Eminem
What is the largest fish in the ocean?
The Whale Shark
What is the difference between sushi and sashimi
Sashimi: thinly cut slices of fish
Sushi: Rice, dried seaweed, and fish
53=
125
Who are Scylla and Charybdis?
Two monstrous, immortal hazards located on opposite sides of a narrow strait. Scylla lives on a cliff and has long heads that will pluck sailors from their ships, and Charybdis is the embodiment of a whirlpools and will swallow ships.
This sitcom follows the employees of Dunder Mifflin, a paper products company based in Scranton, Pennsylvania.
The Office
How is a pearl formed?
A grain of sand gets stuck inside a clam and is covered with mucous that hardens over time.
What is the minimum internal temperature you need to cook chicken?
BONUS 100: Why?
165 degrees Fahrenheit
(Because it kills harmful bacteria)
What is the equation to determine slop-intercept form?
Y = mx + b
Originally, Orpheus is able to convince Hades to return his wife to life. Why does Orpheus fail?
He turns around and looks at her before reaching the world of the living.
This stuffed animal would come with a digital code so you could play with them irl and on the internet.
Webkinz
The male of this species will fuse to the female to procreate
Angler fish
What is the cooking method called when food is placed in a vacuum-sealed bag and cooked gently in a precisely controlled, circulating water bath?
Sous-vide
If x=10, y=5, and z=1
xy + z = _____
51
Why is Prometheus chained to a rock, and forced to have eagles eat his liver each day?
He stole fire from the hearth on Mount Olympus and gave it to humanity
This fashion trend is famous for incorporating cyber-futurism, denim-on-denim, low-rise jeans, metallic and glossy materials, and translucent electronics
Y2K
What does Ambergris come from?
(BONUS 200: What is it used for)
The digestive tract of Sperm whales
(It has been used for luxury perfumes)
Pandeja de Paisa is Colombia's national dish. List at least four components to the dish
red beans, white rice, ground meat, chorizo, chicharrón (fried pork belly), a fried egg, fried ripe plantain, avocado, and an arepa (corn cake)
42 - y = 2y + 6
y=12
Contrary to popular knowledge, Pandora did not open a "box", what did she open?
An Amphora (a ceramic jar with 2 handles)
On September 11th, 2001 Al-Quaeda launched a terror attack on the US. Where did each plane crash?
2 hit the Twin Towers
1 crashed into a field
1 hit the Pentagon
This extinct animal closely resembled horseshoe crabs and died during the Permian mass extinction
Trilobites