Animals & Plants
What is the only native land mammal in New Zealand?
Bats
Where did Swiss cheese originate???
Switzerland!
What’s the name of the boy with the purple crayon In the book by Crockett Johnson?
Harold
How many provinces are there in Canada?
10
True
Name 4 types of animals that use echolocation
Bats, dolphins, whales, porpoises, oilbirds, swiftlets, dormice, shrews, tenrecs, aye-ayes
Which two states are the biggest producers of cheese in the US?
Wisconsin and California
What is the full name of the first Star Wars movie ever made?
Star Wars, Episode IV - A New Hope - although it was actually just called Star Wars when first released
What area of Canada produces the most amount of maple syrup?
Quebec
Name a dead language (not Latin)
Ancient Greek, Manx, Sanskrit, Old English, Old Norse, etc.
Where is the world’s tallest living tree located, and what type of tree is it?
(Bonus: what’s its name?)
(Extra Bonus: How tall is it?)
Located in California, it’s a coast redwood named Hyperion (after the Greek titan) that stands 380.8 ft tall
What country consumes the most cheese per capita?
(Bonus: how much?)
France
57.9 lbs per year
What book, written by a 19 year old girl in 1818, is credited with being one of the first science fiction novels ever written?
Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
What is poutine?
French fries w/ gravy and cheese curds on top
Hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia is the fear of what?
Long words
Bladderwort plants are a category of plants known for what unique trait?
They’re carnivorous
What is the most popular cheese recipe in the US?
Macaroni and cheese
What are the names of Katniss Everdeen’s two love triangle love interests in the Hunger Games?
(Bonus: who does Katniss choose in the end?)
Peeta Mellark and Gale Hawthorne
What is Canada’s national summer sport?
LaCrosse
What language contains the shortest grammatically correct sentence?
(bonus: what is the sentence?)
English
”GO!”
Fleas can jump up to ___ times their body length
350
There are only two master cheesemaker programs in the entire world. Where are they located?
Switzerland and Wisconsin
The first Incredibles movie came out in 2004. When did the Incredibles 2 come out?
(Bonus: what month/day?)
June 15, 2018
When is Thanksgiving celebrated in Canada?
The 2nd Monday in October
French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese and Romanian are all what kind of language?
They’re all Romance languages