Mating Rituals of Animals (Katinka)
Spoonin' (Lang)
Foods Byron Has Eaten (Alyse)
Exotic Plants (Melodee)
Chess Stuff (Ned)
Famous Last Words
Freds (Fred)
100
This arachnid is known for the female cannibalizing the male after mating, resulting in a common term that is the name of an Avenger.
What is a Black Widow?
100
Once every four years in the United States, citizens get to participate in this democratic action.
What is an Election?
100
This absolutely delicious meal is a Mid-Western US staple made from primarily ground beef with eggs and bread crumbs as binding agents.
What is Meatloaf?
100
While technically an exotic plant due to it's origination in the tropics, this flower can be found in every biome short of Antarctica.
What is an Orchid?
100
This chess computer was the first to beat a world champion in May of 1997.
What was Deep Blue?
100
This late 80's sci-fi classic ends with the open-ended, "Roads? Where we're going, we don't need roads."
What is Back to the Future?
100
This man is one of the few nearly flawless celebrities, and welcomed generations of children to his neighborhood.
Who is Fred Rogers?
200
This common woodland critter's courtship ritual involves 'cavorting' about by running, hopping, and playing together. Scientists believe this is to indicate the relative health of the potential mate.
What is a Rabbit (Hare)?
200
Taking a bath in this substance has long been used as a skin care treatment, and has been documented to be performed since the times of the Roman Empire.
What is Mud?
200
Prepared in a variety of methods, this aquatic animal can be served in a variety of ways, including fajitas (which is how Byron has had it).
What is Shark?
200
This exotic (and invasive) climbing vine originates from Asia, but has become a growing problem in North America.
What is the Kudzu?
200
This Chess term is derived from the Persian phrase 'Shah Mat' which translates loosely to 'the dead king'.
What is Checkmate?
200
This classic novel on the nature of the rise of fascism ends with the line "The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which."
What is Animal Farm?
200
This alliterative cartoon family man set the prehistoric archetype for 'bozo father' figures that would extend to the modern day.
Who is Fred Flintstone?
300
These birds originally hail from the South-East Asian sub-continent, and are known for their elaborate dances and their iridescent plumage.
What are Peacocks (Peafowl)?
300
This classic Southern Swamp Rock hit was written in response to Neil Young's lyrical indictment of the South, "Southern Man".
What is Sweet Home Alabama?
300
This traditionally southern vegetable is closely related to cotton, but is delicious when fried.
What is Okra?
300
This beautiful South African plant is ironically named for an Australian animal.
What is the Bird of Paradise?
300
First year chess competitors are given this title, both an apt description and an abysmal pun involving a chess piece.
What is a Rookie?
300
This incredibly popular TV comedy series ended with the line, "There's a lot of beauty in ordinary things, isn't that kind of the point?"
What is The Office?
300
This rapper just wanted to 'Break Stuff' and have 'Faith'; but now he directs films, including the absolutely wild 'The Fanatic'.
Who is Fred Durst?
400
The courtship ritual of this charming animal involves the male bringing a female a smooth, shiny pebble; if the gift is accepted, the two gather further stones and create a nest together.
What is a Penguin (Adelie Penguin)?
400
This culture and fashion magazine was first published in 1913, and after a period of hibernation, was returned to print in 1983.
What is Vanity Fair?
400
This tuber is a tasty alternative to potatoes, and originally hails from Mexico.
What is Jicama?
400
This popular exotic plant is often cultivated as a house plant, but is extremely toxic if consumed.
What is a Calla Lily?
400
This cryptanalyst and mathematician created the first chess computer program in 1950 (years before a machine was powerful enough to run the program).
Who was Alan Turing?
400
This 'classic' novel ends with it's heroine stating, 'After all, tomorrow is another day.', with the film adaptation taking on an altogether more gallows humor tone.
What is Gone with the Wind?
400
This ascot wearing 'leader' of the Scooby Gang was the prototype for upper class villains in parodies for years following his debut.
Who is Fred Jones?
500
The males of this aquatic species bite onto the females back or neck, becoming a parasite that is slowly absorbed into the female, until only the gonads remain for when the female is ready to lay eggs.
What is the Angler Fish?
500
This heroine from the Odyssey is the wife of Odysseus and a classical symbol of fidelity.
Who is Penelope?
500
BÚN ỐC is a spicy soup made from a tomato base, with vermicelli noodles and this freshwater gastropod.
What is a Sea Snail?
500
This remarkably beautiful flower entered Europe when one was brought from Peru by Spanish Jesuits and presented to Pope Paul V.
What is a Blue Passion Flower (Passiflora caerulea)?
500
Until the 1400s, the Queen chess piece could only move diagonally two spaces. After this Spanish queen rose to power during the Reconquista, the Queen was reclassed to the most flexible piece on the board.
Who was Queen Isabella (Isabella of Castille)?
500
This (debatably) perfect horror sci-fi thriller ends with the protagonist exhaustedly stating, 'Why don't we just wait here for a little while... see what happens."
What is The Thing?
500
This Christopher Guest film-alum passed away in 2020, and his death was announced by Jamie Lee Curtis (for strange reasons).
Who is Fred Willard?