World History
This tropical fruit was carried around in 18th century England to represent wealth and status.
What is pineapple?
The pineapple made its way to England in the 17th century and by the 18th century, being seen with one was an instant indicator of wealth, luxury, nobility, and wealth throughout Europe. — a single pineapple could cost the equivalent of $8,000 today.
An 11 year old accidentally invited this cooling summer treat.
What is the popsicle?
in 1905 11-year-old Frank Epperson left a mixture of soda and water in a cup outside overnight. His mixture froze and he ate his newfound treat. Epperson called his invention the "Epsicle" and began selling it all over Neptune Beach in San Francisco that summer. When he got older, Epperson's children began calling his creation "Pop's 'Sicle," or "Popsicle."
The Olympic Rings are these colours, designed to represent the colours of the flags of all countries who attend.
What is blue, red, yellow, green, and black?
What is concrete?
Concrete is virtually fire-proof. It doesn’t burn, it can’t be set on fire, and it doesn’t release toxic fumes when it comes into contact with flames. And thanks to the slow rate of thermal conductivity of concrete – or heat transfer – concrete is an effective fire shield. That’s why buildings and other structures made from concrete are able to survive a fire when everything around goes up in flames.
What commonly used condiment was once used as medicine?
What is ketchup?
In the 1830s, tomato ketchup was sold as a medicine, claiming to cure ailments like diarrhea, indigestion, and jaundice. The idea was proposed by Dr John Cook Bennett, who later sold the recipe in form of 'tomato pills'. As numerous people began to sell ketchup as a medicine, the market reportedly collapsed in the 1850s.
Canada and this Nordic country have been "fighting" over a small island near the coast of Greenland.
What is Denmark?
Hans Island is a 1.2 square kilometer rock located between Nunavut and Greenland. Periodically, each country will visit and leave a bottle of the country's liquor to establish dominance.
A type of chocolate that isn't actually chocolate.
What is white chocolate?
White chocolate is made with a blend of sugar, cocoa butter, milk products, vanilla, and a fatty substance called lecithin. There is not any chocolate solids in it.
The sport that Sarah competed in high school and had a teammate who is currently representing Canada in at the Tokyo Olympics.
a) track and field
b) rowing
c) swimming
d) basketball
What is b) rowing?
Conlin McCabe won a silver medal at the 2012 London Olympics in the men's eight. He placed 6th at the 2016 Rio Olympics in the men's coxless four. He will be competing at Tokyo in the men's pair.
The two parts of your head that don't stop growing.
What are ears and nose?
While the rest of our body shrinks as we get older, our noses, earlobes and ear muscles keep getting bigger. That's because they're made mostly of cartilage cells, which divide more as we age. At the same time, connective tissue begins to weaken.
The world's shortest war lasted for:
a) 38 seconds
b) 38 minutes
c) 38 hours
d) 38 days
What is b) 38 minutes?
The little known Anglo-Zanzibar War of 1896, fought between the UK and the Zanzibar Sultanate, is generally considered to be the shortest war in history, lasting for a grand total of 38 minutes.
Carrots were originally this colour.
What is purple or white?
Originally these vegetables were purple or white with a thin root. The orange carrots we know and eat today are actually the result of a genetic mutation in the late 16th century that won out over the original color.
During the 2012 London Games, the Olympic Village required 165,000 of this bath item for a bit more than two weeks of activity.
What are towels?
The number of types of woods.
a) 100s
b) 1000s
c) 10000s
d) 100000s
What is b) 1000s?
Each has its own distinct use and purpose. Although wood is a pretty common material, if the right wood is not used in the building of a home or other structure, the end result could be a disaster. Harder woods are often used for flooring and other items that are going to get a great deal of wear and tear while softer woods are used for decorative purposes. Medium-soft wood, such as pine, is most often used in framing homes, as it is strong in numbers but it is easy enough to drive nails and other fasteners into it.
The time of day when you are the tallest.
What is the morning?
You are about 1cm taller in the morning when you first get up than when you go to bed. This is because during the day the soft cartilage between your bones gets squashed and compressed.
A Great Dane called Juliana was awarded a Blue Cross medal in WWII for extinguishing an incendiary (meant to start fire) bomb by:
a) carrying it to water
b) peeing on it
c) laying on it
d) notifying their master about it
What is b) peeing on it?
Some twenty thousand dogs served the U.S. Army, Coast Guard, and Marine Corps. They guarded posts and supplies, carried messages, and rescued downed pilots.
Scientists can turn peanut butter into this crystal.
What are diamonds?
Since peanut butter is so rich in carbon, it's possible to turn simple Skippy into diamonds. All you need to do is to extract the oxygen from the carbon dioxide found in the peanut spread, and then enact immense pressure on the carbon left behind.
Sky Brown, a young girl from Great Britain, will be competing in the Tokyo Olympics in skateboarding as the youngest person to ever participate, at what age?
What is 13 years and 11 days?
If the Tokyo Olympics had happened last year, she would have been 12 as she had already made the team last year.
On average, this number of buildings are built across the world in a single day.
a) 3,000
b) 13,000
c) 23,000
d) 33,000
What is b) 13,000?
The muscle that is always in use.
What is the heart?
Your heart beats about 100,000 times in one day and about 35 million times in a year. During an average lifetime, the human heart will beat more than 2.5 billion times.
During the Prohibition in the US, officials would add this to alcohol to discourage people from drinking it.
What is poison?
During Prohibition in the United States, the U.S. government literally poisoned alcohol. When people continued to consume alcohol despite its banning, law officials got frustrated and decided to try a different kind of deterrent—death. They ordered the poisoning of industrial alcohols manufactured in the U.S., which were products regularly stolen bootleggers. By the end of Prohibition in 1933, the federal poisoning program is estimated to have killed at least 10,000 people
A commonly eaten breakfast fruit that is technically a berry, despite it's appearance.
What are bananas?
To be considered a berry, a fruit must develop from one single ovary and generally have several seeds. Bananas, along with kiwi, pumpkins, and avocado, all fall under this description. Blackberries, mulberries, and raspberries are not actually berries based on this definition.
The non-athletic activity that used to be a part of the Olympic Games.
a) fine arts
b) poetry
c) drawing
d) word puzzles
What is a) fine arts?
Every Olympics between 1912 and 1948 awarded gold, silver, and bronze medals to artists. There were five categories of individual competition: Architecture, painting, sculpture, literature, and music. Artworks were required by official Olympic rules to "bear a definite relationship to the Olympic concept."
The strongest building material.
What is graphene?
The transparent material is composed of a single layer carbon atom arranged in a triangular lattice and it's the basic structural element in charcoal, graphite and carbon nanotubes.
The one part of our body that cannot heal or fix itself.
What are teeth?
Teeth are the ONLY body part that cannot repair themselves. Repairing means either regrowing what was lost or replacing it with scar tissue. Each tooth's stem cells produce new dentin, in an attempt to repair the damage. However, this innate repair mechanism has its limits and can only manufacture small amounts of tissue while combating a cavity, injury, or infection. This is why, under normal circumstances, teeth cannot heal themselves.