Potpourri
Mixing formaldehyde with phenol creates this plastic, the first of its kind to be produced commercially
What is Bakelite?
Coca Cola owns this familiar movie theater slushie brand with a cool polar bear mascot.
What is Icee?
This European country's inflation rate rose 41.9 quadrillion percent after World War 2.
What is Hungary?
The intro to this TV soap shows sand flowing through an hourglass.
What is The Days of Our Lives?
Raindrops are not actually teardrop shaped, but rather this more basic shape.
What is spherical
Before 1943, the US Department of Defense was known by this name.
What is the Department of War?
When traveling over water at extreme latitudes, one of these wedge shaped boats is a requirement.
What is an icebreaker?
This man's notorious Ponzi schemes resulted in over 17 billion dollars being stolen.
Who is Bernie Madoff?
This Kevin Bacon film centers around massive sand worms terrorizing a small town.
What is Tremors?
This effect causes rain bands to move east to west in the Southern Hemisphere, and west to east in the Northern Hemisphere.
What is the Coriolis Effect?
Gotti (2021) is one of the few movies to ever receive this award on Rotten Tomatoes.
What is a 0% rating?
This type of water freezes fastest.
What is boiling water?
This monetary unit is the official currency of Turkey.
What is the lira?
This desert national park in California once held the record for hottest recorded temperature.
What is Death Valley?
This US state records over 57 inches of rainfall annualy.
What is Hawaii?
The 1883 collapse of this US state's capitol building inspired Frank Lloyd Wright to become an architect.
What is Wisconsin?
This rapper stars in Law and Order: Special Victims Unit.
Who is Ice T?
In South African slang, a "choc" is worth this amount.
What is twenty dollars?
This desert on the coast of Namibia is known locally as the Skeleton Coast
What is the Namib?
This The Office actor played an eccentric beet farmer in the show.
Who is Rainn Wilson
This simple internet game involves exponents and a 4x4 grid.
What is 2048?
This soil layer, located in colder climates, does not thaw in the summer.
What is permafrost?
In the equation for compound interest, this special value roughly equal to 2.7 is used.
What is "e"?
When lightning strikes sand, this glass formation is formed.
What is a fulgurite?
These flat gray clouds can create a light drizzle under certain conditions.
What is stratus?