Science
It is the most common element in the human body... A: Carbon, B: Hydrogen, C: Oxygen, D: Calcium
What is C. Oxygen. It makes up almost 63% of the average human. Following, are major elements and the percentages of the human body that they represent: Oxygen- 62.81% Carbon- 19.37% Hydrogen- 9.31% Nitrogen- 5.14% Sulfur- 0.64% Phosphorus- 0.63% Other- 2.10%
This New Yorker became US president after Herbert Hoover.
Who is Franklin D Roosevelt? Elected 1933
Petco Park is in this US city.
What is San Diego? Petco Park is home to Major League Baseball's San Diego Padres.
This tool is made for cutting wood.
What is a saw?
This cocktail is most often associated with the Kentucky Derby.
What is a Mint Julep? Consisting primarily of bourbon, sugar, water, crushed or shaved ice, and fresh mint, the Mint Julep has been a long-time favorite at Churchill Downs.
This living animal has the heaviest brain... A: African Bush Elephant, B: Black Rhinoceros, C: Sperm Whale, D: Human
What is C. Sperm Whales? They have the heaviest brain of any living animal. The average Sperm Whale's brain weighs more than 20 pounds (9 kilograms) which is about 4 times heavier than the average human brain.
Enrico Fermi built the first nuclear reactor built in this US city.
What is Chicago? Fermi persuaded his bosses that he could safely build a reactor in the squash court under the stands of the University of Chicago's Stagg Field in November 1942, and Chicago Pile-1 went critical on December 2nd.
This university has the most college football championships.
What is Yale University? Yale football has one of the most impressive resumes in the sport, with two of the first three Heisman winners, 100 All-Americans, 28 Hall of Fame inductees, and 18 national championships recognized by the NCAA — the most all time.
This jolly old man delivers gifts to good girls and boys at Christmas time.
Who is Santa? Santa Claus, legendary figure who is the traditional patron of Christmas in the United States and other countries, bringing gifts to children. His popular image is based on traditions associated with Saint Nicholas, a 4th-century Christian saint. Father Christmas fills the role in many European countries.
Sharing its name with a NYC borough, this cocktail is made with whiskey, sweet vermouth, bitters, and typically garnished with a Maraschino cherry.
What is a Manhattan? Popular history suggests that the drink originated at the Manhattan Club in New York City in the mid-1870s, where it was invented by Iain Marshall for a banquet hosted by Jennie Jerome also known as Lady Randolph Churchill, mother of Winston.
Of the following, it has the longest recorded life span. A: Termite, B: Chimpanzee, C: Indian Elephant, D: Freshwater Oyster
What is the Freshwater Oyster (80 years)? The longest recorded life span for a termite is 50 years; for a chimapanzee, 50 years; and for an Indian elephant, 70 years.
This political scientist is the first African American to win the Nobel peace prize.
Who is Ralph Bunche? Ralph Johnson Bunche was an American political scientist, diplomat, and leading actor in the mid-20th-century decolonization process and US civil rights movement, who received the 1950 Nobel Peace Prize for his late 1940s mediation in Israel.
The NFL's "Man of the Year" award is named for this former Chicago Bear.
Who is Walter Payton. Payton retired in 1987 as the NFL's leading all-time rusher and died in 1999.
If you're scared of the dark, then you are.....
What is Scotophic? Scotophobia, also referred to as nyctophobia, achluophobia, and lygophobia, may be evolutionary in nature, as many predators hunt at night.
Usually made from a base of apricot pits, this sweet, almond-flavored Italian liqueur is popularized by the Disaronno brand.
What is Amaretto?
This was the first genetically engineered organism. A: Corn, B: Tobacco, C: Sheep, D: Rat
What is a B. tobacco plant? In 1983, a tobacco plant, designed to be resistant to certain herbicides, was grown in Wisconsin.
This famous brother's last words were, "Now it's on to Chicago, and let's win there."
Who is Robert F. Kennedy? Shortly after he wrapped up his victory speech in Los Angeles after winning the California Democratic Primary, he was shot by an assassin. He died the next day, June 6, 1968.
Beginning in 2022, Cleveland's Major League Baseball team will be known by this new name.
This Dickens character had a famous change of heart in A Christmas Carol.
Who is Scrooge? Ebenezer Scrooge is the protagonist of Charles Dickens' 1843 novella A Christmas Carol. At the beginning of the story, Scrooge is a cold-hearted miser who despises Christmas but is shown the error of his ways by a series of visits from Christmas ghosts.
Nick Offerman's character Ron Swanson in the NBC sitcom "Parks and Recreation" calls this Scotch whiskey a "campfire in a glass."
What is Lagavulin? Aged in oak for a minimum of 16 years this Scotch has massively peaty, smoky flavors, plus lingering sweetness, wood notes, and smoke on the finish.
The planets make up this percentage of the mass in our solar system... A: 0.0135 %, B: 0.135 %, C: 1.35 %, D: 13.5 %
What is B: 0.135 % of the mass in our solar system. The Sun dominates, accounting for 99.86 % of the entire solar system's mass.
These are the only two signers of the Declaration of Independence who went on to serve as president of the United States.
Who are John Adams and Thomas Jefferson. Of the 56 signers of the Declaration of Independence, only Adams and Jefferson would become president.
This native of Baltimore, Maryland has won more Olympic gold medals than any other athlete.
Who is Michael Phelps? Phelps 23 gold medals for swimming are the most of any olympian.
This is the act of being grossly irreverent toward what is considered holy.
What is sacrilegious?
In the 2003 movie "Lost in Translation", Bob Harris (portrayed by Bill Murray) is hired to advertise this Japanese whiskey brand for $2 million?
What is Suntory? "Toki, which means ‘time’ in Japanese, has notes of pink grapefruit, almonds and a light vanilla finish.