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What American inventor, credited with inventing the incandescent light bulb, built an electric car in 1912 that could reach speeds of 25 miles per hour?

Thomas Edison

100
What American auto manufacturer released an electric version of its iconic "F-150" truck?

Ford

100

Lemurs are only native to which country?


Madagascar

100

What tropical US state gets 10.50% of its energy from geothermal sources, due to its heavy volcanic activity?

Hawaii

100

Chinook, Red, Coho, chum, and pink are the 5 species of what Alaskan food source?

Salmon

200

Which US president installed water heating solar panels on the roof of the White House (later removed by his successor)?

Jimmy Carter

200

Scientists in Germany 'potty trained' what type of farm animal to allow capture of the airborne pollutant nitrous oxide?

Cows

200

What cow-like ocean creature did sailors in the Caribbean think to be mermaids? 

Manatees

200

Which small Central American nation lasted 300 consecutive days on renewable energy alone in 2017?

Cost Rica

200

This protein first originated in China 2,000 years ago and is a staple in Asian cooking 

Tofu

300

In which modern-day country was the physicist and chemist Marie Curie born?

Poland

300

What German industrial manufacturing company built the first-ever commercial offshore wind turbine 30 years ago?

Siemens

300

In 1971, what happened in the Atacama Desert for the first time in 400 years?


Rain

300

The newly elected mayor of what US city has proposed physically expanding the city's land into its harbor, to address housing concerns and sea level rise?

New York City

300
What South American grain contains all 9 essential amino acids

Quinoa

400

Which ancient civilization was the first to use geothermal energy to heat their homes, building systems that encouraged warm air to move under floors and inside walls?


The Romans

400

The DOE actually maintains ownership of but leases what technology to the Department of Defense?

 

Nuclear warheads

400

What coastal tree species sequesters 24 million metric tons of carbon in soil per year and features exposed root systems?

Mangroves

400

What country claims it can produce the world's cheapest green H2, owing to its natural resources?

Chile

400

What are the 'Three Sister' crops that are planted together in some Native American Indigenous cultures?

Corn, beans, squash

500

This American geochemist used Argonne National Laboratory's mass spectrometer to collect lead isotope data to measure the age of the Earth, then went on to campaign against lead poisoning

Clair Patterson
500

Which scientist was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1921 for his discovery of the photoelectric effect – which led to the invention of solar panels. 

Albert Einstein

500

What American tree once numbered nearly four billion (1 out of every 4 trees in Eastern forests), but succumbed to a deadly blight in the early 20th century?

American chestnut

500

What is the only country in the world where renewable sources generate 100% of its electricity and heat?


Iceland

500

Australian scientists found that replacing 3% of a cow's diet with what resulted in up to an 80% decrease in methane emissions

Seaweed

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