Fire and Ice
. ($100) This is the temperature in Fahrenheit at which water turns to ice
Answer: What is 32 degrees F? The typical freezer is set at zero to five degrees, and it takes three to four hours to make standard ice cubes.
. ($100) These little powerhouses of nutrients look like miniature cabbages.
Answer: What are brussels sprouts? Around an ounce of these veggies provides five grams of protein and five grams of fiber. They can grow all winter in moderate climates.
($100) The UK’s longest-serving monarch, she served her country from February 6, 1952, to September 8, 2022.
Answer: Who is Queen Elizabeth II? Her full official name is Elizabeth II, by the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and of her other realms and territories Queen, Head of the Commonwealth, Defender of the Faith.
($100) Add this part of the egg to cornstarch to make a mask to tighten facial pores.
Answer: What is white? Whisking one egg white with some cornstarch forms the paste people use for this cosmetic trick.
($100) If the sun rises in the east in the northern hemisphere, it rises in this direction in the southern hemisphere.
Answer: What is east? The sun rises in the east everywhere on Earth.
($200) This determines the color of a flame
Answer: What is temperature or materials being burned? Sodium burns yellow, calcium burns red, and potassium burns violet. Additionally, the flames with the hottest temperatures burn a white-blue color
($200) These red root vegetables are often found in smoothie mixes or cooked and added to salads.
Answer: What are beets? Nineteenth-century women in England rinsed their hair in beet juice to give it a red sheen.
($200) He was a legendary actor known for starring in Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner and In the Heat of the Night.
Answer: Who is Sidney Poitier? He was the first African American man to win a Best Actor Academy Award.
($200) You can substitute this guacamole ingredient for butter in recipes.
Answer: What is avocado? The avocado should be ripe and creamy. To speed up the ripening process, place it near an apple.
($200) You won’t find polar bears at the South Pole, but you will find these adorable little creatures.
Answer: What are penguins? There are seven species of penguin concentrated in Antarctica. One species will occasionally venture to the Galapagos archipelago near the equator to look for fish.
. ($400) Dry ice is made of this element.
Answer: What is carbon dioxide, or CO2? When it melts, it turns to gas, not liquid.
($400) This vegetable is full of iron, and its tender leaves are often found in salads.
Answer: What is spinach? During the Great Depression, spinach consumption rose 33 percent.
($400) She was an Australian singer-actress best known for starring in the 1978 film Grease in the role of Sandy Olsson.
Answer: Who is Olivia Newton-John? She almost turned down the role in Grease that launched her career into the stratosphere.
($400) DIY toothpaste contains this white, powdery substance used in baking and as a cleaning agent.
Answer: What is baking soda? You can flavor it with essential oils such as peppermint or clove and add liquid stevia for sweetness.
. ($400) This is the country with the largest landmass located completely in the southern hemisphere.
Answer: What is Australia? The country with the largest southern hemisphere population is South Africa. Brazil, while larger than Australia, is partially located in the northern hemisphere.
($600) This Nordic country is known as “the land of fire and ice.”
Answer: What is Iceland? The fire part of the moniker comes from the more than 100 active volcanoes in Iceland.
. ($600) This is a white carrot look-alike.
Answer: What is a parsnip? They’re sweeter when harvested after the first frost.
($600) This Grammy Award–winning performer is known for the songs “Two Out of Three Ain’t Bad” and “I’d Do Anything for Love (But I Won’t Do That).” Hint: His stage name is a comfort food.
Answer: Who is Meat Loaf? He was born Marvin Lee Aday.
($600) This citrus fruit will make light work of cleaning a microwave by softening dried food and grease.
Answer: What is lemon? Add lemon slices to a bowl of water and microwave on high until the water boils. Leave the lemon water in the microwave until the steam is gone. Then clean as you normally would.
($600) The southern hemisphere has most of this navigable area, as opposed to the northern hemisphere, which has only 10 percent.
Answer: What is water or similar? Around 90 percent of the ocean and waterways are located south of the equator, and around 90 percent of the world’s landmass is in the northern hemisphere.
($800) Most uncontrollable fires are caused by one of these two common, burning items found in the home.
Answer: What are cigarettes or candles? When smoking was more common, fires were often started by people falling asleep in bed with a cigarette. Lit candles are particularly dangerous around pets’ swatting tails and playful paws.
($800) Hardy varieties of scallions, also known by this common name, can survive freezing weather.
Answer: What are green onions? The entire plant is edible—the green sprouts as well as the bulbous root.
($800) This Judd of the family of country singers has a daughter named Wynonna.
Answer: Who is Naomi? She frequently performed with her daughter.
($800) Freshen your breath after eating garlic by chewing on one of these two fresh herbs.
Answer: What is mint or parsley? Green tea and cinnamon tea also work to remove the garlic smell.
($800) The inhabited regions of this hemisphere’s temperate zones are warmer than those in the other.
Answer: What is the southern hemisphere? Though the southern hemisphere’s temperate zones are warmer than the north’s––the South Pole is colder than the North Pole.