Alaskan Antics
The forget-me-not flower
Question: What is the Alaska state flower?
Leonardo DaVinci painted this woman. She lives in a museum where of the 10 million people that visit each year, 80% of those people are thought to visit just to see her.
Who is Mona Lisa?
The Scoville unit was used to measure how painful these culinary vegetables are to consume
What is a (chili) pepper?
The year 1776 in U.S. History
What is American independence?
This individual interrupted someone at the MTV Video Music Awards in 2009, this has led to a decade-long feud with the “You Belong With Me” singer
Who is Kanye West?
Brooks, Coast, Aleutian, Alaska
What are Alaskan mountain ranges?
This red “berry” isn’t a berry botanically, but California produces 80% of them in the U.S. and they are part of the rose family.
What is a strawberry?
This protein found in bread and other foods can cause distress for specific groups of people that have Celiac Disease
What is gluten?
This country had the most casualties in World War II
What is the Soviet Union / Russia?
This movie depicts the struggle of a lower-class family infiltrating an upper-class family’s home as maids, nannies, and butlers. This was the first non-English film to win Best Picture at the Oscars.
What is Parasite?
This famous judge and sheriff made the first recorded attempt at climbing Denali in 1903
Who is (James) Wickersham?
This fourth state of matter is scorching hot. We see it every day and it composes most matter in the universe.
What is plasma?
One of Andy Warhol's most famous artworks is a set of 32 canvases, each bearing an image of a red-and-white can of soup from this company
What is Campbell’s?
This time period in the prehistoric timeline comes from words meaning “new” and “rock”
What is the Neolithic Age/Revolution?
This politician once asked people to “Pokemon Go” to the polls.
Who is Hillary Clinton?
The significance of the year 1956 in Alaska's history.
What year did Alaska achieve statehood?
This late 19th-century artist might be one of the more controversial artists in art history. Born in the Netherlands, he painted artworks composed of squares and rectangles and used primary colors a lot.
Who is (Piet) Mondrian?
This dish is a mix of rice, bell peppers, rabbit or chicken, and shellfish, famous in Spain but specifically a hallmark of Valencia on the coast of Spain
What is paella?
Anton Van Leeuwenhoek invented this optical instrument which has been vital for biology
What is a microscope?
This British singer titled her first 3 albums after the turning-point ages when she began recording them: 19, 21, & 25
Who is Adele?
This river stretches nearly 2,000 miles and is the longest river in Alaska.
What is the Yukon River?
This musical instrument makes a haunting futuristic sound through the use of a radio and electromagnetic waves that can be controlled without even touching the instrument.
What is a theremin?
This dessert consists of ice cream layered between a slice of sponge cake and a covering of meringue, which is baked quickly at high heat until lightly browned.
What is Baked Alaska?
The second strongest earthquake to occur in the Americas occurred on this religious holiday in 1964, in Alaska
What is Good Friday?
This Queen song was the band’s first song that became a No.1 hit, a murderous matriarch
What is “Killer Queen”?