Roots
This common root vegetable is long, orange, and loved by rabbits
"What is a carrot?"
This ratio allows a car to backup
"What is reverse gear?"
This planet known as the "Evening Star" is Earth's closest neighbor
"What is Venus?"
This percentage of Earth's surface is covered by water
"What is 71%?"
In 1903, these bicycle mechanics achieved the first powered flight
"Who are the Wright brothers?"
The world's most consumed root vegetable, this starchy tuber originated in Peru
"What is a potato?"
Found in manual transmissions, this device lets you change gears smoothly
"What is a clutch?"
This constellation includes the North Star and looks like a small dipper
"What is Ursa Minor?"
The deepest known point on Earth lies in this Pacific Ocean trench
"What is the Mariana Trench?"
First person to reach both poles, this Norwegian explored from 1893-1928
"Who is Roald Amundsen?"
Native to Southeast Asia, this spicy rhizome adds kick to stir-fries
"What is ginger?"
Most automatic transmissions have 8-10 of these forward motion settings
"What are gear ratios?"
The brightest star in our night sky, it's part of Canis Major
"What is Sirius?"
This Great Lake, shared by 4 states, is the only one entirely within U.S. borders
"What is Lake Michigan?"
This 1927 silent film was the first feature-length motion picture with synchronized sound
"What is The Jazz Singer?"
Also called 'German turnip', this round brassica root is purple or green
"What is kohlrabi?"
This helical gear type, shaped like a worm, provides high reduction ratios
"What is a worm gear?"
This red supergiant in Orion's shoulder is 700 times larger than our sun
"What is Betelgeuse?"
The second-longest river in Africa, it flows through 11 countries
"What is the Congo River?"
The DAILY DOUBLE!
First woman to win a Nobel Prize, she won in both Physics and Chemistry
"Who is Marie Curie?"
This red root from the amaranth family gives borscht its distinctive color
"What is beet?"
This complex gear system, using sun and planet gears, is found in hybrid cars
"What is a planetary gear set?"
First photographed in 2019, this space phenomenon is 55 million light-years away
"What is the M87 black hole?"
This sea, bordered by Israel and Jordan, has a salinity of 34%
"What is the Dead Sea?"
This 1946 computer at UPenn was the first general-purpose electronic computer
"What is ENIAC?"