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What really important event happened on July 20th, 1969 that was
"out of this world"?
A. Sheila was born
B. Time stopped for two seconds
C. Apollo 11 landed on the Moon
Apollo 11 landed on the Moon
Where did the first human civilization live over 6,000 years ago?
A. Sesame Street
B. Mesopotamia
C. The Nina, the Pinta,and the Santa Maria
D. SEEM Collaborative
B, Mesopotamia (present-day Iraq)
Which staff has the most relatives that work/have worked at SEEM, including their daughters and son?
Cristina
What’s the smallest country in the world?
A. Vatican City
B. Rhode Island
C. Madison Square Garden
D. Iceland
A, Vatican City. The country is only 0.19 square miles.
The Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci is on display
in which Paris museum?
A. The Louvre
B. Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art
C. EPCOT
D. French's Mustard Museum
The Louvre
How can you tell the age of a horse?
A. The length of its tail
B. By asking it, duh!
C. By counting how many times it blinks in one minute
D. The lines on its teeth
D, the Lines on its Teeth. This is where the saying “don’t look a gift horse in the mouth” comes from.
What animal hibernates the longest?
A. Bears
B. Snail
C. 8th graders
D. Pigeons
Snail! Snails can hibernate up to 3 years! You would know this if you read the bulletin boards in the hall
Which staff is going to Harvard to become a doctor?
A. Stephanie
B. Kristen in Lauri's room
C. Tara in Meghan's room
C. Tara
What is the only food that never goes bad?
A. Honey
B. Milk
C. Pickles
D. Rice
A, Honey. Archaeologists found 3,000-year-old honey in Egypt that was still edible!
How many miles is a full marathon?
A. 13.1
B. 2,000
C. 26.2
D. 99
C, 26.2. Rumor is, in 1908, Queen Alexandra wanted the marathon to start at Windsor Castle and finish at the Olympic stadium. It was exactly 26.2 miles.
On which day of the week are workers most statistically likely to call in sick?
A. Monday
B. Tuesday
C. Nobody ever calls in sick
D. Friday
Monday
What is the name of the little dot seen above the ‘j’ and the ‘i’?
A. A Dot
B. A Tittle
C. A Jot
D. A Spot
A Tittle. The cross seen in ‘t’ is called a jot, so make sure to jot your t’s and tittle your i’s
What are the names of the TWO lovely women who serve your breakfast and lunch here?
Cheryl and Laurey
Which US President had a pet alligator?
A. John F. Kennedy
B. George Jefferson
C. John Quincy Adams
D. Joe Strummer
John Quincy Adams
What does BMW stand for?
A. Bavarian Motor Works
B. Be My Wife
C. Boston Motorcycle Wheels
D. Big Mysterious Warbler
Bavarian Motor Works
What is the national animal of Scotland?
A. Sheep
B. Nessie
C. Unicorn
D. Otter
Unicorn
Hippotherapy is not the act of using hippos for therapy or giving therapy to hippos, but rather, a therapeutic process using which animal?
A. Guide Dogs
B. Feral cats
C. Rabbits
D. Horses
Horses
Which staff used to be a gymnast and could do back flips?
Nicole
According to the Guinness Book of World Records, the certified hottest pepper in the world is what?
A. Jalapeno
B. Carolina Reaper
C. Habanero
D. Dragon’s Breath
Carolina Reaper
The company Nintendo was founded in what year?
A. 1889
B. 1936
C. 1965
D. 1979
A 1889 (Strange but true! Nintendo began not as a video game company, but as a playing card company in Japan!)
A shiver is the collective term for which type of animal?
A. Polar Bears
B. Sharks
C. Inch worms
D. Lemmings
Sharks
Q: How many zeros are in one googol?
A. 1,000,000
B. 10,000
C. 1,000
D. 100
100
Which staff tried, unsuccessfully, to learn the bagpipes?
A. Gia
B. Eric
C. Doug
Doug
Citizens of 19th Century Ireland carved jack-o-lanterns not out of pumpkins, but out of which vegetable?
A. Turnips
B. Radishes
C. Carrots
D. Potatoes
Turnips
In 2012, Ikea trended online after a picture of what kind of animal was spotted and photographed in one of its stores?
A. Bear
B. Sloth
C. Kangaroo
D. Monkey
Monkey