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100

How many colours are in a rainbow?

Seven

100

How long does each season last on Neptune?

More than 40 years

100

What is the name of the pet dinosaur on the TV cartoon "The Flintstones"?

Dino

100

What was the name of the high school in "Grease"?

Rydell High

100

What is the base ingredient of gummy bears?

Gelatin

200

Which freezes faster: hot or cold water?

Thanks to the Mpemba effect, hot water freezes faster

200

What is the only planet in our solar system to rotate clockwise on its axis?

A) Jupitar

B) Mars

C) Venus

D) Saturn

C) Venus

200

What was Beaver Cleaver's real name on Leave It to Beaver?

Theodore

200

In the movie The Nightmare Before Christmas what is Jack Skellington's dog's name?

Zero

200

Which spice is derived from the Crocus flower and is one of the most expensive spices in the world?

Saffron

300

What is the only U.S. state that can be typed in using only one row of a standard "QWERTY" keyboard?

Alaska

300

Who was the first Canadian woman in space?

Dr. Roberta Bondar

300

Which coffeehouse did Ross, Rachel, Monica, Chandler, Phoebe and Joey hang out in on Friends?

Central Perk

300

Which shoe did Cinderella leave behind at the ball?

Left

300


Celery root

400

What do you call the visible part of the rivet commonly found on the pockets of jeans?

Th burr

400

What is the distance from earth to the sun?

A) 20 million miles

B) 93 million miles

C) 150 million kilometers

D) 100 million kilometers

both B) and C) 93 million miles (or 150 million kilometers)

400

Joseph Fordon-Levitt got his big break on what sitcom?

Third Rock From the Sun

400

In Harry Potter, how many staircases are located in Hogwarts?

A) 142

B) 100

C) 20

D) 150

A)142

400

Which chocolate bar is the global bestseller?

Snickers

500

Relative to the internet, what does "URL" stand for?

A) Uniform Resource Locator

B) User Research List

C) Usable Reference Label

A) Uniform Resource Locator

500

What notable astronomer penned the 1980 best-selling book "Cosmos?"

A) Carl Sagan

B) Chris Hadfield

C) Neil Armstrong

D) Neil deGrasse Tyson

A) Carl Sagan

500

What is the fictional ciry in which Parks and Recreation takes place?

Pawnee, Indiana

500

What highly acclaimed Richard Linklater drama was filmed over and produced over 12 years?

Boyhood

500

What makes broth different than stock?

Broth is made with meat while stock is made with bones

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