Food
What vegetable is used to make French fries?
Potato
In what classic work of children's literature do the characters Mike, Veruca, Violet, Augustus, and Charlie get a tour of a confectionery manufacturing facility?
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Which appealing yellow fruit is slightly radioactive due to its high potassium content?
Banana
What is the scientific name for cats?
Feline
What are the four operations on a four-function calculator?
Addition, subtraction, multiplication, division
Which fruit is classified botanically as a berry?
Banana
A young boy takes a train to the North Pole on Christmas Eve in what classic 1985 children's book by Chris Van Allsburg?
Polar Express
Nikola Tesla had an idea that you could harness power in the air because water drops get transferred to dust particles and create hygroelectricity, which is what kind of “clingy” electricity that can make your hair stand on end?
Static
In 1859, the United States and Britain nearly went to war over the shooting of what common, domesticated animal on San Juan Island in Washington? The incident would not be formally resolved until 1871, when the final boundary between the US and Canada was settled, with the San Juan Islands becoming US territory.
Pig
What is 6+24/6?
10
What fruit is known as the “king of fruits” in many countries?
Mango.
You get a book! You get a book! You get a book! For 15 years, starting in 1996, what daytime talk show megastar’s book club recommended a total of 70 books leading to total sales of over 55 million copies?
Opra Winfrey
What element, atomic number 3 on the periodic table, is an essential component of batteries often used to store harvested solar energy?
Lithium
Due to being classified as prey, and thus needing extra defensive abilities, sheep and goats' eyes have pupils of what shape?
What is the Pythagorean theorem?
a2+b2=c2
What is the most consumed manufactured drink in the world?
Tea.
What 1897 novel sees Abraham Van Helsing chasing down the title character in his namesake castle in modern-day Romania?
Dracula
The chemical formula of water is H2O; the compound H2O2, which can be used in hair bleaches, is typically referred to by what two-word name?
Hydrogen Peroxide
An emblem of the island nation to which it is endemic, which non-flying bird is unique in having external nostrils at the tip of its beak?
Kiwi
Obelus is the name for what basic operation sign?
Division
When was the Hershey’s Kiss introduced?
1907
"The Pittsburgh Cycle" consists of 10 plays about the Black American experience, including "Fences" and "The Piano Lesson," by what playwright?
August Wilson
What synthetic chemical element, atomic number 104, is named after a famous New Zealand physicist?
Rutherfordium
What animal, related to the mongoose, is only found in the Madagascar Islands and is the main natural predator of the lemur?
The Fossa
What is the entire quadratic formula?
x=(−b±b2−4ac)/2a