Category: CLEAN IT UP
Sodium bicarbonate, which is another name for this cooking ingredient, is also good for cleaning stainless steel sinks.
Baking Soda
Category: OCEAN LIFE
What is the largest animal ever known to have lived on Earth?
Whale
Category: OCEAN LIFE
What fast-swimming fish is commonly used in sushi and canned seafood
Tuna
Category: OCEAN LIFE
Which crustacean walks sideways and has a hard shell with two large pincers?
Crab
Category: E ON THE MAP
This remote Pacific Island, which was discovered on the holiday after which it is named, is the location of the large mysterious stone heads call Moai (MO•eye).
Easter Island
Category: WEIRD FOOD
If you order your beef tartare, this is the way it will be served to you.
Raw
Category: WEIRD FOOD
Escargot is a French dish, with this main ingredient cooked in butter and garlic.
Snails
Category: WEIRD FOOD
Despite its name, this is not a dairy food, but instead a cold cut made from pieces of an animal’s cheeks, tongue and other parts.
Head cheese
Category: SCIENTISTS
He is more than “relatively” famous for the equation e=mc2
Albert Einstein
Category: SCIENTISTS
Still controversial today, his book, On the Origin of Species, was published in 1859.
Charles Darwin
Category: SCIENTISTS
Dutch scientist Anton van Leeuwenhoek was the first person to see bacteria, which he called “animacules,” through this instrument he developed.
The microscope
Category: CANS AND CANTS
This popular tree nut, which looks similar to a walnut, is native to the American south and Mexican north.
Pecan
Category: CANS AND CANTS
A person who submits a formal request for an employer to consider him/her for a job.
Applicant
Category: CANS AND CANTS
This large marine bird often flies low over the water and scoops up fish in its large bill.
Pelican
Category: CANS AND CANTS
A substance that affects a person’s brain function and behaviour; alcohol is a perfect example.
Intoxicant
Category: WHAT COUNTRY’S CAPITAL IS … ?
Lisbon
Portugal
Category: WHAT COUNTRY’S CAPITAL IS … ?
Bern
Switzerland
Category: WHAT COUNTRY’S CAPITAL IS … ?
Canberra
Australia
Category: JUNE
June marks the beginning of this season in Australia.
Winter
Category: JUNE
This iridescent and usually round gem is the birthstone for June.
Pearl
Category: TABLE OF ELEMENTS
This element is an effective disinfectant and is often added to swimming pools to keep them clean and sanitary.
Chlorine
Category: TABLE OF ELEMENTS
This element has been added to table salt since 1924, originally for the purpose of reducing the incidence of goiter.
Iodine.
Iodine is now known to be a critical element for heart, nerve, and metabolic health. It’s also critical to intellectual development in babies.
Category: TABLE OF ELEMENTS
This metalloid, one of the most abundant elements on earth, is the basis of the computer industry.
Silicon
Category: TABLE OF ELEMENTS
This metal element, an excellent conductor of heat, is used in the manufacture of high quality pans and to coat the bottom of cooking pots.
Copper
Category: ENDANGERED SPECIES
In 1941, there were fewer than two dozen of this type of crane, which is the tallest bird in North America. But through careful conservation, there are roughly 800 of them today – about 200 of which are in captivity programs.
The whooping crane, which averages around 4 to 5 feet tall