Farming
In the 1990s, what illness previously thought to be confined to cattle was found to have been expanded to impact livestock, other animals, and even humans?
Mad Cow's Disease
What’s the fruity name of a flightless bird that lives in New Zealand?
Kiwi
What flower is famously associated with Vincent van Gogh’s paintings?
Sunflowers
This is the name given to the person or business accused of a crime or sued in court.
The defendant
This Ivy League school calls New Haven, Connecticut, home.
Yale University
Aside from a billy, what other “B” word can be used to describe a male goat?
Buck
Like many other birds, the feathers on an owl’s body replace themselves about once a year. What’s the name of the process?
Molting
Which of the following plants are not carnivorous?
A. The Snapdragon
B. The Pitcher Plant
C. The Corkscrew Plant
D. The Cobra Lily
A. The Snapdragon
This occurs when a lawyer questions the opposing party to test their truthfulness.
cross-examination
This university’s mascot is the Buckeyes.
The Ohio State University
What agricultural machine, sometimes called a harvester, gets its name from the fact that it merges four different farming techniques? These are reaping, threshing, gathering, and winnowing.
Combine
Sung by Julie Andrews, "Feed the Birds (Tuppence a Bag)" is a song from what classic Disney movie musical of 1964?
Mary Poppins
The name of which central European flower can be directly translated as ‘noble white’ in English?
Edelweiss
A request made to a higher court to review a decision made by a lower court.
An appeal
Where is the University of Michigan's campus located?
Ann Arbor, Michigan
What agricultural science is concerned with field crop production and soil management, including plant genetics, plant physiology, meteorology, and soil science?
Agronomy
In the biblical story of the great flood, Noah sent out two birds of different types from the Ark post-flood. Which two types of birds were they?
Dove and Raven
The Iranian spice saffron is derived from what type of flower?
Crocus
This amendment provides the right to due process, protection against double jeopardy, and self-incrimination.
The 5th Amendment
This school’s football team is the Sooners.
University of Oklahoma
The number 13-13-13 in the name of the popular fertilizer indicates that it includes thirteen percent each of nitrogen, potassium, and what third element, important for root production and energy production?
Phosphorous
A Dutch painting of the titular bird is saved from an art museum bombing by a 13-year-old boy in what 2013 Donna Tartt novel, which won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction?
Goldfinch
What flower’s name comes from the Ancient Greek for ‘water jar’?
Hydrangea
This document formally notifies a defendant that they are being sued.
A Summons
This school’s colors are crimson and white, and it’s in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Harvard University