Potent Potables
WORLD CAPITALS
FAMOUS FIRSTS
SCIENCE & NATURE
WORD PLAY
100

This drink is made by brewing coffee beans.

What is coffee?

100

The capital of the United States.

What is Washington, D.C.?

100

The first president of the United States.

Who is George Washington?

100

Water freezes at this temperature in degrees Celsius.

What is 0?

100

A word with the same meaning as another word.

What is a synonym?

200

This morning drink is often made with orange juice.

What is a mimosa?

200

The capital of France.

(What is Paris?)

200

The first man to walk on the Moon.

Who is Neil Armstrong?

200

Humans breathe in this gas to survive.

What is oxygen?

200

A word that means the opposite of another word

What is an antonym?

300

Tequila, triple sec, and lime juice make up this cocktail.

What is a margarita?

300

Canberra is the capital of this country.

What is Australia?

300

He became the first African American U.S. president.

Who is Barack Obama?

300

The process by which plants make food using sunlight.

What is photosynthesis?

300

Words that sound the same but have different meanings.

What are homophones?

400

This Italian coffee drink means “stained milk.”

What is a macchiato?

400

This city is the capital of Canada

(What is Ottawa?

400

This inventor is credited with the first practical telephone.

Who is Alexander Graham Bell?

400

This planet is known as the Red Planet

What is Mars?

400

A word or phrase that reads the same forward and backward.

What is a palindrome?

500

This cocktail combines whiskey, sugar, bitters, and citrus.

What is an Old Fashioned?

500

The capital of Iceland.

What is Reykjavík?

500

She was the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic.

Who is Amelia Earhart?

500

The hardest natural substance on Earth.

What is diamond?

500

A phrase that contradicts itself, like “jumbo shrimp.”

What is an oxymoron?

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