Health/Body
What is the correct term for the inflammation of one's gums?
Gingivitis
What is the chemical name for salt?
Sodium Chloride
What is on your tongue that allows you to taste the differences in different foods?
Taste buds
Luxury vehicles such as Ferrari, Maserati, and Lamborghini are manufactured in what country?
Italy
Cinco de Mayo is a celebration of the Mexican defeat of which nation?
France
What are the small spots called occasionally seen in your field of vision?
Floaters
Which element has the chemical symbol Ca?
Calcium
What candy bar was named after a horse?
Snickers. In 1930, Mars introduced Snickers, named after the favorite horse of the Mars family.
What majestic mountain range is found in Switzerland?
Alps
On Jan. 16, 1920, what began in the United States as the 18th Amendment?
Prohibition
What is the most common contaminant found in fish?
Mercury
How many elements are there in the periodic table?
118
What do you call champagne mixed with orange juice?
Mimosa
Mount Fuji is the highest point in what country?
Japan
Where in the US is there a town called Monkey's Eyebrow?
Ballard County, Ketucky.
Monkey's Eyebrow is a rural unincorporated community in Ballard County, Kentucky, United States.
Sugars like glucose and fructose provide instant energy boosts that are known as what?
Simple carbohydrates
What is the lightest element in the periodic table?
Hydrogen
From which food group should you eat the most daily servings?
Grain
What country is bordered by Somalia, Ethiopia, Tanzania and Uganda?
Kenya
From which country did the United States purchase Alaska?
Russia
What region of the brain controls appetite?
The Hypothalamus
What element gives the diamond its blue color?
Boron
What soft drink giant opened a bottling factory in Afghanistan in 2006?
Coca-Cola
Eleven percent of what island country is covered by glaciers?
Iceland
What was the first Christian country in Africa?
Ethiopia