Wild but True
This long-necked animal is the tallest land animal.
What is a giraffe?
Dorothy, the Scarecrow, the Tin Woodman, and the Cowardly Lion appear in this classic story.
What is The Wonderful Wizard of Oz?
This star sits at the center of our solar system.
What is the Sun?
This is the world’s largest continent.
What is Asia?
This Halloween tradition sends children door to door in costumes to collect candy.
What is trick-or-treating?
This is the only mammal capable of true flight.
What is a bat?
Lewis Carroll wrote this famous adventure featuring a girl named Alice.
What is Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland?
This is the largest planet in our solar system.
What is Jupiter?
This mountain on the Nepal–China border is the highest in the world.
What is Mount Everest?
This nut is the fruit of an oak tree and typically ripens in autumn.
What is an acorn?
This tiny bird can hover and even fly backward.
What is a hummingbird?
J. M. Barrie is the original author behind this classic character who refuses to grow up.
Who is Peter Pan?
These are the only two planets in our solar system with no moons.
What are Mercury and Venus?
This desert covering much of northern Africa is the world’s largest hot desert.
What is the Sahara?
Trees that shed their leaves each year are described by this word.
What are deciduous trees?
This eight-armed sea animal has three hearts and blue blood.
What is an octopus?
Frances Hodgson Burnett wrote this story about an orphan who discovers a locked garden.
What is The Secret Garden?
This dwarf planet has five moons, including a large moon named Charon.
What is Pluto?
This tiny independent country is completely surrounded by Rome.
What is Vatican City?
This orange-and-black butterfly travels south toward central Mexico during its fall migration.
What is the monarch butterfly?
These are the only two types of mammals that lay eggs.
What are the platypus and echidna?
Mowgli, Kaa, and Rikki-Tikki-Tavi appear in this Rudyard Kipling classic.
What is The Jungle Book?
Of the colors visible to the human eye, this one has the shortest wavelength.
What is violet?
Despite its name, this body of water between Israel and Jordan is actually a landlocked salt lake.
What is the Dead Sea?
The name “Halloween” evolved from this phrase meaning the evening before All Saints’ Day.
What is All Hallows’ Eve?