Jeopardy August 15

August Trivia

100

1. What famous poet known for his Leaves of Grass was born on August 31, 1819?
   
   
   

Answer: Walt Whitman  DD**

200

1. What famous mother and humanitarian died on August 5, 1962?
   
   

 

 

Answer: Mother Teresa

DD**

300

What iconic structure was completed in August 1884?

 

 


 

Answer: The Statue of Liberty DD**

400

1. What is the name of the full moon in August?
   
   
   

Answer: Sturgeon

500

1. On August 6, 2012, what NASA rover landed on Mars?
    
   
   

 

 

Answer: Curiosity

600

1. On August 28, 1963, where did Martin Luther King Jr. deliver his ‘I Have a Dream’ speech?

 

 

Answer: At the Lincoln memorial in Washington, DC

Health Trivia

100

• How many times does the human heartbeat per day on average?

  
  
  
  

 

• A: The human heart beats around 100,000 times per day.Answer: Hockey.

  
  DD**

200

1. Which organ in the human body is responsible for producing insulin?

    
    

 
 

A: The pancreas produces insulin to regulate blood sugar levels.

DD**

300

• Which vitamin is essential for blood clotting?

  
  
   

 



 

• A: Vitamin K is essential for proper blood clotting. DD**

400

• Which mineral is essential for proper thyroid function?

  
   

 

 

 

• A: Iodine is essential for proper thyroid function.

500

• Which vitamin is essential for the absorption of iron?

  
   
  
   
  
   

• A: Vitamin C helps with the absorption of iron in the body.
   

600

• Which mineral is essential for proper carbohydrate metabolism?

   
  
   
  
   

A: Manganese is essential for proper carbohydrate metabolism.

Geography

100

1. . Israel and which other country border the Dead Sea? This country’s name comes from the river which defines most of its north-western border.

   
   

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Answer: Jordan

DD**

200

• Fittingly, what is the name of the 190-feet-deep, 6-mile-long body of water in Cameron, Montana created by a seismic event?

  
  

  
  

 

Answer: Earthquake Lake DD**

300

1. Lithuania lies on the Eastern shore of what Atlantic-adjacent sea that some think is named after the Latin word for “belt”?

   
   

   
   
   

 

 
 
 

 

 DD**

Answer: Baltic Sea

400

1. The Himalayas, the Ghats and the Karakoram are mountain ranges in which country that is named after a river?

   
   

Answer: India

500

1. To honor a man who became more famous as the namesake for a popular food, Captain Cook gave what name to the islands now known as Hawaii?

   
   
   

 

 

 

Answer: Sandwich islands

600

1.  If you head directly south from San Diego, what border town resort will be the first city you hit in Mexico?

   
   

   
   

   
   

   
   
   
   
   

 

 
 
 
 
 

Answer: Tijuana

Music

100

• Which musical instrument is known as the ‘king of instruments’?
  
   
   

 
 

 
 

Organ DD**

200

• Which artist is known for painting his face with a star around his eye?
  
   
   

 
 

 
 
 

• Kiss

   DD**

300

1. What was the original name of The Beatles?
   
    
   
    
   
    
    
   
   
   

The Quarryman DD**

400

1. Which song starts with the line ‘Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy?’
   
    

 
 

 
 
 
 

Bohemian Rhapsody DD**

500

1. Who composed the four seasons?

   
   

   
    

   
   
   
   

 

 
 

Antonio Vivaldi

600

•  Which famous singer is known as the ‘Queen of Pop’?

Madonna

Animal

100

1. Question: Which animal baby can gain up to 250 pounds per day?
    
   
    

 

Answer: Blue whale

DD**

200

1.  Question: What animal produces mohair?
   

   
   
   

 

 

Answer: Angora goat  DD**

300

1. Question: What is the only insect that can turn its head 180 degrees?
    
   

   
   

Answer: Praying mantis DD**

400

1. Question: What does a snake use to taste and smell?
    
   

   
   

 

 

Answer: The roof of its mouth

500

1. Question: How do sea otters keep from drifting apart while they sleep?
   
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Answer: They hold hands

600

1. Question: Where on the body are a crab’s taste buds?
    
   

   
   

 

 

Answer: Its toes

Extra Points all 700

100

1. Question: Where are a cricket’s ears located?
   

   
   
   
   
   

• Answer: On the tibia of its forelegs

200

1.  Question: How many heart chambers does a cockroach have?
   

   get within 2
   
   
   

 
 
 
 

 

Answer: 13

300

1. Question: How many species of sea urchin are there?
   Get within 50 
   
   

   
   

   
    
   
   
   

 

Answer: 950

400

• Who is known as the ‘Godfather of Soul’?
  
  
  
  
  
  

 

 

 
 

James Brown

500

• "Hand of the Desert" is a giant sculpture of a hand reaching out of the sand, standing more than 35 feet tall in the Chilean portion of what desert?

  
   
  
   

 

• Answer: Atacama

600

1. Before being named August, what was this month originally called in the Roman calendar?
   
   

 

Answer: Sextilis