Talking Turkey
Animal Idioms
Dog Days of this Summer
Herding
"Cats"
"Cats"
Mammals
Animal Geography
100
This "historic" piece of furniture, used by sultans and their commanders, is an upholstered seat or bench without arms or a back.
What is an ottoman?
100
Whoa - Wait and be patient
What is hold your horses?
100
This receding waters of this largest reservoir in the US has made news because four skeletal remains were discovered. Some wonder if it is due to the Mafia.
What is Lake Mead?
100
This 8 letter word denotes a specifically defined division in a system of classification.
What is a category?
100
This is the most common mammal presently on Earth that is able to be counted.
What is the human? Cows are not a close second.
unknown number of rodents, bats, squirrels, fox
100
This Tennessee town is in the foothills of the Smoky Mountains but you won't see any fowl working with iron.
What is Pigeon Forge?
200
In 1930, the name of the capital city was officially changed from this to Istanbul.
What is Constantinople?
200
A person who is excited about doing certain work. This could be damming.
What is an eager beaver?
200
This national park is now reopened after major damage from flooding in June.
What is Yellowstone?
200
A boat with two parallel hulls or floats, often a sailboat with a mast.
What is a catamaran?
200
The dromedary is more commonly known as this.
What is the camel?
200
This geographic and cultural region with the Canadian province of Newfoundland is going to the dogs.
What is Labrador?
300
The name of Turkey's currency was abandoned by the Italians, but remains the official unit in Turkey.
What is the lira?
300
I heard something (usually secretive or unknown) from someone not named.
What is a little bird told me?
300
Europe has suffered record wildfires with this Atlantic coastal country suffering the worse.
What is Spain?
The fires have destroyed 244,924 hectares of land, followed by Romania (150,528 hectares) and Portugal (77,292 hectares).
300
Military machines used for hurling missiles such as large stones or spears.
What is a catapult?
300
Bovine is a term related to cattle and caprine is a term relating to this common farm animal.
What is a goat?
300
This European group of islands is not going to the birds but its early name, Canariae Insulae, denotes this mammal.
What are dogs?
400
There are 82,693 of this type of structure in Turkey, most have minarets.
What are mosques?
400
This phrase means for a very long time and happens in many fields.
What is until the cows come home?
400
This is one of the best meteor showers to observe, producing up to 60 meteors per hour at its peak. It is produced by comet Swift-Tuttle, which was discovered in 1862. It lasts until August 24.
What the The Perseids?
400
A state of muscular rigidity, stereotyped mannerisms, and refusal to communicate that is associated with schizophrenia.
What is catatonia?
400
This characteristic of all mammals allow them to have endothermic or warm-blooded metabolism.
What is fur?
400
This area of Cuba was the scene of a national crisis during the sixties.
What is the Bay of Pigs?
500
Turkey is bordered by three seas. Name two of them.
What are the Mediterranean Sea, The Black Sea, and the Aegean Sea?
500
Face a challenge or danger boldly (Like a matador).
What is take the bull by the horns?
500
On June 14, this supermoon gave quite a show. It is commonly known by this fruity name.
What is the Strawberry Moon?
500
Twelve letter compound word that denotes an expression consisting of two or more words that is a favorite saying of a group or sect.
What is a catchphrase?
500
Monotremes are different from other mammals because they lay eggs. They provide milk for their young by being secreted by many pores on the female's belly. Name a common existing monotreme.
What is the platypus or echidnas or anteater?
500
This Caribbean island has come out if its shell and was the first significant establishment of the Buccaneers.
What is Tortuga?
1000
Bonus Jeopardy
Don't Count the Years, Make the Years Count!
1000
Put the following mammals in order of the shortest to the longest lifespan.
A. Gorilla
B. Human
C. Hedgehog
D. Bowhead whale
E. Elephant
C. Hedgehog - 3 years
A. Gorilla - 35 years
E. Elephant 56 years
B. Human - 80 years
D. Bowhead whale - 200 years