Storms
Rain, snow, sleet, freezing rain, and hail are all examples of what?
Precipitation
True or false? The weight of all insects on Earth outweighs the weight of all eight billion humans on Earth.
True (1 billion tonnes vs 400 million tonnes)
What is the state capital of Illinois? (50pts each for naming any of its previous two capitals)
Springfield (Vandalia, Kaskaskia)
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True or false? Lightning can be hotter than the Sun.
True
Multiple types of insects are known for having "queens" that rule over colonies. For 100pts each, name two of them.
Ants, bees, termites, wasps; some aphids, thrips, and one species of ambrosia beetle
The flag of Illinois depicts what large predatory bird, which is also the symbol of the USA?
Bald eagle
Though not the first ever character created by Walt Disney, what talking mouse starred in a 1930 cartoon that helped propel Disney to fame? (100pts extra for naming that cartoon)
Mickey Mouse (Steamboat Willie)
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What cloud type is commonly associated with thunderstorms?
Cumulonimbus (also acceptable: mammatus, wall, shelf, funnel)
Of these so-called "bugs", which one is actually an insect?
A. centipede
B. millipede
C. moth
D. roly-poly/isopod
Moth
For 100pts each, and up to 300pts, name a town/city in Champaign County that is not Champaign or Urbana.
Bondville, Broadlands, Fisher, Foosland, Gifford, Homer, Ivesdale, Lake of the Woods, Longview, Ludlow, Mahomet, Ogden, Penfield, Pesotum, Philo, Rantoul, Royal, Sadorus, Savoy, Seymour, Sidney, St. Joseph, Thomasboro, Tolono
Hei-Hei the rooster, Tamatoa the crab, Pua the pig, and Maui the shapeshifter are all from what Disney movie?
Moana
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Hurricane Katrina is most famous for the destruction it caused in what city of Louisiana?
New Orleans
Though plenty of insects have evolved to eat it, what butterfly's caterpillar is the most famous consumer of milkweed?
Monarch
Four US Presidents have been from Illinois: the 16th, the 18th, the 40th, and the 44th. For 100pts each, name these Presidents. For an extra 100pts, name who was the only one to actually be born in Illinois.
Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant, Ronald Reagan, Barack Obama (Reagan)
Who was the first Disney princess?
Snow White
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The Enhanced Fujita Scale measures the intensity of what phenomenon associated with storms?
Tornadoes
With wingspans at around a foot across, what type of insects are the largest flying insects in the world?
Moths
What year did Illinois become a state?
1818
What Disney cartoon for little kids was my favorite when I was little, featuring The Great Big Book of Everything about all the animals in the world?
Stanley
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