Pregnancy
Infancy
Fatherhood
Animal Kingdom
100

The standard 12 week-long divisions of pregnancy

What is a Trimester?

100

This is the first sensation that develops in-utero.

What is touch?
100

These chromosomes from dad determine the gender of the baby

What are the X and Y chromosomes?

100

The animal with the longest gestation period of any mammal, lasting about 18 to 22 months.

What is an elephant?

200

These uncomfortable but harmless sensations are often called "false labor"

What are Braxton Hicks contractions?

200

After "momma" or "dadda" this is the most common "first word" spoken by babies.

What is "no"?

200

This hormone decreases significantly in men when they become fathers, correlating with increased parental involvement.

What is testosterone?

200

This animal holds the record for the shortest gestation period of any mammal, at just 12 to 14 days.

What is an opossum?

300

This is a temporary organ that develops during pregnancy

What is the placenta?

300

This is an involuntary newborn reflex where a baby's fingers automatically grip an object (like your finger) placed in their palm

What is the palmar grasp reflex?

300

This large scale unemployment event caused 2.2 million U.S. fathers to become stay-at-home-dads

What is the Great Recession (or the 2008 Financial Crisis)

300

These are the only male animals to become pregnant

What are seahorses?

400

During pregnancy, the fetus is suspended in this fluid filled membrane within the uterus

What is the amniotic sac?

400

These structures remain soft to allow brain growth and passage through the birth canal

What are fontanelles, or soft spots?

400

The traditional gift for Father's Day, which an estimated 20 million are given each year

What is a tie?

400

These insects stay with their offspring until they reach adulthood.

What are cockroaches?

500

Pregnancy tests detect this hormone

What is human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG)?

500

This is the estimated number of bones babies are born with.

What is ~300?

500

This president signed Father's Day into law as an official holiday.

Who is Richard Nixon?

500

These animals stay with their mothers for life, only leaving for a few hours at a time to mate or hunt.

What are orcas?

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