Wild World
The chance of a White-shelled Lobster being caught is one in ___ million.
100 million. White lobsters are the rarest lobsters int he world, and are only known to pop up once every four or five years.
What camels store in their humps.
Fatty tissue - able to be used as a reserve source of calories.
Gunpowder is considered one of the "Four Great Inventions" from this country. It was first referenced on paper in 142 AD.
China. Some ascribe the creation of Gunpowder to Wei Boyang, a Taoist alchemist. This is hard to confirm.
This mural painting technique's name is derived from the Italian word for "Fresh" and has been used across the world for centuries. Many noteworthy European Chapels were painted using this technique.
Fresco.
The first video game(s) created and sold to consumers.
Pong... and Computer Space! Which was the first arcade video game.
Johnny Cash was once almost killed by this animal.
An ostrich, named Waldo.
The length of a Goldfish's memory can last up to ___.
A few months.
The name of the Egyptian Pharoh whom tabloids in the 20th century falsely claimed had a tomb inscribed with "the Mummy's curse".
Tutunkhamun, also known as King Tut.
This artist is the face of the modern conception of the "Art Nouveau" period.
Alfons Mucha.
This video game is the best selling game to date.
Minecraft, with over 300 million copies sold.
The part of their body that Butterflies use to taste.
Their legs.
When hearing an "Eagle" call in film and television, you are actually hearing this animal.
Red-tailed hawk.
The oldest preserved human footprints found in North America are ____ years old.
21,000-23,000 years old.
Edvard Munch's famous painting "The Scream" is theorized to be inspired by this event.
The eruption of Krakatoa. However, others theorize that his "infinite scream passing through nature" was actually inspired by his proximity to a slaughterhouse.
This indie video game was gifted to the late Pope Francis in 2015 during the "Internet at the Vatican" even.
Undertale. The Pope was given a digital download code by one of the attendees.
The closest living relative to whales.
Hippopotamus.
The flash fiction story "For sale: baby shoes, never worn" was wrongly misattributed to this author decades after his death.
Ernest Hemingway. This story was first published in 1906, when Hemingway was 7 years old, and first attributed to him in 1991, 30 years after his death.
The first European to visit the Americas.
Hint: it isn't Columbus.
Leif Erikson, and possibly other Vikings before him. Ruins at L'Anse aux Meadows prove that at least one Norse settlement was built in Newfoundland.
Sculptures from these two countries used to be painted in bright paints before their pigment deteriorated and are now only remembered without their original color.
Italy (Rome) and Greece. It is also theorized that some of these statues were stripped of paint by European art collectors to suit their tastes.
This game's earliest known predecessor, called chaturanga, originated in the Gupta Empire of India over 1,500 years ago.
Chess. Chaturanga means "four divisions (of the military)"; infantry, cavalry, elephantry, and chariotry. These forms are represented by the pieces that would become our modern-day pawns, knights, bishops, and rooks.
The most murderous animal in the world, A.K.A. the animal that has killed the most of its "own" kind.
Meerkats. A staggering 20% of meerkats are killed by other meerkats.
While most kinds of fly can actually live up to 30 days, this insect has been observed to have an adult lifespan of less than 5 minutes.
Dolania, A.K.A the American Sand-burrowing Mayfly.
Eternal Flames are defined as a flame, lamp, or torch that burns for an indefinite time. Three of these flames have been burning for over 3,000 years. Name one of the countries these flames are in.
1. Iraq - Baba Gurgur, confirmed to be burning for over 4,000 years.
2. Azerbaijan - Yanar Dag, no confirmed date of ignition, but has been burning for multiple thousands of years.
3. Australia - Burning Mountain, confirmed to be burning for over 6,000 years.
This pigment, known by some as Caput Mortuum, is a rich brown in color and sits between burnt umber and raw umber in tint. It is made by mixing the namesake ingredient with white pitch and myrrh. Due to declining supplies and demand in 1915, this pigment was removed from paint catalogs in the 1950s.
Mummy Brown, also known as Egyptian Brown. This pigment was made with the flesh of Mummies from both Egypt and the Canary Islands. They could be humans or cats.
This Esport game offered the largest winning prize pool in Esport history in 2021, with a total prize pool of $40 million.
Dota 2, at the International 2021.