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Potpourri
100
Opie grew into this Oscar-winning director and cofounder of one of most successful production companies in Hollywood.
Who is Ron Howard?
100
This teenage amateur sleuth appears in a series of ghostwritten books by a number of authors, published under the collective pseudonym Carolyn Keene.
Who is Nancy Drew?
100
This is the largest and longest river entirely within India, stretching 2,525 km. It originates in the Uttarakhand Himalayas and empties into the Bay of Bengal.
What is the Ganges?
100
Named for a state, this dessert pie typically contains a gooey chocolate sauce, brownie and chocolate custard on top of a crumbly chocolate crust.
What is Mississippi Mud Pie?
100
These (usually) ginger cuties are from Northern Scotland and evolved traits needed to survive the region's challenging environment, including long coats, curved horns, and a solid body.
What are Highland cows?
100
The Boar's Head Inn at Eastcheap was used as a location by this famous playwright; Falstaff was a frequent visitor.
Who is Shakespeare?
100
This slippery, gel-like substance is produced by membranes in the respiratory, digestive, and urogenital tracts, as well as the eyes and ears. Made mostly of water, proteins, and salts, it acts as a crucial protective barrier to trap dust, bacteria, and viruses, while keeping delicate tissues moist and lubricated.
What is Mucus?
100
This board game came out in 1949 and featured characters named .Lord Licorice and Queen Frostine
What is Candy Land?
100
This fictional character, son of Kanga, was created in 1926 by A. A. Milne and was first featured in the book Winnie-the-Pooh.
Who is Roo?
200
As George Costanza in Seinfeld, this actor made short, partially bald men part of sitcom history. His relatable neuroses and wit made the look iconic.
Who is Jason Alexander?
200
This Edgar Allan Poe story is generally considered to be the first modern detective story.
What is Murders at the Rue Morgue?
200
Formerly called Bombay; this financial center on the West coast of India is the largest city in the country.
What is Mumbai?
200
The 'holy trinity' of Cajun and Creole cooking consists of onion, celery, and this essential aromatic vegetable
What are green bell peppers?
200
This American artist's paintings include "Cow's Skull: Red, White, and Blue"
Who is Georgia O'Keeffe?
200
Located at 133 Free St, this is recognized as Portland’s oldest bar, claiming an opening date of 1872.
What is Mathew’s Pub?
200
Gelatinous blobs, found in this wet western state in 1994, rained down in clumps the size of rice grains. Their true origin remains a mystery, but theories include smashed bits of jellyfish or human waste from an airplane.
What is Washington?
200
These colorful interlocking plastic bricks were first released in 1949.
What are LEGO?
200
A plectrum is a small flat tool, more commonly known as this.
What is a guitar pick?
300
These mute and painted stage performers use baldness to preserve the anonymity of their members. The group was founded in NYC in 1987.
Who are the Blue Man Group?
300
This often inebriated detective duo are the main protagonists of Dashiell Hammett’s classic novel The Thin Man.
Who are Nick and Nora Charles?
300
Considered a symbol of power, strength, and grace, this national animal holds significant cultural and ecological importance in India. Its an apex predator that plays a top-down role in controlling herbivores.
What is a tiger?
300
This U.S. state officially designated itself as the "Birthplace of Sweet Tea" in 2003.
What is South Carolina?
300
This is the most common breed of cow in the U.S. Starting with H, their spot patterns are like fingerprints in humans, no two are alike. Farmers use this fact to protect herds from theft.
What is Holstein?
300
The Three Broomsticks is located in Hogsmeade; its famous for its frothy butter beer, warm atmosphere and is a popular hang out for students at this school of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
What is Hogwarts?
300
This translucent, gelatinous substance is sometimes found on grass or trees. Scientists believe it is either slime mold or the remains of frog or toad spawn regurgitated by birds.
What is Star Jelly?
300
The object of this game, which hit the market in 1948, was to roll a die or spinner and be the first to get all the parts you need to assemble an insect.
What is Cootie?
300
This quested-for treasure of Greek myth was the skin of the winged ram Chrysomallos.
What is the Golden Fleece?
400
This late Irish singer songwriter shaved her head to thumb her nose at the beauty standards expected by her record company. in 1992, she advocated for children abused by the Catholic church by ripping up a photo of the pope on live television.
Who is Sinead O'Connor?
400
This disheveled cigar-smoking Los Angeles homicide detective was first portrayed on television by Peter Falk in 1968.
Who is Columbo?
400
Though the country does not have an officially designated national sport, they have won 8 Olympic gold medals in this sport.
What is field hockey?
400
These(start with V) are a premium, specific type of sweet onion that can only be legally grown and harvested in 20 designated counties in and around a city in Georgia that shares its name. (also the name of a country song by Slammin' Sammy Kershaw)
What are Vidalias?
400
Perhaps the most famous cow in American history was owned by Mrs O'Leary. The cow is accused of burning down what this American city. The cow has since been exonorated.
What is Chicago?
400
There are at least 34 Red Lion pubs in Britain. Karl Marx and Frederick Engels drafted this text in one of them in late 1847.
What is the Communist Manifesto?
400
Named after the green, trouble-causing slime in a Dr. Seuss book, mixing 2 parts cornstarch to 1 part water yields this gooey, non-Newtonian fluid which behaves like a thick liquid when handled gently, but temporarily turns into a hard, solid-like material when struck or squeezed.
What is Oobleck?
400
Play-Doh" was non-toxic and less messy than regular modeling clay for young sculptors. It was originally designed to clean this decorative household item.
What is Wallpaper?
400
A gnomon is the raised rod, pin, or triangular blade on this timepiece.
What is a sundial?
500
The U.S. congresswoman from the Massachusetts 7th district made headlines when she revealed her journey with alopecia areata. Her full bald look, paired with her professionalism, has empowered countless women facing the same condition.
Who is Ayanna Pressley?
500
Shawn Spencer is the pseudo-psychic protagonist of this series (that ran from 2006-2014) who starts a psychic detective agency together with his best friend Burton "Gus" Guster.
500
Starting with P, this is a Hindi and Sanskrit word that translates to "province," "region," or "state". It is frequently combined with a directional or descriptive prefix to designate a state's name and its literal geographical characteristics.
What is Pradesh?
500
Beginning in the 1950s, Stumphouse Mountain Tunnel in Walhalla SC, was used by this university (go Tigers!) to grow blue cheese. In the 1970s the blue cheese operation was relocated to air-conditioned rooms where the tunnel environment was duplicated.
What is Clemson?
500
Emissions from cows are a major source of this greenhouse gas, though scientists at UC Davis have found that feeding cows seaweed can reduce the gas by 80%.
What is Methane?
500
Built in 1775 in Baltimore, The Horse You Came In On is the oldest continuously operating saloon in America. It was reportedly the last place that this author was seen before his unexpected death.
Who is Edgar Allan Poe?
500
A symbiotic culture of bacteria and yeast (or SCOBY) is a culinary symbiotic fermentation culture used in the production of sour foods like this fermented tea beverage.
What is Kombucha?
500
Hoping to inspire budding scientists, the Gilbert U-238 Atomic Energy Laboratory (1950) really did include samples of bearing these two radioactive elements.
What are Uranium and Polonium?
500
"The power of man, for none of woman born Shall harm Macbeth," leaving this Caesarean-born Thane of Fife to finally topple him.
Who is Lord Macduff?