What is the most popular pet in the USA?
Cats

In what city is St. Basil's Cathedral located?
Moscow

Name all the branches of the US government
Legislative, executive, and judicial

What is the name of the process by which plants make sugar? (BONUS POINTS: what are the two ingredients that make sugar??)
Photosynthesis
(Carbon dioxide gas and water!!)
What is the name of the drink that contains milk, syrup, and seltzer?
Egg Cream
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What is the fastest land animal?
Cheetahs

Name the four Canadian provinces that make up the maritimes.
New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland

A "high hat" is a kind of what?
Cymbal (with a pedal)
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What is the name of the fluctuations in our daily body cycles?
Circadian rhythms 
Name the three common fruits native to North America.
Cranberries, blueberries, Concord grapes
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What is a group of porcupines called?
A prickle!
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What continent's tallest mountain is called Aconcagua?
South America (Argentina)
What famous performer was strangled by their own scarf?
Isadora Duncan (1927, Nice, France)

Who discovered penicillin?
Alexander Fleming, 1928

What is the Polish name for stuffed cabbage?
Golumpki

What is the smallest vertebrate?
A frog (Paedophryne amauensis)

What is the last continent to be settled by humans?
Australia

Who invented the sewing machine?
Elias Howe (in 1845), born in Spencer, MA

Where were heat-loving (thermophilic) bacteria first discovered?
Yellowstone hot springs

What is calamari made from?
Squid

From what animal did humans originally catch colds?
Camels!

What country hosts the Doomsday Seed Vault?
Norway (Svalbard)

What is the smallest orchestral wind instrument?
the piccolo (~14 inches long)

What is the oldest type of tree in the world?
Bristlecone Pine (Great Basin, CA) can live over 5,000 years

Where would you eat Hoppin' John?
Southern US (black-eyed peas, bacon/ham, rice). Traditionally eaten on New Year's Day: the peas look like coins ($$$)
