Original Use
Bubble Wrap
Textured 3D Wallpaper
Which popular vegetable was originally cultivated in ancient Persia for its seeds and leaves, came in shades of purple and yellow, and didn't become widely orange until Dutch farmers bred them in the 17th century?
A) Pumpkin, B) Carrot, C) Sweet Potato, D) Bell Pepper
B) Carrot
What do you call the 250th birthday of America?
Bicentennial, Semiquincentennial, Sesquicentennial, Sesquarcentennial
Semiquincentennial. Also can be: sestercentennial, a bisesquicentennial, or a quarter-millennium.
Spaceman from Pluto
Back to the Future
A farmer has 10 cows. All but 4 of them run away through an open gate. How many cows does the farmer have left on the farm?
Correct Answer: C) 4
Logic: The phrase "all but 4" means exactly 4 cows did not run away. Therefore, those 4 remain on the farm.
Kleenex
Remove Cold Cream and Makeup
Space is a near-perfect vacuum, but astronauts returning from spacewalks consistently report that their suits and tools carry a distinct, lingering odor. What does space smell like?
A) Rotten eggs and sulfur, B) Seared steak and hot metal, C) Sweet vanilla and ozone, D) Bleach and pool chemicals
B) Seared steak and hot metal
On July 4, 1776, the Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence at a meeting in which city?
New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Baltimore
Philadelphia
The Ghost Smashers
Ghostbusters
Look closely at the words below. Which word does NOT belong in the group?
Correct Answer: C) MOTOR
Logic: All the other words are palindromes—they are spelled exactly the same backward and forward (R-A-D-A-R, L-E-V-E-L, etc.). "MOTOR" spelled backward is "ROTOM".
Listerine
Floor Cleaner, surgical antiseptic
Wombats are known for many unique biological traits, but they are completely unique in the animal kingdom for the shape of their poop. What shape is it?
A) Perfectly spherical, B) Cube-shaped
C) Star-shaped, D) Flat and disc-like
B) Cube-shaped
The original flag of the US had how many stars?
13 to represent the 13 colonies.
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Pretty Woman
What is unique about the following sentence?
"The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog."
Correct Answer: C) It contains every letter of the alphabet.
Logic: This sentence is a famous "pangram." It uses all 26 letters of the English alphabet at least once, which is why it is frequently used to test typewriters and computer fonts.
7-Up
Cure for Hangovers
What is the only muscle in the human body that is attached at only one end, allowing it to move with incredible flexibility?
B) The tongue
How many terms did George Washington serve as president of the United States?
1, 2, 3, 4
2
The Journal of the Whills, Saga I
Star Wars
Which number logically comes next in this specific sequence?
1, 2, 4, 7, 11, 16, ?
Correct Answer: C) 22
Logic: The gap between the numbers increases by 1 each time. 1 (+1) = 2; 2 (+2) = 4; 4 (+3) = 7; 7 (+4) = 11; 11 (+5) = 16. Therefore, the next step is 16 (+6) = 22.
The Treadmill
A brutal prison punishment device to grind grain and reform convicts
The very first commercial webcam was set up at Cambridge University in 1991 for a highly specific, practical purpose. What was the camera monitoring?
B) A coffee pot to see if it was full
Computer scientists working in the Trojan Room at the university were tired of walking up multiple flights of stairs only to find an empty coffee pot.
Who was the first person to sign the Declaration of Independence?
John Hancock
The Lunch Bunch
The Breakfast Club
Look closely at the sequence of words below. Which word logically comes next to complete the pattern? A, BE, SEE, DEER, ?
Correct Answer: A) EAGLE
Logic: The pattern is based entirely on the number of letters in each consecutive word.