Leaves, Scales, and Rocks
Geologic processes vary in time and intensity from being blasted out of a volcano yesterday to being compressed slowely over millenia. These are the three major categories for how rocks are created.
Igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic
At 19,341 feet tall, this mountain is the tallest on the African continent.
Mt. Kilimanjaro
Dr. Seuss's How the Grinch Stole Christmas takes place in this city
Whoville
This famous dogsled race was inspired by the 1925 Serum Run to Nome, a heroic dog sled relay by over 20 mushers and 150 dogs that delivered life-saving diphtheria antitoxin across Alaska's harsh terrain during a deadly epidemic.
The Iditarod
Muhammad Ali's controversial 1965 heavyweight title rematch against Sonny Liston happened in this Maine city
Lewiston
This planet, in our solar system, is the only to spin clockwise.
Venus
How many 4000 footers (peaks above 4000 feet) in New Hampshire?
48
These three traditional gifts were brought by the Wise Men in the Biblical telling of Christ's birth.
Gold, frankincense, and myrrh
This expedition leader famously lost his ship to the crushing pressure of Antarctic sea ice and was forced to seek rescue by dogsled, on foot, and by small open boat over the course of 18 months. Miraculously, all of the men in his party survived the ordeal.
Sir Ernest Shackleton
This royal spouse’s outsider status sparked debates about tradition, race, and modernization of the monarchy.
Meghan Markle
Bioluminescense is the production of light by an organism through a chemical reaction often associated with fireflies and sea creatures. Approximately what percentage of all ocean animals can produce their own light?
75%
This nation is "double landlocked," or surrounded entirely by landlocked nations.
Liechtenstein or Uzbekistan
In The Polar Express, the bell holds this symbolism.
Belief (in Christmas magic)
This Christian pilgrimage route has been travelled since the 9th century following the discovery of the tomb of St. James the Apostle and is now a popular long distance hike.
The Camino de Santiago
This famous American home entertainer received a five-month prison sentence for insider trading.
Martha Stewart
This hormone lowers blood glucose levels by promoting uptake of glucose by cells
Insulin
With 267,570, this country has the most islands of any nation on earth.
Sweden
In Elf, these are the four main food groups according to Buddy
Candy, candy canes, candy corn, and syrup
This Portugeuse man led the first expedition to circumnavigate the Earth in 1519 (although he didn’t survive the trip)
Ferdinand Magellan
This artist notably played a set at San Quentin State Prison in California in 1958, catalyzing his rebellious career and position in pop culture.
Johnny Cash
Plants use many strategies for dispersing seeds for reproduction. Anemochory is the term for which dispersal method?
Wind dispersal
While Mt. Everest is the highest peak above sea level globally, the summit of this peak is the closest point on Earth to the sun.
Mount Chimborazo, Ecuador (due to the Earth's equatorial bulge)
This ancient Roman winter festival is considered to have influenced the timing of Christmas celebrations in December
Saturnalia, ancient Rome's most popular midwinter festival, honoring the god of agriculture, Saturn, with a week of feasting, gift-giving, and merrymaking (Dec. 17-23)
Born in 1304, this Moroccan scholar set out on a Hajj, or Islamic pilgrimage, to Mecca but ended up travelling 75,000 miles over 30 years and visiting many cultures (further than any contemporary travellers or traders)
Ibn Battuta
Zillow Gone Wild, a popular HGTV show, recently featured its most expensive home yet. The home is listed at $25 million and includes nine fireplaces and a stone façade imported from Jerusalem. It is found in which state?