FOOD
A vegetable that has almost 2x as much Vitamin C than an orange.
Peppers; depending on the color.
Which Mollusca (an animal with no vertebrae) can sleep for up to 3 years?
Examples: snails, squids, octopus, clams, slugs
Snails; Snails need moisture to survive so they can enter a state of hibernation when the weather is too cold and a state of estivation when the weather is too warm. These states help the snail remain alive in weather that could kill them.
It can take up to 4 years to memorize 320 routes, 25,000 streets, and 20,000 landmarks in order to do what in London?
Drive a taxi cab; they are so knowledgeable about the area that they have to take a test known as "the knowledge" before they can drive.
What kind of band doesn't play music?
A rubber band.
What are the next three letters in this combination
"OTTFFSS"?
ENT: They are the beginning letter of the first 10 numbers.
How is honey created?
"Worker bees" collect the nectar from flowers and store the nectar in their "honey stomach." The "worker bees" pass the nectar to the "house bees" where these bees pass the nectar around from bee to bee to change the PH and other chemical properties. The bees then spread the nectar mixture over the honeycomb to help it dry out. They also flap their wings around the nectar to help dry it too. They then cover it in beeswax to help preserve it until they can eat.
What two mammals also experience menopause besides human females?
Elephants and humpback whales
Which animal do you think is the most successful predator in the animal kingdom?
African Wild Dog; they have a kill rate of 85% whereas falcons have a 47% kill rate and lions have 17-19% kill rate. Domestic cats actually kill about 30% of their targets.
What has many teeth but cannot bite?
A comb.
A woman shoots her husband, then holds him underwater for five minutes. Next, she hangs him. Right after, they enjoy a lovely dinner. Explain what happened.
The woman takes a picture of her husband, goes into her darkroom to develop the photo and then hangs the photo of him to dry. Her and her husband then enjoy dinner.
There are small bugs known as spotted wing drosophila's inside what fruit that we eat?
Strawberries; They can even be in some of your other fruits as well. They are not harmful to humans. The bug crawls into the strawberry to lay their eggs and when washed with warm salt water, the tiny hatchlings then crawl out. *Look at online resources tab and find the article on bug particles that FDA allows in foods.
"The quick brown fox jumps over a lazy dog" contains....
Has every letter in the alphabet.
Why are there plastic seals on the top of medicine bottles when you open them?
In the 1980's, there was a string of poisonings in Chicago in which 7 people were killed by ingesting Tylenol laced with potassium cyanide. So they put the seals on them to reduce this from happening.
What can travel all around the world without ever leaving its corner?
A stamp.
The one who makes me, does not want me. The one who buys me, does not use me. The one who uses me, does not feel or see me. What am I?
A coffin.
What spice can cause hallucinations if you ingest too much of it?
Nutmeg; it can cause strong hallucinations and give you a "high" feeling.
How many cows does it take to make the footballs they use in the NFL for one year?
3,000 cows make up all the footballs they use in one year.
Roy Cleveland Sullivan was hit with what 7 times in his lifetime and lived each encounter until he died at the age of 71 years old.
Lightening; He was a Park ranger in Virginia from 1942-1977 and in that time, got hit with lightening 7 times. They call him "the human lightening rod"
The average person in one year has a chance to get hit by lightening 1 in 500,000.
When is a door no longer a door?
When it's ajar.
Two men are in a desert. They both have backpacks on. One of the guys is dead. The guy who is alive has his backpack open and the guy who is dead has his backpack closed. What is in the dead man’s backpack?
A parachute.
This bean turns the compound linamarin into cyanide when consumed raw by humans and can kill you.
Lima beans; They need to be properly and fully cooked before ingesting. This takes about 10 minutes.
How can you tell the difference between male and female turtles?
Female turtles hiss and have smaller, shorter tails where as males grunt and have longer tails.
Which candy bar was actually made with three different flavorings in it and meant to share?
3 Musketeers; They actually were produced in 1932 with 3 breakable pieces, one with chocolate, one with vanilla, and one with strawberry. You were meant to share them with 2 other people. During World War two, rations were slim and access to vanilla and strawberry were scarce so they switched to only chocolate.
What has many keys but can't open a single lock?
Piano
I am a five-letter word. I sound the same when you remove my first letter. I sound the same when you remove my 3rd letter. I sound the same when you remove my last letter, and I sound the same when you remove all three. Which word am I?
Empty;
1st letter: MPTY
3rd letter: EMTY
All three letters: M T