Pandas, Pandas, and more Pandas
Bamboo
China
Soup
Grab bag
100

What is a baby panda called? 

A.  Pinky

B. Cub

C. Kit

D. Panpan

B. Cub

100

Is bamboo the fastest growing plant on the planet?  

True or False

True.  The fastest recorded growth in a 24-hour period is 47.6 inches!

100

Which is bigger, China or the US?  

United States has 9.8 million sq. kilometers.  China has 9.6 million sq. kilometers. 

100

What is America's favorite soup? 


Chicken Noodle

100

The griddy started out as a dance doneat the games of which sport? 

Football

200

What is the average lifespan of a panda in the wild?

A. 10-12 years

B. 16-20 years

C. 25-30 years

D. 35-40 years

B.  16-20 years

200

How many species of bamboo are there? 

A.  50

B.  120

C. 790

D.  1400+

D.  1400+

200

Chinese brides where this color because it is believed to be lucky. 


Red

200

What month of the year is National Soup Month? 

January

200

Who was the first to do the Griddy? 

A. a high schooler names Alan "Griddy" Davis.

B. a college football player names Gridale Yesserman

C.  A football coach nicknamed the "Gridster"

D. An influencer nicknamed Gridlock Master. 


A.  a high schooler named Alan "Griddy" Davis

300

How much bamboo does an adult panda eat in a day? 

A.  5-10 lbs

B. 15-20 lbs.

C. 40-50 lbs.

D.70-100 lbs.

D.  70-100 lbs.

300

A grove of bamboo releases ____% more oxygen than a grove of trees the same size. 

A.  10%

B. 25%

C. 35%

D. 50% 

C. 35%

300
What is the mountain range that runs through China? 

A.  Andes

B.  Ural Mountains

C. Himalayas

D. Caucasus Mountains

C. Himalayas

300

The earliest archeological evidence of soup dates back to.....

A.  300 CE

B. 590 BCE

C. 6000 BCE

D. 8900 BCE


C.  6000 BCE

300

The world's first purposely dug oil well was located in what nearby town. 

Titusville

400
What is the number of wild pandas that can be found on earth now? 

A.  587

B 1864

C. 2567

D. 5971

B. 1864.  

400

Mild steel has a tensile strength of 23,000 psi.  What is the tensile strength of bamboo? 

A. 2000 psi

B. 4000 psi

C. 20,000 psi

D. 28,000 psi

D. 28,000 psi


400

Which river is the longest river in China and is the 3rd longest river in the world.

A. Yellow River

B. Yangtze  River

C.  Ob River

D.  Mekong River

B. Yangtze River

400

Archeological evidence of the very first type of soup found revealed that this ancient soup was made of ...

A.  Crocodile

B. Hippopotamus

C. Camel

D. Monkey

B.  Hippopotamus


400

The smiley face emoji was invented in what year by whom?

A.  1776 by Alexander Hamilton.

B.  1982 by a professor at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh named Scott Fahlman

C.  1990 by Steven Purcell during his work with Microsoft.

D.  1987 by Nintendo

D.  1994 by 

B.  1982 by a professor at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh named Scott Fahlman

500

What type of eyes do the panda have?

A.  Eyes with a pupil like a cat?

B.  Eyes with a rectangular pupil?

C.  Eyes with a circular pupil? 

D.  Eyes with a wavy pupil

A.  Eyes with a pupil like a cat

500

What two continents does bamboo most commonly grow in? 

Asia and South America

500

How many characters are in the Chinese alphabet?

A.  490

B. 2500

C. around 20,000

D. around 50,000



Over 50,000!

But most dictionaries list 20,000.  An educated person will read 8,000.  If you know the most common 2000-3000 characters, you will be able to read a newspaper.  

500

This soup is the rarest most expensive soup in the world.

A. Gold leaf Gator Gumbo

B. Bird Nest Soup

C. Shark Fin Soup

D.  Bat Soup

B.  Bird Nest Soup

500

What percentage of our solar system is made up of the mass of our sun? 

A. 54.02%

B.  68.78%

C.  85.62%

D.  99.86%  

D.  99.86%

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