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100
What is the name of a deadly mosquito-borne disease?
Malaria
Malaria is a serious tropical disease spread by mosquitoes. If it isn't diagnosed and treated quickly, it can be fatal. A single mosquito bite is all it takes for someone to become infected.
100
This is the Earth's highest mountain above sea level, located in the Himalayas.
Mount Everest
Mount Everest attracts many climbers, including highly experienced mountaineers. There are two main climbing routes, one approaching the summit from the southeast in Nepal (known as the "standard route") and the other from the north in Tibet. While not posing substantial technical climbing challenges on the standard route, Everest presents dangers such as altitude sickness, weather, and wind, as well as hazards from avalanches and the Khumbu Icefall.
100
What are some of the most popular types of tea? Do you enjoy drinking tea?
Darjeeling, Chai, English Breakfast, Earl Grey, Green, Matcha, Oolong, Ceylon, White and Turmeric.
An early credible record of tea drinking dates to the third century AD, in a medical text written by Chinese physician Hua Tuo. It was popularized as a recreational drink during the Chinese Tang dynasty, and tea drinking subsequently spread to other East Asian countries. Portuguese priests and merchants introduced it to Europe during the 16th century. During the 17th century, drinking tea became fashionable among the English, who started to plant tea on a large scale in British India.
100
True or False: Monkeys have tails.
True
Monkey tails come in all shapes and sizes but have some commonalities. For one, they are all powerful and flexible. They can also be prehensile, meaning they can grip and hold onto things. This ability explains why many monkeys can swing from tree to tree with such agility.
100
This broad category of baked goods is often formed into houses and people shaped cookies, flavored with cloves, nutmeg, cinnamon and one other key ingredient.
Ginger(bread)!
Gingerbread is claimed to have been brought to Europe in 992 AD by the Armenian monk Gregory of Nicopolis (also called Gregory Makar and Grégoire de Nicopolis). He left Nicopolis (in modern-day western Greece) to live in Bondaroy (north-central France), near the town of Pithiviers. He stayed there for seven years until he died in 999 and taught gingerbread baking to French Christians. It may have been brought to Western Europe from the eastern Mediterranean in the 11th century.
200
True or False: Dr. Benjamin Spock developed a vaccine against polio.
False, it was Dr. Jonas Salk!
A breakthrough occurred in 1949, when poliovirus was successfully cultivated in human tissue by John Enders, Thomas Weller and Frederick Robbins at Boston Children’s Hospital. Their pioneering work was recognized with the 1954 Nobel Prize. Not long afterwards, in the early 1950s, the first successful vaccine was created by US physician Jonas Salk. Salk tested his experimental killed-virus vaccine on himself and his family in 1953, and a year later on 1.6 million children in Canada, Finland and the USA.
200
This mountain is the highest peak in North America, located in the Alaska Range.
Mount Denali (Formerly Mount McKinley)
In 1896, a gold prospector named it McKinley as political support for then-presidential candidate William McKinley, who became president the following year. The United States formally recognized the name Mount McKinley after President Wilson signed the Mount McKinley National Park Act of February 26, 1917. In 1965, Lyndon B. Johnson declared the north and south peaks of the mountain the "Churchill Peaks", in honor of British statesman Winston Churchill. The Alaska Board of Geographic Names changed the name of the mountain to Denali in 1975, which was how it is called locally.
200
Where was the famous tea party which involved throwing British tea into the harbor?
Boston, Massachusetts
In 1767, to help the East India Company compete with smuggled Dutch tea, Parliament passed the Indemnity Act, which lowered the tax on tea consumed in Great Britain and gave the East India Company a refund of the 25% duty on tea that was re-exported to the colonies. To help offset this loss of government revenue, Parliament also passed the Townshend Revenue Act of 1767, which levied new taxes, including one on tea, in the colonies. Instead of solving the smuggling problem, however, the Townshend duties renewed a controversy about Parliament's right to tax the colonies.
200
What is a group of monkeys called?
a. Pack
b. Troop
c. Caravan
d. Army
b. Troop
A group of monkeys, regardless of which species, is called a troop. This name also applies to some of the other primate species, like baboons. As most primates are social animals, living in family groups or as a larger group of several families, there are many occasions to refer to them as a troop.
200
Also known as drinking chocolate, this is a heated drink made using milk, chocolate and a sweetener (often topped with marshmallows or whipped cream).
Hot Cocoa
The first chocolate drink is believed to have been created by the Maya around 2,500–3,000 years ago, and a cocoa drink was an essential part of Aztec culture by 1400 AD, by which they referred to as xocōlātl. The drink became popular in Europe after being introduced from Mexico in the New World and has undergone multiple changes since then. Until the 19th century, hot chocolate was used medicinally to treat ailments such as liver and stomach diseases.
300
What illness has no commonly used vaccine?
a. Smallpox
b. Tetanus
c. Mumps
d. Cold
d. Cold
Sneezing, stuffy and runny nose? You might have a cold. Colds are one of the most frequent reasons for missed school and work. Every year, adults have an average of 2 to 3 colds, and children have even more.
300
This mountain range is located in North Africa, separating the Sahara Desert from the Mediterranean Sea and Atlantic Ocean (in fact, its name was derived from "Atlantic").
Atlas Mountain
The Atlas Mountains are rich in natural resources. There are deposits of iron ore, lead ore, copper, silver, mercury, rock salt, phosphate, marble, anthracite coal and natural gas among other resources.
300
True or False: The United Kingdom drinks the most tea in the world.
False, Turkey is actually the largest consumer of tea in the world!
Turkey is the world's largest tea drinking country, with each person consuming an average of 1,300 cups of tea per year (around 3 to 5 cups daily). In the wintertime, this number can increase to at least 10 cups a day though! The culture of drinking tea was ingrained into Turkish culture as it was an occasion to sit and talk in tea houses historically.
300
What monkey has the loudest call?
Hint: It's named after something wolves do at the moon.
The Howler Monkey
Howler monkeys are the loudest of all monkeys. They call to let others know where their territory is, alerting them to stay away. The calls sound like a loud whooping bark or roar. After one group of howlers call, another group answers. Howler monkeys usually do this in the morning and at the end of the day.
300
This traditionally wintertime associated flavor comes from the leaves of a certain hybrid plant, commonly used to flavor drinks and candies as well as ward off pest insects and rodents.
Peppermint
Peppermint is a hybrid species of mint, a cross between watermint and spearmint. Indigenous to Europe and the Middle East, the plant is now widely spread and cultivated in many regions of the world. It is occasionally found in the wild with its parent species.
400
What is a pandemic?
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A pandemic is a disease outbreak that spans several countries and affects a large number of people.
Can you remember any recent pandemics?
400
This mountain is an active stratovolcano located on the Japanese island of Honshu, the tallest mountain in Japan.
Mount Fuji
Mount Fuji is one of Japan's "Three Holy Mountains" along with Mount Tate and Mount Haku. It is a Special Place of Scenic Beauty and one of Japan's Historic Sites. It was added to the World Heritage List as a Cultural Site in 2013. According to UNESCO, Mount Fuji has "inspired artists and poets and been the object of pilgrimage for centuries".
400
The rejuvenating properties of green tea were first discovered in which country?
a. United States of America
b. United Kingdom
c. China
d. Brazil
c. China
China claims to have first used green tea more than 5000 years ago. There are many versions of how the discovery was first made but one widely accepted version relates the story of how a Chinese scholar was boiling water for his evening meal when some leaves of a tea plant fell into the water as he was replenishing the fire. On tasting the water he found the drink so refreshing he further refined the process and passed the knowledge on to subsequent generations.
400
Where do monkeys sleep?
In the trees!
Primates don’t monkey around when deciding where to spend the night! When monkeys choose their evening perch, they weigh more than just comfort. The main factors scientists suspect are safety from predators, distance to feeding grounds, human interactions, insect avoidance, and competition with other primates.
400
This drink is historically known as a milk punch, a rich chilled sweet dairy-based beverage that is made with milk, cream, sugar and a special trademark ingredient.
Eggnog
Throughout Canada, the United States and some European countries, eggnog is traditionally consumed over the Christmas season, from late October until the end of the holiday season. A variety called ponche crema has been made and consumed in Venezuela and Trinidad since the 1900s, also as part of the Christmas season. During that time, commercially prepared eggnog is sold in grocery stores in these countries.
500
What is the scientific term for a disease that causes dizziness?
Vertigo
Vertigo is actually a symptom, rather than a condition itself. It's the sensation that you, or the environment around you, is moving or spinning. This feeling may be barely noticeable, or it may be so severe that you find it difficult to keep your balance and do everyday tasks.
500
This mountain is in the Alps, straddling the main watershed and border between Italy and Switzerland, regarded as one of the deadliest peaks in the world.
The Matterhorn
The Matterhorn was studied by Horace-Bénédict de Saussure in the late eighteenth century, and was followed by other renowned naturalists and artists, such as John Ruskin, in the 19th century. It remained unclimbed after most of the other great Alpine peaks had been attained and became the subject of an international competition for the summit.
500
Tea made its way from Asia to Europe via the Dutch East India Company in the early 17th century. First it was a novelty, then a luxury item, and it finally became widely available and affordable during which British monarch's reign?
Queen Victoria
It makes sense that a beverage so steeped in tradition should become popular during an era preoccupied with manners and etiquette. Once everyone discovered tea's refreshing benefits, it quickly became so ingrained in everyday life that a "cuppa" is considered a solution to any personal problem. It's not a bad start!
500
The first primate in space was a monkey named A_____.
Albert (the second)!
Albert II was a male rhesus macaque monkey who was the first primate and first mammal in space. He flew from Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico, United States, to an altitude of 83 miles aboard a U.S. V-2 sounding rocket on June 14, 1949. On January 31, 1961 Ham became the first chimpanzee in space, part of the Space Chimps, or “Astrochimps".
500
This traditional Christmas dish originates from medieval times, made from honey, fruits and nuts (sometimes rum or other distilled alcohols too)!
Figgy Pudding
Often associated with the original traditions of Christmas, it is most notably referred to in the Christmas carol "We Wish You a Merry Christmas" in the line "Now bring us some figgy pudding!" Figgy pudding is not plum pudding, although it can be considered a precursor to it. It is not as rich, nor as complex in its recipe.