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This was the last movie to be approved by Walt Disney himself, and was the last movie to show "A Walt Disney Production" at the end of the movie
WHAT IS: The Aristocats
Fun Fact: This movie was also the first movie to be completed after Walt died in 1966
200
Wild Bullfrogs have an average lifespan of this many years
NOTE: this is a span - first to guess within the range gets all points
WHAT IS: 4-5 years
Fun Fact: Bullfrogs commonly die by suffocation due to the fact that they eat anything that fits in their mouths - unfortunately they are bad judges of what fits in their mouths
200
The state that the Payton Leutner stabbing, more commonly known as the "Slenderman Stabbing", occurred
WHERE IS: Wisconsin -AND- 40 years
Fun Fact: Payton Leutner was sentenced to a minimum of 40 years in a mental health institution. The other assailant, Anissa Weier, was committed a maximum of 25 years, but was released after 4 years with supervision until she turns 37 (she is currently 22)
200
The number of movies in the Paranormal Activity franchise
WHAT IS: 7
Fun Fact: there is a non-canonical Japanese sequel that was released in 2010 called Paranormal Activity 2: Tokyo Nights. The movie was successful in Japan, with a budget of 1.3M yen (~$8K), and earning 41.7M yen (~$259K)
200
The northernmost country in Africa
WHAT IS: Tunisia (the Republic of Tunisia)
Fun Fact: 1 USD is about 3.15 Tunisian Dinars (26 Jun 24)
400
The grade that Mei Lee, the main character of Turning Red, is in during the movie
WHAT IS: 8th grade
Fun Fact: Development for Turning Red took about four years with a budget of about $175M; originally planned for a global theatrical release, COVID changed plans and it was released on Disney+, with theatrical releases for countries without Disney+ access. The movie had a box office performance of $21M.
400
This completely aquatic amphibian is native only to Lake Xochimilco in Mexico
WHAT IS: Axolotl
Fun Fact: Axolotls are capable of growing entirely missing limbs
400
James and Susan Carson were convicted of three murders in Northern California, for which they were each given a 75 years to life. The reasoning they gave for their killings was that their victims were this
WHAT IS: Witches
Fun Fact: The Carson's had recently converted to a form of Islam, and said their crimes were a mission to exterminate "witches." They had a list of targeted people, which included political figures, such as Ronald Reagan, and celebrities such as Johnny Carson (television host at the time).
400
The names of the two main characters in My Neighbor Totoro
WHAT ARE: Satsuki and Mei
Fun Fact: In the English translation, the sisters are voiced by the Fanning sisters, Dakota and Elie. Dakota Fanning was also the voice for Coraline, and Elie Fanning played Aurora in the live-action Maleficent franchise.
400
The number of elements on the periodic table of elements
WHAT IS: 118
Fun Fact: The newest element is a synthetic chemical called Tennessine (atomic no. 117). It was discovered in Dubna, Russia by Russian-American collaboration in Apr 2010.
500
In order to convince the original Disney animation team to make the movie, Walt Disney acted out this movie in its entirety by himself to them
WHAT IS: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Fun Fact: Walt Disney performed each character, mimicking their physical stature and characteristics, and giving them unique voices
500
This type of crab, native to hydrothermal vents along the Pacific-Antarctic Ridge, was discovered in 2005, and was deemed to form a new biological family, the Kiwaidae
WHAT IS: Kiwa Hirsuta, AKA the Yeti Crab
Fun Fact: Yeti Crabs have strongly reduced eyes and lack pigment, and are thought to be blind. They are named due to their "hairy" pincers, which are actually setae, or bristles.
500
The name of the "Ogress of Reading", a prolific English serial killer who murdered infants in her care over a 30-year period
WHO IS: Amelia Dyer (Amelia Elizabeth Hobley)
Fun Fact: Amelia Dyer was hanged 10 Jun 1896 at the age of 60. Her final kill count has never been confirmed, with only a couple being absolutely connected to her, but she is attributed to killing up to 400 children
500
The year that Twilight's third movie, The Twilight Saga: Eclipse, released in the U.S.
WHAT IS: 2010
Fun Fact: Despite being the creator of the book series, Stephanie Meyer would have no hand in the movies until the Breaking Dawn movies. Throughout the franchise, there was a new director for each movie, with the screenwriter, Melissa Rosenberg, being the only real consistent crew for the franchise.
500
The year that Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company was founded
Hint: It's in the 1800s
Closest gets the full points
WHAT IS: 1891
Fun Fact: When the company was founded in Apr of 1891, the gum was originally made of chicle, sourced from C. America; this was discontinued in 1952 following land reforms in Guatemala.
600
Daveigh Chase, the voice of Lilo from Lilo and Stitch, also played this horror movie icon (you can name the character or the movie)
WHO IS: Samara Morgan (The Ring)
Fun Fact: Daveigh Chase was also the voice of Chihiro in the English dub of Spirited Away
600
Beavers secrete a brown slime from castor sacs, located under the tail - they have also been noted with smelling like this
WHAT IS: Vanilla
Fun Fact: The slime is also sometimes cooked down into Castoreum, an ingredient sometimes used in vanilla flavorings
600
The number of people killed by Andrei Chikatilo, "The Butcher of Rostov" (by admission of the killer)
Closest gets all the points
WHAT IS: 56
Fun Fact: Chikatilo murdered and mutilated at least 52 women and children (a couple admitted killings couldn't be linked to him) throughout what was then the USSR between 1978 and 1990. He was executed by gunshot in Feb 1994
600
The number of movies directed by Hayao Miyazaki for Studio Ghibli
Closest to the actual number gets all points
WHAT IS: 10
Fun Fact: For Ponyo, Miyazaki wanted to only use traditional animation and was very involved in the artwork. For the ENTIRE MOVIE, he preferred to draw the sea and waves himself. The movie featured a record number of frames for Miyazaki at 170,000 frames. He also based Sosuke, the main character, off his son, Goro.
600
The crafting ingredients required to make an enchanting table in Minecraft
WHAT IS: (4) obsidian, (2) diamonds, (1) book
Fun Fact: Despite being made of obsidian, enchanting tables can be mined and picked up using wood pickaxes
1000
The last movie to be released on VHS
WHAT IS: Cars
Fun Fact: Disney's first US DVD release was George of the Jungle in 1997, based on a 1967 animated TV series of the same name.
1000
The Dwarf Sperm Whale is one of the smallest whales at a max length of about 8ft - another thing that separates Dwarf Sperm Whales from all other whales is this defense tactic
WHAT IS: Ink
Fun Fact: The whale has a sac filled with a dark liquid in their intestine - when threatened, they release over 3 gallons of the liquid (ink) into the water, creating a dark cloud
1000
Harold Shipman, an English general practitioner, was also known as the "Angel of Death". He would purposefully prescribe abnormal amounts of drugs or administer fatal doses of drugs to elderly patients. While he has an estimated 250 victims, he was only convicted of this many charges of murder.
WHAT IS: 15
Fun Fact: Shipman is the only doctor in the history of English medicine to be convicted of murdering his patients. Another doctor, John Bodkin Adams, was charged in 1957 for murdering a patient, but was acquitted.
1000
Of Laika Studios' stop-motion movies, this movie had the lowest audience score (a.o. 26 Jun 24)
WHAT IS: The Boxtrolls
Fun Fact: Despite being their most popular entry, Coraline isn't the highest rated through either critic (91%) or audience rating (74%) - it was beat by Kubo and the Two Strings, with 97% critic score and 86% audience score. Between the two, Coraline got the highest box office gross upon release with $75M, as opposed to Kubo and the Two String's $48M.
1000
Coke controlled about 19.2% of the soda market in the US by volume for FY '23. With Sprite in third place, these TWO sodas are tied for second place.
NOTE: you must name both to get the points
WHAT IS: Dr. Pepper and Pepsi
Fun Fact: From 2000 to 2022, Pepsi has dropped from a 13.5% market share to 8.5%. Dr. Pepper has gone from 6.3% to 8.3%. Coke remains scores above competition, with a drop from 20.2% to 19.2%.
1200
The movie with the highest worldwide box office performance
NOTE: this is NOT including Inside Out 2, but IS including Marvel and Star Wars
WHAT IS: The Lion King (2019)
Fun Fact: (as of 26 Jun 24) The live action Lion King had a worldwide box office performance of $1.6B and placed fourth overall for Disney's list, with Avengers: Endgame at the top with $2.7B.
1200
In the world, there are three known egg laying mammals: the platypus, and two species of this animal
WHAT IS: the Echidna
Fun Fact: Baby Echidnas are called Puggles, and are born the size of a jellybean. Also, as Echidnas do not have nipples, Puggles suckle from specialized pores inside their mothers pouch during the first three months of their lives
1200
The reasoning given by Leonarda Cianciulli, "The Soap-Maker of Correggio", for her murders
WHAT IS: Protection for her son, who was fighting in WWII for fascist Italy
Fun Fact: Not only was Cianciulli not remorseful in the slightest for her crimes, she went out of her way to correct prosecution when they would get details of her crimes wrong. She was sentenced to 30 years in prison and an additional 3 years in a mental asylum, but died of cerebral apoplexy in a criminal asylum in 1970 at the age of 76
1200
Tim Burton's Corpse Bride was based on a 17th century Jewish folktale, introduced to Time Burton when finishing The Nightmare before Christmas. The production ran for this many years
WHAT IS: two years
Fun Fact: With production beginning in Nov 2003, this movie was the first stop-motion film directed by Tim Burton (Henry Selick directed The Nightmare Before Christmas, as well as James and the Giant Peach). It had a budget of $40M and earned a box office gross of $118M.
1200
The U.S. state with the smallest population
WHAT IS: Wyoming
Fun Fact: Wyoming, as of 2024, has a population of 586K. The highest population is California with 38M.