Wizards
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Alchemists
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Alchemists
When a Wizard or Witch has an animal companion, what is that being called?
A Familiar.
What city in Spain is famous for their sword mastery?
Toledo.
George Washington died of what?
Sore Throat.
Michael Rugg, the owner of the Discovery Museum based off this creature, claims that it smells like a skunk that had rolled around in dead animals and had hung around the garbage pits.
Sasquatch.
James Lind in 1747 conducted successful research on navel ships with oranges, lemons, and limes. What was his research for?
What is the common Utah nickname for the unit ground squirrel.
Potgut.
A Clam.
The smallest form a rock can take is called?
Clay
how may records were broken at the last olympics?
17
A wizard that uses spells the involve the dead are called what?
Necromancer
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Known as one of the sharpest materials, this was often used in Mesoamerica to make blades.
Obsidian
Adolf Fredrick, King of Sweden died after eating a meal consisting of lobster, caviar, sauerkraut, kippers, champagne, and how many servings of semla (hot milk cake)
14 servings.
Who famously with hammer in hand beat the steam engine.
John Henry
The Wright brothers flew how many times together in their lifetime.
1
What are all the National Parks in Utah.
Zion, Bryce Canyon, Capitol Reef, Arches, Canyonlands
Alaska is known to have had the largest recorded wave in history, triggered by a massive landslide in 1958, How big was this wave?
1,720 feet
What is the term used to describe organic matter that has become stone?
Petrified.
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Whats the fastest known time someone has hiked Timpanogos?
2 hours, 18 minutes
When an Oracle uses a crystal ball, what is that skilled called?
Scrying.
Samurai typically carried three swords, what are their names in order from largest to smallest?
Katana, Wakizashi, Tanto
In 1518, a bizarre plague had the citizens of the French city Strasbourg in the streets dying of what?
Dancing
After the Silver Bridge collapsed into the Ohio River and killed 46 people in December 15, 1967, some claimed that this creature had ties to its collapse.
Mothman
The Aztec calendar, found in 1790, ended when?
December 21, 2012
Vernal Utah is famous for being the largest quarry of?
Dinosaur bones.
The was a recent petition to change the name of a group of squid to a squad, rather than a _____?
Shoal.
An optical reflectance effect seen in certain gemstones that appears as a glint, cats eye, or star.
Chatoyance
What does one in the athletic event Caber Toss?
Competitors toss a large pole called a caber and try to get it to flip in a straight line.
In Alchemy what are the three primes and what do they represent.
Mercury/The Mind
Sulphur/The Spirit
Salt/The Body
Vikings often put this in their iron when making swords as they believed it would make the blade stronger.
Bones of their ancestors and animals.
ironically it worked as the bones carbon would make a very crude early age steel.
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Franz Reichelt, an inventor, died while testing his parachute design while jumping off of what?
The Eiffel Tower.
Who famously lassoed and road a tornado.
Pecos Bill
What did Empress Leizu of china discover while having an afternoon tea?
Utah state flower the sego lily gets its name from what Native American tribe.
Shoshone.
The Mariana Trench is around how deep in feet?
36,037 feet
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Whats the rarest Crystal to form in Utah?
Red Beryl, Bixbite
Figure skating has changed over the years to be judged on tricks, and choreography. What was it originally judged on?
It was judged on shapes traced and cut into the ice by the skates. It was hard to follow on tv and time consuming to make the ice perfectly smooth for each skater so it was eventually changed.
During the years 1346–1353, Four thieves concocted an Elixir that helped with their burglary, The villages sought these thieves, not to arrest them but rather to pay them for the recipe. What did it do?
Four thieves vinegar allowed them to steal from the dead, as the bubonic plague was killing anyone that went near, the thieves after taking the concoction could raid the many houses of the dead and loot the bodies without contacting the disease.
Joan of Arcs sword "The Sword of Saint Catherin" depicted 5 what on the blade?
Crosses
The Queen of Thailand, Sunandha Kumariratana was on her way to the country's Summer Palace in Bang Pa-In when the royal boat capsized, all her subjects watched her drown rather than help, why is this?
They were forbidden to touch her.
Legend states that a Mother had twelve children and, after discovering she was pregnant for the thirteenth time, cursed the child out of frustration. The thirteenth child was born normally. However, it transformed into a creature with hooves, a goat's head, bat wings, and a forked tail. The child then beat everyone with its tail before flying up the chimney and into the woods. This is the origin story of what Monster?
New Jersey Devil
Nikola Tesla is quoted saying "If you want to find the secrets of the universe, think in terms of" what three things?
energy, frequency, and vibration.
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According to Utah legend a man named Thomas Rhoads was commissioned by Brigham Young to ride his horse up into the mountains and salvage gold hidden in the Unitas. Written in a journal entry by one of his decedents, when Thomas Rhoads came home after visiting one last time and collapsing the mine, what did he do to ensure no one would ever find it?
He shot the horse.
What region/layer in the ocean has the highest density of marine organisms and reflects sound.
The deep scattering layer.
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A Filipino fisherman found the worlds largest pearl in a giant clam, it was two-foot long and weighing 75 pounds. This pearl was not round however, which makes it what kind of pearl.
Baroque
What is the oldest sport in North America?
Lacrosse
According to and old ritual book, Mandragora's are said to scream so load that you die from hearing them, one is made when you find a root of the plant called bryony. Take it out of the ground on a Monday after the vernal equinox. Cut off the ends of the root and bury it at night in a country churchyard on top of a dead man's grave. For 30 days, water it with cow's milk in which three _______ have drowned in?
Bats.
According to some variations of the legends King Arthur, Excalibur is not the sword from the stone rather its the sword given by the lady of the lake after the sword in the stone breaks. In this adaptation what is the name of the sword in the stone?
Abraham Lincoln was watching what play when he was Assassinated.
Our American Cousin, a satire comedy
In The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, it depicts a mysterious headless man riding a horse. This type of monster is known as a what?
Dullahan
Eliza Lucas Pinckney was only 16 years old, running a plantation all by herself in South Carolina, she endured all forms of sabotage and schemes against her as she developed one of the most important cash crops that made up 1/3 of the American colony's revenue. She perfected the growth of what crop?
Indigo.
The Washington Monument has a brick representing each of the 50 states, however Utah is not on there, why is this?
The Monument was made the same time the LDS church was settling the territory, in which they called the land Deseret. therefor on the Washington monument rather than saying Utah it uses that name.
Every year where do Eels migrate too?
Sargasso Sea, Bermuda Triangle
This dark black rock is formed by the cooling and contracting of lava, which causes the ground to crack into long, geometric columns.
Basalt
What is the state sport of Maryland.
Jousting