Animals
What is the loudest animal in the world?
The Pistol Shrimp.
capable of snapping its claw shut so rapidly, that it creates a bubble which collapses to produce a sonic blast, louder than a Concorde’s sonic boom.
In 1701, the Collegiate School at Saybrook was founded in Connecticut. It is better known as what university today?
Yale
Initially airing as a television show in 1976, how many Angels are typically represented by "Charlie's Angels?"
3
What element did Joseph Priestley discover in 1774?
Oxygen
Mint is said to symbolise what?
Suspicion
What color are flamingos when they are born?
grey
At the time of his death, who was the fourth president to have been assassinated?
John F Kennedy
A male collie named Pal was the first dog to portray what legendary (and female) title character on television?
Lassie
Bronze is an alloy consisting primarily of what two elements?
Copper & Tin
The national flower of Brazil is what?
The Orchid
What bird can fly backwards?
Hummingbird
Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm were the two phases of this armed conflict between Iraq and a 42-country coalition led by the United States.
The Gulf War
The running joke that the TV family was so wholesome they never used the bathroom started because the network wouldn’t allow a toilet to be shown on screen. What was the title of the groovy 1969 sitcom?
The Brady Bunch
How many elements are there in the periodic table?
118
The Ranunculus literally means what?
Little Frog
How many hours a day, do koalas sleep?
22
What major holiday was banned in Boston between 1659-1681?
Christmas
What popular ABC sitcom, running from 1964 to 1972, was about ad exec Darrin and his marriage to Samantha, who has magical powers? It was reimagined into a 2005 Will Ferrell romantic comedy movie that was not as popular.
Bewitched
Where is the world’s most active volcano located?
Hawaii
Which plant is known to help soothe sunburns?
Aloe Vera
How many teeth does a common garden snail have?
14,000 teeth
Known as one of the founding fathers of our country, this man was born in Boston in 1706?
Benjamin Franklin
What spin-off of “All In The Family”, starting in 1975, features Sherman Helmsley and Isabel Sanford as the titular African-American couple, moving into a white high rise building due to the success of the family dry cleaning business?
The Jeffersons
Optics is the study of what?
Light
What tree is considered sacred in many ancient cultures?
Oak