Finger Lakes Trivia

Animals!

100

What Australian animal's fingerprints are so close to humans that "police feared that criminal investigations may have been hampered" by them? 

Koalas!

200

Name a collective noun for at least one of the following groups (bonus 100 points for each additionally correct answer)

-ferrets

-crows

-bats

-armadillos 

-pugs 

-ferrets --> business 

-crows -->murder 

-bats --> colony 

-armadillos --> roll 

-pugs --> grumble 

300

What color do reindeer eyes turn in the winter? 

Blue 

400

What is the only venomous primate? (Hint: it was the star of a viral video a few years ago)

Sloooooooow Loris 

500

Which underwater animal has the world's fastest punch?

Mantis Shrimp!

Things that have happened on or near a Lake

100

Name the Great Lakes 

Huron

Ontario 

Michigan

Eerie

Superior

200

Three of the following four seas are actually lakes. Which one is really a sea?

 Red Sea
 Aral Sea
 Caspian Sea
 Dead Sea

Red Sea

300

True or False: Part of the North American Great Lakes, Lake Ontario is completely in Canada.

False

400

Which of these African countries does Lake Victoria NOT pass into?

-Uganda

-Tanzania

-Ethiopia

-Kenya

Ethiopia

500

What is the world's largest freshwater lake by volume?

 -Lake Superior
 -Lake Malawi
 -Lake Victoria
 -Lake Baikal

-Lake Baikal

People named "Joe"

100

Name at least one of Joe Biden's dogs 

Champ (RIP!), Major 

200

Where exactly was Joe Exotic's zoo located? 

-Oklahoma 

-Texas

-Wyoming 

-Wisconsin 

Oklahoma

300

This now eradicated disease left Joseph Stalin permanently disfigured at a young age.

Smallpox

400

Name all three Jonas brothers in age order (youngest to oldest)

1. Nick 

2. Joe

3. Kevin 

500

Name one movie starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0330687/

Olympics Trivia

100

What colors are the Olympic rings?

Blue, yellow, black, green and red

200

Which European city has hosted the Olympics three times?

London

300

What did Japan introduce to the world the last time they hosted the Olympic games?

A. Robots

B. Bullet trains

C. Jet Planes

D. Vending machines

Bullet trains

400

What sport did Japan introduce the last time they hosted the Olympics?

A. Karate

B. Volleyball

C. Basketball

D. Swimming

Volleyball

500

What is the most populous country to never win an Olympic medal? Hint: it is in Asia

Bangladesh

Maryland Trivia

100

The first telegraph line in the world was established between Baltimore and what US City? 

DC

200

What bloody Civil War battle was fought in Sharpburg, MD? Hint: this was the bloodiest single day battle of the Civil War

Battle of Antietam

300

This spooOOooky game was created by Helen Peters in 1890 in a Maryland Boarding house.

Ouija board

400

What is the official state exercise of MD? 

Walking

500

What is the name of the Naval Academy's mascot? 

Bill the Goat