Behind Those Yummy Foods
What is the most expensive spice in the world by weight? It can cost up to $5,000 per pound.
Saffron
Which founding father invented bifocal glasses?
Benjamin Franklin
If all common, everyday 2-letter words were listed in alphabetical order, what would be the first four on the list?
Am, An, As, At
How many letters are in the longest English word?
189,819 (If you're wondering what it is, search for the Chemical name (Full Form) of Titin)
Who is the only member of ZZ top who doesn't have a beard?
Frank Beard
Which Mexican food has a name meaning "little donkey"?
Burrito
What is the name of the CalTech seismologist who invented the scale used to measure the magnitude of earthquakes?
Charles Richter
What is the name of the Japanese art of paper-folding?
Origami
How many eggs do Octopuses lay at a time?
56,000
Who was the first television couple to be shown in bed together on primetime television?
Fred and Wilma Flintstone
What is the price of Louis XIII, the most expensive pizza in the world?
$12,000
This statesman, politician, scholar, inventor, and one of the early presidents of the USA invented the swivel chair, the spherical sundial, the moldboard plow, and the cipher wheel.
Thomas Jefferson
What is the first animal listed in the dictionary?
Aardvark
How long was the longest wedding veil?
Nearly 23,000 feet
Millicent Roberts is the middle and last name of what iconic children's toy?
Barbie
What is the most stolen food in the world?
Cheese
What invention caused many deaths while testing it?
Parachute
These two words differ in spelling by one letter: one means to influence, while the other means to cause. What are the two words?
Affect/Effect
How many calories do blue whales eat in one mouthful?
457,000 calories
What former American Basketball Association player, when told that his plane's departure time was 8 a.m. but would land in St. Louis at 7:59 a.m. due to the time zone change, said, "I ain't goin' on no time machine" and rented a car instead?
Marvin Barnes
What additives consist of the skin and bones of animals?
Gelatin
Who is the English physicist responsible for the 'Big Bang Theory'?
George Gamow
a. Ecstatic, b. Cinematic, c. Erratic
What's the name of the man with the world's deepest voice that humans can't hear but elephants can?
Tim Storms
What singer/actor gave Marilyn Monroe a white poodle named Mafia?
Frank Sinatra