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Miami-an Megafauna
Actual Jeopardy
100
This field of Geology is known generally as the study of prehistoric life and fossils.
What is Paleontology?
100
This 19th Century german scientist proposed the hypothesis of continental drift.
Who is Alfred Wegener?
100
This extrusive volcanic rock is known for its glassy texture, and it's conchoidal fracture.
What is Obsidian?
100
This genus of Ice Age feline, known for its enigmatic canines, is represented in the Cutler Bay site.
What is Smilodon?
100
This president once famously said, "A house divided cannot stand."
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
200
This field of geology accounts for and catalogues the shifts in the magnetic field of the Earth.
What is Paleomagnetism?
200
This medical, and seminary school-drop out to rode around the South America with his homies, and wrote about his travels.
Who is Charles Darwin?
200
This type of chert is known for it's use in simple tools.
What is Flint?
200
This smelly Xenarthran is primarily known for its role in the Ice Age films.
What is Megalonyx (Or Ground Sloth)
200
The olfactory nerve is responsible for this sense.
What is Smell?
300
This sub-field of geology deals with analyzing crystal structure, habit, and mineralogy.
What is Crystallography?
300
This person widely regarded as the best Earth and Environment Faculty and Staff Member.
Who is [Free 300 Points]?
300
This metamorphic form of quartz is known for its ease of identification.
What is Tiger's Eye?
300
This Armored Xenarthran is a classic example of the extreme size difference between extant and extinct mammals.
What is a Glyptodont?
300
This painter is known for his role in the popularization of Pop Art and his iconic silkscreen paintings.
Who is Andy Warhol?
400
This field is in the domain of computer science and geography, but deals with the analysis and cataloging of the spatial features.
What is Geoinformatics?
400
This paleontologist is remembered by many as the inspiration for the children's tongue-twister of "She sells sea shells by the sea shore."
Who is Mary Anning?
400
This measurement describes the incline and orientation of a plane.
What is Strike and Dip?
400
This strange ungulate used to be prevalent throughout North America, but now is only relegated to South America and East Asia.
What is the Tapir?
400
This 1993 classic is best known for its stop-motion effects and its seasonal themes.
What is The Nightmare Before Christmas?
500
This field of study works with all types of geologists when putting their finding in museums and public institutions.
What is Museology?
500
This British Scientist is known as the father of modern geology, and pioneered the Uniformitarian school of thought.
Who is James Hutton?
500
This structural process can confuse inexperienced geologists, and results in older beds laying above younger ones.
What is an Inversion (also accepting anticline)?
500
This elephant relative is thought to have slightly grown larger than the Wooly Mammoth and is represented in the Cutler Site alongside other Pleistocene faunas. 
What is the Colombian Mammoth?
500
This man replaced longtime "Jeopardy!" host Alex Trebek.
Who is Ken Jennings?