It's Getting Hot in Here!
When thunder roars, go indoors; it can reach up to 54,000F, 5 times hotter than the sun.
What is lightning?
The mass extinction event 66 million years ago that wiped out the dinosaurs marks the end of this period.
What is the Cretaceous?
This weekday, known for being historically significant in many cultures as a day of rest, was chosen for the first human landing on the moon in 1969.
What is Sunday?
This playwright, often regarded as the greatest of the English language, wrote Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet, and Hamlet.
Who is William Shakespeare?
This fruit is technically a berry, but it is often considered a vegetable due to its culinary uses.
What is a tomato?
Furnace Creek in this state's Death Valley reached a record 134.1F on July 10, 1913.
What is California?
This boundary between the Earth’s crust and mantle is named after a German geophysicist.
What is the Mohorovičić discontinuity (or Moho)?
This popular American comic strip character, created in 1928, has famously made Sunday a day for indulging in his favorite food, lasagna, and avoiding work.
Who is Garfield?
This author’s The Great Gatsby is often cited as one of the defining works of the Roaring Twenties and American literature.
Who is F. Scott Fitzgerald?
World Wide Web
(hint: it's related to U.S. historical documents)
Where were the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights stored during World War II?
It wasn't witchcraft; these vessels were heated with blowpipes in the Chalcolithic period.
What are crucibles?
This term refers to the opening or crack through which magma escapes to form a volcanic eruption.
What is a vent?
This phenomenon, often experienced on Sundays, refers to the anxiety or dread people feel as they anticipate the workweek beginning again.
What is "Sunday Scaries"?
This movement, often associated with authors like William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge, emphasized the beauty of nature and the expression of personal emotion.
What is Romanticism?
This animal’s blood is blue because it uses copper instead of iron to carry oxygen.
What is a horseshoe crab?
The ghost pepper of northeast India is around 1 million heat units on this scale.
What is the Scoville scale?
The term "felsic" refers to rocks that are high in this mineral group, often making them light in color.
What are feldspars and quartz?
This 1980s song by The Bangles became a hit, singing about how much everyone loves this particular day of the week.
What is Manic Monday?
This novel by Emily Brontë tells the tale of Heathcliff and Catherine Earnshaw, whose love for each other leads to tragic consequences.
What is Wuthering Heights?
This object, found in most people’s homes, was first created as a tool to help with fishing—before eventually becoming a kitchen staple.
What is a "spatula"?
This Spice Girl, known for her fiery personality and signature red dress, embraced the heat of her individuality and love for bold fashion.
Who is Scary Spice (Mel B)?
This geological feature, stretching from central Texas to the Gulf of Mexico, marks the boundary between two distinct geological regions: the Coastal Plains and the Interior Lowlands.
What is the Balcones Fault Zone?
In Islam, this day of the week holds significance as it is regarded as the best day of the week, with special congregational prayers held.
What is Friday?
This 1995 novel by Michael Crichton, exploring the consequences of genetic engineering and corporate greed, was later adapted into a successful film franchise.
What is Jurassic Park?
This phobia, anatidaephobia, is the fear that at any given moment, this type of animal is watching you.
What is a duck?