Things to avoid
#1 cause of death in the United States
What is Heart disease
Despite what you may have heard this ancient wall built to fend off Nomadic groups in the Mongolian steppes is actually not visible from space.
What is the Great Wall of China
This effect on the brain is when a fake drug is given instead of the real thing but the mind still creates a physiological effect within the body.
What is the placebo effect
This is the name of the luck dragon from Never Ending Story
What is Falcor
Curious George is a monkey but there's some debate as to whether or not he was drawn with this.
What is a tail (he has no tail)
This is a coastal phenomenon where a narrow current pulls you quickly out to sea
What is a Rip-tide(Rip-current)
A symbol of the "iron curtain" after ww2 this wall through Germany came down in 1989
What is the Berlin Wall (my mom has a big chunk of it)
This is where you get an overwhelming sense of familiarity with a particular moment due to the minds inability to make the connection between what is similar about that moment and the past.
What is Deja Vu
Elon Musk sent this object on a rocket to orbit the sun as a test flight in 2018
What is a Tesla Roadster
Many people are under the impression that the Monopoly guy has one of these. (its either Ace Ventura or the planters peanuts fault)
What is a monocle
Large fish especially sword fish shouldn't eaten due to high levels of what element.
What is Mercury
This wall was originally constructed to divide Roman controlled Britain from the north(modern day Scotland)
What is Hadrians Wall
This bias is due to our programming over the course of human existence to pay more attention to bad things than good in order to ensure survival.
What is Negativity bias
1903, first successful powered aircraft flight took place outside Kitty Hawk, NC and was accomplished by who?
Who are the Wright Bros.
Yaba daba doo! this prehistoric cartoon family is believed to be spelled with out what letter?
What is a T (Flint stones not Flinstones)
This city consistently has the highest murder rate in the U.S.
What is St. Louis Missouri
When an actor turns and looks right into the camera this is called what?
What is breaking the fourth wall
This cognitive bias is where you have positive opinions about a persons other traits because you already find them attractive or nice. (ex: jon Hamms character in 30 rock)
What is the Halo Effect
This Is the only type of bird that can fly in any direction. Straight up, even backwards.
What is a hummingbird
in Star Wars the famous line that Darth Vader says to Luke revealing that he's his father is incorrectly remembered as what?
what is "Luke(it's "No"), I am your father"
This popular artificial sweetener is super toxic for dogs.
What is xylitol
This is an ancient wall in Jerusalem where prayers are made or written on paper and slipped into the cracks.
What is the Western Wall or Wailing Wall
This is the phenomenon where you see faces in inanimate objects or textures
What is Pareidolia
This type of tree has seeds that turn into "helicopters" as they fall
What is Maple
People falsely think that "We Are the Champions" by Queen ends with the line "we are the champions..." followed by what 3 words?
What is "...of the world" It's not in there.