NOT SO COMMON KNOWLEDGE
MYTHOLOGY
OF SHIPS AND SEAS
AUTHORS' NOTES
FLORA AND FAUNA
FLAGS
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THE SOFTEST MINERAL

WHAT IS TALC?

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WHAT WAS THE FOOD OF GREEK AND ROMAN GODS?

WHAT IS AMBROSIA?

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THE NAVY'S U.S.S. MAINE SANK IN WHAT HARBOR IN 1898? 

WHAT IS HAVANA?

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RIP VAN WINKLE SLEPT FOR HOW MANY YEARS.

WHAT IS 20?

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THE TRADITIONAL FLOWER OF MEMORIAL DAY.

WHAT IS A POPPY?

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THIS MIDDLE EAST COUNTRY'S FLAG CAN BE ROTATED 180 DEGREES AND STILL LOOK THE SAME.

WHAT IS ISRAEL?

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THIS ANIMAL IS KNOWN TO CARRY LEPROSY.

WHAT IS AN ARMADILLO?

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IN GREEK MYTHOLOGY, SHE FELL IN LOVE WITH NARCISSUS.

WHO IS ECHO?

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THIS SHIP LEFT ENGLAND WITH THE MAYFLOWER BUT HAD TO RETURN AFTER BEING DEEMED NOT SEAWORTHY.

WHAT IS THE SPEEDWELL?

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GRIMMS' FAIRY TALES ORIGINALLY WERE WRITTEN IN WHAT LANGUAGE? 

WHAT IS GERMAN?

400

TURPENTINE IS DISTILLED FROM WHAT TREE.

WHAT IS A PINE TREE?

400

THIS STATE'S FLAG HAS THE UNION JACK ON IT.

WHAT IS HAWAII?

600

THE DECORATIVE MARK WORN IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FOREHEAD OF INDIAN WOMEN

WHAT IS A BINDI?

600

BACCHUS IS THE ROMAN GOD OF WINE.  WHO IS THE GREEK GOD OF WINE.

WHO IS DIONYSUS?

600

NAME OF THE FIRST SUBMARINE.

WHAT IS THE TURTLE? (1776)

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WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE OLD MAN IN "THE OLD MAN AND THE SEA"?

WHO IS SANTIAGO?

600

OPIUM IS PRODUCED FROM WHAT FLOWER.

WHAT IS THE POPPY?

600

THIS COUNTRY'S FLAG HAS A NUTMEG ON IT.

WHAT IS GRENADA?

800

ONLY NATIVE AMERICAN TO SERVE AS VICE PRESIDENT OF THE USA.

WHO IS CHARLES CURTIS?(HERBERT HOOVER)

800

FIRST WOMAN IN GREEK MYTHOLOGY.

WHO IS PANDORA?

800

WHAT SHIP RESCUED SURVIVORS OF THE TITANIC?

WHAT IS THE CARPATHIA?

800

ANIMAL FARM IS A SATIRICAL NOVEL BASED ON WHAT COUNTRY.

WHAT IS RUSSIA?

800

FOSSILIZED TREE RESIN IS THE SOURCE OF WHAT GEM?

WHAT IS AMBER?

800

A SYSTEM OF SENDING MESSAGES USING TWO FLAGS IN VARIOUS POSITIONS.

WHAT IS SEMAPHORE?

1000

PULE, THE WORLD'S MOST EXPENSIVE CHEESE, IS MADE WITH WHAT ANIMALS' MILK.

WHAT IS A DONKEY?

1000

ZEUS' TRADITIONAL WEAPON WAS

WHAT IS A THUNDER BOLT?

1000

CONFEDERATE SUBMARINE SANK DURING THE CIVIL WAR AND FOUND BY CLIVE CUSSLER.

WHAT IS THE HUNLEY?

1000

THIS WAS THE ORIGINAL TITLE OF FRANKENSTEIN.

WHAT IS MODERN PROMETHEUS?

1000

THE MULBERRY TREE PRODUCES LEAVES TO FEED WHAT INSECT.

WHAT IS THE SILKWORM?

1000

THIS COUNTRY HAS THE OLDEST CONTINUOUSLY USED NATIONAL FLAG.

WHAT IS DENMARK? (1307)

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