Fun Facts
Geography Gems
Science Sense
Mental Math
Lovin' Language
100
A Mexican blanket often slipped over the head and worn draped over the shoulder.
What is a poncho?
100
The famous geyser you might get to observe if you visit Yellowstone National Park.
What is Old Faithful?
100
Gravitational forces between earth and the moon cause this in the ocean.
What are tides?
100
The value of 7 cubed, or 7 to the third power.
What is 343?
100
A word that sounds like what it means.
What is onomatopoeia?
200
In the world of classic cartoons, his best buddy is Barney and his wife is Wilma.
Who is Fred Flintstone?
200
The capital of Kentucky.
What is Frankfort?
200
The bone found in the leg between the knee and the hips.
What is the femur?
200
20 times 20
What is 400?
200
The number of years in a "score".
What is 20?
300
The musical family that includes the xylophone.
What are percussion instruments?
300
The number of Great Lakes.
What is five?
300
In animal coloring and camouflage, the characteristic usually indicated by bright, vivid colors.
What is poisonous/deadly?
300
1 to the 80th power.
What is 1?
300
The six-letter Latin word for "against" that is often used to describe two competitors in a sports match or opposing sides in a legal case.
What is "versus"?
400
The type of drawing by an artist that magnifies a person's facial characteristics to produce a comical sketch.
What is a caricature?
400
The number of major oceans.
What is five?
400
This would be caused if the earth's crust moves suddenly along a fault.
What is an earthquake?
400
The largest two-digit prime number less than 100.
What is 97?
400
The meaning of the three-letter Greek prefix "geo".
What is earth?
500
The creature said to inhabit the slopes of Mt. Everest that is much like the legendary "Bigfoot" of the United States.
What is the Yeti?
500
The five 'Great Lakes' are : Lake Huron, Lake Ontario, Lake Superior, Lake Michigan, and _____________________.
What is Lake Erie?
500
The order of animals that includes animals that gnaw.
What are rodents (or Rodentia)?
500
The least common multiple of 6, 8, and 16.
What is 48?
500
The name given to a word or pharse that is spelled the same forward and backward, such as "pop", or "Madam, I'm Adam."
What is a palindrome?
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