Vocabulary Refresh
True/False
Navigation Trivia
Alaska Facts
Riddles
100
What does the word dilemma mean?
A. a difficult problem or choice
B. a dead body of an animal
C. increase or growth of something
A. a difficult problem or choice
100
T/F
A cockroach can live for a week without it's head
TRUE! And a chicken can live for 18 months after being decapitated!!!
100
What are the 4 major directions on a compass?
North, East, South, West
Bonus - Show us where each one is on the compass below!
100
T/F
Alaska is the largest U.S. state.
True! It is the largest state by area, and is so big that Texas could fit into it twice!
100
The more you take, the more of me there are. What am I?
Footsteps...
200
Something false passed off or acceptable as real is called a:
A. Stifle
B. Glisten
C. Hoax
C. Hoax
200
T/F
No one has ever died on Mount Everest
False! It has over 150 corpses and is known as the "Rainbow Valley" because of the colorful jackets of the climbers who died there.
200
What does GPS stand for??
A. Go Pointing Somewhere
B. Global Positioning System
C. Global Placing System
B. Global Positioning System
200
T/F
There are places in Alaska that experience periods of no sunrise.
True! Places in Northern Alaska, experience a period of no sunrise during the winter, known as polar night. It lasts from about mid November until late January (about 64-67 days).
What would you do if you had to live without the sun for that long??
200
Look in my face, I am somebody. Look in my back, I am nobody. What am I?
A mirror!
300
Bewilderment means:
A. the state of being lost, perplexed or confused
B. to make angry by bothering again and again
C. to estimate, measure or judge
A. the state of being lost, perplexed or confused
300
T/F
There is a genetic disease that prevents sleep.
True! It's called fatal familial insomnia and can even lead to severe exhaustion and eventually death.
300
In Omaha, in what direction do the street numbers go up?
A. North
B. East
C. West
C. West - if you travel West in Omaha, you will see the numbers increasing.
300
How many lakes are in Alaska?
A. 152,000
B. 3 million
C. 750,000
B. 3 million (approximately)
300
Who makes it, has no need for it.
Whoever buys it won’t use it.
Who uses it, won’t care.
What am I?
A casket/coffin!
400
What word defines someone trying to appear more important that one actually is?
A. Epitaph
B. Gauge
C. Pretentious
C. Pretentious
400
T/F
People swallow several spiders a year in their sleep.
False! Spiders are generally repelled by a person's warmth, vibrations and breathing.
400
What type of clock is used in GPS satellites to ensure precise timing?
A. Digital Clock
B. Pendulum Clock
C. Atomic Clock
C. Atomic Clock
400
T/F
Alaska pays their residents to live there.
True! Alaska is one of the few places in the world that pays its residents to live there, distributing an annual dividend from its Permanent Fund, which is funded by oil revenues.
Would you live in Alaska if you were paid to live there? Why/Why not?
400
I’m tall when I’m young, I’m short when I’m old, and once a year, I make heavy pumpkins light. What am I?
A candle!
500
What does Octogenarian mean?
A. a sign of something existing or happening; an appearance of a ghost or spirit
B. a rare, important or unusual fact or event
C. a person whose age is in the eighties
C. a person whose age is in the eighties
500
T/F
The Golden Poison Dart Frog is incredibly deadly.
True! A single frog, which is about the size of a paperclip, contains enough toxin in it's skin to kill up to 20 adult humans.
500
What does an altimeter measure?
Altitude
500
What is the capital of Alaska?
A. Anchorage
B. Lincoln
C. Juneau
C. Juneau - it is the only state capital that cannot be reached by road due to it's rugged surrounding mountains, dense forests, ocean, and a vast icefield that separates it from the rest of the North America road system. You can get there by boat or plane.
500
Each morning I appear to lie at your feet. All day I will follow no matter how fast you run, yet I nearly perish in the midday sun.
Your shadow!
