Science
What is a wallaby?
A kangaroo
Who wrote "Uncle Tom's Cabin"?
Harriet Beecher Stowe
What famous artist was considered a suspect in the 1911 theft of the Mona Lisa?
Pablo Picasso was arrested and questioned along with avant-garde poet and playwright Guillaume Apollinaire. Both were cleared.
The May Day Run, held annually in England, involves thousands of what?
Motorbikes taking the 55-mile trek from Locksbottom to Hastings.
Sugar gives baked goods what kind of texture?
Moist -- It binds to water molecules to promote moisture in the bake.
What color eggs do peacocks lay?
They don't lay eggs - peacocks are male peafowl. Peahens are female and lay eggs.
Whose last novel was 1961's "The Winter of Our Discontent"?
John Steinbeck's
What is the term for a work of art made of two parts, usually hinged together?
A diptych is any work of art with two parts attached at a hinge.
What nation's legislative body is named The States-General?
The Netherlands
What is the first stage of baking in the oven?
Expansion -- Once in the oven, baked goods start to grow almost immediately. A lot of that has to do with the gases in the batter.
Which gender has the XY chromosomes in human beings?
Male
What children's book character was introduced by Hans and Margret Rey in 1941?
Curious George
What is the term for reproducing a texture by laying paper over it and rubbing it with a pencil or crayon?
Frottage
Before the oil industry grew in the 1940s, what was the major industry for Qatar.
Pearls
What was Scrabble originally called?
Lexico
Geniophobia is the fear of what?
Chins
Who won a Pulitzer Prize for her novel "So Big"?
Edna Ferber
Mark Rothko is best known for his work in what genre of painting?
Abstract
Lei Day is a special May Day celebration held in which of America's states?
Hawaii
What is the main alcohol in a Moscow Mule?
Vodka
What does the Latin word equinox translate to in English?
"Equal night", which alludes to the fact that day and night hours are virtually the same length during these occasions
"Leaves of Grass", first published in 1855, is a poetry collection by which American poet?
Walt Whitman
What prompted Pablo Picasso's famous Blue Period?
This period was an artistic response to his depression over the death of Carlos Casagemas, a friend who shot himself.
Off what country are the islands of Islay, Mull, and St. Kilda located?
Scotland
Why is "pound" abbreviated as "lb"?
"Libra" is Latin for pound or weight