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100

Which of these reptiles is bigger?

a. Caiman
b. Nile Crocodile
c. Alligator
d. Saltwater Crocodile

d. Saltwater Crocodile 

- They get up to 23ft long and weigh up to 2,200lbs

100

True or False

A Jellyfish and a cucumber are both 95% water.

True. Jellyfish are about 95% water, which allows them to float on water currents. Cucumbers are also made up of about 95% water- the highest water content of any food

100

What world-famous rock n roller was born in Tupelo?

Elvis

100

I wrote these:

"The Raven"

"Annabel Lee"

"The Tell-Tale Hear"

Who am I?

Edgar Allen Poe, poet and short story writer

100

How many points does a snowflake have?

Six

200

I can eat up to 300lbs of grass, bark, roots and fruit daily. I weight 11,500lbs to 14,000lbs and live in Africa and Asia.

What am I?

Elephants

200

True or False

An orange always has the same number of slices

False

200

Belzoni, MS holds the World Festival for what breed of fish?

Catfish

200

I wrote these:

"Because I could not stop for death"

"A narrow fellows in the grass"

"I felt a funeral in my brain"

Emily Dickenson, poet

200

What is the center of a hurricane called?

The Eye

300

What can a snake do with their tongue?

Smell things

300

Which food does not belong:

a pear, a plum, a potato, a lemon

a potato, it's a vegetable

300

The historic road known at the Natchez Trace connected Natchez, Mississippi, with what TN city?

Nashville

300

I wrote these:

Little House on the Prairie

Little House Big Woods

Who am I?

Laura Ingles Wilder, novelist

300

What is the name of a scientist that studies weather?

A Meteorologist 

400

Which animal can sleep with one eye open?

a. sheep
b. chickens
c. ducks

c. Ducks can sleep with one eye open to protect them from predators.

400

Is a watermelon a berry, a vegetable, or a fruit?

A berry, its in a specific category of berries- one with a tough rind, multiple flat seeds and pulpy flesh.

400

If you are in the Great Mississippi River Balloon Race, where are you?

Natchez

400

I wrote these:

The Confession

The Associate

The Client

The Pelican Brief

John Grisham, contemporary novelist

400

What is the process by which water vapor turns into liquid water droplets?

Condensation 

500

What bear is not a bear at all?

a. Polar Bear
b. Koala Bear
c. Panda Bear

b. Koala bears, they are marsupials, not bears.

500

How many seeds and there in each pumpkin?

500

500

What Nobel Prize-winning author's home in Rowen Oak in Oxford?

William Faulkner's

500

I wrote these:

The Prince and the Pauper

Life on the Mississippi

The Adventures of Huckleberry Fin

Who am I? 

Daily Double! What was my real name?

Mark Twain, Novelist and short story author

Samuel Clemens

500

What instrument measures the amount of rainfall over a specific period?

Rain Gauge

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