Science & Nature
Peas have 14, shrimp have 254 & humans have 46 of these nucleic acid structures arranged in pairs.
What are chromosomes?
This type of orange got its name because Chinese officials wore robes of a similar color.
What is a mandarin?
He proclaimed himself the “King of Pop”.
Who is Michael Jackson?
With over $8.4 billion worldwide film earnings, this actor is the highest all-time box office star.
Who is Tom Hanks?
Large specimens of this marsupial can leap over barriers 6 feet high.
What are kangaroos?
18399 feet down & probably pretty darn cold, the Molloy Deep is the deepest point in this ocean.
What is the Arctic?
An Italian word meaning "cool and fresh" gave us the name of this art of painting on plaster.
What is fresco?
Every episode of Seinfeld contains an image or reference of this superhero.
Who is Superman?
Disney’s now classic films Bambi, Pinocchio, and Dumbo were all box office flops, and this film was released in 1950 as a final attempt to save the studio from bankruptcy.
What is Cinderella?
In 2012, this model & Project Runway host launched her Truly Scrumptious collection for Babies R Us.
Who is Heidi Klum?
This hardest tissue in the body covers the crown of a tooth in mammals.
What is enamel?
In 2008, Time Magazine described this new practice as "one part social networking and one part capital accumulation”.
What is crowdsourcing?
This category of music mostly evolved from hard-core punk in the early 1990s.
What is Screamo?
James Earl Jones and Madge Sinclair — who voiced King Mufasa and Queen Sarabi — also portrayed the king and queen in this '80s smash film.
What is Coming to America?
According to the nursery rhyme, it's "when the cradle will rock".
What is "When the wind blows"?
It's the largest blood vessel in the body.
What is the aorta?
This 8-letter word for a reaction against a trend comes from an engineering term for a jolt caused by a gap in machine parts.
What is a backlash?
Fans spotted a plastic water bottle and this modern item accidentally left in a scene in Greta Gerwig’s 2019 adaptation of Little Women.
What is a Hydro Flask?
Writer/director John Hughes wrote the screenplay for this movie in just nine days — and the last 44 pages in just eight hours — after a stressful family trip to Europe that left him thinking, "What if one of my kids has been accidentally left behind at home?"
What is Home Alone?
If you roll a standard 6-sided die and a 2 comes up, this number is on the bottom.
What is 5?
Seems counterintuitive but the Earth is farthest from the sun during this month.
What is July?
You can see the grainy quality that gave this type of stone its name.
What is granite?
He was the first actor to play James Bond on screen in a 1954 adaptation of Ian Fleming's novel, “Casino Royale”.
Who is Barry Nelson?
This 1998 sci-fi film is referred to by some as “the Iceberg” because it ended Titanic’s 15-week run of #1 at the box office.
What is Lost in Space?
Because of the way he became president, John Tyler's opponents nicknamed him "His (this)".
What is "His Accidency"?
According to a research team from Michigan State University, riding this could help you pass a kidney stone.
What is a roller coaster?