general history
books
really easy questions (I'm not joking I promise)
the history of food processing
common name from scientific name
100
This president was the first.

Who was George Washington?

100

This novella is about animals rebelling and overthrowing the farmer.

What is Animal Farm?

100

This man was born in Connecticut in 1800 and hung for treason in 1859 in Virginia.

Who was John Brown?

100

This book exposed the meat packing industry, was written by Upton Sinclair.

What is The Jungle?

100

Gorilla gorilla.

Gorilla.

200

This year marked the eruption of Mount Vesuvius.

When was 79 CE?

200
This author wrote the famous Goosebumps series.

Who is R.L. Stine?

200

Headings in this book include "Solitude," "Brute Neighbors" and "The Pond In Winter."

What is Walden? (Life in the Woods also accepted)

200

This liquid was colored with chalk and preserved with formaldehyde and borax in many cases, and could have worms in it.

What is milk?

200

Gallus gallus domesticus.

Chicken.
300

This president was the tallest.

Who was Abraham Lincoln?

300

What is the first name of Dr. Frankenstein from the book Frankenstein.

What is Victor?

300

These two states are basically mirror images of one another.

What are Alabama and Missisipi?

300

This disease was sometimes caused by tainted, canned food sitting out too long or being compromised by disease.

What is botulism?

300

Malus domestica.

Apples.

400

This language is the official of Brazil.

What is Portugese?

400

The color that the symbolic lights are in The Great Gatsby.

What is green?

400

This man was the 14th Chief Justice of the United States.

Who was Earl Warren?

400

The Pure Food and Drug Act permitted government food safety workers to do this.

What is an inspection?

400
Oryza sativa.

Rice.

500

The Berlin Wall fell in November of this year.

When was 1989?

500
The name of the python is Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book.

What is Kaa?

500

The top four finishers of the 1921 Kentucky Derby.

1: Behave Yourself.

2: Black Servant.

3: Prudery.

4: Tryster.

500

This type of animal head was common in stews in the 1800s, and was often not prepared correctly, causing disease and pestilence.

What is a calf head?

500

Solanum tuberosum.

Potato.

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