Animals & Adventure
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Dinosaurs & Daily Life
Old Times & Odd Jobs
200
These animals name each other using special whistles.
What are dolphins?
200
This man, who founded SpaceX, is now acting like the president of the United States.
Who is Elon Musk?
200
This theory suggests that people become smarter when they listen to classical music.
What is the Mozart Effect?
200
According to the Global Cities Index, this is the most powerful and important city in Europe.
What is London?
200
These life-sized statues of ancient Chinese soldiers were made from this material.
What is terracotta (clay)?
400
Photographer David Liittschwager used this shape to show the diversity of nature in a small space.
What is a cube?
400
These siblings collected folktales from storytellers all over Germany.
Who are the Brothers Grimm (Grimm brothers)?
400
This injury can occur when people are exposed to extreme cold.
What is frostbite?
400
DAILY DOUBLE
These (are/are not) single-use plastics.
What are a PET bottle and a plastic knife?
400
These special firefighters are lowered by helicopters into burning forests.
What are smokejumpers?
600
DAILY DOUBLE
That's how you spell this word!
What is C-A-M-O-U-F-L-A-G-E?
600
In "The Seven Ravens," the girl uses this to open the door to the house her brothers are being kept in.
What is her own finger?
600
This measurement of tempo is often referred to as "BPM" for short.
What is "beats per minute"?
600
This city in Shizuoka is known for its large Brazilian population.
What is Hamamatsu?
600
DAILY DOUBLE
This is the original height of the Great Pyramid of Giza in meters.
What is 147 meters?
800
This extreme activity, performed on Pentecost Island in Vanuatu, is the origin of bungee jumping.
What is land diving?
800
This large device, named after a German astronomer from the 17th century, was sent into space in 2009.
What is the Kepler Space Telescope?
800
DAILY DOUBLE
That's the BPM of this song!
What is 128 BPM?
800
This strange-looking dinosaur was discovered when paleontologists found a pair of giant arm fossils in 1965.
What is Deinocheirus?
800
People who have this unusual job are responsible for checking the gender of baby birds.
What is a chick sexer?
1000
This is the term for a group of dolphins.
What is a pod?
1000
DAILY DOUBLE
These are the eight planets in our solar system.
(correct order = BONUS)
What are Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune?
1000
Before they vanished, Amelia Earhart and Fred Noonan were trying to land on this island.
What is Howland Island?
1000
While "Tyrannosaurus" means "tyrant lizard" in Greek, "rex" means this in Latin.
What is "king"?
1000
This artifact, now in the British Museum, was the key to understanding ancient Egyptian languages.
What is the Rosetta Stone?