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100
What surprising material is paper money actually made from?
Answer: Paper money isn’t actually paper. It’s made of a blend of cotton and linen fibers, which make it more durable than regular paper.
25% linen and 75% cotton
100
What color are the goalposts in football?
Yellow
100
The phrase "sacred cow" to describe a person or thing immune from criticism comes from what religion that in fact does revere cows as holy animals?
Answer: Hindu
100
Is a tomato a fruit or a vegetable?
Answer: A fruit. Fruits contain seeds and grow from the flowering part of a plant. A vegetable is an edible part of a plant.
100
What are California’s state colors? (2 colors)
Answer: Blue and Gold
200
Who is depicted on the U.S. half-dollar coin?
President John F. Kennedy
200
What is the only sport to be played on the moon?
A round of golf.
200
A bar mitzvah, literally meaning "son of the commandment," is traditionally celebrated when Jewish males turn what age?
13
200
What causes ocean tides?
The gravitational pull of the Moon.
200
What animal’s nickname is “sea cow”
Answer: Manatee
300
Which bill holds the title of being the most counterfeited globally?
Answer: The most counterfeited bill in the world is the $20 bill. However, in recent years, security measures have significantly reduced counterfeit occurrences.
300
Which boxer first fought against Muhammad Ali and won?
Joe Frazier
300
In what country was Gautama Buddha said to have been born? Hint: the country neighbors India.
Answer: Nepal
300
What is the strongest muscle in the human body?
Jaw (masseter muscle)
300
Jim Henson is the creator of what beloved cast of characters?
Answer: The Muppets
400
What’s the surprising cost of producing a U.S. penny?
As of 2022, it cost about 1.5 cents to make a single penny in the United States.
400
How long is a marathon? (in miles)
26.2 miles.
400
Who was the first prophet in Islam?
Adam
400
What gives human hair, skin, and nails their color?
Melanin
400
Michael Jackson teamed up with what notable guitar player for the 1982 song “Beat It?”
Answer: Eddie Van Halen
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500
Who was the first woman to appear on modern U.S. currency?
Answer: Martha Washington on the $1 Silver Certificate in the late 1800s.
500
What is the only team in the NFL to neither host nor play in the Super Bowl?
Cleveland Browns.
500
What country is considered to have the highest wine consumption per capita? The demographics of the country skew towards additional wine consumption, including religious beliefs.
The Vatican
500
Mycology is the scientific study of what?
Fungi
500
What is the name of the world's hottest chili pepper?
Answer: Carolina Reaper
