Cats and dogs
Winner 'lympics
Have You Heard the Good News?
SPAAAAAAAACE!!!
100
What famous cat shares a name with a President, a Civil War general, and a mathematician?
Garfield (James A. Garfield is all three. Note: it is unlikely he routinely ate lasagna.)
100
What country has the all-time most medals across all Winter Olympics?
Norway (406)
100
In 2025, renewable energy became the biggest source of global electricity generation. What's the fastest growing form of power generation?
Solar
100
What was the first artificial satellite launched into space?
Sputnik 1
200
How many toes does a cat have?
18
(Five per front paw, four per back paw)
200
What country hosted the last (2022) Winter Olympics?
China (Beijing)
200
Life expectancy hit 79 years, an all-time high. How old was the oldest person in history?
A) 150
B) 129
C) 122
D) 111
C) 122
200
What is the name of the boundary where a black hole’s gravity becomes too strong to escape?
Event Horizon
300
Will cats forgive you for your crimes?
No.
300
How much time passed between the end of the ancient Greek Olympics and the beginning of the modern international Olympics?
~1,500 years (393-1896)
300
When will the hole in the ozone layer be fully repaired?
a) 2030
b) 2040
c) 2050
d) Never
2040 (b) for most of the world.
300
How long does it take sunlight to reach Earth?
~8.5 minutes
400
If you were to season bacon for a cat, would the cat prefer sugar or salt?
Salt. Cats cannot taste sweetness.
400
How many disciplines are there in the 2026 Winter Olympics?
A) 10
B) 12
C) 14
D) 16
D) 16
400
PFAs, or "forever chemicals", can be found in many of the products we use every day and have become a major health concern. 3M, IKEA, and Restaurant Brands (including Burger King, Tim Horton's) have agreed to phase out PFAs by what year?
a) 2025
b) 2030
c) 2035
2025 (a)
3M has exited PFAs manufacturing, IKEA has a ban on it, and Restaurant Brands has eliminated it in food packaging worldwide. Many other corporations are actively phasing it out.
400
Which planet in our solar system has the most moons?
Saturn (274)
500
How many cats are there in the world?
A) 5-10 million
B) 220-370 million
C) 600 million-1 billion
C) 600 million-1 billion
500
Which discipline is appearing for the first time in the 2026 Winter Olympics?
Ski Mountaineering
500
Q: The 30x30 agreement aims to designate 30% of the world's land and sea as protected areas by 2030. Over 190 countries signed on. PRIOR to this, about what percent of the ocean had this protection?
A) 1%
B) 10%
C) 20%
D) 25%
A) 1%
500
What is the phenomenon where light shifts toward longer wavelengths as objects move away from us?
Redshift (or Doppler)