March Teen Trivia 2 (1/3/25)

Seals

100

The largest seal in the world shares a name with the largest animal on land, making it the ____ seal?

Elephant

200

True or false? Seals can be found on all seven continents.

True

300

Lake Baikal is one of the largest lakes in the world, and despite being over a thousand miles from the ocean, is home to a species of seals. Lake Baikal is in what country, the largest in the world?

Russia

400

Elephant seals are some of the deepest diving mammals in the world, reaching how deep? (between 1,000 and 10,000ft)

7,835ft

500

What seal found in Antarctica is an apex predator, feeding on penguins, fish, and even other seals?

Leopard seal

Australia

100

Australia hosts the largest populations of what hopping marsupials?

Kangaroos

200

True or false? Australia is the smallest continent.

True

300

What Pixar movie was set in the ocean, mostly off of the coast of Australia?

Finding Nemo

400

The Australian city of Melbourne used to share a name with what Caped Crusader superhero?

Batman 

500

Australia's indigenous peoples are known as the Australian Aboriginals, and they have lived on Australia for how many thousands of years? (somewhere between 10 and 100)

~60

Spring Scramble

100

NRIA

Rain

200

LWOFRES

Flowers

300

QXUEINO

Equinox

400

GRPNSI BTUEAY

Spring beauty

500

GMRTNGIIA IDRSB

Migrating birds

Good Luck

100

What plant is lucky if it has four leaves? (what's the Irish name for it?)

Clover (shamrock)

200

What do horses wear that is considered lucky? (what direction do they face for luck?)

Horseshoes (Up)

300

What part of a rabbit is lucky?

Foot

400

An elephant of what color is considered lucky in Thailand, giving its name to a gift exchange we do here?

White

500

Maneki-neko figurines from Japan depict what animal with its paw raised to beckon someone for good luck?

Cat

Bad Luck

100

This is the most famous unlucky number here, honored on some Fridays. If you're scared of it you have triskaidekaphobia.

13

200

Shattering the glass of what is thought to bring you seven years of bad luck?

Mirror

300

What item should you not open indoors?

Umbrella

400

What item should you not walk under?

Ladders

500

On the Isle of Man, people often refer to these social intelligent rodents as "longtails", because it is considered unlucky to call them what they actually are.

Rats