Scorsels
MIISing in Action
Weather or not
Sustainable Housing
Animal House
200
This type of diet - no meat, no dairy, no animal products of any kind.
What is veganism?
200
A chicken-sized bird; Mauritius
What is the dodo?
200
They had to change the name of the Cars protagonist to this, because Electrostatic Discharge McQueen was a mouthful.
What is Lightning?
200
It's an Inuit term for an ice house, often depicted as a dome made of bricks.
What is an igloo?
200
Call me Ishmael - actually, call me the largest species of toothed whale.
What is a sperm whale?
400
Daily Double
The similarly-named Jason led this group of heroes during the Trojan War to find the golden fleece - I wonder what the cost-benefit analysis of THAT journey looked like.
400
A carnivorous marsupial; Tasmania
What is the thylacine? (Tasmanian Tiger)
400
Intense air pollution, or a mispronunciation of the dragon from The Hobbit.
What is smog?
400
Hestia is the Greek goddess of the home and this term, referring to the area where a fire is traditionally kept to heat and cook.
What is the hearth?
400
My species was once down to only about 1,000 individuals and we almost joined the MIISing in Action category - luckily, we've rebounded, and you'll probably see a few of us eating urchins on our backs all around Monterey Bay.
What is a sea otter?
600
He played guitar in Jason Scorse's favorite band, the Grateful Dead, from 1965-1995.
Who is Jerry Garcia?
600
A formerly widespread dove; North America
What is the passenger pigeon?
600
Another word for hurricane, or the famous roller coaster in New York's Coney Island.
What is (the) Cyclone?
600
It's a green building certification program used worldwide - it sure sounds like it should be at the forefront of a movement.
What is LEED?
600
I look like a seagull, but with MUCH bigger wings. Special thanks to Samuel Coleridge for teaching sailors not to hunt me!
What is an albatross?
800
It's the highest point in the Los Angeles metropolitan area. Locals could call it the Chrome Dome if they wanted to evoke comparisons to a certain CBE Director's hair (or lack thereof).
What is Mount Baldy?
800
A zebra-like horse; South Africa
What is the quagga?
800
Daily Double
This type of marine animal-related weather disaster hasn't happened in real life (as far as I know), but that didn't stop the production of this movie of the same name in 2013.
800
Finish this housing-related phrase - "In Xanadu did Kubla Khan a stately _____ ______ decree."
What is a pleasure dome?
800
I'm mostly known for my nose and my size, but I can also dive deeper than any non-cetacean mammal. Keep your distance if you want to see me up close, though!
What is an elephant seal?
1000
Miles Davis' most famous album made me kind of this word; it's the same as the economy that Jason Scorse oversees.
What is blue?
1000
A ratite (flightless bird); Madagascar
What is the elephant bird?
1000
The so-called Frog Capital of the World in Louisiana, or the word for precipitation you might see a lot of in Louisiana.
What is Rayne/rain?
1000
No, they're not houses for mice, they're an architectural and social movement promoting the simplification and downsizing of living spaces.
What are tiny homes?
1000
Daily Double - My shell is iridescent, and my meat is a delicacy - but if you try to catch me in Monterey Bay, you might have to pay a hefty $5000 fine.
What is an abalone?