Everybody Move Your Body~~
"Love, all" is a common term in these two sports
What are tennis and badminton?
You got mud on your face, you big disgrace!
What song is this performed by Queen?
What is "We Will Rock You"
In this game you don't want to topple the skyscraper of wooden blocks.
What is Jenga?
A leading theory of the mass dinosaur extinction is a meteor impact, ending the cretaceous era. One of these dinosaurs existed during that era: Stegosaurus, Diplodocus, Albertosaurus, Allosaurus, Pterodactyl, Arcteryx.
What is Albertosaurus?
(arcteryx isn't a dinosaur, the brand is named after archaeopteryx)
These two common cooking ingredients can cause a mild explosion from the release of carbon dioxide under pressure. Often used for model volcanos.
What are baking soda and vinegar.
The Abbott World Marathon Majors currently consist of 7 marathons in these cities. (name at least 4, incorrect guesses will allow another team to steal the chance to guess)
What are Tokyo, Boston, London, Sydney, New York, Chicago, Berlin
What are the 3 categories of rocks?
(and for brownie points, do you know the difference?)
What are metamorphic, sedimentary, and igneous?
This volleyball technique is also a food covered in maple syrup and butter
What is a pancake
Gunpowder is a notable invention from China and was used in weapons and communication. It was used along in tandem of this large structure consisting of stacked rocks to deter Mongol invasions.
What is the Great Wall?
What is the process where amino acids and sugar under heat undergo a complex process to deepen flavour and add appealing colour?
What is the Maillard Reaction?
In the 2024 Paris Olympics, Canada won gold in the first ever men's breaking (break dancing) event. Which Canadian b-boy was standing at the top of the podium?
Who is Phillllllll Wizzzaarrrrrrddddddd?
Nobody beats the Wizzzzzz, nobody beats the wizzzzzzzzzz.
To create the modern structures we are currently in, a mixture of cement, fine sand, and gravel/small rocks are needed in a ratio of 1:2:3 respectively. What does this make?
What is concrete?
A stacked house of cards resembles what data structure?
What is a Binary Tree
This Swedish chemist created a product that changed infrastructure and warfare on such a scale that his amassed wealth is now used to recognize outstanding contribution to humanity.
Who is Alfred Nobel? (Created dynamite to help with tunnelling and mining but also inadvertently used in warfare. Resulting in him create Nobel prizes in his will.)
This popular ingredient from a tall tropical tree is found in many food recipes and skin/hair products.
What is coconut oil?
This baseball pitch is commonly thrown with an "ok hand signal" grip.
What is a change-up
This standing rock form is created from millions of years of uneven erosion caused by varying water levels and different layers of rock. They are commonly found in Bryce Canyon National park, Utah and Dinosaur Provincial Park, Alberta.
What is a hoodoo?
a fullstack dev goes hiking in Banff, they find these stacked objects to lead them on the trail
What are rocks?
Generating 7.6 million pounds of thrust, name both the 1969 mission and the rocket that carried the first humans to the moon.
What is the Apollo 11 Saturn V? (aren't y'all excited for artemis 4 in 2028 when another landing is planned)
The term "smoking hot" is now an idiom used to describe beauty but was originally used in the 1980's to describe high energy/success. What is the common temperature used by pit masters to smoke brisket (to be hot)? (looking for an answer within the range google gave me)
What is 225-275 F?
In the 2022 FIFA World Cup, this team had the best average possession time at 75.6%.
Who are Spain?
This Mars rover landed to collect Martian soil and rock samples deep in the ground. It also carried its best friend, the first drone to operate on a different planet. What are the name of the robots?
What are Perseverance and Ingenuity?
Modern transistor gates can be as small as 12 nanometers. A human hair has an average thickness of 75 micrometers. How many gates and stack to the thickness of an average human hair? (calculators allowed)
What are 6250 gates? (there are roughly 30 billion of these transistors in iphone 17s!)
In the height of the explosive dot com bubble, this company briefly surpassed Microsoft as the most valuable company in the world and what was its evaluation? (will accept values within 20bn)
What is Cisco valued at 555 billion USD?
in 2800 BC the ancient Bablyonians created this by boiling fats and wood ashes to create a primative version of this household product.
What is soap/detergent?