Random factoids
Animalia
Why is it so dark?
Veeta-Vita-Vegamin
Thanks for Thanksgiving!
100

This food doesn't spoil and can be edible for centuries if stored properly.

What is honey?
100

A female fox is called

What is a vixen?

100

The common myth states that daylight saving time was adopted to benefit this group of people/workers.

Who are farmers?


In fact, farmers opposed the move from the beginning because it wreaks havoc with their schedules; they had to rush crops to market—regardless of the time on the clock, they have to wait for the dew to evaporate off the hay in the morning. For dairy farmers, the time change throws the cows off, plus it could be difficult to manage the schedules of hired workers.

100

This vegetable was originally purple before the Dutch bred to the the now-standard orange...

What is a carrot?

100

This country celebrates Thanksgiving on the second Monday or October.

What is Canada?

200

The strongest muscle in the human body is the ...

What is the tongue?

200

This animal. has the highest blood pressure

What is a giraffe?

200

Daylight saving time starts at exactly this hour - hint, it is not midnight.

What is 2 am?

200
This vegetable was the first grown in space.

What is a potato?

200

The green bean casserole began appearing on Thanksgiving menus in this decade.

What is the 1950s?

1955 to be exact!

300

A male penguin proposes to a female by giving her a...

What is a pebble?

300

This animals the most powerful bite.

What is a hippopotamus?

300

This country was the first to officially adopt daylight savings time to conserve energy during WWI

What is Germany?

300

This state produces the most apples in the US.

What is Washington State?

300

This event/appearance marks the end of Thanksgiving parades.

What is Santa Claus appears?

400

A day on this planet is longer than a year on the same planet because it rotates so slowly

What is Venus?

400

This male sea creature gives birth to its young.

What is a sea horse?

400

Until 2006 this state partially observed Daylight saving time - now the whole state observes...

What is Indiana?

400

Ever met a bean with a noble title? "White Windsor" is basically the aristocrat of legumes – it is this type of bean

What is a broad bean?

400

This civilization began the tradition of breaking the wishbone.

Who were the Ancient Romans?

500

In 1967 MLK Jr and Coretta Scott King paid for this A list actress's hospital birth.  (Big movies in 1990s and 2000s)

Who is Julia Roberts?


It turns out Roberts’ parents couldn’t afford the bill, and the Kings’ gesture was a heartfelt payback. Julia’s parents, who ran a theater school in Atlanta, welcomed the King children as students when they had trouble finding a place that would accept them because they were Black.

500

A baby hedgehog is called a...

What is a hoglet?


500

In the UK when the clocks are moved an hour ahead in the Spring, it is called...

What is British Summer Time?


500

This vegetable is the largest edible flower bud.

What are artichokes?

Technically a large edible flower bud - making them a vegetable!

500

This American President instituted the annual "turkey pardon" at the White House

Who was George HW Bush?

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