November Teen Trivia 7 (10/14/24)

Deer

100

They're not horns. What does a deer have growing out of its head?

Antlers

200

Standing 7ft tall and weighing up to 1,500lb, what is the largest deer in the world? (hint: its plural and singular are the same)

Moose (elk technically acceptable)

300

What do you call an adult male, adult female, and a baby deer?

Buck/stag, doe, fawn

400

Found all across Canada, Russia, and Scandinavia, what deer are famous for their massive scale migrations across the Arctic?

Caribou/reindeer

500

Illinois is home to white-tailed deer, but was also historically home to what large deer species, the second largest in the world?

Elk/wapiti

November Things

100

Five seconds to answer: there are twelve months in the year and November is the ___ month.

Eleventh

200

What are the zodiac signs of November?

Scorpio & Sagittarius

300

What is the birthstone of November? (starts with a T)

Topaz

400

What is the flower of November? (starts with a C, also called mums)

Chrysanthemum

500

The Orionids, Andromedids, Phoenicids, and Taurids are all examples of what astrological phenomena that occur in November?

Meteor showers

Rain

100

Rain is created as part of the ___ cycle.

Water

200

True or false? Large raindrops fall faster than small raindrops.

True

300

Petrichor is the scientific term for what thing we associate with rain?

The smell of rain

400

Mawsynram is a village in what country (capital: New Delhi) that receives the most rain in the world?

India (it receives 467.4in or 39ft of rain a year; Champaign receives 40.9in)

500

The Atacama Desert is the place with the least rain in the world, with some places receiving 0.03in of it a year if they're lucky. In what South American coastal country is the Atacama?

Chile

Math

100

5 + 6

11

200

2 x 7

14

300

3x + 8 = 68. Solve for x

20

400

(4 x 8) (4 x 0) + 2

2

500

(15 / 5) (2 x 5) + 6 - 32

4

Same Name Geography

100

Paris is both the capital of what European country, and the capital of Edgar County in what US state, capital Springfield?

France and Illinois

200

What name is shared by a country in the Caucasus who's capital is Tbilisi, and a US state partially in the Appalachians who's capital is Atlanta?

Georgia

300

Outside of Illinois, there's three Illinois Rivers. What states are they in? Their capitals are: Denver, Oklahoma City, and Salem

Colorado, Oklahoma, Oregon

400

Rome and Athens are both cities in the US State of Georgia, and are also the capitals of what Mediterranean countries?

Italy and Greece

500

For its position on the Mississippi River, Memphis, Tennessee is named for an ancient city on the Nile River in what country?

Egypt