Well, That's Just Odd
This food was once used as currency in ancient societies.
Salt
Marketed in 1975 with a cardboard carrier, bedding, and instructions, this "low-maintenance pet" was _______.
a Pet Rock
This continent is also the world’s largest desert.
Antarctica
“The Un-Dead” was an early title connected with this famous vampire novel.
Dracula
This animal cannot jump and is one of the planet’s largest land mammals.
Elephant
The “horns” of this African animal are actually permanently growing skin-covered structures made of keratin, like human fingernails.
Giraffe
These protective devices were made for chickens and were intended to reduce pecking and cannibalism in flocks.
Chicken Glasses
This fast food has been eaten more than 35,000 times by one record-holder.
McDonald's Big Mac
“A Boy’s Life” was the early production title for this film about a boy and a stranded alien.
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
This is the only metal that is liquid at typical room temperature.
Mercury
This unusual mammal lays eggs, detects electrical signals with its bill, and has venomous spurs on its hind legs.
Platypus
Designed to give city-dwelling infants “fresh air,” this wire enclosure was hung outside an apartment window.
A Baby Cage
Which U.S. state has a town named Truth or Consequences?
New Mexico
(the city was named Hot Springs until 1950)
“The Last Man in Europe” was an early title for this dystopian novel.
Nineteen Eighty-Four
This ancient writing material gave us the word “paper,” although it was not made from modern paper pulp.
Papyrus
The dot over a lowercase “i” or “j” is called this.
Tittle
Activated by a switch, this machine's only function was to extend a mechanical hand and turn itself off.
The Useless Machine
This country is famous for having no coastline, yet it contains more than 7,000 islands.
Philippines
“Strangers from Within” was the original title of this novel about stranded schoolboys and a frightening island society.
Lord of the Flies
This country has the longest coastline in the world.
Canada
What species of animal includes the smallest known mammal by mass?
Shrew
(Etruscan shrew - weighs about 0.063oz on average)
In 1939, Chicago inventor Charles Steinlauf created a two‑story “Goofybike” that carried his whole family and included a fully functional _______ for his wife.
Sewing Machine
The shortest war in recorded history lasted less than an hour and involved this former sultanate.
The Anglo-Zanzibar War
(occurred in 1896 and lasted between 38-45 minutes)
“The Modern Prometheus” appears as the subtitle of this novel, making its alternate title sound like a Greek mythology lecture.
Frankenstein
This is the small plastic or metal sheath at the end of a shoelace.
Aglet