Fake names?
Weird plants
Is that food?
Survival
BACS trivia
100
This is a
A) cobra beetle
B) Goliath beetle
C) giraffe beetle
D) ladder beetle
C) giraffe beetle
get it?
100
The drops of liquid made by this plant are for
A) feeding bugs
B) catching bugs
C) scaring bugs away
B) catching bugs
100
Which of these is in cornflakes?
A) tiny pieces of iron
B) seaweed
C) fish flakes
D) aluminum and microplastics
A) tiny pieces of iron
100
If you're lost in the wilderness, which is more important to find: food or water?
Water.
People can survive for weeks without food, but not more than 3 days without water
100
What does CIP stand for?
Community Improvement Project
200
Which of these is a real animal?
A)Gummy bear hummingbird
B)Pink fairy armadillo
C)Coconut wombat
B)Pink fairy armadillo
200
Plants are most closely related to
A) the mushrooms people put on pizza
B) human beings
C) single-celled creatures with tiny shells living on the sea floor
C) single-celled creatures with tiny shells living on the sea floor
200
Which of these is a key traditional food for the Jewish holiday of Pesach (Passover)?
A) Fluffy, sweet egg bread
B) pork roast
C) flour and water baked into a flat tortilla-like thing
D) shrimp boil
C) flour and water baked into a flat tortilla-like thing. It's called matzah
200
Which of these is actually a critical survival tool?
A) crock gibbets
B) tiny mirrors
C) airpods
D) eyeshadow
B) tiny mirrors
You can use them to signal passing ships or planes
200
Which of these BACS teachers has competed on TV?
A) LaRae
B) Greg G
C) Greg P
D) V
A) LaRae
300
Hellbenders spend most of their time walking through rivers, gripping slippery rocks with their sticky feet. What group of animals does the hellbender belong to? You can earn points for guessing the correct category (mammals, insects, reptiles, amphibians, etc)
Hellbenders are amphibians
300
How old is the oldest know tree on earth? The winning answer will be the closest answer that doesn't go over the actual age of the tree.
4,850 years old
300
This fruit stinks so much that in Singapore it is
A) illegal to eat on a bus
B) served to punish kids
C) considered a form of torture
A) illegal to eat on a bus
300
You're lost in the woods and you have a sandwich in your backpack. You don't know when you're going to be rescued. Should you eat the sandwich bit by bit? Eat the whole thing at once? Save it all for later?
Eat the sandwich. The best place to store your food is in your stomach. It won't rot or get eaten by an animal in there.
300
Which of these BACS people plays competitive ice hockey?
A) Greg P
B) Rhonda
C) Paul P
D) Greg AND Paul P
B) Rhonda
400
This fish is named the
A) sarcastic fringehead
B) flapjawed cruncher
C) passive aggressive sawtooth
A) sarcastic fringehead
400
This flower smells like
A) cinnamon
B) mint
C) rubbing alcohol
D) rotting flesh
D) rotting flesh
it's pollinated by flies
400
Which everyday food is this?
These are eggs
400
In which of these places have people died of hypothermia (dangerously low body temperature)?
A) Denali National Park, Alaska
B) Everglades swamp, Florida
C) New York City
D) only A and C
E) all of the above
E) all of the above
400
Which 9th grade teacher speaks excellent French?
V
Nick
Will
Aaron
V
oui oui
500
This jumping spider was first identified by scientists in 2015 in an Australian forest. It's common name is the
A) sparklepoof
B) sprinklecake
C) boingzipper
D) sparklemuffin
D) sparklemuffin
really.
500
Name one plant chemicals or flavors that humans enjoy but were originally used by plants to poison creatures that tried to eat them
Caffeine
Nicotine
THC
Theobromine (the main flavor molecule in chocolate)
500
Which is the most commonly-used spice in the world?
Black pepper
500
Which of these should you NEVER eat if you're stranded in the arctic?
A) seal liver
B) caribou tongue
C) seagull
D) eel
A) seal liver
Just a mouthful or two has enough vitamin A to poison you.
500
Before it was BACS, this building was
A) a bakery
B) a jewelry factory
C) an animal shelter
D) an office building
A) a bakery