Music Theory
This woodwind instrument uses a double reed but is larger and lower than the oboe.
What is a bassoon
This animal can survive being completely frozen solid for months, then thaw out and walk away like nothing happened.
What is a wood frog
This common fruit is actually a giant berry, while the thing we call a “berry” (like a strawberry) technically isn’t one at all.
What is a banana
This U.S. state is the farthest north, south, and west of all 50 states due to how longitude lines bend.
What is Alaska
This Mario Kart track holds the record for longest track in the entire franchise, taking three individual segments instead of laps.
What is Mount Wario
This brass instrument uses a slide instead of valves to change pitch.
What is a trombone
This creature has three hearts, blue blood, and can unscrew jar lids from the inside.
What is an octopus
This famous dessert topping was originally made using the swim bladders of fish as a clarifying agent.
What is gelatin
This nation technically has no capital city because its government buildings and monarchy are located in different towns.
What is Nauru? (It has no official capital)
This is the only fighter in Smash Bros. Ultimate whose victory theme is not from their own franchise, but instead remixed from Smash’s own menu music.
Who is Smash Original Fighter “Mii Fighters”? (They use a Smash-exclusive jingle)
This Italian term means “return to the beginning” and is often abbreviated as D.C.
What is Da Capo
This element, sometimes called “the devil’s element,” was responsible for causing glowing green bones in early match factory workers.
What is phosphorus
This FDA rule allows up to 30 insect parts per 100 grams in this common household baking ingredient without violating food safety regulations.
What is wheat flour
This desert is technically the largest non-polar desert in the world, even bigger than the Arabian Desert.
What is the Sahara
In Mario Kart Wii, this character is the only lightweight racer able to perform wheelies, despite it being a mechanic reserved for bikes.
Who is Baby Luigi?
A fully diminished seventh chord is built from this specific pattern of intervals.
What is stacked minor thirds
This metal is liquid at room temperature and is so dense that a bowling ball would float in it.
What is mercury
This crunchy snack’s signature orange dust is officially called “cheese dust,” but internally at the company it has a different name: Cheetle.
What are Cheetos? (The dust is called Cheetle)
This country has a point where four different time zones meet within its borders — the most of any nation on Earth.
What is Russia
This discontinued final round from early versions of the Fall Guys Game involved players dodging falling obstacles on a rotating platform but was removed due to extreme desync issues.
What is Fall Mountain’s original spinning hammer variant?
(Also acceptable: “the removed spinning hammer finale”)
This 20th-century composer created the twelve-tone method based on a strict ordering of all pitch classes.
Who is Arnold Schoenberg
This chemical element is so unstable in air that it can spontaneously explode on contact with water or even moisture in the air.
What is cesium
This popular candy originally included real insects because the shiny coating was made from secretions of the lac bug.
What are Skittles? (Also used in jelly beans & other candies)
This lake is the highest navigable lake in the world, shared between two South American countries. (Bonus Points if you can name the two countries)
What is Lake Titicaca? (Bolivia & Peru)
This Season 1 race map of Fall Guys was the very first level ever shown to the public in the game’s earliest trailer.
What is Door Dash