-Ologies
Experts in ornithology & apiology could teach you about these, & so could Dr. Ruth.
What are the birds and the bees?
# of hours per day a bank is open when its hours are 9 A.M. to 4 P.M.
What is 7?
The vines of this fruit were 1st grown in Europe in Cantalupo, Italy.
What is cantaloupe?
This planet's sidereal day lasts 23 hours, 56 minutes, & 4.09 seconds.
What is Earth?
The name "Australia" comes from a Latin word meaning this compass direction.
What is south?
Indiana Jones' field of study.
What is archaeology?
Of a $1.15 pound of candy or 1 1/2 pounds for $1.80, the better buy.
What is the $1.15 pound of candy?
Since camellias belong to this plant family, a stewardess might ask "coffee, camellia, or milk.
What is tea?
The symbol for this planet is, appropriately, a trident.
What is Neptune?
Of whites, Aborigines, or kangaroos, the one of which Australia has the most.
What are kangaroos?
While this study tries to predict when earthquakes will occur, it's still on shaky ground.
What is seismology?
Odds of losing if you try to pick the jack of spades blindly from the other spade picture cards.
What is 2:1 (two out of three)?
Of a grass, shrub or tree, kind of plant sassafras is.
What is a tree?
The perihelion is the point in the orbit of a planet when it comes closest to this.
What is the Sun?
Because Britain could no longer send them to America, they were sent to Australia.
What are criminals (convicts)?
Toxicology deals with the effects of & the treatment for these.
What are poisons?
The total cost of 3 typewriter ribbons at $2.99 each.
What is $8.97?
Yellow flower of the genus "Tagetes", named for the Virgin Mary.
What is a marigold?
Its largest moon, Ganymede, can be seen from earth through binoculars.
What is Jupiter?
Name of this animal comes from Aboriginal word meaning "no drink", as they rarely do.
What is koala?
A necrology is a list of people who've all done this.
What is die?
The monthly payment on a 1-year loan whose total balance is $3,612.
What is $301?
Of 300,00, 3,000 or 30,000, the number of edible plant species.
What is 300,000?
Most of these are named after people who have spotted them.
What are comets?
Though he was never in Australia, its highest peak is named for this Polish patriot.
What is Mount Kosciuszko?