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What colors are flamingos when they are born?
White or Grey.
Points will be doubled if you can tell me how they get their pink color.
They get their iconic vibrant color from the beta-carotene pigments found in their diet of algae and brine shrimp.
What is the "fight-or-flight" response?
An automatic, adrenaline-driven survival mechanism that prepares your body to confront or flee from immediate danger.
How many constellations are there?
88.
Sporting abundant hair and a love of happy trees, what was the first and last name of the guy who hosted the PBS television program "The Joy of Painting?"
Bob Ross
What was the first animal to ever be cloned?
A sheep
What animal can hold their breath the longest a sloth or a dolphin.
Sloths.
While dolphins need to surface every 10 to 15 minutes, sloths can slow their heart rates down to a third of their normal pace, allowing them to hold their breath for up to 40 minutes underwater to avoid predators.
Around what age do scientists estimate the human brain fully finishes developing (specifically the prefrontal cortex, which controls decision-making and impulse control)?
Around 25 years old.
Which planet has the largest ocean?
Jupiter.
Which famous artist famously cut off a portion of his own left ear?
Vincent van Gogh.
According to Guinness World Records, what's the best-selling book of all time?
The Bible
The wombat is the only animal in the world whose feces comes out in what shape?
Square/ cubed
What is it called when you adopt the behaviors, beliefs, or style of a group just to fit in or be accepted?
Conformity (or peer pressure).
What is the Sun mostly made of?
Gas (mainly hydrogen and helium)
Points doubled if you can name the gasses.
The three artists who painted The Last Supper, The School of Athens, and The Creation of Adam, and the sculptor who is best known for a bronze statue of David, all lend their first names to what group of four fictional characters?
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Leonardo, Raphael, Michelangelo, Donnatello)
Points will be doubled if you can name all four.
The tiny decorative dot that sits directly over the lowercase letter "i" or "j" is formally called a
tittle.
What color is octopus blood?
Blue.
Their blood is blue because it uses a copper-rich protein called hemocyanin to transport oxygen rather than the iron-rich hemoglobin humans use.
What is the psychological term for experiencing a sensory feeling, like seeing a flash of light or hearing a noise, when there is nothing actually there?
A Hallucination.
Why isn’t it possible to walk on Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, or Neptune?
Because they do not have solid surfaces.
True or False: Art used to be an official Olympic event.
True! From 1912 to 1948, artists competed for medals in architecture, painting, sculpture, music, and literature.
By U.S. law, exit signs must be one of what two colors?
Green or red
True or False: Platypus glow under UV light
True! They glow a bright blue green under UV light.
Which famous (and highly controversial) experiment used a furry white rat to classically condition a baby into being afraid of fluffy things?
The "Little Albert" experiment (conducted by John B. Watson).
How many inches a year does the moon move away from the earth?
About 1.5 inches.
Which artist led the Pop Art movement and is famous for his brightly colored silk-screen prints of Campbell’s Soup Cans?
Andy Warhol.
What is the only U.S. state that can be typed in using only one row of a standard “QWERTY” keyboard?
Alaska