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Ancient Egypt
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Vegetables
100

The body system that includes the brain

What is the nervous system

100

The Egyptian system of writing that used pictures

What are  Hieroglyphs ?

100

Summer 2026 begins on this date?

June 21st

100
The most popular sport in the world

What is soccer (futbol, football) ?

100

The oldest of this common pet lived to be almost 30 years old.

What is a dog?

100

This popular crunchy vegetable were predominantly purple, yellow or white before the sweeter orange variety was breed in the 1600s 

Carrots

200

The bones that protect the brain.

What is the cranium or skull?
200

One of Egypt's most famous female rulers who was actually Greek Macedonian 

Who is Cleopatra?

200
The modern Frisbee started as empty tins of this delicious dessert.

What are Pie tins?

200

Sport where a granite stone is slid across ice

What is curling?

200

This bird can mimic almost any sound?

What is the Lyrebird ?

200

This layered veggie releases a chemical irritant when cut making cooks cry

What are Onions?

300

The scientific name for brain cells

What are neurons?

300

This mammal was a favorite pet of the Egyptians

What is the cat?
300

Watermelons are actually closely related to this vegetable you may find in your salad.

What are cucumbers?

300

The world's oldest sport that is still played today?

What is wrestling ?

300

This stringed toy still works in space.

What is the Yo-Yo?

300

This red food commonly found in salads is technically a fruit but legally (taxation purposes) is a vegetable.

What are tomatos?

400

The last region of the brain to fully mature

What is the frontal lobe or the prefrontal cortex?

400

Early Egyptian paper like sheets.

What is Papyrus? 

400

In 1816, it snowed in June in parts of the Northern Hemisphere due to this natural occurrence? 

What is a volcanic eruption?

400

The most popular sport in Japan

What is baseball?

400

This symbol commonly used on the internet is called the octothorpe.

What is a hashtag?

400

Traditionally associated with Ireland, this tuber was a staple of the Inca empire.

What are potatos?

500
Eating delicious food triggers the release of this neurotransmitter.

What is dopamine?

500

Jars used to store bodily organs after mummification

What are Canopic Jars?

500

The month of July is named after this famous ruler

Who is Julius Caesar? 

500

Mary, Queen of Scots, Popularized this sport in the 1500s

What is golf?

500

The city with the most vending machines. 

What is Tokyo?

500

This stalk vegetable causes the release of sulfur compounds in the urine of people who eat it, although only 40% of people can actually smell it.

What is Asparagus?

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