WWII
After Pearl Harbor, this naval battle between the US and Japan occurred just a few months later in 1942.
The Battle of Midway
Which animal is bigger by weight, a Grizzly Bear or a Moose? (on average)
A moose. They average 900lbs while Grizzlies average 660.
Madison used to own a business that sold products on Amazon. What was the company called, OR what did it sell?
Rose Floate, we sold Rose themed pool floats.
Who discovered the 4 largest moons of Jupiter?
Galileo
What color shirt was Alex wearing yesterday?
Maroon.
What is another name for "Operation Overlord"?
"D-Day" or "The Battle of Normandy"
This is the largest cell in the world.
An ostrich egg is considered a single cell before fertilization, 15-18 centimeters long and wide.
Madison has this blood type, also known as the "universal donor," which probably explains why he's such a naturally generous person. What blood type does he have?
O Negative
How many miles (on average) is the earth to the sun? Rounded to the nearest 10-million.
93 Million
Who was the last Cydcor team member to win a gold medal for the Women's 5K event at corporate games?
Sara Lear
Fought between Germany and the Soviet Union, most historians consider this as the most important battle of WWII.
The Battle of Stalingrad
Why isnt a mule considered a "species" of animal?
Mules are infertile, which is a key defining characteristic of a species in biology.
Madison doesn’t shut up about triathlons. What three events occur in a triathlon, and in which order do they occur?
Swim, Bike, Run.
What substance was observed that led to the "accidental" discovery/creation of Penicillin?
Mold.
This Australian Break Dancer became famous after her memorable performance at the last Olympics.
Ray Gun
Who was the supreme commander of the allied expeditionary forces in Europe?
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Rank these from largest to smallest? Lion, Tiger, Liger, Tigon
Liger, Tiger, Lion, Tigon.
In the run club Madison attends Wednesday nights (which none of you have attended), there are 3 different running distance options. What distances are those?
3, 4, and 5 mile. If this was answered incorrectly, it's understandable, because none of you have attended.
Outside of his discoveries in astronomy, what mathematical creation did Sir Isaac Newton invent when he was 19 years old?
Calculus
Name 3 professional chess players (past or current)
Bobby Fischer, Magnus Carlson, Gary Kasparov…. And thousands more.
This Finnish soldier has the most confirmed kills in WWII
Simo Hayha, a sniper with over 500 confirmed kills, also known as the "White Death."
Fill in the blanks of the Linnean classification system, commonly used to classify organisms: Kingdom, Phylum, (BLANK), Order, (BLANK), Genus, Species.
Kingdom, Phylum, CLASS, Order, FAMILY, Genus, Species.
What type of animal did Madison witness attack another human, and although he was very brave about it, he was reminded to always respect the raw power of wild animals?
A Tiger
Fill in the blanks on the electromagetic radiation spectrum, in order: (BLANK), Microwaves, Infrared Waves, the visible light spectrum, Ultraviolet Radiation, X-Rays, (BLANK).
RADIO WAVES, Microwaves, Infrared Waves, the visible light spectrum, Ultraviolet Radiation, X-Rays, GAMMA RAYS.
In Greek Mythology, name two entities older than Zeus.
Chaos, Tartarus, Kronus, Rhea, Gaia, Uranus, and more.