Ocean Oddities
Doggy Dogs
Curious Cats
Scary Spiders
Musical Mysteries
100
This common pet can grow to 16 times its size when released into the wild (i.e. waters).
What is a goldfish?
100
The modern dog evolved from this ancient species. (Hint: Little Red Riding Hood.)
What is the wolf?
100
18 (Hint: a body part)
How many toes do cats normally have?
100
Spiders have this number of legs.
What is 8?
100
This 1982 song is about a mad scientist who falls in love with his laboratory assistant. Thomas Dolby is often considered a one-hit wonder, although this song is iconic 1980s.
What is "She Blinded Me with Science"?
200
These ocean creatures have the most complex brains of any invertebrate and are older than dinosaurs.
What are cephalopods (squids/octopus)?
200
The most common pet on the planet.
What is a dog?
200
38 years
How old was the oldest cat who ever lived?
200
The fastest spider (wolf spider) can run this fast. (Express in feet per second)
How much is 2 feet per second?
200
Written during the space race, this 1972 song is about an astronaut whose daily job is space travel. Space flight is his symbol for fame, and Elton John describes it as lonely and isolating
What is "Rocket Man"?
300
These are the most abundant organisms/entities on earth; they attack bacteria but not humans.
What are bacteriophages?
300
Dogs are supposedly as smart as humans of this age.
What are two-year-old infants?
300
This part of the cat helps them navigate at night.
What are whiskers?
300
Spiders use these to digest food outside their bodies since they don't have teeth. (Hint: they are proteins.)
What are digestive enzymes?
300
Modern man has been transformed into a robot in this 1983 song, with "Domo arigato" meaning a sarcastic "Thank you very much." The android has a human heart but a computerized brain.
What is "Mr. Roboto" by STYX?
400
This creature is the largest animal on Earth.
What is the blue whale?
400
This is the only spot on a dog that it can sweat from.
What are a dog's paws?
400
This 16th President of the United States absolutely loved cats.
Who was Abraham Lincoln?
400
What part of a spider is 5x stronger than steel of the same thickness?
What is the silk (from a spider web)?
400
Pick the right STEM major and you'll describe yourself as "heavenly blessed and worldly wise" with a future that's only getting better. This 1986 song perfectly reflects how in-demand and great paying science and engineering degrees can be.
What is "The Future's So Bright I Gotta Wear Shades" by Timbuk3?
500
This marine creature was recently voted the ugliest animal on Earth. It resembles a marine Jabba the Hut.
What is the blobfish?
500
Three (Hint: part of the dog's eye).
How many eyelids does a dog have?
500
15 hours
How many hours does the average cat sleep per day?
500
Spiders' blood is this color (different from ours!).
What is the color blue?
500
How appropriate that this was the first music video played on MTV in 1981. The 1979 song reflects the mixed emotions that many Americans had at the time regarding technological advances
What is "Video Killed the Radio Star? by Buggles?