State Nicknames
Ohio
The Buckeye state
Who are the latest hires on the senior leadership team for BRE?
Ravi and Kit
Pacific Ocean or Atlantic Ocean
The Pacific! 60,000,000 sq miles vs the Atlantic's 41,000,000 sq miles.
Tomatoes
Tomatoes meet the botanical requirements for fruit, as they develop from a flower and have seeds inside.
What is the only food that never goes bad? Hint: It's sweet.
Honey! Archaeologists have found edible, 3,000-year-old honey in ancient Egyptian tombs.
New York
The Empire state
When did SNOW officially launch?
November 11th
Gulf of Mexico or Gulf of Alaska
Gulf of Mexico! It is 600,000 sq miles vs Gulf of Alaska's 592,000 sq miles.
Pumpkins
Pumpkins also join the botanically classified fruit club! Pumpkins have rinds, seeds, and fleshy interiors.
A popular condiment that was once sold as medicine
Ketchup
Kentucky
The Bluegrass state
What is the name of our community space on Teams?
The BRE Watercooler - a casual thread designed to help us connect, share and support one another.
Lake Huron or Lake Michigan
Lake Huron! It is 23,000 sq miles vs Lake Michigan 22,000 sq miles.
Peppers
All peppers are considered fruit—no matter how spicy they are! You can tell by the tiny seeds that grow in the middle and the fact that peppers grow from small white, purple, and yellow flowers.
Which number is the only number that has the same number of letters as its value when spelled out.
Four
New Jersey
The Garden state
What is the name of our newsletter?
The Monthly BRE
Nile River or Amazon River
Cucumbers
The reason comes down to how they grow. The crunchy, green fruit grows from the flower of the cucumber plant and houses seeds inside.
What is the largest mammal on Earth?
The blue whale
Utah
The Beehive state
What months were our BRE on-sites held this year?
March and October
Caribbean Sea or Caspian Sea
Caribbean Sea is 1,063,000 miles and the Caspian Sea is 143,000 sq miles.
Avocados
An avocado is actually a fruit. If you want to get even more technical, the fleshy fruit is technically a berry. Avocados have a multi-layer pericarp that surrounds the tough seed at the center, consisting of the exocarp (the peel), the mesocarp (the flesh), and the endocarp (a thin layer surrounding the seed).
How many colors are in a rainbow?
Seven