FOOD/DRINK
Which shrimp dish sounds like a drink you’d order at a bar, but really just refers to the way the prawns are draped over a glass of sauce?
What is COCKTAIL
While often confused with llamas, what breed of camelid is used for fleece production, while it's cousin the llama is not?
What is ALPACAS
What was the name of the first antibiotic drug mass-produced in the 1940s?
What is PENICILLIN
Introduced at the 1904 World’s Fair, what machine-spun sweet treat was invented by dentist William Morrison and candy maker John C. Wharton and was originally named “Fairy Floss”?
What is COTTON CANDY
Which vitamin is known as the “sunshine vitamin”?
What is Vitamin D
Vitamin D is known as the “sunshine vitamin” because it can be produced by the body when exposed to sunlight
Alternating layers of ladyfingers soaked in a coffee-liqueur combo with mascarpone cheese and chocolate gets you what uplifting Italian dessert?
What is TIRAMISU
The phrase "sacred cow" to describe a person or thing immune from criticism comes from what religion that in fact does revere cows as holy animals?
Who succeeded Franklin D. Roosevelt as President of the United States after his death in 1945?
What is HARRY S. TRUMAN
What word is often abbreviated as Fn on a keyboard?
What is FUNCTION
Which is the longest bone in the human body?
What is the FEMUR (Thigh Bone)
Which Mexican beverage is made with plant milk (usually rice) and sweetened with sugar, vanilla, and cinnamon?
What is HORCHATA
What creature with an equine name has no teeth or stomach, mates for life, and is one of the only species on Earth where the male carries the unborn offspring?
What is the SEAHORSE
What genre of music, characterized by electric instruments and a strong rhythm and blues influence, began to take shape in the late 1940s?
Diesel fuel originated from experiments for the compression-ignition engine invented in 1892 by Rudolf Diesel. What nationality was Mr. Diesel?
What is GERMAN
Which muscle in the human body is the strongest relative to its size?
What is the MASSETER (Jaw Muscle)
Seltzer is made by dissolving what gas in water to make it bubbly or fizzy?
What is CARBON DIOXIDE
Which mammal with a name that starts with the same letter twice is one of the fastest diggers in the wild—they can make a 2-foot hole in about 15 seconds flat, which comes in handy if they’re trying to hide from a predator (lions) or find their favorite snack (insects).
What is an AARDVARK
Who was the famous scientist that wrote a letter to President Roosevelt in 1939 about the potential of atomic weapons, leading to the start of the Manhattan Project?
What is ALBERT EIENSTEIN
What is the ten-letter term for the longest side on a right triangle?
What is HYPOTENUSE
Which mineral is essential for proper bone mineralization?
(Think Dentist)
What is FLOURIDE
A steak covered in paté and wrapped in puff pastry: that's the basics of what dish that's probably named for the British general who defeated Napoleon at Waterloo?
What is BEEF WELLINGTON
What is the loudest animal on earth? Talking about the loudest noise it can generate, not its proportion of time spend making noise.
What is the SPERM WHALE
What major technological invention revolutionized communication in the 1940s?
What is the TRANSISTOR
What famous canal connects the Red Sea with the Mediterranean Sea?
What is the SUEZ CANAL
What is the most common type of genetic disorder?
What is DOWN SYNDROM (trisomy 21)