Trivia (off the top of my head)

True or False

100

True/False

Styrofoam can be recycled

True

200

True/False:                                                  The GIUK gap is not significant to geopolitics 

False

300

True/false:                                                  Blue Java bananas are often called cough bananas

False; they are often called ice cream bananas

400

True/False

Marijuana is not federally legal

True

500

True False:                                                  The highest grade of matcha is gold-standard matcha

False

A or B or C

100

Octopuses have -- hearts    A) 1  B) 2  C) 3

C) 3

200

Where does the world's biggest gumboot throwing contest take place?  A) Wellington      B) Whanganui    C) Taihape

C) Taihape

300

An octupus' brain is shaped like a(n) A) Sphere  B) Oval C) Doughnut 

C) Doughnut

400

The bamboo plant is a type of 

A) Tree         B) Tall shrub      C) Grass

C) Grass

500

Which Scottish party is the main political party supporting Scottish independence?  A) SNP      B) SLD  C) Scottish Greens   D) Alba Party

A) SNP 

1 or 2 or 3 or 4

100

A mink is a type of :   1) rookie military official   2) Semi-aquatic animal   3) Norwegian desert  4) tool used in farming

2) Semi-aquatic animal

200

Skittles are banned in  1) Nigeria & Paraguay  2) Norway & Sweden  3) China & the Maldives      4) Morocco and Tunisia 

2) Norway & Sweden

300

The fungi killing many cavendish bananas is called      1)TP3   2)TR4    3)RT7     4)JV3

2) TR4

400

The only state in the US that does not have counties is   1) Colorado   2) Alaska   3) Louisiana   4) Arkansas 

3) Louisiana

500

Under the Controlled Substances Act, marijuana is designated as a Schedule - drug   1) 1    2) 2    3) 3  4) 4 

1) 1

Relates to what we have learned in 6th grade (short response)

100

What are the 3 types of rocks? (taught in science)

Sedimentary, Metamorphic, Igneous 

200

What caused Hurricane Sandy to head toward NY when it was not supposed to? (taught in science)

Jet stream

300

What are the Dover Cliffs made out of? (taught in SS)

Chalk

400

Which university did Mr. Schaefer go to?

Stonybrook University

500

What is the Albedo effect?

When light is reflected off of white snow and ice; makes the poles even colder

Short response (1 or a few words)- 2 hints allowed

100

Which toxic element of the periodic table was used to make (very toxic) green paint in the 1800s? 

Arsenic 

200

What is the genus of pigs?

Sus

300

The 2016 EPA value of statistical life is ----------- dollars

10 million

400

Bouvet Island is owned by

Norway

500

What does 18 USC 798 do?

It criminalizes the possession and distribution of classified information without authority.