Earth & Space
What is the name of our home galaxy?
What is the Milky Way?
What animal is known for carrying its home on its back?
What is a snail?
Other acceptable answers: turtle/tortoise, hermit crab, armadillo, roly-poly
Introduced in 1916, this construction toy used notched wooden logs that could be stacked to build miniature cabins and forts.
What are Lincoln logs?
What fruit is known to "keep the doctor away" if ingested daily?
What is an apple?
Who was the first person to walk on the moon?
Who was Neil Armstrong?
Other acceptable answers: Neil A. Armstrong
What layer of the Earth do we live on?
What is the crust?
According to scientific studies, what animal laughs when tickled on the belly or feet?
BONUS OPPORTUNITY: How many kilohertz (kHz) does this animal laugh at?
What is a rat?
BONUS ANSWER: What is 50 kilohertz?
DAILY DOUBLE!
This toy consists of a glass sphere used in games where players try to knock opponents' pieces out of a ring.
What are marbles?
What type of pasta is shaped like small rice grains?
What is orzo?
What was the world's first national park?
What is Yellowstone National Park?
Other acceptable answers: Yellowstone, Yellowstone Park
What is the United States' most recognized space-related organization?
BONUS OPPORTUNITY: Say the full name for double points
What is NASA?
BONUS ANSWER: National Aeronautics Space Administration
What bird is known for stealing shiny objects?
What is a magpie?
Other acceptable answers: crow, raven
Children rolled this toy along the ground with a stick, making it one of the most popular outdoor activities of the 1800s.
What is a hoop and stick?
What is "umami" often described as?
What is "savory"?
DAILY DOUBLE!
What was the first city to reach a population of one million people?
What is Rome?
Other acceptable answers: Ancient Rome
What is a light-year a measurement of?
What is distance?
What kind of sweetener is made out of animal vomit?
What is honey?
This Victorian optical toy used a spinning disc and slits to create the illusion of moving pictures.
What is a zoetrope?
What is the key ingredient that differentiates traditional aioli from mayonnaise?
What is garlic?
Which nation first granted women the right to vote at the national level?
What was New Zealand?
Other acceptable answers: New Zealand Dominion
What is the name of the process by which stars produce energy?
What is nuclear fusion?
What is the only known species of primate besides humans that can recognize itself in a mirror consistently?
What are great apes?
Other acceptable answers: chimpanzees, orangutans, bonobos, gorillas
Popular in the late 1800s, this viewing device made two nearly identical photographs appear as a single 3D image.
What is a stereoscope?
What is the world's most expensive spice by weight?
What is saffron?
What was the first printed book produced using movable type in Europe?
What was the Gutenberg Bible?
Other acceptable answers: 42-Line Bible, Mazarin Bible