What vitamin does the sun’s ultraviolet rays help the skin produce?
Vitamin D
Which American president appears on a one-dollar bill?
George Washington
Which president was sworn in for a second term and became the first president to have a nationally televised inauguration?
In 1949, President Harry S. Truman
In extremely broad terms, what is the study of forces that cause motion?
Dynamics
The Statue of Liberty was given to the US by which country?
France
What reptile lives the longest?
Giant Tortoise
What is the smallest planet in our solar system?
Mercury
What is the human body's heaviest organ?
Skin
What is the scientific name of the process where plants prepare their food?
Photosynthesis
What is the smallest country in the world?
Vatican City
What organ does an octopus have three of?
heart
What substance are nails made out of?
Keratin
Your nails are made from a protein known as keratin, unlike bones, which are made mostly of collagen.
What are the only birds that can fly backward?
Hummingbirds
They are the only birds in the world able to fly backward. This is due to their ability to move the wing muscles in a figure-eight motion.
Which planet is the hottest?
Correct = Venus, hottest surface temperature of the planets
Venus = second closest to the sun,
Mercury = closest to the sun but has a dense, thick cloud layer which leads to a cooler surface temperature
Quebec is a province in Canada. What language do they speak there?
French
In Greek mythology, who had snakes for hair and could turn people into stone if they looked at her?
Medusa
How many eyes does a bee have?
Five
The destruction of Pompeii in 79 A.D. was done by what volcano?
Mount Vesuvius
What is the most popular carbonated beverage?
Coca Cola
Which bird is often associated with delivering babies?
Stork
How many fingers do SpongeBob and Mickey Mouse have on one hand?
4
Who was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize?
Marie Curie in 1903 for the discovery of radioactivity.
Which mammal with spots has no vocal cords?
Giraffe
Tiger Woods is known for which sport
Golf
What is the only edible food that never goes bad?
Honey
When is "National Ice Cream" month?
July
How many years must pass before you can celebrate as a centennial?
100
Which painter reputedly cut off his own ear?
Vincent Van Gogh
In broad terms, what is a meteorologist?
Person who studies the weather.
What company used to be called "Automatic Binding Bricks"? (This is a building toy company.)
Lego
What is CO2 referred to as?
Carbon Dioxide
Who is the king of pop?
Michael Jackson
A 401(k) is a type of tax-advantaged defined-contribution account designed to help you save for what withdrawal from working life?
Retirement
What is the name/alias of a man who hijacked an airplane as a heist which remains the only unsolved air piracy crime involving a commercial airliner?
D.B. Cooper or Dan Cooper
What color is Celadon (a type of ceramic that originated in China)?
Pale Blue Green
Which famous artist painted the Mona Lisa?
Leonardo Da Vinci
Where does the Wizard live in The Wizard of Oz?
Emerald City
What are the primary colors?
Red, Green, and Blue
What was the bloodiest battle of the Civil War?
The Battle of Gettysburg in 1863.
Which country produces the most coffee in the world?
Brazil
Who was the first American astronaut to step foot on the moon?
Neil Armstrong
What is the loudest marine mammal on Earth?
Blue whale
In which continent is Timbuktu located?
Africa
Which famous play features a character named Romeo?
Romeo and Juliet
What is the largest desert in the world?
*Not the hottest
Antarctica desert
What boxer is known as the Greatest of All Time?
Muhammed Ali
What are the plastic pieces on the end of a shoestring called?
Aglet
Who Was The First Woman To Fly Solo Across The Atlantic Ocean?
Amelia Earhart
What is the hardest substance in our body?
Tooth Enamel
Who painted the ceiling in the Sistine Chapel?
Michelangelo
What is cynophobia?
Fear of dogs
How many more muscles does the average adult have compared to their bones, rounded to the nearest 100?
Muscles - bones = ?
400 more muscles
600 muscles - 206 bones = 394 more muscles
Babies have more ____ than adults.
Bones
Babies are born with around 300 bones, but some of these will fuse together with age. By adulthood, they’ll have just over 200 bones.
What is the universal blood type needed for emergency transfusions and for immune deficient infants?
O Negative