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100
Do bats drink water?
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yes no maybe
Bats do drink water. It's rare to see them since they're active at night. Plus, they're pretty fast! In a blink of an eye, they are able to swoop down, take a quick sip of water and fly away — all in one fluid motion.
100
About how many adults in the U.S. have gotten at least one dose of a Covid-19 vaccine?
1 Billion 30 million
200 Million 130 Million
As of April 18, about 130 million adults had gotten at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine. That’s half of all adults in the country. This data comes from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
100
When did the Irish Famine take place?
1924 1810
1845 1895
1845
100
What was the name of the Pilgrims’ ship?
SURPRISE...YOU GET NO POINTS BECAUSE THIS WAS TOO EASY. BETTER LUCK NEXT TIME.
The Mayflower
100
In which decade did television become widely available around the world?
1990s
1930s
1950s
1920s
1950s
100
A is the father of B. But B is not the son of A. How is this possible?
B is a daughter.
200
Which animal is a herbivore, and only eats vegetation?
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bison bear coyote
BISON Grasses, plants and berries are all part of the bison's diet. But don't worry about them going hungry in the winter — that's what their big head is for! They use their heads to plow the snow to get to the grass.
200
What was the name of the helicopter that went into flight from Mars?
Serendipity Ingenuity
Probability
Ingenuity
200
What was the name of Franz Ferdinand’s assassin?
Edgar Allan Poe John Wilkes Booth
Gavrilo Princip Lee Harvey Oswald
Gavrilo Princip
200
What city was the first capital of the United States?
New York City Richmond, VA
Washington D.C. Arlington, VA
New York
200
Which group invented and developed the early Internet?
The U.S. government
The European Union
The Soviet Union
The United Nations
The U.S. government
200
On my way to Claremont I saw a man with 7 wives. Each wife had 7 sacks. Each sack had 7 cats, each cat had 7 kittens. Kittens, Cats, Sacks, and wives. How many were going to Claremont?
Just me....one.
300
Which mammal is able to hold their breath for up to six minutes under water?
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armadillo giraffe bat
Armadillos can hold their breath as they walk or run along shallow bodies of water of ponds or streams. When they need to swim longer distances, they gulp lots of air. The air pumps up their stomach and intestines which helps them float so they can swim easier.
300
What can be done to help the bear population?
Change the bear's behavior?
Don't allow kill of bear.
Change human behavior
Change human behavior.
300
Which of these battles involved Huns?
Caerphilly Chancellorsville
Chalons
Chalons
300
What was the first American state?
Maryland Delaware
MA NH
Surprise even if you didn't get this correct you get the points.
Delaware
300
This explosive was invented by Alfred Nobel:
W54
Dynamite
Atomic bomb
Tsar Bomba
Dynamite
300
People buy me to eat, but never eat me. What am I?
Plates and cutlery.
400
Who is the closest living relative of the rock hyrax?
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guinea pig elephant raccoon
the correct answer is ELEPHANT Even though the rock hyrax doesn't look like an elephant, these mammals share several similarities in their feet, skulls and teeth.
400
What has caused bear to not hibernate as long as they used to?
The availability of food that people supply for them.
400
Which of these peoples once ruled Norway?
Irish
Vikings
Aztecs
Romans
Vikings
400
Where was the Constitutional Convention held?
Philadelphia Washington, D.C.
New York City
Philadelphia
400
This American engineer is widely regarded as the father of cell phones:
W. Rae Young
Martin Cooper
Alexander Graham Bell
Eric Tigerstedt
Martin Cooper
400
What number do you get when you multiply all the numbers on the phone keyboard?
Zero
500
Which group of animals live on their own tropical island and swim in a turquoise-blue sea?
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monkeys rabbits pigs
Actually, the correct answer is PIGS. The pigs live on an uninhabited island, though no one is sure how they got there. Some say they swam over from a shipwreck, while others claim that they were left by a group of sailors. Either way, you can visit the pigs on Pig Beach in the Bahamas.
500
The Summer Olympics will be held where?
Tokyo Lake Placid
Stockholm
Tokyo
500
What was the Windscale fire incident?
Nuclear accident
Structure fire
Bioterrorism
Civil unrest
Nuclear accident
500
- What was the last state to be admitted into the union? Hawaii.
Hawaii Alaska
Bermuda
Hawaii
500
He is known as the father of video games:
Frank Whittle
Shigeru Miyamoto
Ralph Henry Baer
Ray Tomlinson
SURPRISE YOU GET THE POINTS EVEN IF YOU GOT THIS INCORRECT.
Ralph Henry Baer
500
It cannot be seen, felt, heard or smelt. It lies behind stars and under hills, and empty holes it fills. It comes first and follows, ends life, kills laughter. What is it?
What is darkness.