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Cloud is my mother. The wind is my father. I come down but never go up. What am I?
What is rain?
“I am ___ _____ who speaks for the trees, which you seem to be chopping as fast as you please!”
Who is the Lorax?
This family-friendly movie, book, and tv series warmed hearts everywhere. Christopher Robin liked to visit one of his best friend(s) in The Hundred Acre Wood, this friend enjoyed honey! What was the name of this friend?
A. Tiger
B. Yogi
C. Winnie-the-Pooh
D. Baby Roo
Answer: C. Winnie-the-Pooh
He is the head of the Addams family.
Who is Gomez Addams?
An ancient branch of natural philosophy, a philosophical and protoscientific tradition practiced throughout Europe, Africa, and Asia, originating in Greco-Roman Egypt; and, taught of the idea of turning base metals into gold or to find a universal elixir.
What is Alchemy?
Tear off my skin. I won't cry, but you will. What am I?
What is onion?
Who said? “The flower that blooms in adversity is the most rare and beautiful of them all.”
Who is Fa Zhou?
This iconic film, released in 1994, won 45 awards and have 65 nominations. The main character is taught a trick, “keep your eye on the ball,” while playing ping pong thus is seen never blinking while playing ping pong. What is this iconic film?
A. Independence
B. Forrest Gump
C. Ace Ventura
D. Richie Rich
Answer: B. Forrest Gump
In the year 2000, the hit series "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" debuted on the CBS television network. The success of the series leads to the creation of two additional "CSI" series, each series based in a different city. Which city was NOT represented by one of the 'CSI' franchise series?
What is Los Angeles?
He is an English mathematician, physicist, astronomer, theologian, and author who is widely recognized as one of the most influential scientists of all time, his laws of motion laid the foundation for classical mechanics.
Who is Sir Isaac Newton?
I'm tall when I'm young. I'm short when I'm old. I can light up your world. What am I?
What is a candle?
In what series was this quote said.
“Never forget what you are, for surely the world will not. Make it your strength. Then it can never be your weakness. Armour yourself in it, and it will never be used to hurt you.”
What is Game of Thrones?
She is a famous author, best known for a written book “Uncle Tom’s Cabin,” that galvanize the abolitionist cause and was "said" to be one of the contributed factors to the outbreak of the Civil War.
A. Abigail Adams
B. Harriet Beecher Stowe
C. Kirk Vanderbrook
D. Mark Twain
Answer: B. Harriet Beecher Stowe
Which 1950s television actress gave birth to her child in real life on the same day that her character on her television show gave birth?
A. Grace Kelly
B. Kim Novak
C. Lucille Ball
D. Ruby Dee
Answer: C. Lucille Ball
The process of transformation of the form or nature of an animal, person, or thing into a completely different one, by natural or supernatural means; however useful to most branches of science can also be seen in literary works of fantasy and absurdist fictions.
What is Metamorphosis?
What belongs to you, but other people use it more than you?
What is name?
He was influential in the fields of psychiatry, anthropology, archaeology, literature, philosophy, and religious studies. One of his quotes was:
“Your visions will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.”
A. Boo-Boo the Bear
B. Sigmund Freud
C. Fyodor Dostoyevsky
D. Carl G. Jung
Answer: D. Carl G. Jung
Where in the human body would you find the medulla oblongata?
A. In the brain
B. Knee cap
C. In the eye
D. None of the above; it doesn't exist
Answer: A. In the brain
In which decade and where was the TV series M*A*S*H set in?
(50+ bonus points if you can tell me the exact location of the US 4077th)
What is in the 1950s and where is South Korea?
(50+ bonus answer) Where is Uijeongbu, South Korea?
What survives the impacting Earth’s surface?
A. Meteor
B. Meteorite
C. Nothing survives
D. Asteroid
Answer: B. Meteorite
I speak without a mouth and hear without ears. I have no body, but I come alive with wind. What am I?
What is an echo?
To whom is this quote attributed: "If I have a thousand ideas and only one turns out to be good, I am satisfied"?
Who is Alfred Nobel?
Dmitri Shostakovich's Symphony No. 7 is a musical tribute to which battle of World War 2?
A. Berlin
B. Vienna
C. Warsaw
D. Leningrad
E. Kursk
Answer: D. Leningrad
This popular '50s crime show, starring Jack Webb, was first produced as a radio series, but due to popularity was brought to television and ran from 1951-1959.
What is Dragnet?
This endothermic reaction is what causes the fun phenomenon we see at Haunted Forest/House or at Halloween parties, something we like to call "Dry Ice".
What is Sublimation of carbon dioxide?