What is the only animal in the world that can fly backwards?
A) hummingbird B) blue jay C) owl
D) flying squirrel
A!
Hummingbirds are the only birds that can fly backwards and upside down. ... Hummingbirds have a unique ball and socket joint at the shoulder that allows the bird to rotate its wings 180 degrees in all directions.
Hippopotamus milk is:
A) thick B) pink C) blue D) they don't have milk
B!
Hippos milk is bright pink. The reason is that the hippo secretes two kinds of unique acids called “Hipposudoric acid” and “Norhipposudoric acid”.
What animal has rectangular pupils?
A) goats B) horses C) seahorses D) emus
A!
The goats' pupils are horizontal—not circular like ours, or vertical like a cat's. ... A broad line of sight, aided by wide, rectangular-shaped pupils, allows them to see danger approaching from their peripheral vision.
Monowi, Nebraska, has a population of:
A) 6 B) 1 C) 74 D) 34
B!
Monowi, Nebraska, is the only town in the United States with an official 2020 population of one person. Yes she pays taxes-to herself! she is in her 80s;employed as the village's mayor, librarian, and bartender.
Lobsters communicate with their:
A) bladders B) noses C) claws D) eyes
A!
Lobsters have an unusual way of communicating. Instead of making noises or gestures, they squirt pee at each other. They have two bladders that are located either side of the head.
Flamingos can only eat if:
A) they are standing up
B) if their heads are upside down
C) if they are on one leg
D) if their eyes are closed
B!
Flamingo can only eat when its head is upside down. Flamingos eat with their heads upside down to enable them to use their tongue as a sieve to catch food. The Flamingos suck in water with their tongue and it exists out the side.
What was the first food eaten in space?
A) green beans B) peanuts C) applesauce
D) cheese
C!
Glenn's consumption of applesauce, packed in a tube, and xylose sugar tablets with water, demonstrated that people could eat, swallow, and digest food in a weightless environment.
The snow in Venus is:
A) metal B) orange C) hot D) spiky
A!
At the very top of Venus's mountains, beneath the thick clouds, is a layer of snow. But since it's so hot on Venus, snow as we know it can't exist. Instead, the snow capped mountains are capped with two types of metal: galena and bismuthinite.
Kim Kardashian hired someone to:
A) take the cardboard sleeve off of her coffee cup
B) decorate her Christmas tree
C) take her shoes off at the end of the day
D) make sure she falls asleep on time
A!
"I hate the sleeve on a Starbucks cup," Kim Kardashian once admitted on her website, as spotted by StyleCaster. "I leave the room for someone to take it off for me because I cringe from the sound. It's like nails on a chalkboard for me. I hate cardboard."
What is a group of giraffes called?
A) a tree B) a tower C) a skull D) a group of giraffes
B!
A group of giraffes is called a tower. These amazing animals can be found in the African plains, and they use their long necks to reach leaves on the tops of trees.
A) broccoli B) coffee C) maple syrup
D) peanuts
D!
You are not going to believe this, but the answer is peanuts! Peanut oil can be processed into glycerol, which is a main ingredient to make nitroglycerine, the explosive liquid used in dynamite.
Fish can:
A) cough B) sneeze C) snore D) laugh
A!
It may be surprising to hear, but fish can cough. They do so because there is something stuck in their gills, and it is not allowing them to breathe in as much water as they can.
A town in Minnesota has had a mayor of what age:
A) 3 years old B) 5 years old C) 6 years old
D) 10 years old
A!
In the small town of Dorset, Minnesota, where a new mayor is picked every two years by drawing names out of a hat, a 3 year old named Robert Tufts was elected mayor in 2015. His governing style: "Being nice and no poopy talk."
A female peacock is actually called a:
A)peapie B) peasoup C) peahen D) peapirate
C!
The term "peacock" is commonly used to refer to birds of both sexes. Technically, only males are peacocks. Females are peahens, and together, they are called peafowl.
A) peanut B) hazelnut C) rose
D) pumpkin
C!
Almonds are members of the rose family and are therefore also called 'The queen of the rose family'. Other family members of the almond are the peach and the apricot. Almonds were grown thousands of years ago without having an official name.
A) sleep inside B) jump backwards
C) jump with their eyes closed
D) sleep with their eyes closed
B!
They can also move quickly from side to side with amazing agility, but they cannot jump backward because of their thick, muscular tail. Their long feet and heavy tail also make walking impossible, forward or backward.
A) the fear of large fish B) the fear of knees
C) the fear that a duck may be watching you
D) the fear of santa claus
C!
Anatidaephobia is the fear that at any point, somewhere in the world, a duck or goose may be watching the person who is suffering from the phobia. The person is not necessarily afraid that the duck or goose will attack them, or even touch them. Just that they are watching nearby.
What is the Cookie Monster's first name?
A) Paul B) Sid C) Sonny D) Cookie
B!
The Cookie Monster hasn't always been known as The Cookie Monster… His real name is actually Sid! Sid was given the nickname Cookie Monster when he ate his very first cookie, and it's stuck ever since!
All clownfish are born:
A) with their eyes open B) male C) female
D) without fins
B!
They are all born male, according to National Geographic. They have the ability to turn themselves female, but once the change is made, they can't go back to being male. Sometimes the change is made when mating. Two males will become mates and the larger, dominant fish will become the female.
The world's most shoplifted book is:
A) the farmers almanac
B) the children's encyclopedia C) The Bible
D) Guiness Book of World Records 2011
C!
According to experts, the Bible is the most commonly stolen book. The Holy Bible is available for free at many places of worship, so perhaps there's less guilt associated with pilfering a copy.
What can grow hair, teeth, and even bone?
A) snapping turtles B) tumors C) the Monkey Face Orchid (plant)
D) Corpse flower
B!
A teratoma is a rare type of tumor that can contain fully developed tissues and organs, including hair, teeth, muscle, and bone.
Bogyphobia is:
A) the fear of sticky hands B) the fear of Christmas
C) the fear of the bogeyman D) the fear of eggs
C!
For many individual who are suffering from bogeys or the bogeyman - Bogyphobia. This gives people suffering from Bogyphobia a feeling of control on the problem. But sometimes avoiding bogeys or the bogeyman might not be possible or enough.
What is 'glabella'?
A) the part in between your fingers B) a band
C) the part in between your eyebrows
D) the crease of your elbow
C!
The glabella, in humans, is the area of skin between the eyebrows and above the nose. The term also refers to the underlying bone that is slightly depressed, and joins the two brow ridges.
in 1924, a laborador retriever was sentenced to life without parole because he:
A) ate a rabbit B) killed the governor's cat
C) knocked over the fish tank
D) ate the governor's steak off the plate
B!
The year was 1924 and the setting Pennsylvania. Pep the black Labrador was sentenced to a lifetime behind bars and would forever be branded a killer for the brutal murder of then-Governor Gifford Pinchot's cat. ... He settled in to serve his sentence: Life Without Parole.
In Utah, it is illegal to swear in front of:
A) your dog B) a dead person C) a child
D) your mother
B!
It is called 'abuse or desecration of a human corpse."