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100
Which of the following planets have rings?
A) Saturn
B) Venus
C) Earth
D) None of the Above
A) Saturn
100
What are the two ingredients needed for a rainbow to form?
A) A cold front & humidity
B) Water & Sunshine
C) Love & Sunshine
D) Magic & Leprechauns
Water (like raindrops or fog) and sunshine.
100
Which mineral can you add to water to make things float easier?
Salt
100
What is the name of the possessed hotel in The Shining?
The Overlook Hotel
Hotel Cortez
The Bates Motel
Motel 666
The Overlook Hotel
200
What is the name of the galaxy that the Earth is in?
Milky Way
200
How many points does a snowflake have?
A) 6
B) 8
C) 10
D) All of the above- no snowflake is the same.
A) 6
200
Out of all Jurassic Park/Jurassic World movies, how many include children in the plot?
A) 3
B) 1
C) 4
D) all of them
D) all of them
200
Where do the Grammy Awards take place?
A) USA
B) Canada
C) Paris, France
D) Milan, Italy
A) USA
300
Which is the only planet in our solar system not named after a Greek or Roman god?
Earth
300
Which weather phenomenon is set off by giant thunderclouds called 'supercells'?
Tornado
300
Who was responsible for Adolf Hitler's death?
A) The Russians
B) The USA
C) An unknown hero
D) Himself
D) Himself
300
In Greek Mythology, what is a Nymph?
A) A mermaid
B) A nature spirit
C) A god
D) A man-dragon
B) A nature spirit
400
T or F:
Neptune has only completed one orbit around the sun since it's discovery in 1846.
True!
It takes 165 years for Neptune to go around the sun once.
400
What is the term used for snow that leaves the cloud, partially melts, and then refreezes before it hits the ground?
Sleet
400
We know US presidents live in the White House during their term as president. But where do the Vice Presidents live?
A) The US Naval Observatory
B) The Pentagon
C) With the president in the White House
D) They don't get a special house
A) The US Naval Observatory
400
What year did the Berlin Wall fall?
A) 1889
B) 1952
C) 1989
D) 2004
C) 1989
500
A _____ _____ is an area of such immense gravity that nothing—not even light—can escape from it.
Black Hole
500
True or False:
You can count cricket chirps to determine the temperature.
True.
They chirp faster when it's warmer and slower when it's cooler. If you count the number of chirps in 15 seconds and add 40 the sum usually approximates the temperature within a few degrees Fahrenheit.
500
Which state is known as the "Badger State"?
A) Wisconsin
B) New York
C) South Dakota
D) Oklahoma
A) Wisconsin
500
How many mountains have peaks higher than 14,000 feet?
A) none
B) less than 10
C) More than 50
D) All of them
C) More than 50