Far Out
1. ($100) This four-letter U.S. agency is charged with space exploration.
Answer: What is NASA? NASA stands for National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
($100) This word means the truth. It is also a synonym for thin
Answer: What is skinny? “Let me give you the skinny on the situation.”
($100) This nut has the same name as a South American country and is the largest nut found in a container of mixed nuts.
Answer: What is Brazil? Brazil nuts aren’t really nuts; they are seeds that come from a tree in the Amazon rain forest.
($100) Don’t drive on this side of the road in the U.K
Answer: What is right? Most of the world drives on the right side of the road. Other examples of countries that drive on the left side of the road include Australia, New Zealand, India, and countries in southern Africa.
What musical duo released the song “Bridge Over Troubled Water” in 1970?
Answer: Simon and Garfunkel. The song was No. 1 in the U.S. for six weeks and No. 1 in the U.K. for three. In 1971, it won the Grammy for song of the year
($200) This is the newest U.S. military branch, established December 20, 2019.
Answer: What is Space Force (USSF)? It “organizes, trains, and equips space forces in order to protect U.S. and allied interests in space.”
($200) This five-letter word means to relax or be cool.
Answer: What is chill? A variant is chill out.
($200) This huge, delicious summertime fruit is a gourd with red flesh.
Answer: What is watermelon? The average watermelon vine produces two to four fruits.
This is a piggish term for a driver who monopolizes the road.
Answer: What is road hog? Examples include changing lanes without the appropriate amount of distance, straddling two lanes, or making it difficult for another driver to change lanes.
Spam is a brand of food. The word spam is a combination of what two words?
Answer: Spiced and ham. Spam was first sold in 1937, and the word later became synonymous with all canned meat.
($400) This series of rockets focused on moon exploration and took several U.S. astronauts to the moon.
Answer: What is Apollo? There were 17 Apollo missions. Apollo 18–20 missions were canceled due to budgetary constraints.
($400) The phrase keep on (...........) means to go with the flow.
Answer: What is truckin’? The 1970s was the decade when the CB-radio craze hit.
($400) This C-shaped nut is often found in a can of mixed nuts.
Answer: What is cashew? Cashews are native to Brazil and come from evergreen trees in warm, humid climates across the globe.
This is the only number with the same number of letters as the value it represents.
Answer: What is four
What is Canada’s highest mountain:
A) Mount Logan,
B) Mount St. Elias,
C) Mount Vancouver?
Answer: Mount Logan. It is also the second-highest mountain in North America. Mount Logan is located in southwestern Yukon.
($600) NASA’s Perseverance rover landed on this planet in February 2021.
Answer: What is Mars? It launched in June 2020 and landed on February 18, 2021. Shortly after its landing, it beamed photos of Mars to Earth.
($800) This term for a job is often used by performers
Answer: What is gig? “I have to leave now to go to my gig.”
($800) This decadent nut was first introduced to Hawaii in 1881.
Answer: What is macadamia? It came to Hawaii from Australia.
This toy, which recently dropped “Mr.” from its title, was the first toy to be advertised on TV
Answer: What is (Mr.) Potato Head? It was marketed directly to children and was once featured in the Macy’s parade.
What type of blood cells are used for clotting: red blood cells, white blood cells, or platelets?
Answer: Platelets. Platelets are much smaller in size than the other blood cells. When needed, they will clump together to form a plug and stop a person from bleeding.
($800) This space telescope has had its ups and downs since its launch in 1990 on the space shuttle Discovery. It became partially disabled several times.
Answer: What is Hubble? The low-orbit giant telescope peers into the outer reaches of space and could be operational until the mid-2030s.
($1,000) This phrase from Star Wars wishes someone luck. It is a replacement for “May God be with you.”
Answer: What is “May the force be with you”? It can also wish someone goodwill and can be used as a formal goodbye
This large, gourd is the largest fruit in the world
Answer: What is pumpkin? The largest one to date is the Atlantic giant pumpkin that weighed in at 2,625 pounds. The title goes back and forth between pumpkin and squash.
How many pieces does a standard chess set have?
Answer: 32 pieces, 16 per side. In a chess game, each of the two players begins with one king, one queen, two rooks, two bishops, two knights, and eight pawns.
What country comes last alphabetically?
Answer: Zimbabwe.