The earliest dogs came from the domestication and breeding of these much larger canines
Wolves
This 1994 animated movie starred Jonathan Taylor Thomas as Simba and James Earl Jones as Mufasa
The Lion King
This fast food restaurant has golden arches for a logo
McDonalds
'Me at the zoo,' released in 2005. Was the first video every uploaded on this website
YouTube
Justin Bieber was born in this country in 1994
Canada
John Madden was a Hall of Fame coach in this sport
Football
This Marvel superhero also serves as the king of the Wakanda
Black Panther
This video game series stars a blue critter tasked with battling the evil Doctor Eggman
Sonic the Hedgehog
The first president of the United States
George Washington
A trip around the sun in science, or a violent overthrow of a government in social studies
Revolution
In the play Romeo and Juliet Shakespeare makes reference to the belief that a cat has this many lives
Nine
Lincoln is the only boy in a family of 11 children on this Nickelodeon cartoon
The Loud House
This candy has the advertising tagline "taste the rainbow"
Skittles
In Massachusetts public schools, this is the number of days in a school year
180
Mr. Ramos' class in this room number
406
This team won their first NBA championship on Monday
Denver Nuggets
The only ORIGINAL Avenger, other than Thor, that was capable of wielding the mythical hammer Mjolnir
Captain America
This 2011 video game is the best selling video game in history, and as of 2021 has 140 million monthly active players
Minecraft
The Stone Ages are broken up into two eras, known as the ________________ and __________________
Paleolithic and Neolithic
In The Lightning Thief BOOK, this caused Percy Jackson to fall into a trance at the Lotus Hotel
The smell of lotus flowers
This animal has eight tentacles and three hearts
Octopus
This clown is the main antagonist in the 1986 Stephen King novel It
Pennywise
In SpongeBob SquarePants, Plankton owns a fast food restaurant with this name
The Chum Bucket
The number of states in the United States
50
This animated movie character is actually Mr. Ramos as a baby
Ice Age Baby
In football, a made field goal is worth this many points
Three
The Avengers attended this character's funeral at the end of Avengers: Endgame
Tony Stark (Iron Man)
This game platform, released in 2006, allows users to create games and play games created by other users
Roblox
The Trung sisters led a revolt against Chinese rule in 39 CE. They are from this Southeast Asian country.
Vietnam
The highest score you can get in one turn of Benson Toss
15
The name of Harry Potter's pet owl
Hedwig
This 1933 film was named after the main antagonist, a giant gorilla that became one of the most famous monsters in movie history
King Kong
The Baconator is a burger sold by this fast food chain
Wendy's
The number of days in one year
365
The first humans are believed to have lived on this continent
Africa
This football player won more Super Bowl rings than any other player ever, winning a total of seven
Tom Brady
Bruce Banner is the real name of this superhero
The Incredible Hulk
The full name of the video game acronym GTA
Grand Theft Auto
The invisible line that goes North to South around the Earth at zero degrees longitude
Prime Meridian
This football team won Super Bowl LVII in February
Kansas City Chiefs
The largest animal in the world
Blue Whale
This iconic board game is played in the first episode of Stranger Things, and is one of the recurring themes of the show
Dungeons and Dragons
This sour candy features a person with a mushroom cloud over his head as its logo
Warheads
Benson the duck has this body part that is not visible on a regular duck
Ears
This country is known as the "Land of the rising sun"
Japan
The only two NFL teams to win six Super Bowls
Pittsburgh Steelers and New England Patriots
This iconic superhero made his comic book debut in Detective Comics no. 27 all the way back in 1939
Batman
King Koopa was the original name of this famous video game villain
Bowser
Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva are the three main gods of this religion
Hinduism
Name the four colors that can be found on Benson
Pink, White, Yellow, Black
The Mosasaurus was a giant aquatic carnivorous lizard that was featured in this 2015 movie
Jurassic World
The number of books in the Harry Potter series, also the number of years a student typically spends at Hogwarts
Seven
Nathan's Famous International ____________ Eating Contest, held annually on the 4th of July on Coney Island, is the most famous eating contest in the world.
Hot Dog
This is the biggest planet in the Solar System
Jupiter
This movie character was on a magnet that was on the top left corner of the white board this year
Yoda
These three patriotic colors are the official colors baseball's Los Angeles Dodgers
Red, White, and Blue
Releasing on November 10th, 2023, this is the next movie coming out in the MCU
The Marvels
How many ores can be mined in the video game Minecraft?
8
This ancient Chinese philosopher has a philosophy named after his teachings
Confucius
This holiday is celebrated every year during the Monday of February vacation week
Presidents' Day
This diminutive bird can fly up to 49 miles per hour, and is also the only bird that can fly backwards
Hummingbird
The full name of the 2023 movie featuring Optimus Prime and the other Autobots
Transformers: Rise of the Beasts
This cereal is named after a famous peanut butter and chocolate candy
Reese's Puffs
'Firework' and 'Last Friday Night' were 2010 hits both released by this pop star, who would later become an American Idol host
Katy Perry
A magnet from this college was on the right side of the whiteboard this year
Fitchburg State University
Spanish soccer clubs FC Barcelona and Real Madrid have a rivalry that is known as __________________
El Clasico
SPECIAL QUESTION: CLOSEST TO THE PIN
I will read a question that has a number answer. Every team will get a chance to guess a number. The team that answers closest to the correct answer will get 700 points. If a team gets the exact answer they'll receive double points
32
Mario's first appearance came in this 1981 video game
Donkey Kong
Although only 370 million people speak this language as their first language, close to 1.5 million people speak it in total, making it the most commonly spoken language on Earth
English
The green poster that was outside my door in December and January said this at the top
How the Teacher Stole Christmas
This animal has four noses and 27,000 teeth
Slug
The full name of the character played by Emma Stone in 2012's The Amazing Spider Man and the 2014 sequel
Gwen Stacy
The restaurant with the most locations in the United States
Subway
This is the number of bones a worm has in its body
Zero
This person's face was on the money magnet that was on the whiteboard this year
Ben Franklin
This Basketball Hall of Famer won three NCAA National Championships with the name Lew Alcindor, but changed his name to ____________ in the NBA
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Based off of Superman, this man is the main antagonist of The Boys, a comic series from 2006-2012 and an Amazon Prime TV show since 2019
Homelander
This princess made her video game debut in 1989's Super Mario Land, then didn't make her second appearance until 2000's Super Mario Tennis
Daisy
This toxin that shares its name with a condiment was used by the Germans as a chemical weapon in World War I and World War II
Mustard Gas
This man is the richest person on Earth and is most notable for being the chairman of Louis Vuitton
Bernard Arnault
Tardigrades, also known as water bears, are believed to be the only animals on earth that can survive in this environment
Space
In season four of Stranger Things, this was the first human victim of the killer known as Vecna
His mother
This baked turnover, usually filled with meat, originated in Spain and Portugal around the 1400's
Empanadas
Arachnophobia is the fear of this animal
Spiders
In 2008's Iron Man, Tony Stark builds the Mark I version of his iconic suit to escape this country
Afghanistan
This Basketball Hall of Famer won two national championships in college, an Olympic Gold medal in 1956, and eleven NBA Championships with the Boston Celtics
Bill Russell
In Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Namor was the king of this country
Talocan
Ocarina of Time and Majorah's Mask were the two Nintendo 64 releases for this video game franchise
The Legend of Zelda
The Battle of Stalingrad was primarily fought between the armies of these two countries from 1942 to 1943
Germany and the Soviet Union (Russia also accepted)
In this game you must move every ring from the left to the right without putting a big ring on a small ring
Tower of Hanoi
While Longsjo's sports teams are known as the Olympians, Memorial's teams are known by this name
Panthers
This 1973 horror movie follows a young girl who is possessed by a demon and her mother's attempt to save her
The Exorcist
Known for it's sweet sauce, this Fitchburg restaurant has been open since 1965
Espresso Pizza
Mr. Ramos' profile picture is a combination of these two characters
Benson and the Ice Age Baby
This celebration, the largest demonstration of cultural pride in the nation, just took place on Sunday in New York City
Puerto Rican Day Parade
This former Fitchburg resident was the first American to ever participate in both the Summer and Winter Olympics in the same year
Arthur Longsjo
Name the three characters who ARE NOT original Avengers that lift Mjolnir at some point in the MCU
Odin (Thor)
Vision (Avengers: Age of Ultron)
Jane Foster (Thor: Love and Thunder)
This is the number of Pokemon in the first generation of the games
151
This Islamic extremist group was founded in 1999 and fought against the United States in the Middle East in the 2010's
ISIS
The animal that Mr. Ramos told you all to remember was the scariest on the planet
Hippopotamus