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What has a neck but no head?
Hint: You might find me on the dinner table.

What is a bottle?

100

This natural satellite orbits Earth and affects ocean tides.
Hint: It lights up the night sky in different shapes.

What is the Moon?

100

This fast-growing plant can grow up to 35 inches in one day.
Hint: Pandas love eating it.

What is bamboo? 



100

This flaky pastry was invented in Austria, but made famous in France with buttery layers.
Hint: You might eat it for breakfast with coffee.

What is a croissant?

200

I’m full of holes, but I still hold water.
Hint: You’ll find me in the kitchen or bath.

What is a sponge?

200

This fruit can conduct electricity and power a small light.
Hint: It’s yellow and often used in pies.

What is a lemon?

  it contains citric acid, which acts as an electrolyte, allowing the flow of ions within the fruit, essentially creating a battery when combined with metal electrodes like copper and zinc, which can generate a small electrical current when connected; essentially, a lemon can act as a natural battery.  

200

This fruit grows on a plant that's technically an herb, and its name means "many seeds."
Hint: It's yellow, curved, and monkeys love it.

What is a banana?

200

This black-and-white sea predator is actually part of the dolphin family.
Hint: It’s also called a "killer whale."

What is an orca?

300

You can catch me, but you can’t throw me.
Hint: Often comes with sneezes.

What is a cold?

300

Your body has more of these than stars in the Milky Way.
Hint: They’re tiny, and live inside your gut!

What are bacteria?

300

This spice comes from the dried stigma of a flower and is more expensive than gold by weight.
Hint: It’s used in dishes like biryani and paella.

What is saffron?


300

This bird can rotate its head almost all the way around.
Hint: It's often seen as a symbol of wisdom.

400

You see me once in June, twice in November, but not at all in May.
Hint: Think alphabetically.

What is the letter E?

400

This was the first animal cloned in a lab in 1996.
Hint: She was a sheep and became world famous.

Who is Dolly the Sheep? 

Dolly the sheep was the first cloned mammal ever to be created from an adult cell. Affectionately named after country music legend Dolly Parton, Dolly caused excitement and controversy among both scientists and the public.

400

This spice, used in baking and desserts, comes from the inner bark of a tree.
Hint: It’s often sprinkled on toast with sugar.

What is cinnamon?

400

She played Mary Poppins and Maria in The Sound of Music.
Hint: Her voice is as famous as the hills!

Who is Julie Andrews? 

500

What gets wetter the more it dries?
Hint:It comes in different sizes and different colors and texture

towel

500

You can taste this element in food, but it explodes if dropped in water.
Hint: It’s a soft metal found in table salt.

What is sodium?

500

This small plant floats freely on water and is considered the smallest flowering plant in the world.
Hint: It’s often found in ponds and is smaller than a grain of rice.

What is duckweed?  

500

This Canadian dessert is fried dough topped with cinnamon and sugar.
Hint: It shares its name with a part of an animal.

What is a beaver tail?