Astronomy
Translated Foods
Sci-Fi in Real Life
Are you Smarter than a 5th Grader
Groups of Animals
Thanksgiving History
Bonus Questions
(No penalty for wrong answers)
(No penalty for wrong answers)
100
Due to the high CO2 content in its atmosphere, this is the hottest Planet in our solar system.
What is Venus?
Venus has an average surface temperature of 870 degrees F, when Mercury has an average surface temperature of 800 degrees F
100
The name of this popular entree means "little donkey"
What is a burrito?
100
The design of this item was inspired by the communicator on Star Trek: The Original Series.
What is the "Flip Phone"?
100
The Human Body has these many bones.
What is 206?
100
A group of Geese is called this.
What is a Gaggle?
100
This President made Thanksgiving a National Holiday.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
100
Name all four U.S. presidents who were assassinated while in office.
Who are Abraham Lincoln, James Garfield, William McKinley and John F. Kennedy
200
This planet in our solar system has the most moons with a total of 53.
What is Saturn?
200
Named for a German city, and not the type of meat used, this type of sandwich was brought to the United States by 19th century sailors.
What is a Hamburger?
(After the city Hamburg)
200
In 1990, the movie "Total Recall" predicted this development in transportation that we can see on the roads every day. If you don't believe me, "Google" it.
What is Self-Driving cars?
200
This kind of number is only divisible by 1 and itself.
What is a prime number?
200
A group of Crows is called this.
What is a Murder?
200
These two NFL teams have played a game on Thanksgiving Day since 1966.
Who are the Detroit Lions and Dallas Cowboys?
200
These are the temperatures where water freezes on the Fahrenheit, Celcius and Kelvin Scales.
What is 32 F, 0 C and 273 K
300
This constellation with the Latin name for "Small Bear" contains the North Star, named Polaris.
What is the "Little Dipper"? (or Ursa Minor)
300
This Italian Pastry means "little tube".
What is a Cannoli?
300
This material that was given to 19th century chemists by Scotty in Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home, was created in real life in 2002.
What is Transparent Aluminum ?
300
This is the plural form of the word "deer".
What is "Deer"?
300
A group of Cats is called this.
What is a Clowder?
300
The first NFL game to occur on Thanksgiving first took place in this year.
What is 1934?
300
Name 4 of the 5 countries recognize Thanksgiving as a national holiday.
Canada, Grenada, Liberia, Saint Lucia, and the United States
400
This red supergiant on the constellation Orion's shoulder is expected to "go supernova" in the near future. Just don't say its name 3 times...
What is Betelgeuse?
(Not Beetlejuice...)
400
The name of this salsa means "beak of the rooster."
What is Pico de gallo?
400
In the movie Iron Man, the AI system, known as JARVIS, is a acronym meaning this.
What is "Just A Rather Very Intelligent System"?
400
The imaginary line of longitude that runs through Greenwich, England, and is designated as 0 degrees longitude.
What is the Prime Meridian?
400
A group of Hippos is called this.
What is a Bloat?
400
In Bowling, a "turkey" is a term used for this event.
What is 3 Strikes in a row?
400
Name 4 of the 6 European countries that remained neutral during World War II.
Who are Ireland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey
500
This region, beyond Neptune, is home to a vast number of icy bodies, including the dwarf planet Pluto.
What is the Kuiper Belt?
500
This snack is a Dutch word meaning "little cake" coming from the root "koek" for cake.
What is a Cookie?
(Dutch spelling: Koekje)
500
In Star Wars, C-3PO said that the probability of successfully navigating this phenomenon was 3,720 to 1. However, the actual average distance between objects is actually 600,000 miles.
What is an Asteroid Field?
500
This is the name of the process when matter transitions directly from a solid state to a gaseous state, effectively skipping the liquid state.
What is Sublimation?
500
A group of Lemurs is called this.
What is a Conspiracy?
500
This US President instituted the the annual "turkey pardon" at the White House, but was not the first president to pardon a turkey.
DOUBLE OR NOTHING: Who was the first president to pardon a turkey?
Who is George Herbert Walker Bush?
DOUBLE OR NOTHING: John F. Kennedy
500
Name the 3 bones, called ossicles, in the human inner ear.
The malleus (hammer), incus (anvil), and stapes (stirrup) 
1000
Due to the 26,000 year axial precession, the "North Star" wobbles between Polaris and this star in the constellation Draco.
What is Thuban?
1000
After French colonists settled in New England, the region became famous for this type of soup named for the French word for "cauldron", where it was normally prepared.
What is Chowder?
1000
In the movie "Interstellar", the computer model of this phenomenon was so detailed, it led movie consultant and Nobel Laurate Kip Thorne to new scientific insights and the publication of at least two scientific papers in the journal Classical and Quantum Gravity.
What is a Black Hole?
1000
This is a narrow strip of land connecting two larger landmasses, such as the one connecting North and South America.
What is an isthmus?
1000
A group of Pandas is called this.
What is an Embarrassment?
1000
On average, a turkey has these many feathers.
What is 3500?
1000
Who is on the $1, $2, $5, $10, $20, $50 and $100 bill (US Currency)
Double or nothing: Name the last person to appear on any one of the following bills bills no longer in circulation: $500, $1,000, $5,000, $10,000
$1 - George Washington
$2 - Thomas Jefferson
$5 - Abraham Lincoln
$10 - Alexander Hamilton
$20 - Andrew Jackson
$50 - Ulysses S. Grant
$100 - Benjamin Franklin
Double or nothing:
$500 - William McKinley
$1,000 - Grover Cleveland
$5,000 - James Madison
$10,000 - Salmon P. Chase (Treasury Secretary)