The “ologies”
The study of humans, their cultures, and how societies developed over time.
What is anthropology?
The unit of temperature used by the majority of the world.
What is Celsius?
The first ever PBS Kids show, always beginning with a man entering his house and changing into a sweater.
What is “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood?”
The start of a new week.
What is Sunday?
For over four decades, he’s been creating song parodies like “Eat It,” “Amish Paradise,” and “White and Nerdy.”
Who is “Weird” Al Yankovic?
The study of fossils and ancient life forms.
What is paleontology?
The potency of a Carolina Reaper has a value of approximately two million on this scale.
What is the Scoville scale?
A tyrannosaurus rex is adopted by a family of Pteranodons and rides a time traveling locomotive to meet other dinosaurs.
What is “Dinosaur Train?”
An informal Australian greeting.
What is “g’day”?
In 2013, Norwegian comedy duo Ylvis asked audiences what a doglike animal sounds like.
What is “The Fox”/ “What Does the Fox Say?”
The study of insects.
What is entomology?
A unit of mass equal to one thousandth of a kilogram.
What is a gram?
A young girl is secretly a superhero, armed with superhuman strength and a skilled vocabulary.
What is “WordGirl?”
A dreamlike musing while awake, especially of the fulfillment of wishes or hopes.
What is a daydream?
With videos consistently over a million views, this YouTube channel is known for comedic songs that replace the words in shows or movies, such as “Seagulls! (Stop It Now).”
What is Bad Lip Reading?
The study of modern garbage, especially post-consumer waste.
What is garbology?
A magnitude scale, used to measure the strength of earthquakes.
What is the Richter scale?
Three kids are brought into a digital universe and must use math and science skills to protect it from the villainous Hacker.
What is “Cyberchase?”
A day marked by a general suspension of work in commemoration or celebration of a yearly event.
What is a holiday?
This Warren Zevon song is about lycanthropes in England.
What is “Werewolves of London?”
The study of bird egg shape and coloration.
What is oology?
The standard unit in chemistry for measuring large quantities of very small entities such as atoms, molecules, or other particles.
What is a mole?
The Kratt brothers host a show about a talking lemur and his animal friends.
What is “Zoboomafoo?”
Another word for dawn, the first appearance of light in the morning.
What is daybreak?
A young man named Dooley has a rather unconventional lifestyle and fashion sense his favorite articles of dress being tan shoes with specific laces.
What is “Pink Shoelaces?”