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Nature’s Wonders
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100

This yellow spice, often found in Paella, is known as the most expensive spice in the world.

What is Saffron?

100

Many shoppers in the 50s and 60s collected these "Stamps" to redeem for household items.

What are S&H Green Stamps?

100

This planet is the largest in our solar system and is known for its "Great Red Spot."

What is Jupiter?

100

If a task is incredibly easy to complete, you might say it is "a piece of" this.

What is Cake?

100

This blue-and-yellow can of lubricant’s name stands for "Water Displacement, 40th formula."

What is WD-40?

200

There are exactly this many pints in a standard quart.

What is Two?

200

Before touch-tones, you had to wait for the wheel to spin back on this type of telephone.

What is a Rotary Phone?

200

This is the process by which green plants use sunlight to synthesize food.

What is Photosynthesis?

200

In the theater, you tell an actor to do this instead of saying "Good Luck."

What is "Break a leg"?

200

Earl Tupper became famous for creating this airtight plastic storage container.

What is Tupperware?

300

This fungus is the essential ingredient that causes bread dough to rise.

What is Yeast?

300

In 1955, this doctor famously developed the first successful vaccine for Polio.

Who is Jonas Salk?

300

This colorful natural light display in the sky is also known as the "Northern Lights."

What is the Aurora Borealis?

300

This phrase, meaning to accept something difficult or painful, comes from 19th-century battlefield surgery.

What is "Bite the bullet"?

300

This glass-ceramic cookware was developed by Corning and could go from the freezer to the oven.

What is CorningWare?

400

This scale is used to measure the "heat" or pungency of chili peppers.

What is the Scoville Scale?

400

This portable device, popularized in the 50s, allowed people to listen to music away from a wall outlet.

What is a Transistor Radio?

400

This is the official term for a scientist who specifically studies the weather.

What is a Meteorologist?

400

f you are pursuing a mistaken line of thought, you are "barking up the wrong" one of these.

What is a Tree?

400

Although she appeared on millions of boxes of cake mix, this "woman" was actually a fictional character.

Who is Betty Crocker?

500

Beyond sweet, sour, salty, and bitter, this "fifth taste" describes a savory or meaty flavor.

What is Umami?

500

This iconic "drive-in" feature usually involved a dancing box of popcorn and a soda during the break.

What is an Intermission (or "Let's all go to the lobby")?

500

Trees that lose their leaves every autumn are known by this botanical term.

What is Deciduous?

500

This phrase describes a person showing "fake" sorrow or insincere grief.

What are "Crocodile tears"?

500

In 1948, Edwin Land introduced the first model of this "instant" camera.

What is a Polaroid?