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Animals
100
What pigment makes plants green?
Chlorophyll
100
Which US president delivered the Gettysburg Address?
Abraham Lincoln
100
What new Wonder of the World is located in Peru?
Machu Picchu
100
What phenomenon is named for the French words for "already seen"?
Deja vu
100
What animal produces most of the world's wool?
Sheep
200
What does the color of a star indicate?
Temperature -- Red dwarf stars are around 3500 degrees Kelvin. Our yellow sun is about 5800 degrees K. The hottest stars, blue supergiants, reach 40,000 degrees K.
200
What is the oldest of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World?
Great Pyramid of Giza
200
What is the largest salt-water lake in the US?
Great Salt Lake
200
Where did the ancient Greeks believe their gods lived?
Mount Olympus
200
What is the loudest animal on Earth?
Sperm whale
300
What causes the phenomenon of red "watermelon snow"?
Algae
300
What age followed the Bronze Age?
The Iron Age
300
What U.S. state is closest to Africa?
Maine
300
A pimento is what type of fruit?
Pepper
300
How far away can a wolf smell its prey?
Almost two miles
400
What two chemical elements make up the mineral quartz?
Silicon and oxygen
400
Broadway was established in what year in New York?
A. 1785 B. 1813 C. 1750
C. 1750
400
Which US state is nicknamed the "Ocean State"?
Rhode Island
400
Which island was once named the "Island of the Pelicans"?
Alcatraz Island
400
Which has the thickest fur of any mammal?
Sea otter
500
What is the largest living invertebrate known to science?
Colossal squid
500
Which country did Barbados gain its independence from?
United Kingdom
500
In what country would you find Mont-Saint-Michel?
France
500
What is the Scoville unit a measure of?
The spicy heat of a chili pepper.
500
What male sea creature gives birth to its young?
Seahorse
600
Why do most species of sharks have to stay in constant motion?
To help them breathe
600
What event prompted the first New Year’s Eve ball drop in Times Square?
A fireworks ban in the city
600
The deepest point in the Atlantic Ocean is named what?
Puerto Rico Trench -- It is 27,000 feet deep and marks the boundary between two tectonic plates and separates the Atlantic Ocean from the Caribbean Sea.
600
Which chess piece can only move diagonally?
The bishop
600
What poisonous spider can be identified by a small red hourglass-shaped marking on the underside of its body?
Black Widow
700
What percentage of the cucumber is water?
96%
700
Why did beer become synonymous with St. Patrick’s Day?
Alcohol restrictions were lifted
700
What country has the coldest permanently inhabited town on Earth?
Oymyakon, Russia
700
Which country created the official marathon length of 26.2 miles?
United Kingdom
700
How many tentacles does a squid have?
Ten
800
What approximate distance is the Astronomical Unit based off of?
Distance between the Earth and the Sun
800
Who was the first female inductee into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame?
Aretha Franklin -- The "Queen of Soul" was inducted into the 1987 class of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
800
What is the 25th island of Greece?
Amorgos
800
Dionysus was the Greek god of what?
Wine
800
What was the first animal in to orbit the Earth?
A Dog!
900
What is an atom that has more electrons than normal referred to as?
Negative ion
900
Who served as Vice President under Ronald Reagan?
George H.W. Bush
900
Vienna is the capital of which country?
Austria
900
It was illegal for women to wear what in 19th century Florence?
Buttons
900
Where on the body are a crab’s taste buds?
Its toes
1000
When was the Halley's Comet periodicity discovered?
1705
1000
What countries were involved in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms?
England, Ireland, and Scotland
1000
What is the capital of Poland?
Warsaw
1000
How long did it take the first human to swim across the Atlantic Ocean?
73 days
1000
People from which country brought domestic cats to the United States?
England