Food
What is the most popular Ice Cream flavor?
Vanilla
Samuel Langhorne Clemens is the real name of which celebrated American humorist and novelist?
A. Mark Twain
B. O. Henry
C. Jack London
D. Herman Melville
Mark Twain
Samuel Clemens took the pen name Mark Twain from a riverboating term meaning two fathoms (12 feet) of water depth, which was safe for steamboats.
What do you call it when a bowler makes three strikes in a row?
Turkey
Who was the first President of the United States, serving from 1789 to 1797?
A. Thomas Jefferson
B. John Adams
C. George Washington
D. Abe Lincoln
George Washington: George Washington unanimously won the Electoral College and took office as the first president in 1789.
Which bird can fly backwards?
The hummingbird.
What is the largest animal currently known to have ever lived on Earth?
A. Blue Whale
B. Colossal Squid
C. Megalodon
Blue Whale- reaches to lengths of up to 100 ft and weighs as much as 200 tons (larger than a dinosaur)
What was the first food grown in space?
A. Green Onion
B. Yellow Onion
C. Fall Onion
D. Spring Onion
Spring onions
A. H.G. Wells
B. George Orwell
C. Ray Bradbury
How many dimples does an average golf ball have?
A. Between 75-225
B. Between 100-300
C. Between 275-480
D. Between 300-500
Between 300-500
Which U.S. president famously kept a pet alligator in a White House bathtub, reportedly given to him by the Marquis de Lafayette?
A. Andrew Jackson
B. John Quincy Adams
C. Ulysses S. Grant
D. Rutherford B. Hayes
John Quincy Adams
John Quincy Adams kept the alligator in the East Room's unfinished bathroom, startling unsuspecting visitors.
Which planet in our solar system spins backwards relative to the others?
Venu
How do honeybees communicate the direction and distance of a food source to the rest of their colony?
A. By releasing a trail of chemical pheromones along the ground
B. Emitting High Frequency buzzing
C. Regurgitating nectar samples
D. Performing figure 8 "waggle dance"
Performing a figure 8 "waggle dance"- the angle of the waggle relative to gravity indicates the direction of the food relative to the sun, and the duration of the waggle indicates distance.
Which fruit was classified as a vegetable for tax purposes after an 1893 Supreme Court ruling?
A. Kiwi
B. Banana
C. Tomato
D. Apple
Tomato
Who wrote the gothic science-fiction novel Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus while staying in Switzerland with Lord Byron and Percy Bysshe Shelley?
A. Charlotte Bronte
B. Jane Austin
C. Mary Shelley
D. Emily Dickenson
The classic 1980 movie called Raging Bull is about which real-life boxer?
Jake LaMotta
Which president received a pygmy hippopotamus named Billy from a British firebrand/consul, which he later donated to the Smithsonian?
A. Calvin Coolidge
B. Theodore Roosevelt
C. William Howard Taft
D. Warren G. Harding
Calvin Coolidge
Calvin Coolidge received Billy the pygmy hippo, who became the ancestor of nearly all pygmy hippos in American zoos today.
What is the primary green pigment used by plants to absorb light energy during photosynthesis?
A. Chlorophyll
B. Carotenoid
C. Hemoglobin
D. Melanin
Chlorophyll- it is the vital pigement located in chloroplasts that absorbs light mostly in the blue and red portions of the electromagnetic spectrum.
Which bird holds the record for the longest migration distance, flying from pole to pole each year?
A. Canada Goose
B. Bar-Tailed Godwit
C. Artic Tern
D. Wandering Albatross
Artic Tern. roughly does 44,000 miles annually
What is the most widely consumed meat?
Beef
Charles Lutwidge Dodgson used which famous pen name to write Alice's Adventures in Wonderland?
A. J.M. Barri
B. A.A. Miline
C. Lewis Carroll
D. Kenneth Grahame
Lewis Carroll
Charles Dodgson was an Oxford mathematician who used the pseudonym Lewis Carroll for his children's fantasy classics.
The Triple Crown award is given to a horse that wins which three races?
The Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes, Belmont Stakes
On the opposite end of the height spectrum, who was the shortest U.S. president in history, standing at just 5 feet 4 inches (163 cm)?
A. Benjamin Harrison
B. James Madison
C. Martin Van Buren
James Madison
James Madison was the shortest president at 5'4" and weighed less than 100 pounds.
Which terrestrial planet in our solar system is most famous for having a surface dominated by iron oxide, giving it a rusty red appearance?
A. Venus
B. Mars
C. Mercury
Mars- known as the Red Planet because its regolith is rich in iron oxides (rust)
Which animal has the highest blood pressure?
A. Elephant
B. Rhino
C. Lion
D. Giraffe
The giraffe. The blood pressure of giraffes measures 280/180 mm Hg, which is two times higher than ours!
In which country was Hawaiian pizza actually invented?
Canada
Which American novelist kept dozens of polydactyl (six-toed) cats at his home in Key West, descendants of a cat given to him by a ship's captain?
A. Ernest Hemingway
B. Mark Twain
C. F. Scott Fitzgerald
D. John Steinbeck
Ernest Hemingway
Ernest Hemingway's former home in Key West is still populated by about 60 cats, many of which carry the physical trait of extra toes.
What is the only sport to be played on the moon?
A round of golf
Which president and his wife were known to speak Mandarin Chinese to one another in the White House to maintain privacy from eavesdroppers?
A. Franklin D. Roosevelt
B. John F. Kennedy
C. Jimmy Carter
D. Herbert Hoover
Herbert Hoover
Herbert Hoover and his wife Lou Henry Hoover lived in China for years while he worked as a mining engineer and learned the language fluently.
Question 4 (Physics): When light travels from air into a glass prism, it slows down and bends. What is this phenomenon called?
A. Reflection
B. Refraction
C. Diffraction
D. Scattering
Refraction- Refraction occurs because light changes speed when transitioning between mediums of different optical densities.
What animal uses its skin to breathe? (hint: it is a smaller animal)
The frog. Other than their lungs, frogs can also use their skin for breathing.