Science
A solution with a pH of 7 is considered this.
What is neutral?
This fuzzy tropical fruit has a brown exterior and bright green flesh, often used in smoothies.
What is kiwi?
The piece of clothing that brought Frosty the Snowman to life.
What is hat?
Perfected in the late 18th century, this invention by James Watt powered the Industrial Revolution.
What is the steam engine?
This bright yellow flower is famous for turning its head to follow the sun.
What is the sunflower?
Named for the messenger of the gods, this planet completes an orbit in just 88 Earth days.
What is Mercury?
Holding the Guinness record for heat, this pepper tops 1.5 million Scoville heat units.
What is the Carolina Reaper?
The Golden man statue awarded to talented actors.
what is an Oscar?
Discovered by Alexander Fleming in 1928, this “miracle drug” became the first true antibiotic.
What is penicillin?
The tallest living trees on Earth, these California coast natives can exceed 350 feet in height.
What are coast redwoods?
This part of the brain is primarily responsible for coordinating voluntary movements and maintaining balance. A. Hippocampus B. Cerebellum C. Hypothalamus D. Medulla
What is the cerebellum?
This Mexican spirit, made from the blue agave plant, is the essential base for a classic margarita.
What is tequila?
This 1985 John Hughes film follows six very different Chicago high-schoolers serving Saturday detention together.
What is The Breakfast Club?
Introduced to the public in 1960 by Theodore Maiman, this device generated the first coherent beam of visible light through stimulated emission, revolutionizing surgery, communications, and manufacturing.
What is the laser?
This mammal relies on low-frequency hums and infrasound—rather than roars or grunts—because it’s born without any vocal cords. A. Fox B. Giraffe C. Horse D. Sheep
What is the Giraffe?
This term describes the observable traits produced by an organism’s genetic makeup.
What is phenotype?
This country invented ice cream.
What is China?
Premiering in 1986, this daytime program made “you get a car!” a legendary giveaway moment.
What is The Oprah Winfrey Show?
Alfred Nobel patented this nitroglycerin-based explosive in 1867 to make blasting safer and more controllable.
What is dynamite?
One of only a few venomous mammals, the male of this duck-billed species delivers a poisonous spur on its hind leg.
What is the platypus?
This tiny bird is the only one capable of sustained backwards flight.
What is the hummingbird?
This Italian dessert’s name literally means “pick me up".
What is tiramisu?
In this 1984 cult classic, a young hero plugs into a video game to save his town from an alien overlord. A. TRON B. The Last Starfighter C. Flight of the Navigator D. WarGames
What is The Last Starfighter?
Developed in the early 1970s by Paul Lauterbur and Peter Mansfield, this imaging technique uses strong magnetic fields and radio waves to visualize soft tissue.
What is Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)?
This South American rodent, weighing up to 65 pounds, is the world’s largest rodent.
What is the capybara?
This scale measures earthquake magnitude, named after its developer in 1935. A. Richter scale B. Beaufort scale C. Fujita scale D. Mohs scale
What is the Richter scale?
This Japanese condiment, made by fermenting soybeans and salt, ranges from mild to intensely savory and is used in soups, marinades, and dressings.
What is miso?
Eminem was born under this name.
What is Marshall Mathers?
Developed accidentally in 1938 by Roy Plunkett at DuPont, this polymer's high heat resistance revolutionized cookware.
What is Teflon?
This insect holds the title for greatest mass, with queens tipping the scales at over 75 grams.
What is the African queen termite?