CATS
WILDFIRES
WEIRD
ZOO ANIMALS
BOOKS
100

ABOUT HOW LONG AFTER BIRTH DO KITTENS OPEN THEIR EYES?

7 - 10 DAYS

100

WHOSE SLOGAN WAS UPDATED IN APRIL 2001 FROM "ONLY YOU CAN PREVENT FOREST FIRES"  

TO  "PREVENT WILDFIRES".

SMOKEY THE BEAR

100

WHAT ASIAN COUNTRY BANS THE SALE AND IMPORT OF CHEWING GUM?

SINGAPORE  -  SINE 1992 THERAPEUTIC DENTAL AND NICOTINE GUM ARE EXCEPT - BUT ONLY A DOCTOR OR PHARMACIST CAN SELL .

BECAUSE  OF VANDALISM:  PEOPLE STUCK GUM IN THE SENSORS OF SUBWAY DOORS, ELEVATOR BUTTONS, THEATER SEATS.

100

WHICH BIG CAT IS THE LARGEST OF ALL CAT SPECIES?

TIGER>   3M FROM NOSE TO THE TIP OF THE TAIL.

300  KILOGRAMS

100

WHO IS THE BEST SELLING NOVELIST OF ALL TIMES, WITH MORE THAN TWO BILLION COPIES SOLD?

AGATHA CHRISTIE:  HER 66 DETECTIVE NOVELS HAVE BEEN TRANSLATED INTO OVER 100 LANGUAGES

200

IN WHICH COUNTRY DID THE SIAMESE CAT BREED ORIGINATE?

THAILAND - WHICH WAS HISTORICALLY KNOWN AS SIAM.  THEY WERE CONSIDERED SACRED AND WERE KEPT BY THAI  ROYALTY.

200

ROUGHLY, WHAT SHARE OF WILDFIRES IN THE US ARE STARTED BY HUMAN ACTIVITY?

85%    HUMAN STARTED -  LED BY CAMPFIRES, POWER-LINE FAILURES, AND EQUIPMENT SPARKS -  ARSON MAY ACCOUNT FOR 20% OF THOSE STARTED.

200

UNTIL JUNE 2018 WHICH WAS THE ONLY COUNTRY WHERE WOMEN WERE BARRED BY LAW FROM DRIVING?

SAUDI  ARABIA

200

WHICH ACQUATIC MAMMAL IS REECOGNIZED FOR ITS LONG TUSKS, WHICH ARE ACTUALLY ELONGATED CANINE  TEETH?

WALRUS

200

THE EARLIEST AUDIO BOOKS WERE PHONOGRAPH RECORDS PRODUCED BY WHICH ORGANIZATION?

THE AMERICAN FOUNDATION FOR THE BLIND.   IN THE 1960'S CASSETTTES WERE PRODUCED

300

WHAT IS THE TERM FOR A CAT WITH 3 DISTINCT FUR COLORS.  (BLACK, ORANGE, AND WHITE)?

CALICO - NEARLY ALL ARE FEMALE.

300

A NATURAL CAUSE OF WILDFIRES IGNITION ALONGSIDE OF LIGHTNING, VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS AND SPONTANEOUS COMBUSTION IS ____________.

SPARKS FROM ROCK FALLS.

300

AN ARIZONA APPEALS COURT JUDGE IN 1981.  SHE WAS NOMINATED BY RONALD REAGAN AND CONFIRMED BY A VOTE OF 99 - 0, TO SERVE ON THE SUPREME COURT.  NAME HER.

SANDRA DAY O'CONNOR.  FIRS WOMAN SUPREME COURT JUDGE.

300

WHAT IS SO SPECIAL ABOUT EVERY ZEBRA'S STRIPES?

THEY ARE UNIQUE TO EACH ANIMAL, LIKE FINGER PRINTS,  ALL PATERNS ARE DIFFERENT.

300

WHICH BEST SELLING BOOK SERIES HAS SOLD MORE THAN 600 MILLION COPIES:  SEVEN NOVELS TRANSLATED INTO 80  LANGUAGES?

HARRY POTTER

400

CATS ARE DIGITGRADE, WHICH MEANS WHAT?

THEY WALK ON THEIR TOES.

400

THE DEADLIEST WILDFIRE IN RECORDED HISTORY STRUCK WHICH STATE ON OCTOBER 8, 1871?

WISCONSIN       KILLED AND ESTIMATED 1,500 TO 2,500  PEOPLE, BURNED 1.2 MILLION ACRES ON BOTH SIDES OF GREEN BAY, INCLUDING PARTS OF DOOR  COUNTY.

400

WHICH COUNTRY'S NATIONAL ANTHEM, DATING BACK FOR AT LEAST 1572, IS THE OLDEST ANTHEM STILL IN USE?

THE NETHERLANDS - BEAME THE OFFICIAL ANTHEM IN 1932.

400

KOALAS SLEEP FOR HOW MANY HOURS A DAY?

20

400

WHICH CHINESE TITLE,  "THE LITTLE RED BOOK" HAS PRINT ESTIMATES OF UP TO 6.5 BILLION?

QUOTATIONS FROM CHINESE MAO TSE-TUNG

500

WHAT NAME IS GIVEN TO A BLACK CAT WITH A WHITE CHEST, WHITE  BELLY AND WHITE PAWS?

TUXEDO  -  AS IF IT WAS WEARING A FORMAL DRESS.

500

WHAT IS THE PRIMARY CAUSE OF DEATH FOR PEOPLE CAUGHT IN INDOOR FIRES?

SMOKE   INHALATION

500

POINEPHOBIA IS THE FEAR OF WHAT?

PUNISHMENT

500

OUTSIDE OF AFRICA, WILD ANIMALS LIVE IN ONLY ONE OTHR COUNTRY.  NAME IT.

INDIA:  THEY LIVE IN THE GIR FOREST.  INDIA

500

ROUGHLY HOW MANY ITEMS DOES THE US LIBRARY OF CONGRESS ON CAPITOL HILL HOLD?

173 MILLION ITEMS IN MORE THAN 470 LANGUAGES -  BOOKS, MANUSCRIPTS, MAPS, SOUND RECORDINGS AND FILMS   -----  IN THREE BUILDINGS