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GEOGRAPHY
TWINS
CHICKENS
AUTUMN
100

JACKIE ROINSON MADE HIS HISTORIC MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL DEBUT WIT WHICH TEAM?

BROOKLYN DODGERS - 1947

100

WHICH IS THE LARGEST COUNTRY IN SOUTH AMERICA BY AREA?

BRAZIL  -   IT IS SO BIG THAT IT BORDERS EVERY OTHER SOUTH AMERICAN COUNTRY BUT TWO.

100

MINNESOTA'S "TWIN  CITIES" ARE  MINNEAPOLIS AND WHICH NEIGHBOR TO ITS EAST?

ST.   PAUL   -  ST. PAUL IS THE STATE CAPITAL WHILE MINNEAPOLIS IS THE LARGER CITY.

100

WHICH PART OF A CHICKEN IS KNOWN AS "THE PARSON'S NOSE?"

THE FLESHY TAIL STUB

100

WHICH SPORT'S CHAMPIONSHOP IS KNOWN AS THE "FALL CLASSIC"?

BASEBALL:  WORLD SERIES

200

THE OLDEST MAJOR LEAGUE PARK, WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI IS __________________

DODGER STADIUM, OPENED IN 1962

200

THE SUEZ CANAL CONNECTS THE MEDITERRANEAN TO WHICH OTHER SEA?

RED  SEA

200

NAME THE US PRESIDENT WHO HAD TWIN DAUGHTERS BORN IN 1981?

GEORGE  W.  BUSH  -  JENNA AND BARBARA

200

IN THE BEST-KNOWN VERSION OF CHICKEN LITTLE, WHAT FALLS ON THE CHICK'S HEAD AND CONVINCES HER THAT THE SKY IS FALLING?

AN ACRON

AMERICAN VERSION OF 1840  -  A LEAF

SCOTTISH VERSION  -  A PEA

200

WHICH INSECT MIGRATES EACH AUTUMN FROM ACROSS NORTH AMERICA TO A FEW MOUNTAIN FORESTS IN CENTRAL MEXICO?

MONARCH BUTTERFLIES

300

WHICH TEAM ENDED A 108 YEAR CHAMPIONSHIP DROUGHT BY WINNING THE 2016 WORLD SERIES IN SEVEN GAMES?

CHICAGO CUBS - BEAT THE CLEVELAND INDIANS AFTER A RAIN DELAY

300

WHAT IS THE LARGEST ISLAND IN THE MEDITTERANEAN SEA?

SICILY

300

DO IDENTICAL TWINS HAVE THE SAME FINGERPRINTS?

NO, NEVER!  FINGERPRINTS ARE SHAPED PARTLY BY TOUCHING THE WOMB AND WE GROW DIFFERENT RIDGES.

300

WHAT IS THE TERM FOR CHICKENS KEPT FOR EGG PRODUCTION ONLY?

LAYERS  -  EGGS

BROILERS  -  MEAT

300

WHICH FRUIT IS TYPICALLY HARVESTED DURING THE AUTUMN SEASON?

APPLES   -   APPLE CIDER

400

WHICH STADIUM IS FAMOUSLY KNOWN AS "THE FRIENDLY CONFINES"?

WRIGLEY FIELD - NICKNAMED POPULARIZED BY ERNIE BANKS - OLDEST PARK   IN THE NATIONAL LEAGUE AND FAMOUS FOR ITS IVY-COVERED OUTFIELD WALLS.

400

WHICH PURPOSE-BUILT CITY REPLACED RIO de JANEIRO AS BRAZIL'S CAPITAL?

BRASILIA -  IT TOOK 41 MONTHS TO BUILD -  AND THE MASTER PLAN LAYS THE CITY OUT IN THE SHAPE OF AN AIRPLANE.

400

WORLDWIDE,  ROUGHLY ONE DELIVERY OUT OF HOW MANY PRODUCE TWINS?

30.1  PER 1,000  DELIVERITES

IDENTICAL:  3 TO 4 IN 1,000

400

A HEN'S EGGSHELL COLOR CAN GENERALLY BE PREDICTED FROM THE COLOR OF WHICH BODY PART?

HER EARLOBES

WHITE EARLOBED BREED (LEGHORNS)  WHITE

RED-EARLOBED BREEDS  -  BROWN

THE NUTRITION IS THE SAME

400

MUNICH'S OKTOBERFEST, DESPITE ITS NAME, OPENS IN WHICH  MONTH?

MID SEPTEMBER TO THE FIRST SUNDAY IN OCTOBER -  THE WEATHER IS COOLER.

500

WHAT IS A "SACRIFICE FLY"  IN BASEBALL?

A CAUGHT FLY BALL ON WHICH A RUNNER TAGS UP AND SCORES.

500

TIMBUKTU, ONCE A GREAT CENTER OF ISLAMIC LEARNING, IS IN WICH COUNTRY?

MALI

500

ROUGHLY HOW OFTEN DO CONJOINED TWINS OCCUR?

ABOUT 1 IN 50,000 PREGNANCIES.  MOST CONJOINED TWINS ARE GIRLS, BY A RATION OF 3 TO 1..  AND THEY ARE COMMONLY JOINED AT THE CHEST.

500

IN THE 1800'S, AMERICAN CHICKEN  WAS MORE EXPENSIVE THAN BEEF OR PORK.  

TRUE OR FALSE

TRUE :  SOUGHT ONLY BY THE RICH -  CONSUMPTION INCREASE DURING WWII WHEN BEEF AND PORK WERE IN SHORT SUPPLY.

500

WHAT NAME IS GIVEN TO THE FULL MOON AFTER THE HARVEST ONE?

THE HUNTER'S MOON