Feline Facts
Q-words
Soccer
Math
Colleges
100
Domestic cats have contributed to the _________ of more than 60 species of birds, mammals, and reptiles.
What is extinction?
100
This word describes any of a bird's main wing or tail feathers, as well as the hollow sharp spines of a porcupine, hedgehog, or other spiny mammal. This object has been used throughout history to create writing utensils.
What is quill?
100
This is the number of players on the field for one team during a standard soccer match.
What is 11?
100
This is the smallest prime number.
What is 2?
100
This school has gone through five name changes since opening as the first teacher training school in the state of New Jersey in 1855.
New Jersey State Normal School (1855) --> New Jersey State Normal School at Trenton (1908) --> New Jersey State Teachers College and State Normal School at Trenton (1929) --> New Jersey State Teachers College at Trenton (1937) --> Trenton State College (1958) --> __________________ (1996)
What is The College of New Jersey (TCNJ)?
200
The key difference between big cats and other felines lies in their ability to _________ due to a specialized hyoid bone structure in their larynx. Cheetahs, for example, are not true big cats due to their inability to make this type of vocalization.
What is roar?
200
Many species of this game bird feature a topknot, or head plume.
What is quail?
200
This country has won the most FIFA Women’s World Cups. (1991, 1999, 2015, and 2019)
What is the United States?
200
In math, the √ symbol is used to denote the ____________ of a number.
What is the square root?
200
HBCUs are institutions of higher education in the United States that were established before the Civil Rights Act of 1964 with the intention of serving African Americans. HBCU stands for...
What are Historically Black Colleges and Universities?
300
These cats go by many names. Throughout most of North America, they are called mountain lions, cougars, or panthers. In most of Latin America, they are called by this name they have shared with a shoe/apparel brand since 1948.
What are pumas?
300
Synonyms for this q-word include the following: typical, ultimate, classic, textbook, exemplary, and archetypal.
What is quintessential?
300
This is the phrase used to describe when a player scores three goals in one game.
What is a hat trick?
300
Binary number systems, often found in computer programming, use only these two digits.
What are 0 and 1?
300
This number denotes (indicates, signifies) an introductory level course at a college or university.
What is 101?
400
This is a medium-sized wild cat native to Africa, the Middle East, Central Asia, and arid areas of Pakistan and northwestern India.
What is the caracal?
400
a feeling of doubt or indecision in matters of right and wrong
synonyms: doubt, reservation, concern
What is qualm?
400
This country won the first ever FIFA World Cup in 1930. It also happens to have the world's longest national anthem, "Orientales, la Patria o la Tumba".
What is Uruguay?
400
An Italian mathematician, Leonardo of Pisa (surname not included because it is part of the answer), is best known for discovering a series of numbers where each number is the sum of the two previous numbers. The answer to this question is the name of this pattern.
What is the Fibonacci Sequence?
400
This southwestern university has the largest enrollment for the 2024-25 academic year, with a total of 80,065 students. Go Sun Devils!
What is Arizona State University (ASU)?
500
The black panther is not its own species of feline; rather, it is the unofficial name for different species of cats such as cougars, leopards, and jaguars with a high amount of this pigment which provides color to skin, hair, and eyes in humans and other animals.
What is melanin? (A black panther is a melanistic variation of whatever species from the genus Panthera to which it belongs.)
500
extremely idealistic; unrealistic and impractical
What is quixotic?
500
In 1969, a brief but deadly conflict called "The Soccer War" (AKA "The Football War") broke out between two Central American nations shortly after a heated World Cup qualifying match between their national teams. Though deeper tensions over land and migration were the real cause, the war was nicknamed after the sport that seemed to ignite it. These are the two countries that were involved.
What are El Salvador and Honduras?
500
This British computer scientist and mathematician is known for leading the team of cryptographers who broke the German Enigma Code during World War II. Despite his contributions to the war effort, his country criminalized him for his sexuality and he lost his government job.
Who is Alan Turing?
500
The "Ivy League" refers to a group of eight historic, prestigious schools in the northeastern United States. Name six of the eight Ivy League schools.
What are Brown University, Columbia University, Cornell University, Dartmouth College, Harvard University, Princeton University, University of Pennsylvania, and Yale University? (any 6)