APRIL SHOWERS
SUPERHERO
GEMSTONE
FURRY FRIENDS
APRIL FOOLS
100
WHAT IS THE SCIENTIFIC TERM FOR "RAIN"
PRECIPITATION
100
WHO IS THE OLDEST MAJOR SUPER HERO?
SUPERMAN! HE DEBUTED IN 1938
100
WHAT IS A RED SAPPHIRE CALLED?
A RUBY
100
WHAT PET SPENDS ROUGHLY 70% OF ITS LIFE SLEEPING?
CATS
100
WHAT WAS ADDED TO TV SHOWS TO MAKE THE HOME AUDIENCE FEEL LIKE THEY WERE WATCHING ALONG WITH PEOPLE?
LAUGH TRACKS
200
WHAT IS THE RESULT OF SUNLIGHT PASSING THOUGH A RAINDROP AND BENDING/REFLECTING THE LIGHT?
A RAINBOW
200
WHO IS BATMAN'S SIDEKICK?
ROBIN
200
WHAT IS THE GEMSTONE FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL?
DIAMOND
200
WHAT ANATOMY OF A DOG IS AS UNIQUE AS A HUMAN'S FINGERPRINT?
ITS NOSE
200
THIS COMEDIAN WAS THE FIRST WOMAN TO RUN HER OWN MAJOR TV STUDIO
LUCILLE BALL
Over 40 million people watched her give birth on TV—more than the inauguration that year
300
WHAT CONTINENT IS HOME TO THE COUNTRY WITH THE MOST ANNUAL RAINFALL?
ASIA
SPECIFICALLY, Mawsynram, India
300
WHO IS THE FIRST MAJOR TEENAGE SUPER HERO?
SPIDER MAN
300
ON TWO PLANETS, EXTREME ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE TURNS CARBON INTO CRYSTALS, MEANING IT LITERALLY RAINS DIAMONDS. NAME AT LEAST ONE OF THE PLANETS THAT DOES THIS
JUPITER AND SATURN
300
HOW ARE BIRDS SO LIGHT IN WEIGHT TO OPTOMIZE FLIGHT?
THEY HAVE HOLLOW BONES
300
WHO HOSTED THE ACADEMY AWARDS MORE THAN ANYONE ELSE?
BOB HOPE
He hosted 19 times
400
WHICH STATE ONCE EXPERIENCED A RECORD-BREAKING 12-HOUR RAINBOW?
HAWAII
400
CAPTAIN AMERICA'S FIRST EVER COMIC BOOK IN 1941 SHOWS HIM PUNCHING WHICH POPULAR FIGURE?
ADOLPH HITLER
400
WHAT IS THE ONLY GEMSTONE FORMED BY A LIVING CREATURE?
PEARL
400
WHAT RODENT HAS THE DENSEST FUR OF ANY ANIMAL IN THE WORLD?
THE CHINCHILLA
THEIR FUR IS SO DENSE THAT NOT EVEN FLEAS CAN GET IN IT
400
WHO TUGGED ON HER EAR AT THE END OF EACH SHOW AS A SECRET HELLO TO HER GRANDMOTHER?
CAROL BURNETT
500
WHAT IS THE TERM FOR RAIN THAT EVAPORATES BEFORE IT HITS THE GROUND?
VIRGA
500
THE CREATOR OF WONDER WOMAN ALSO INVENTED WHICH WIDELY-KNOWN INVENTION?
THE LIE DETECTOR OR POLYGRAPH TEST
FUN FACT: THAT IS WHAT INSPIRED WONDER WOMAN'S "LASSO OF TRUTH"
500
WHAT WAS CLEOPATRA'S FAVORITE GEMSTONE?
EMERALD
AT ONE TIME, SHE EVEN OWNED ALL OF THE EMERALD MINES IN EGYPT
500
WHAT COMMON PET FISH USES GILLS TO BREATH AS WELL AS A SPECIALIZED ORGAN THAT LETS THEM BREATHE AIR ON THE SURFACE OF THE WATER?
BETTA FISH via the labyrinth organ
500
His famous line “I get no respect!” became one of the most recognizable catchphrases ever.
Rodney Dangerfield