Science
What is the strongest bone in the human body?
Femur
How many Great Lakes are located entirely in United States territory?
Just one: Lake Michigan.
How many grams are in 1 cup?
128
How many eggs do a hen typically lay in one day?
One
What force was discovered and named by Sir Isaac Newton in 1665?
Gravity
What part of the human body is responsible for getting rid of harmful toxins?
The liver
Which country accidentally invented the first fireworks by throwing bamboo into fire back in 200 B.C.?
China
In the numbered sequence, .0347, the 3 is in which decimal place?
Hundredths
What is the name of a plant with a jaw-like mechanism to trap flies and other small insects?
The Venus Fly Trap
What is the fastest spinning planet in the solar system?
Jupiter
What two elements on the periodic table combine to make the ingredient commonly known as table salt?
Na and Cl. Sodium Chloride.
Which ancient civilization built the Pantheon and Colosseum and invented the modern-day calendar?
The Roman Empire
What mathematical term describes the likelihood of a particular event occurring?
Probability
What is the proper English grammar for the only plants that consume other animals and protozoans?
Carnivorous Plants
Which two countries were in a space race to the moon in the 1960s?
The United States of America and the Soviet Union
What is the name of the value assigned to the amount of moisture in the air?
Humidity
What is the only continent without spiders?
Antarctica
What is the unit of time that equates to 1/100th of a second?
A “jiffy.”
How many bones does a giraffe have in its neck?
Seven, which is the same amount as humans!
How many days does it take for the moon to orbit the earth?
28 days
Who was the German-born physicist that developed the special and general theories of relativity? This same physicist won the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1921.
Albert Einstein
What central mountain range runs from Maine down to Alabama?
The Appalachian Mountains
In degrees, what are the interior angles of each angle of an equilateral triangle?
60 degrees
Turkeys and pigeons both have the same number of this thread-like structure of DNA.
Chromosomes
If you were standing on the moon and the sun was shining down on you, what color would the moon be?
Black