SCIENCE & NATURE
CLOUD "9"
FOOD FOR THOUGHT
THE NON-U.S. AMERICAS
ALPHABETICALLY LAST
200

The planet with the highest gravitational pull in our solar system, it has 80 known moons and possibly many more.

What is Jupiter?

200

When a thunderstorm occurs, these will descend from the stormy clouds.

What is lightning?

200

County fair foods include corn dogs, churros, and this sweet battered and deep fried batter, often with sugar on top.

What is funnel cake?

200

These conquerors are largely responsible for the colonization of Mesoamerica, the Caribbean, and South America.

What is are conquistadors?

200

Power Ranger color.

What is Yellow?

400

This organic acid is found in oranges and similar fruits, it's used foods, cleaning, cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, etc.

What is citric acid?

400

This marmot may see its shadow if it's sunny, or not if it's cloudy, and determine whether spring will arrive early.

What is a groundhog?

400

In other countries, this variation of cucumber is referred to as a gherkin.

What is a pickle?

400

These two countries both border Argentina, and share the last four letters of their names.

What is Paraguay and Uruguay?

400

Element of the Periodic Table.

What is Zirconium?

600

A flightless bird, it shares a strong likeness to the Chinese gooseberry.

What is the kiwi?

600

Cloud Gate, nicknamed "The Bean," is an example of this form of art, along with The Thinker and Venus de Milo.

What is a sculpture?

600

A popular Japanese dish, with potential Portuguese origins, in which a food, often seafood, meat, or vegetables, is lightly battered and fried.

What is Tempura?

600

Originally named York, this Canadian capital has the motto "Diversity Our Strength."

What is Toronto?

600

Of the Seven Deadly Sins.

What is Wrath?

800

A woodland flowering plant found in the Northern Hemisphere is quite poisonous, yet used in perfumes and weddings nonetheless.

What is Lily of the Valley?

800

Made by high-flying jet airplanes, these vapor trails are still technically clouds.

What are contrails?

800

According to French law, this specialty food is defined as the liver of a duck or goose fattened by gavage (force feeding).

 

What is foie gras?

800

The three groups of Canadian Indigenous peoples referenced in the Constitution Act of 1982 include the Métis, First Nations, and them.

Who are the Inuit?

800

Pokémon.

What is Zygarde?

1000

Species that are this include jaguars, beavers, sea otters, and wolves in Yellowstone National Park.

What is a keystone?

1000

A superhero named Cloud joined "The ___," a Marvel Comics superhero team that included Hulk and Dr. Strange.

Who are the Defenders?

1000

Italian for "golden bread," a traditional Italian sweet bread, made to resemble the snowy peaks of the Italian Alps during Christmas.

What is pandoro?

1000

The smallest country in South America, it is the only territory outside Europe where Dutch is spoken by a majority of the population.

What is Suriname?

1000

Bone in the human body, also known as the cheekbone.

What is the zygomatic bone?