Human Health
How long are you supposed to wash your hands to fully clean them?
A. 20 seconds
B. 5 seconds
C. 10 seconds
D. 60 seconds
A. 20 seconds
(According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) this is the recommended time to effectively remove germs and bacteria from your hands.)
In which book do we see “a comb and a brush and a bowl full of mush”?
A. The Velveteen Rabbit
B. Chika Chika Boom Boom
C. The Cat in the Hat
D. Goodnight Moon
D. Goodnight Moon
(Author Margaret Wise Brown based Goodnight Moon on her childhood memories of saying goodnight to each object in the nursery she shared with her sister Roberta.)
Which is the largest continent?
A. North America
B. Australia
C. Asia
D. Antarctica
C. Asia
(Asia is about 17,181,546 square miles (44,500,000 square km) in area. It is by far the largest continent. Some geographers merge Europe and Asia as Eurasia, which of course constitutes an even larger landmass.)
Which soft drink once contained cocaine as one of its original ingredients?
Coca-Cola
(Cocaine was a common stimulant at the time, and it was added to the drink for its invigorating effects. However, concerns about the health risks of cocaine led to its removal from the recipe in 1903.)
What has many keys but can’t open a single lock?
A Piano
What causes the skin disease called shingles?
A. Bacteria
B. Dryness
C. Viruses
D. Scratching
C. Viruses
(The virus that causes shingles, varicella-zoster virus (VZV), enters the body through the airborne spread of the virus or through direct contact with the fluid from shingles or chickenpox blisters.)
Eric Carle’s The Very Hungry Caterpillar is known for what?
A. It has no words
B. It was the first children's book printed in color
C. The book has holes cut through it's pages
D. The cover unfolds into a butterfly
C. The book has holes cut through it's pages
(The book was published with holes cut through the pages, presumably eaten by the very hungry caterpillar.)
In which city would you find the world’s tallest building?
A. Dubai
B. Shanghai
C. New York City
D. Taipei
A. Dubai
(Currently, the world’s tallest building is the Burj Khalifa, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. It is more than 0.5 mile (0.8 km) tall, with more than 150 floors.)
What breed of cat doesn’t have fur?
Sphynx
(Sphynx cats appear hairless due to a genetic mutation that causes them to have little to no fur.)
Which letter of the alphabet has the most water?
C
What causes acne?
A. Sweat
B. Extra Oil Production
C. Chocolate
D. Bad Manners
B. Extra Oil Production
(Extra oil production during the teenage years makes many in this age group suffer a skin inflammation known as acne.)
According to If You Give a Mouse a Cookie, what will the mouse ask for once he has a cookie?
A. Milk
B. Cupcake
C. Napkin
D. Another Cookie
A. Milk
(Milk is needed to wash down the cookie, but then the mouse needs a straw to drink the milk, followed by a napkin to clean up and a mirror to check for a milk mustache. Eventually the list of desires grows to include another cookie, starting the cycle anew.)
Portland, Oregon, is home to Mill Ends Park, which holds the Guinness World Record as what?
A. Home of the Tallest Trees
B. The World's Smallest Park
C. For having the Tallest Set of Stairs
D. For having the Largest Parking Lot
B. The World's Smallest Park
(Mill Ends Park is only about 450 square inches (2,900 square cm) in area and contains one small tree.)
What country uses approximately four billion miles of toilet paper each year?
China
(While some rural areas still primarily use alternatives like water or cloths, the overall consumption is rising, making China the world's largest consumer of toilet paper)
What tastes better than it smells?
Your Tongue
What is the most prevalent noncontagious disease in the world?
A. Obesity
B. The Common Cold
C. Heart Disease
D. Tooth Decay
D. Tooth Decay
(Tooth decay is believed to be the most prevalent noncontagious disease because of factors like the widespread consumption of sugars, inadequate oral hygiene, and limited access to preventative care.)
Which of the following books is about a stuffed bear who goes on an adventure in a department store?
A. Caps For Sale
B. Corduroy
C. Harold and the Purple Crayon
D. Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?
B. Corduroy
(In Don Freeman’s book Corduroy, a small stuffed bear goes on the hunt for his missing button one night in the department store where he lives on a shelf. He hopes that fixing his overalls will make him more attractive to a potential buyer.)
Measured from its base on the ocean floor, what is the world’s tallest mountain?
A. Mauna Kea
B. Mount Everest
C. Mount Fuji
D. Mount Kilimanjaro
A. Mauna Kea
(From base to top, Hawaii’s Mauna Kea is the tallest mountain, at more than 33,500 feet (10,210 meters). Measured above sea level, Mount Everest is the world’s tallest mountain, at 29,032 feet (8,849 meters).)
According to Instacart, what the most disliked food in America?
Anchovies
(Instacart's data indicates that 50% of consumers dislike anchovies, making them the most polarizing food item. Other foods that rank high on the list of most disliked foods include black licorice and oysters.)
What five-letter word becomes shorter when you add two letters to it?
Short
Who developed a vaccine against polio?
A. Everett Koop
B. Alexander Fleming
C. Jonas Salk
D. Marco Polo
C. Jonas Salk
(Jonas Salk invented a vaccine against polio that, after being introduced in 1955, saved millions of people from the disease.)
Which book was a result of a bet that Dr. Seuss couldn’t write a story with only 50 unique words?
A. Horton Hears A Who
B. The Lorax
C. Oh, The Places You'll Go
D. Green Eggs and Ham
D. Green Eggs and Ham
(Theodor Geisel was presented with a list of 348 teacher-approved words that help stimulate reading and was challenged to create a book kids couldn’t put down. Using only 236, he made The Cat in the Hat. Later, Random House cofounder Bennett Cerf bet him $50 he couldn’t do it with just 50 words. After much agonizing, Seuss rose to the occasion by writing Green Eggs and Ham.)
Located northeast of Papua New Guinea, what is the world’s smallest island nation?
A. Malta
B. Barbados
C. Maldives
D. Nauru
D. Nauru
(The third smallest country in the world, Nauru is the world’s smallest island nation, home to roughly 10,000 people.)
Which popular condiment was once sold as a medicinal cure for diarrhea?
Ketchup
(In the 19th century, ketchup was sold as medicine due to the belief that tomatoes had medicinal properties. However, the medicinal properties of ketchup were later debunked. By the mid-19th century, ketchup had transitioned from a medicine to a condiment.)
Jared’s father has three sons: Snap, Crackle, and what's the third?
Jared