Name that "Brand"
US Geography
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General Knowledge
Animals!!!
100

What Swiss chocolate bar brand features red text and a yellow mountain, which surreptitiously displays the sketching of a white bear within the yellow mountain?

Toblerone

100

Which state is the closest to Africa?

Maine

100

What four-letter “L” word is a bobcat or a member of Minnesota’s WNBA team?

Lynx

100

What was the name of the failed mission by CIA-sponsored paramilitary troops in 1961 to overthrow Fidel Castro in Cuba?

Bay of Pigs

100

What two-word herbivorous burrowing rodents of North America, of the family Sciuridae, are known to kiss, by what of touching their front teeth together?

Prairie Dogs

200

What chocolaty drink powder was featured in the decoded message from Little Orphan Annie in the 1983 film, "A Christmas Story?"

Ovaltine

200

What are the only two U.S. state capitals with rhyming names?

Boston and Austin

200

An example of a contronym, where one word has two opposite meanings, what four-letter word means to cover lightly with a powdered substance, and also means to remove a fine substance from a surface?

Dust

200

What canal connects the Red Sea with the Mediterranean Sea?

Suez Canal

200

Despite being native to Africa and Asia, which large animal features in the name of Denmark’s highest-ranked honor?

Elephant

300

Steve Jobs was famous for his black turtleneck, blue jeans, and what brand of sneakers?

New Balance

300

What is the westernmost state capital in the mainland United States?

Salem,Oregon

300

Add a consonant to a word that describes something relating to the nervous system and you would get what seven-letter "N" word that’s synonymous with “impartial,” “indifferent,” and “nonpartisan?”

Neutral

300

When looking at Mount Rushmore, which president's head is on the far right?

Lincoln

300

Rikki-Tikki-Tavi was an animal character created by Rudyard Kipling in his anthology "The Jungle Book." What type of animal is Rikki-Tikki-Tavi?

Mongoose

400

What apparel company was founded in 1818 in New York City and is considered by many to be the oldest US retail company still in existence today?

Brooks Brothers

400

How many total islands does Hawaii have?

132

400

What word, when pronounced differently, might be applied to a group of organized workers or a molecule without a net electrical charge?

Unionized

400

What is the name of the primitive device with a "Johnson Curve" at the end used by shepherds to corral their flocks?

Crook

400

Which African animal that feeds on ants and terminates has a name that derives from the Afrikaans meaning “earth pig?”

Aardvark

500

In 1921, a health clinician in Minneapolis accidentally spilled a batch of bran gruel on a hot stove which soon crackled into a crisp flake. What household brand was birthed from this creation?

Wheaties

500

Which U.S. city is known as “The City of Fountains”?

Kansas City

500

When pronounced differently, what word might refer to a language of 45 million native speakers or something you might pick up in the beauty aisle at CVS?

Polish

500

Before turning to airplane endeavors, the Wright brothers operated a bicycle repair shop in what Ohio city?

Dayton

500

Dating back to 3600 BCE in Persia, water-filled "bladder" mattresses were made from an oft-discarded organ of a particular domesticated animal. What is this animal?

Goat