Word of the Day
Science
Where in the World
States
Current Events in the Natural World
100
Sanfroid
Coolheadedness or composure under stress
100
What is another name for a Snake Plant?
Mother-in-law's tongue!
100
What country has the most published authors per capita?
Iceland
100
In which US state is the world's largest crab feast held every year?
Maryland
100
What mass migration happens in October each year (spring time) on Christmas Island?
Red crabs migrate to the ocean to lay eggs
200
Trove
A store of valuable things (Anglo-French: tresor trove = treasure found)
200
Which scientist invented the word "cell"?
Robert Hooke (1665)
200
Where on earth is 0 degrees longitude and 0 degrees latitude?
The Gulf of Africa, in the ocean, at the equator
200
A cherry is the state fruit of?
Utah
200
What insect has recently been found in Iceland for the first time?
Mosquitoes! (one male, 2 females)
300
Circumlocution
Using an excess number of words
300
What is the difference between a meteor and a comet?
Comets include ice, meteors are all rock
300
Which country's calendar is seven years BEHIND the rest of the world??
Ethiopia follows the coptic calendar
300
What state features the self-declared Bigfoot Capital of the world?
California
300
What organism has recently been declared functionally extinct in the ocean off of Florida?
Staghorn and Elkhorn reef-building Corals (ocean temps over 87 degrees killed over 98% around the Keys)
400
Interrobang
?! or !?
400
What animal is immortal? (really!)
The immortal jellyfish
400
In which country is a stairway to nowhere the highest point?
Belgium
400
In how many states is an adult allowed to not wear a seat belt?
One. NH
400
What type of whale increased in number during 2025?
The Right Whale population, critically endangered, grew from 376 to 384 individuals.
500
Stentorian
a loud and powerful sound
500
What is a pheromone?
500
On which continent did the banjo originate?
Africa
500
Which state is nicknamed The Evergreen State?
Washington
500
What new hybrid bird was discovered in a Texas backyard in September 2025?
Offspring of a male blue jay and a female green jay
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