Animals
Where in the World
Dis 'n Dat
Biology
Cuisines
100

What is the most popular pet in the USA?

Cats


100

In what city is St. Basil's Cathedral located?

Moscow


100

Name all the branches of the US government

Legislative, executive, and judicial


100

What is the name of the process by which plants make sugar? (BONUS POINTS: what are the two ingredients that make sugar??)

Photosynthesis

(Carbon dioxide gas and water!!)

100

What is the name of the drink that contains milk, syrup, and seltzer?

Egg Cream


200

What is the fastest land animal?

Cheetahs


200

Name the four Canadian provinces that make up the maritimes.

New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland


200

A "high hat" is a kind of what? 

Cymbal (with a pedal)


200

What is the name of the fluctuations in our daily body cycles?

Circadian rhythms 

200

Name the three common fruits native to North America.

Cranberries, blueberries, Concord grapes       

300

What is a group of porcupines called?

A prickle!


300

What continent's tallest mountain is called Aconcagua?

South America (Argentina)

300

What famous performer was strangled by their own scarf?

Isadora Duncan (1927, Nice, France)


300

Who discovered penicillin?

Alexander Fleming, 1928


300

What is the Polish name for stuffed cabbage?

Golumpki


400

What is the smallest vertebrate?

A frog (Paedophryne amauensis)


400

What is the last continent to be settled by humans?

Australia


400

Who invented the sewing machine?

Elias Howe (in 1845), born in Spencer, MA


400

Where were heat-loving (thermophilic) bacteria first discovered?

Yellowstone hot springs


400

What is calamari made from?

Squid


500

From what animal did humans originally catch colds?

Camels!


500

What country hosts the Doomsday Seed Vault?

Norway (Svalbard)


500

What is the smallest orchestral wind instrument?

the piccolo (~14 inches long)


500

What is the oldest type of tree in the world?

Bristlecone Pine (Great Basin, CA) can live over 5,000 years


500

Where would you eat Hoppin' John?

Southern US (black-eyed peas, bacon/ham, rice). Traditionally eaten on New Year's Day: the peas look like coins ($$$)