Anatomy
What fibrous tissue connects the calf muscles to the calcaneus? It is named after the Greek hero who killed Hector outside of Troy.
Achilles tendon
What stately river runs through the Grand Canyon?
Colorado River
They’d have to wait until 1920 in the USA and 1971 in Switzerland! Thanks to the work of Kate Sheppard, among others, New Zealand was the first country in the world to give votes in national elections to what group of people?
Women
What is Dorothy Zbornak's job on The Golden Girls?
Substitute teacher
M&M stands for What?
Mars and Murrie
As far as we can tell, Michael Jordan, Gene Simmons, and Miley Cyrus all have very active hypoglossal nerves. The hypoglossal nerve is responsible for the movement of what muscular organ?
Tongue
srael and which other country border the Dead Sea? This country’s name comes from the river which defines most of its north-western border.
Jordan
n 1894, New Zealand became the first country to ensure that all union workers made a certain amount of money at their job. What term is used to refer to the amount you legally have to be paid?
Minimum Wage (in New Zealand, it’s $22.70 per hour as of 2023. In the U.S., it’s $7.25 per hour)
What did Lucille Ball try to sell in a commercial on I Love Lucy?
Vitameatavegemin
Every 10 minutes dolphins need to come up for air, but sloths can hold their breath for how long?
40 minutes
The islets of Langerhans are groups of cells that produce insulin and glucagon located in what organ of the body?
Pancreas
Mostly found shifting around under its water, what ocean is the namesake of Earth's largest tectonic plate?
Pacific Ocean
You’d fall asleep before you could count all 27 million of them, compared to just 5 million people. New Zealand is the country with the highest ratio of what farmyard animal to humans?
Sheep
What is The Munsters' address?
1313 Mockingbird Lane
how many Teeth do snails have
They can have anywhere from 1,000 – 12,000 teeth.
While it's long been considered vestigial, recent studies suggest that what internal body part's role might be to assist the immune system by acting as a “safe house” for helpful gut bacteria?
Appendix
What river flowing generally in a southwesterly direction, is about 970 miles long, and empties into the Mississippi river?
Ohio
Representing the Southern Cross constellation, how many red stars are on the national flag of New Zealand?
Four
What was Beaver Cleaver's real first name on Leave It to Beaver?
Theodore
Before Disney’s Snow White was made in 1937, in what country was home to the first full-length animated feature film called El Apóstol. It was a political satire consisting of 58,000 drawings and running for 70 minutes?
Argentina
The human retina contains receptor cells of two different types: rods and what tapered shapes?
Cones
Lake of the Ozarks is a body of water in this state, which is nicknamed "The Show Me State."
Missouri
A neon green lake in Waiotapu, New Zealand is appropriately known as Devil's Bath, since its color comes from deposits of what stanky element?
Sulphur
Mork of Mork and Mindy was from which planet?
Ork
What did the Hollywood sign originally say?
Hollywoodland
The average adult has about 22 square feet (or about 8 pounds) of which organ, making it the largest in the human body?
Skin
What river, located entirely within China, is the longest river in Asia and the longest river in the world to flow entirely within one country?
Yangtze
North and South Island, the two main islands of New Zealand, are separated by a strait named for what British explorer, who was the first European to sail through it and was also the first European to make contact with the Hawaiian Islands?
James Cook (The Cook Strait)
Laverne and Shirley was a spinoff of which show?
Happy Days
Which American president had a pet hyena?
President Theodore Roosevelt.
What joint in the human body is named after a word that was invented by William Shakespeare?
Elbow
Into which body of water does Africa's Congo River empty?
Atlantic Ocean
What’s the fruity name of a flightless bird that lives in New Zealand?
Kiwi
In the movie M*A*S*H, Donald Sutherland played the same role as which star in the TV series?
Alan Alda
In 1524, the last letter to be added to the English alphabet what was that letter?
J
"Earkeckers" are an outdated term for what body part, which is typically only discussed when the site of swelling and a removal procedure?
Tonsils
The Waikato River is the longest river of which island nation of the Southern hemisphere?
New Zealand
Sometimes called a continent, what is the name of the greater geographic region that New Zealand is a part of, defined by the United Nations as including Australasia, Melanesia, Micronesia and Polynesia?
Oceania
Who gave Bobby his first kiss on The Brady Bunch?
Millicent
What are the only animals that blush.
Humans
On average, what is the largest muscle in the human body? It's generally responsible for keeping the trunk of the body in an erect posture.
Gluteus maximus
What "Z" river, the fourth-longest in Africa, originates in Zambia and flows east through Zimbabwe and Mozambique before emptying into the Indian Ocean?
Zambezi
Make no mistake about it, the fault line between New Zealand’s North and South Island that separates the Australian and Pacific tectonic plates shares its name with which animated resident of Jellystone Park?
Boo Boo
Where did Ralph Kramden threaten to send his wife on The Honeymooners?
To the moon
What is the only part of the human body that can't heal
Teeth
What product of the body's lacrimal glands comes in three different varieties, known as basal, reflexive, and emotional?
Tears
What lake, which is actually three connected bodies of water, is situated where Germany, Switzerland, and Austria meet, and is fed by the Rhine River?
Lake Constance
The New Zealand-born Nobel laureate physicist Maurice Wilkins is likely best known for his important work on understanding the structure of what molecule?
DNA
Which fellow Golden Girls cast member had a recurring role on Maude with Bea Arthur?
Rue McClanahan
A jiffy is an actual unit of time, What is it?
It's 1/100th of a second.