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What 1980s TV series starred David Hasselhoff as a crime fighter assisted by a talking, self-aware sports car named K.I.T.T.?
Knight Rider
What other name was Caesar Augustus—the first Roman emperor who ruled from 27 BC to 14 AD—known by?
Octavian
What kingdom do mushrooms belong to?
Fungi
During the fall, leaves typically turn red (or, at least, stop being green) because they start to run out of what pigment which requires ample sunlight for production?
Chlorophyll
Portland, Oregon holds a strange record likely to go without contest. In 2000, researchers in the city earned the title for creating what first-of-its-kind bioluminescent animal? Although they inserted jellyfish glow genes into a whole barrel of them, only one came out with the unique ability.
Monkey
Just down the street from Monica's apartment, Central Perk was a fictional coffee shop and gathering spot for the title characters of what long-running sitcom?
Friends
In ancient Egypt, which Queen, whose name translates as “a beautiful woman has come”, was the wife of Pharaoh Akhenaten and was once considered a candidate for Tutankhamun’s mother?
Nefertiti
How do most mushrooms reproduce?
Spores
This term describes water that is a mix of salty sea water and Fresh water
Brackish
What was the first toy to be advertised on television?
Mr. Potato Head.
What American TV show from the 1970s and 1980s still holds the record for the most watched finale ever with more than 100 million households tuning in?
M*A*S*H
Sharing his name with a Star Trek character originally played by William Shatner, who succeeded Augustus as Roman Emperor in AD 14?
Tiberius
What unusual feature do some mushrooms possess that allows them to glow in the dark?
Bioluminescence
Many animals estivate for portions of the year. What is the more common American English term for this behavior?
Hibernation
It is illegal to do what in the French vineyards?
Land a flying saucer
"Bart Gets Hit By a Car" and "Realty Bites" are 1990s episodes featuring ambulance-chasing lawyer and real-estate agent Lionel Hutz on what TV series?
The Simpsons
"The Epic of Gilgamesh" and "The Code of Hammurabi" are perhaps the most famous works written in what ancient language that is generally regarded as the oldest written language in history?
Sumerian
What is the most common type of mushroom grown in the United States?
White button mushrooms
What "T" word is technically a wave generated by an undersea earthquake?
Tsunami
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
Prague-born Jan Hammer composed the music for what 1980s TV series that starred Don Johnson and Philip Michael Thomas as detectives in Florida?
Miami Vice
In what religion is a book of the dead called the "Bardo Thodol" read to the dying to help them prepare for a favorable rebirth?
Buddhism
What is the name for the mushroom's underground network of filaments?
Mycelium
What plant is frequently associated with the Asian continent, can grow up to 12 inches in a single day, and is technically a "giant grass" rather than a tree?
Bamboo
What's the world record for the longest toenails?
87 inches
Aunt Viv's husband, Uncle Phil, runs for Superior Court Judge against his former law school mentor in an episode of what 1990s sitcom?
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
The ancient Romans named the region surrounding the Rhine delta "Batavia". What modern-day country occupies a similar area as Batavia?
The Netherlands
What are the edible parts of a mushroom commonly called?
Fruiting bodies
Generally defined as drought-resistant plants because of parts with thickened flesh for retaining water, what class of plants has had huge growth driven by Millennial purchasers?
Succulents
Bibliosmia is a term that describes the love of what?
The smell of old books
What directionally named ranch is the fictional compound called home by the Ewing family on the 1980s TV drama "Dallas?
Southfork Ranch
Julius Caesar invaded Britain but did not establish a Roman province there. Rome invaded and did establish a province under the rule of what emperor?
Claudius
What unusual material can some mushrooms break down?
Plastic
Speleology is the scientific study of which type of natural feature, the world's largest system of which, by total length, is located in Kentucky?
Caves
What animal burps when it's happy?
Gorilla
What is the name of the show within a show, conceived as a parody of PBS's "This Old House," that was hosted by Tim Taylor on the 1990s sitcom "Home Improvement?"
Tool Time
Which is the earliest known civilization in Mesoamerica? The name of this civilization derives from the words “olli” and “mecatl”, meaning “natural rubber” and “people”, respectively.
Olmecs
What is the name for the largest known organism on Earth, which is a mushroom?
The Humongous Fungus
Which single-word term is used for ground that continuously remains below zero degrees Celsius for two or more years?
Permafrost
What was the original title of the TV show "Seinfeld"?
“The Seinfeld Chronicles”
What ABC sitcom, a flashback to “Black-ish”, followed Rainbow Johnson’s 1980s childhood with her hippie parents, a black mother and white father, the latter played by Mark-Paul Gosselaar? Its title is similarly “ish”, and focuses on the Rainbow’s combined racial identity.
Mixed-Ish
Although it is disputed, Lady Jane Grey claimed to be the Queen of England for how many days in 1553?
Nine
What is the name of the mushroom that is known as "dancing mushroom" in Japanese?
Maitake
The transition space between two habitats (for example, a marshland or grassland) is called an ______?
Ecotone
Chicken feed was the original name for what yellow, orange and white candy
Candy corn
The real-life Torrance High School in Southern California played the fictional Sunnydale High on what TV series of the late 1990s
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
The year of Five emperors, where five different men claimed to be Emperor of Rome, was in which year?
193 CE
What is the most expensive mushroom in the world?
caterpillar fungus
(In 2017, for example, high quality pieces sold for as much as $140,000 per kg, or about $63,000 per pound.)
Formed of leaflike parts called sepals, what five-letter word means the bottom part of a flower, which provides support for the petals?
Calyx
Farrokh Bulsara is the real name of what famous rock band lead?
Queen's Freddie Mercury