Flora&Fauna of Maryland
This deciduous hardwood of Maryland is actually in the magnolia family.
What is the tulip poplar?
What 1997 N64 video game, widely cited as one of the greatest of all time, features James Bond up against a criminal syndicate and is named after the 1995 film in the Bond franchise?
GoldenEye
Santa's reindeer all have antlers in winter which would mean they are all this.
Female! They need antlers throughout winter to protect themeselves in order to safely give birth in spring.
Which astronomers name comes up in Bohemian Rhapsody?
Galileo.
The timber rattlesnake and copperhead are the only venomous snakes in Maryland, but this common snake is often mistaken for a cottonmouth which do not live in Maryland.
What is a common watersnake?
This common weed is apart of the mint family and can sometimes be mistaken for henbit, another edible weed.
What is deadnettle or purple deadnettle?
In the timeless Oregon Trail video games, you were often given three options to get across rivers: caulk and float, take a ferry, and what?
Ford
This is the best selling single of all time with over 50 million copies sold worldwide, follow behind by "Candle in the Wind" by Elton John at 33 million.
Irving Berlin's "White Christmas"
What one hit wonder band sang "Barbie Girl"?
Aqua
What is the highest-grossing film of all time, taking inflation into account?
Gone with the Wind
These mammals are resistant to disease due to a hardy immune system and low body temperature. They also have exactly 50 teeth, more than any North American land mammal.
What is an opossum?
Chuck E. Cheese was originally founded by Nolan Bushnell, who also co-founded what video game company?
Atari
In Japan you traditionally eat food ordered from this fast food restaurant for Christmas due to a very successful marketing campaign 40 years ago.
KFC, it is recommended to order 2 months in advance.
What was the first rap single to hit the billboard top 40?
Rapers Delight by the Sugarhill Gang.
Who was the only actor to receive an Oscar nomination for acting in the Lord of the Rings trilogy?
Ian McKellan for his role as Gandalf in The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring at the 74th Academy Awards (2002).
Often found in Maryland's central and northern counties is a very small critically endangered turtle that can eat on land or in the water.
What is a Bog turtle or Muhlenberg's turtle?
What is the patient in Operation called?
Cavity Sam
Most of Santa's reindeer names are self explanatory with Cupid pertaining to love and Dasher meaning fast, but Donner and Blitzen were originally Dunder and Blixem dutch words for these.
Thunder and Lightning
Before becoming a rock icon, who had a brief, unsuccessful career as a folk singer and even a mime?
David Bowie
Which queen had the shortest reign of King Henry VIII's wives?
Anna of Cleves
William Bartram collected the seeds from this tree in 1776 and it is a good thing too because in just 50 years it was extinct in the wild.
What is the Franklin tree, Franklinia alatamaha, or Franklinia?
The phrase "back to square one" originates from what ancient board game?
Chutes and Ladders/Snakes and Ladders
In 1939 Rudolph was invented as a marketing ploy for this store.
Montgomery Ward department store. He was written into a children's book which sold over 2.4 million copies that year alone!
The sackbut was an early for of this musical instrument.
Trombone
What was the first capital of the unified ancient Egypt in 3100BCE?
Memphis, meaning "lasting/perpetual beauty".