Geography & Travel
This U.S. state has the longest coastline in the country.
Alaska
This bird is known for mimicking sounds, including human speech.
Parrot
This process involves heating and cooling chocolate to give it a glossy finish and clean snap.
Tempering
This band released the album Rumours in 1977.
Fleetwood Mac
This everyday object (now used by children to mould) was originally invented to clean wallpaper.
Play Doh
This European capital is split by the River Thames.
London
This big cat is the only one capable of roaring due to a specialized hyoid bone.
Lion
This candy bar, first sold in 1930, was originally marketed as a “nut roll with chocolate.”
snickers
This album by Michael Jackson became the best-selling album of all time.
Thriller
This word, meaning a fear of long words, is ironically one of the longest words in the dictionary.
hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia
This African country has three capital cities.
South Africa
This wild cat has the strongest bite force relative to body size among all felines.
Jaguar
This European country pioneered milk chocolate in the late 19th century.
Switzerland
This TV show featured a coffee shop called Central Perk.
Friends
This planet has the shortest day in our solar system.
Jupiter
This Asian country is made up of more than 7,000 islands.
Philippines
This reptile uses Jacobson’s organ to “smell” the air with its tongue.
Snake
This candy-making stage occurs when sugar syrup reaches about 250°F and forms firm but pliable threads in water.
hard-crack stage
This 1990s TV series featured characters named Mulder and Scully.
x-files
This element’s chemical symbol comes from the Latin word aurum.
gold
This famous African mountain is the highest free-standing mountain in the world.
Kilimanjaro
This reptile is one of the few venomous lizards native to North America.
Gila Monster
This compound, naturally found in chocolate, is chemically similar to caffeine and acts as a mild stimulant.
Thepbromine
This early-2000s reality show introduced the phrase “The tribe has spoken.”
Survivor
This famous unsolved manuscript is written in an unknown language and alphabet.
Vonynich Manuscript