General Knowledge
The Egyptian Sphynx has the body of what animal?
Lion
Nori - a dried edible seaweed
Japan
ITA
Italy
Term for a word that imitates the sound it represents?
"Boom, buzz, bark, hiss"
Onomatopoeia
The outermost layer of the Earth's atmosphere
Who wrote 'The Origin of Species'?
Charles Darwin
Hamburger - a food consisting of fillings—usually a patty of ground meat, typically beef—placed inside a sliced bun or bread roll.
American
CAN
Canada
A figure of speech that compares two unlike things using 'like, or as'
ex. "Cold as ice, light as a feather"
Simile
Which planet has the most moons?
Saturn
# of chambers in the human heart
4
Pho - soup dish consisting of broth, rice noodles, herbs, and meat
Vietnam
JPN
Japan
Figure of speech that uses contradictory terms:
ex.: "Awfully good, Deafening silence"
Oxymoron
What is at the center of the Milky Way galaxy?
A black hole
World's most widely used web browser
Google Chrome
Pasta Carbonara - a pasta dish made with eggs, hard cheese, fatty cured pork, and black pepper.
Italy
IDN
Indonesia
Fill in the blank for this alliteration:
"Peter Piper picked a ____ of picked peppers."
Peck
What is the name of the main theory that describes how our universe was created?
The Big Bang Theory
The Lightest Element in the Periodic Table
Hydrogen
Tom Yum - a family of hot and sour soups
MAR
Morocco
ex.: "And, But, Because"
Conjunction
Which planet has the largest ocean?
Jupiter