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What phase of the moon can a total solar eclipse occur?

A full moon

100

Which group of islands did Charles Darwin make famous in his theory of evolution

Galápagos

100

Which bird has a mating dance move called "tippy-taps" and is aptly named for the color of its feet?

The blue-footed booby

100

What is even the point of wasps?

Pest control and/or pollination

100

Assuming normal conditions, what height can a squirrel survive a drop from?

Any height

200

Which dwarf planet is sometimes closer to the sun than Neptune?

Pluto

200
Which group of people first theorized about the atom?

The Ancient Greeks

200

Fossils of Washinton's state dinosaur, the Suciasaurus rex, were discovered in which part of the state?

The San Juan Islands

200

What is the first thing that would happen if the Earth stopped spinning?

Really really really strong wind

200

What fruit is radioactive?

Bananas!

300

What does a lightyear measure?

A lightyear is a measurement of distance

300

What was the name of the device used to help patients with polio breathe mechanically, and a video game that Markiplier is producing a movie about?

The Iron Lung

300

What is the term used to describe the class of compounds which includes proteins, nucleic acids, fats, carbohydrates, and the biopolymers used to make synthetic fabrics?

Macromolecules

300

Which of the five senses do some "gay genes" affect?

Smell

300

What is the term that material can be a solid, a liquid, and a gas all at the same temperature and pressure

The Triple-Point

400

What are the names of Mar's moons?

Phobos and Deimos

400

What decade was the first synthetic insulin made?

1920s

400

What is the name of the chemistry instrument which detects the presence of hydrogens and can be used to determine the structure of unknown chemical compounds, such as those in tattoo ink?

NMR Spectrometer

400

What kind of nervous system do jellyfish have?

Decentralized

400

Why does lightning cause thunder?

It causes extreme changes in heat in the air (quickly expanding and contracting resulting in a loud sound)

500

What type of observatory is able to detect the cosmos using gravitational waves?

Laser Interferometer Gravitational Observatory (LIGO) 

500

True or False: pi can be be equal to 80

True! Before you yell at me, π can be a variable and thus can be equal to 80, but π was also used in the Ancient Greek alphabetic numeral system to represent 80 (the same type of system where "4" means "four")

500

What is the name of the force that keeps objects in motion, which contributes to a raindrop's Reynolds number?

Inertia

500

Do humans have nerves to identify wet and dry?

No! Our nerves can identify temperature, which is why we associate coldness with wetness. 

500

There are 6 simple machines that make up the world around us. They include the lever, wheel and axle, inclined plane, wedge, and pulley. What is the 6th?

The screw