Literature and Such
The library at UCSD (in La Jolla) is named after this famous San Diego children's book author
Who is Doctor Seuss?
The universal speed limit
What is the speed of light?
The name for the unified continent (before they drifted apart)
What is Pangea?
This popular vegetable (TECHNICALLY A FRUIT!) used to be known as a love apple and was shunned because people feared it was poisonous
What is a tomato?
A short test
What is a quiz?
A Japanese poem that has 3 lines with a 5-7-5 syllable pattern
What is a Haiku?
Italian scientist who dropped balls of unequal weight off the Tower of Pisa to demonstrate that objects fall at the same rate
Who is Galileo?
Continent with the highest mountains
What is Asia?
Vegetable which was the staple food for Irish and prompted mass starvation and immigration when it failed for several years
What is a potato?
A female monarch
What is a queen?
The best selling book of all time (by a long shot!)
What is the Bible?
The popular name of Charles Darwin's theory
What is the theory of evolution?
Continent with the 3 capital cities with the highest altitudes
What is South America?
The most widely consumed grain in the world
What is rice?
A knight might go on this type of search or mission
What is Quest?
First billionaire author
Who is JK Rowling?
Wheelchair-bound scientist (now deceased) who revamped Newton and Einstein's theories (also he was in an early season of the Simpsons)
Who is Stephen Hawking?
Country with the most diamonds
What is South Africa?
Largest source of sugar in the world (roughly 80% of sugar)
What is sugarcane?
A fancy word for question
What is Query?
This Baltimore born author was honored by the local team's naming of their NFL franchise
Who is E A Poe?
Miles light travels in a second
What is 186,000?
Largest Muslim majority country
What is Indonesia?
This popular vegetable (technically a fruit) used to be known as an alligator pear because of its appearance
What is an avocado?
Only country that starts with a Q
What is Qatar?