Creatures
This animal has three hearts and blue blood
A) Octopus
B) Lamprey
C) Sea spider
D) Hagfish
This ancient ruler once declared war on the sea and ordered soldiers to stab the waves
A) Nero
B) Caligula
C) Xerxes
D) Attila
This particle can pass through light‑years of lead without stopping
A) Neutrino
B) Muon
C) Tau particle
D) Gluon
This fruit contains needle‑like calcium oxalate crystals that can cut your mouth if eaten unripe
A) Pineapple
B) Soursop
C) Ackee
D) Kiwi
This island has a lake that turns blood‑red every few years due to algae blooms
A) Lake Natron, Tanzania
B) Lake Hillier, Australia
C) Lake Vanda, Antarctica
D) Lake Retba, Senegal
This creature can clone itself when cut in half, producing two fully functional individuals
A) Earthworm
B) Planarian flatworm
C) Sea cucumber
D) Velvet worm
This medieval city hired a man whose only job was to be a “professional mourner” for people who weren’t dead yet
A) Florence
B) Prague
C) Vienna
D) Kraków
This is the name of the phenomenon where hot water freezes faster than cold water
A) Leidenfrost effect
B) Maxwell’s inversion
C) Gibbs paradox
D) Mpemba effect
This food, once believed to cure demonic possession in medieval Europe, was hung in doorways to ward off evil spirits.
A) Garlic
B) Fennel
C) Parsley
D) Basil
This place has a waterfall that disappears underground and reappears miles away with no visible river connecting them (half the water vanishes with no confirmed exit)
A) The Lost River, Indiana
B) The Vanishing Falls, Tasmania
C) The Devil’s Kettle, Minnesota
D) The Fairy Pools, Isle of Skye
This insect species has a “suicide bomb” defense where workers explode to protect the colony
A) Army ant
B) Malaysian ant
C) Termite soldier
D) Assassin bug
These countries once had a two‑day war caused by a soccer match
A) Honduras & El Salvador
B) Peru & Chile
C) Bolivia & Paraguay
D) Colombia & Venezuela
This element becomes a superconductor at room temperature when squeezed to extreme pressures
A) Hydrogen sulfide
B) Xenon
C) Lithium
D) Radon
This fruit contains a compound that temporarily binds to taste receptors and flips sourness into sweetness.
A) Miracle berry
B) Tamarind
C) Mangosteen
D) Buddha’s hand
This island is home to a species of crab that climbs trees and steals shiny objects
A) Christmas Island
B) Réunion
C) Tristan da Cunha
D) Socotra
This animal’s tongue is longer than its entire body
A) Anteater
B) Chameleon
C) Pangolin
D) Hummingbird
This historical figure tried to create a new language made entirely of musical notes
A) Isaac Newton
B) Rasputin
C) Leibniz
D) Rousseau
This is the name of the hypothetical particle theorized to be able to travel backwards in time
A) Gravitino
B) Tachyon
C) Axion
D) Majoron
This fruit has seeds that explode when touched due to internal pressure, detonating violently when ripe
A) Sandbox tree fruit
B) Durian
C) Jackfruit
D) Mangosteen
This desert contains a region where compasses spin randomly due to magnetic anomalies?
A) Gobi Desert
B) Namib Desert
C) Atacama Desert
D) Sahara Desert
This creature has no DNA in its mitochondria, unlike every other known animal
A) Sea sponge
B) Sea anemone
C) Comb jelly
D) Hydra
This emperor kept a “cabinet of curiosities” that included a taxidermied unicorn (which was actually a narwhal tusk)
A) Emperor Rudolf II
B) Louis XIV
C) Peter the Great
D) Frederick II
This quantum experiment demonstrated retrocausality (that observing something can literally change its past behavior)
A) EPR paradox
B) Delayed‑choice quantum eraser
C) Schrödinger’s cat
D) Bell test
This traditional dish is made by burying a whole sheep underground with hot stones placed inside it to slow‑cook for hours
A) Hāngi (New Zealand)
B) Kleftiko (Greece)
C) Pachamanca (Peru)
D) Khorkhog (Mongolia)
This remote island has a lake filled with harmless gold jellyfish that lost their ability to sting due to evolutionary isolation
A) Palau
B) Komodo Island
C) Lord Howe Island
D) Surtsey