Greek Myths
The son of the Muse Calliope, name the legendary musician that traveled to the underworld to rescue his wife, Eurydice?
Orpheus
In 2013, what sea creature was voted as the "World's Ugliest Animal" by the Ugly Animal Preservation Society?
Blobfish
What is the phenomenon that occurs where upper branches of certain tree species do not touch each other, creating distinct, channel-like gaps in the forest canopy?
Crown Shyness
How are Superman and Supergirl related?
Cousins
What Nuclear Power Plant, located near Pripyat, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union, exploded in 1986?
Chernobyl
Which Greek God created the lyre out of cow guts and a turtle shell when he was less than a day old?
Hermes
Name two of the main three defense mechanisms octopuses use.
Ink expulsion, jet propulsion and camouflage
The Tree that Owns Itself, famous white oak in Athens, Georgia, known for the legend that a local professor, William H. Jackson, deeded the tree ownership of itself and the surrounding land. In what year was this tree replanted after a storm knocked it down?
1942
Who is the founder of the League of Assassin's?
Ra’s al Ghul
First sent to modern rock radio in 2012, this song was first released on lead singer Dan Reynolds debut studio album "Night Visions"?
Radioactive
The hunting dog of the king of Ithaca, what is the name of hound that waited until Odysseus 20 years later returned to pass on?
Argos
Salmon return to the exact place where they were born when it is time to spawn. Which sense do they use to find this location?
Smell
Pando, or the "Trembling Giant," is the largest tree by landmass, covering 106 acres and weighing almost 13 million pounds. Located in Utah, what tree species makes up this clonal organism?
Aspen Tree
In Blue Beetle comics, what gives Jaime the powers of the blue beetle?
The Scarab
Created in 1954, this massive reptilian creature emits nuclear radiation as a side effect of H-bombs being dropped on his home, terrorizing Japan with radiation and is currently used as a metaphor for nuclear weapons
Godzilla
Who took Achilles place on the front lines of the Trojan War when he refused to fight due to discourse with King Agamemnon, and is killed by Prince Hector?
Patroclus
What is the primary predator of the giant squid, that lives deep underwater in the Twilight Zone at depths between 1,000 feet and about 2,000 feet?
Sperm whales
What is the second most populous pine in Alabama?
The Longleaf Pine
This comic series started in 1989 as it follows Dream of the Endless as he rebuilds his kingdom after a long imprisonment.
The Sandman
Marie Curie, Nobel Prize winning physicist and chemist, discovered these two elements while studying radioactivity, one named after her home country.
Radium and Polonium
What did King Minos do to offend Poseidon, causing him to curse Minos' wife to give birth to the half-bull half-human Minotaur?
Refuse to sacrifice the white bull Poseidon gave him
With a name meaning "king lizard," what genus of prehistoric whale from the late Eocene Period is primarily found in the Southeastern United States and is the reason Birmingham was founded?
Basilosaurus
A hybrid of the citron and the bitter orange, what fruit was created during the 1st millennium BC in what is now northeastern India?
Lemon
In the comic ‘A Death in the Family’, which Batman villain becomes the UN Ambassador for Iran, so that he can be granted diplomatic immunity?
The Joker
These female factory workers contracted radiation poisoning from painting radium dials – watch dials and hands with self-luminous paint during WW1
Radium Girls