Herd behavior
Tiny Algae, big solutions
The Mind and community connection
Sweet history: Tootsie Roll
Royal songs of Hawaiʻi
100

The term "herd behavior" originates from the defensive actions of animals banding together in panic to escape this.

What is a predator?

100

These pieces of plastic found in water systems are defined as being smaller than a single grain of this food staple.

What is rice?

100

This Italian study surveyed 352 people across an age range of 18 to this maximum age.

What is 86?

100

Austrian candymaker Leo Hirschfield invented the Tootsie Roll in 1896 after opening a shop in this major U.S. city.

What is New York City?

100

This royal figure was the last monarch of Hawaiʻi and composed over 200 songs during her lifetime.

Who is Queen Liliʻuokalani?

200

In financial markets, these two primary emotions drive mass frenzies of stock buying and crashing.

What are greed and fear?

200

Researchers genetically modified cyanobacteria to produce this natural, orange-scented chemical on cell surfaces.

What is limonene?

200

The psychological concept describing how individuals view and evaluate their past, present, and future experiences.

What is time perspective?

200

Unlike chocolate, which melted into a sticky mess in summer heat, the Tootsie Roll was designed to be this type of candy.

What is pulled candy?

200

Inspired by two lovers sharing a tearful goodbye, this 1877 composition became Queen Liliʻuokalani's most famous song.

What is "Aloha ʻOe"?

300

Prevalent in Europe during the 1980s, overzealous fans of this sport frequently engaged in destructive herding behavior.

What is football (or soccer)?

300

Within one hour, the engineered cyanobacteria removed this percentage of polystyrene microplastic beads.

What is 91%? (Accept 91)

300

According to the study's model, time perspective accounted for this exact percentage of the connection between a sense of community and both anxiety and depression.

What is 44%?

300

To achieve its unique mellow consistency and hold its shape, the Tootsie Roll was baked at a low temperature for about this duration.

What is two hours?

300

After the monarchy was overthrown in 1893, Queen Liliʻuokalani was placed under house arrest inside this palace.

What is ʻIolani Palace?

400

Psychologists suggest that this collective mental state can overtake a mob, encouraging individuals to act violently.

What is a "group mind"?

400

In addition to collecting microplastics, the engineered algae reduced levels of this harmful nutrient commonly found in wastewater.

What is nitrate?

400

Time perspective explained 25% of the link between a sense of community and this specific mental health burden.

What is stress?

400

The Tootsie Roll candy company maintained production during World War II while other confectionaries closed because it secured one of these.

What is a government contract?

400

To maintain a secret line of protest communication while under house arrest, the Queen published anonymous lyrics and poems in newspapers written in this language.

What is the Hawaiian language?

500

Adolf Hitler intentionally manipulated crowd psychology by placing these undercover individuals to enthusiastically cheer during his speeches.

Who are German officers?

500

Instead of storing the sinkable clumps of algae and plastic as waste, researchers turned them into these flexible materials.

What are thin plastic films?

500

The authors compared understanding the role of time perspective to this everyday domestic task executed with a pre-made list.

What is grocery shopping?

500

Candy historian Samira Kawash believes Hirschfield also invented this failed, four-syllable gelatin powder dessert around 1900.

What is Bromangelon (or Bro-Man-Gel-On)?

500

In her composition "The Queen's Prayer," the imprisoned monarch advocated for non-violence and urged her supporters to extend this to her enemies.

What is forgiveness?