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Dental Facts
Fun & Random Trivia
U of A & Tucson
100

In Finding Nemo, this dentist's niece wears aggressive headgear and terrorizes the fish in the office tank.

Who is Darla?

100

 Dentists recommend you brush your teeth for this total amount of time, twice a day.

What is 2 minutes?

100

 Your tongue print is completely unique to you, just like your fingerprint

 What is True?

100

 This two-word rally cry and U of A slogan originated from student body president John "Button" Salmon in 1926.

What is "Bear Down"?

200

 In The Hangover, this main character wakes up in Las Vegas to find one of his front teeth completely missing.

  • Who is Stu (played by Ed Helms)?

200

Humans only get two sets of teeth in a lifetime, but this ocean predator continuously loses and replaces thousands of teeth over its life

What is a shark?

200

This sweet, carbonated beverage was originally invented by a pharmacist in Atlanta in 1886

What is Coca-Cola?

200

Tucson is located in the Sonoran Desert, home to this giant, iconic cactus that grows unique "arms" after about 75 years

What is the Saguaro cactus?

300

This animated green ogre was voiced by Mike Myers and sports a short row of crooked, green-tinted teeth

Who is Shrek?

300

This hard outer layer protects your teeth and is the hardest substance in the human body

What is enamel

300

This common fruit is actually a member of the rose family, along with pears, peaches, and plums

What is an apple?

300

 Constructed in 1887, this historic building located on the mall was the very first building built on the U of A campus.

What is Old Main?

400

Before becoming an action superstar in Top Gun, this actor had a famously misaligned smile with a single front tooth right in the middle of his face

Who is Tom Cruise?

400

Unlike bone, skin, or muscle, teeth are the only part of the human body that cannot do this, because enamel contains no living cells

What is repair/heal themselves? (Alternatively: What is regenerate?)

400

These marine animals hold hands while sleeping so they don't float away from each other in the ocean.

What are sea otters

400

Perched on Sentinel Peak west of campus, this massive 160-foot white letter was built by UA students out of basalt rock back in 1916.

What is "A" Mountain? (or the "A")