Fun

Odd Animals

100

This mexican salamander matures without undergoing metamorphosis into the terrestrial adult form remains fully aquatic with obvious external gills.

The Axolotl 

200

These powerful little creatures have spring-loaded punches, reaching speeds of 23m per second. It’s the strongest known strike of any animal, with a force around 100 times that of its weight! If that’s not enough for you, these weird animals are even older than the dinosaurs. 

The Mantis Shrimp

300

This is the largest living rodent, can grow to up to 2 feet tall, over 4 feet in length, and up to  over 140 pounds.

The Capybara

400

This is a large long-legged wading bird. It has previously been classified with the storks based on it's morphology, however, genetic evidence places it with pelicans and herons.

Shoebill Stork

500

This large, herbivorous mammal is similar in shape to a pig, with a short, prehensile nose trunk known as a proboscis.

The Tapir

Famous Vehicles

100

This vehicle is a 4-6-0 Hall Class steam locomotive model number GWR 4900. It standardly leaves King's Cross station from Platform 9¾ 

The Hogwarts Express

200

This is a 1959 Cadillac Miller-Meteor Sentinel, made famous by a few guys who "ain't afraid of no ghosts", was more effectionately known as what?

The Ecto-1

300

Great Scott! This car was made famous in a 1985 blockbuster, thanks to the flux capacitor upgrade.

Delorean

400

While not your typical mode of transportation, this can be described as hybrid of a time machine and spacecraft and is commonly described as being "bigger on the inside".

The T.A.R.D.I.S.

500

Subject in graphic novels, a movie, and a tv series, set in a post apocalyptic future where environmental catastrophe induces an ice age, humanity occupies this 1,001-car train.

Snowpiercer

Great Minds of History

100

This man was an American writer, scientist, inventor, statesman, diplomat, printer, publisher and political philosopher. One of his most well known inventions was early bifocal glasses.

Benjamin Franklin

200

These brothers were American aviation pioneers generally credited with inventing, building, and flying the world's first successful airplane.

 

The Wright Brothers Wilbur and Orville Wright

300

This inventor was a Serbian-American engineer, futurist, and inventor. He is mainly known for his contributions to the design of the modern alternating current (AC) electricity supply system, as well as early remote-control systems, and wireless energy transmission.

Nikola Tesla

400

This great mind of the Renaissance, while known primarily for his paintings, was also an inventor who designed early forms of the parachute, scuba gear, and flying machine.

Leonardo DaVinci

500

This scientist was a pioneer in research on radioactivity, has an element named after them, she was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize, the first person to win a Nobel Prize twice, and in 1906, the first woman to become a professor at the University of Paris.

Marie Curie

Classic Literature

100

What author wrote a story about a boy named Charlie visiting a fantastical chocolate factory after winning a golden ticket?

Roald Dahl

200

Which detective series focuses on two brothers, Frank and Joe, solving mysteries?

The Hardy Boys

300

Which classic book by J. M. Barrie opens with the line “All children, except one grew up”?

Peter Pan

400

What is the name of the theater where many of Shakespeare’s plays were produced?

The Globe

500

Who is famous for writing the line,"Quoth the raven, 'Nevermore.'"  

Edgar Allen Poe

____&____

100

This is a brand of ice cream that fits the category.

Ben & Jerry's

200

This pairing is used when attracting a customer with a cheap item but then steering them toward a more expensive one.

Bait & Switch

300

This pairing is used when when something becomes legally invalid.

Null & Void

400

The basic aspects of something, the pair is also used in assembling things.

Nuts & Bolts

500

This paired phase is traditionally used in literature to describe the relationship between detective and suspect or in nature between a predator and its prey.

Cat & Mouse