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100

Which U.S. Founding Father invented the bifocals?

Benjamin Franklin

100

What is the only letter that doesn't appear in the periodic table?

The letter "J"

100

In The Matrix, does Neo take the red pill or the blue pill to learn the truth?

red pill

100

what’s the only food that never spoils?

honey

100

What’s orange and sounds like a parrot?

a carrot

200

Which U.S. territory held a non-binding vote for statehood in 2020?

Puerto Rico

200

What element makes up about 90% of the visible universe?

Hydrogen

200

In Step Brothers, what does Dale call the fancy bathroom towel he wasn’t supposed to use?

The “Good Towel”

200

what animal can hold its breath longer than a dolphin — up to 7 hours?

a sloth

200

What can travel all around the world while staying in the same corner?

a stamp

300

Who was the first woman to run for President of the United States?

Victoria Woodhull (1872)

300

What is the only organ in the human body that can completely regenerate itself?

the liver

300

In Super Troopers, what word do the troopers mess with people by repeating during traffic stops?

“Meow”

300

what everyday item was invented by NASA but is now found in most shoes?

Memory foam

300

Why did the bicycle fall over?

Because it was two-tired.

400

Which First Lady ran her husband’s presidency from behind the scenes after he suffered a debilitating stroke?

Edith Wilson (wife of Woodrow Wilson)

400

True or False: Humans glow in the dark — but it’s invisible to our eyes.

True — humans emit low levels of bioluminescence that peak in the afternoon but aren’t visible to the naked eye.

400

What’s the name of Thor’s hammer?

Mjölnir

400

what part of your body can detect taste besides your tongue?

Your gut — it has taste receptors!

400

I speak without a mouth and hear without ears. I have nobody, but I come alive with wind. What am I?

An echo.

500

What U.S. Vice President killed a former Secretary of the Treasury in a duel while still in office?

Aaron Burr (he killed Alexander Hamilton in 1804)

500

What’s the name of the theoretical boundary around a black hole beyond which nothing can escape?

the event horizon

500

What action movie features a character named Bryan Mills, who says, “I have a very particular set of skills”?

Taken

500

what human body part has no blood supply?

The cornea (it gets oxygen directly from air)

500

The person who makes it, sells it. The person who buys it never uses it. The person who uses it never knows they’re using it. What is it?

a coffin