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100

What is the largest state in Mexico covering 95,526.5 square miles or 247,412.6 square kilometers.  

Chihuahua

100

How many nails should be installed in an average shingle?

4-5 nail pattern

100

Name at least 3 of our sales guys

Scott
Cameron
Darryl
Julio
Keith
Ignacio
Dustyn

100

Which will known Empire helped popularize durable, red-tiled roofs across Middle Europe, some of which are still standing today...

Roman Empire

100

What is the only food that can never go bad?

Honey

200

What is the canyon in Mexico called that is larger than the Grand Canyon

Copper Canyon or Barrancas del Cobre

200

What is an environmentally sustainable roof called?

Green Roof

200

How old was Howard & Sons, Inc.'s President in 2025?

50 years Young! 

200

In India there is a temple where the roof is made out of an unusual material, what is the material that this roof is made out of? 

The temple, called The Golden Temple has a roof coated in pure gold.

200

What is the only U.S. state that can be typed in using only one row of a standard “QWERTY” keyboard?

ALASKA

300

What fruit does Mexico produce more than 2.2 tons of annually for the world? 

Avocados

300

How hot can a dark colored commercial roof get in the summer?  

190 degrees F or 88 degrees C

300

How many years of being in business did H&S celebrate in 2025

10 years

300

Which country in the world has the largest amount of roofs?

China

300

What is the only planet in our solar system to rotate clockwise on its axis?

Venus

400

Mexico is the second largest consumer of Coca Cola in the world, right behind the US.  How many liters of Coke did Mexican's consume in 2025?

Approx 19,500 million liters

400

A modern architectural style featuring two roof sections sloping inward to meet in a central valley, resembling this insect's wings.  What are these types of roofs calls

Butterfly roofs

400
What are the official colors of Howard & Sons?

Name 2 of 3.

Navy
Orange
White

400

In Greenland, roofs are color coded based on what the building is categorized as or used for...  some examples are:

  • Red: Churches, schools, stores, and government/trade buildings.
  • Yellow: Hospitals, doctors' residences, and health services.
  • Green: Telecommunication buildings, radio communication centers, and power works/mechanics.
  • Blue: Fish factories.

What are black roofs used for?

Police stations

400

The unicorn is the national animal of which country?

Scotland

500

Mexico is home to a lake with an interesting color... It’s located in Las Colaradas, Yucatan, and it gets its distinctive hue due to organisms that thrive in salty water and produce beta-carotene.  What color is this lake? 

Pink!

500

The Boeing factory roof in Washington is the world's largest single roof, how many acres does this 1 roof cover?

98.3 acres

500

What city is the furthest away H&S has ever traveled for a job? 

Visalia, CA 

500

What is the difference between a hip and a gable...  Dustyn will be the judge on who has the most correct answer.  

Dustyn's Answer is?  

500
Every year California experiences approximately 500 of these...  what are they?  

Earthquakes!!!