Calendars/Time
This lunisolar calendar is based on the positions of the sun and moon. Modern China follows the Gregorian calendar, but holidays are based on this one.
Chinese Lunar Calendar
The most common, stable isotope of oxygen, containing 8 protons and 8 neutrons,
Oxygen-16
Who wrote “The Star-Spangled Banner”?
Francis Scott Key
**Points for each correct answer**
Name as many items that honey badgers eat.
small rodents, birds, eggs, insects, lizards, tortoises, and frogs. They also eat some fruits and vegetables like berries, roots, and bulbs.
How many bananas would you would have to eat at one time to receive a lethal dose of radiation.
Approximately 10 million to 50 million
The calendar is a lunisolar calendar that’s primarily used today to determine Jewish customs, holidays, readings, and ceremonies.
Jewish Calendar
This isotope is used for radiocarbon dating of organic materials up to about 60,000 years old, relying on its constant decay (half-life of 5,730 years)
Carbon-14
How many Billboard #1 hits did Elvis have?
18
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Name the football player nicknamed the "Honey Badger" and his position.
Tyrann Mathieu - Safety
Every year about what percentage of the atoms in your body are replaced.
98%
What calendar is the most widely used calendar around the world today. It’s a solar calendar designed to keep years consistent over time.
Gregorian Calendar
A powerful, man-made radioactive isotope famous for emitting intense gamma rays, used to kill cancer cells, sterilize medical gear, and inspect welds
Cobalt-60
When was Mariah Carey’s “All I Want For Christmas Is You” released? (Month and Year)
October 1994
Honey badgers are not actually badgers at all! They are more closely related to what animal?
Wolverine
What season do your nails grow the fastest?
Your nails grow faster in hot summer. This is probably due to increased blood supply to the fingertips. It could also be because you’re less stressed while on holiday so less likely to gnaw away at ‘em.
What calendar, introduced in 45 BC, introduced leap years to account for the Earth’s revolution actually being slightly longer than 365 days.
Julian Calendar
A radioactive isotope with an 8-day half-life, primarily used in medicine to diagnose and treat thyroid cancer by concentrating in the thyroid gland
Iodine-131
Who was the first woman ever inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame?
Aretha Franklin
Name the Genus of the honey badger
Mellivora
Name something (other than a plant) that can photosynthesize.
Algae and some other organisms – including sea slugs and pea aphids – contain chlorophyll and can also take sunlight and turn it into an energy source.
This calendar maintains the integrity of the lunar month, but inserts an extra full month, once every 32–33 months, to ensure that the festivals and crop-related rituals fall in the appropriate season
Hindu Calendar
A radioactive material, to create an electric current between two plates by ionizing air particles (alpha particles); when smoke enters,
Americium-241
Which country artist threw javelin while attending Oklahoma State University?
Garth Brooks
Name the species of the honey badger
Capensis
What is the fear of long words called?
Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia