Rock Climbing
This climbing technique is used to perform a controlled decent off a vertical drop using a rope.
What is rappelling (abseiling)?
This waxy substance, once prized by perfume makers, originates in the digestive system of sperm whales.
What is ambergris?
This famed physicist is the author of "A Brief History of Time"
Who is Stephen Hawking?
This video game console, created by Nintendo is often abbreviated as NES.
What is the Nintendo Entertainment System?
Who is the mayor of Burlington?
Marianne Meed Ward
This type of climbing takes place on small rock formations, or artificial rock walls without the use of ropes or harnesses. The climbs are usually less than 20 feet high.
What is bouldering.
Believed to grow as large 60 feet, this species of shark is the largest currently living in the ocean.
What is the Whale Shark (Rhincodon typus)?
This heavy metal was once know as "quicksilver".
What is mercury?
This video game studio created the popular game Fortnite.
What is Epic Games?
Name a museum in Burlington.
Ireland House, and the Joseph Brant Museum
This type of knot is the standard method for attaching a rope to a climbing harness. It is also (apparently) sometimes used for decorative purposes.
A group of this African animal can be described as a "dazzle".
What is a zebra?
A deficiency of this vitamin may lead to dry eyes and night blindness.
What is vitamin A?
In 2014, video gamer Benjamin "Bearzly" Gwin beat the game Dark Souls using this unusual gaming peripheral.
What is a guitar hero controller?
Burlington has 2 twin cities. Name one of them.
Apeldoorn, Netherlands and Itabashi, Japan
This is the name of the hardest sport climbing route currently in existence with a proposed grade of 5.15d. It was first climbed by Adam Ondra in 2017.
What is Silence?
A lobster has this many legs.
What is 10?
The filament in an incandescent light bulb is made of this element.
What is tungsten?
In 1993, this game console traveled aboard a Soyuz TM-17 rocket to the MIR Space Station, where it was played by Russian cosmonaut Aleksandr A. Serebrov
What is a Game Boy?
What is the approximate population of Burlington (as of the 2016 census)?
183,314.
This system for rating the difficulty of walks, hikes, and climbs is primarily used in the United States and Canada, and was devised in Southern California in the 1950s.
What is the Yosemite Decimal System (YDS)?
This insect has the ability to synthesize and release stinky, burning hot, or even acidic liquid from it's rear end.
What is a bombardier beetle?
According to physics, these are the 4 fundamental forces in nature.
Strong force, weak force, electromagnetic force, gravitational force
This Atari console released in November of 1993 was frequently criticized for making the dubious claim that it a "64-bit" console.
What is the Atari Jaguar?
In what year did Burlington become a city?
1974