2008 & 2009
Chemistry puns
Olympics
Chickens
New Mexico
100

The number of Instagram users in 2008 and 2009

What is zero?  (Instagram started in 2010!)

100

You can never trust atoms, they make up ________.

What is everything?

100

The name of the two cities hosting the 2026 winter Olympics 

What is Milan (Milano) and Cortina (Cortina d'Ampezzo)?

100

The chicken is the closest living relative to which prehistoric creature

What is the Tyrannosaurus rex?

100

The oldest continuously inhabited state capital in the United States  

What is Santa Fe? 

200

The location of the Olympics during summer 2008

What is Beijing?

200

Why did the two white bears dissolve in water? Because they were ______ bears!

What is polar?

200

The five interlocking rings of the Olympic flag represent these five entities

What are the continents? 

200

The most popular fast-casual chicken finger restaurant in Albuquerque

What is Raising Cane's? 

200

The official air craft of New Mexico

What is a hot air balloon? 

300

In 2009, this athlete ran the 100-meter sprint in 9.58 seconds and then the 200-meter sprint in 19.19 seconds 

Who is Usain Bolt?  (He still holds the world record)

300

A joke about Cobalt, Radon, and Yttrium is just too ______.

What is CoRnY? 

300

The record holder for the most Olympic medals won by any athlete in history

Who is Michael Phelps? (28 medals from years 2004–2016)

300

This company makes vegan chicken tenders that are the most indistinguishable from chicken

What is Impossible Foods Inc.?

300

This advertising icon was a living black bear cub found by firefighters in the Capitan Mountains, NM

Who is Smokey the Bear? 

400

This British vocal artist won their first Grammy in 2009

Who is Adele? 

400

This kind of fish is made out of 2 sodium atoms

What is tuna (2 Na)?

400

This country has won the most Winter Olympic medals in history

What is Norway? 

400
This wavelength can be seen by chickens but not humans

What is ultraviolet light?

400

The city that was the origin of Microsoft

What is Albuquerque? (Bill Gates and Paul Allen founded Microsoft in an Albuquerque garage in 1975)

500

The most popular boy's baby name for 2008 and 2009

What is Jacob?

500

What is HIJKLMNO?

What is water (or H2O)?

500

The English translation for the motto of the Olympics: "Citius, Altius, Fortius"

What is "faster, higher, stronger"? 

500

The domesticated chicken originated from this part of the world

What is Southeast Asia? (likely Thailand, Vietnam, or southern China)

500

If you stand on top of Capulin Volcano, you can see these five U.S. states

What is New Mexico, Colorado, Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas?