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This popular condiment first started out as medicinal
What is Ketchup?
Back in the early 1800s, people thought tomatoes had medicinal qualities. One doctor claimed they could treat diarrhea and indigestion, so he made a recipe for a type of tomato ketchup which then became a pill.
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This is the longest running Game Show still currently on air
What is Jeopardy?
"Jeopardy!" holds the title as the longest-running game show still currently on air, having been broadcast continuously since 1984, with over 38 years and more than 9,900 episodes to date.
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This is the fastest growing plant
What is Bamboo?
Bamboo is the fastest-growing plant on Earth, with some species capable of growing up to 35 inches per day. On average, most bamboo species can grow about three to five feet in a year.
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These states are considered the four corners
What is Arizona, Colorado, Utah and New Mexico?
It means that you can be in all four states at the same time when you are at the four corners (where the boundaries of four states meet, that point is marked by the Four Corners Monument).
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House cats share 95.6% of their DNA with this large animal
What are Tigers?
House cats share 95.6% of their DNA with their much larger cousin, the tiger. It has been around 10.8 million years since the tiger and house cat diverged into two separate species, but they do share a common ancestor according to studies.
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This type of popular fish is naturally pink due to its diet of shrimp
What is Salmon?
Wild salmon is naturally pink because of all the shrimp they eat. Farm-raised salmon have a different diet and end up being white so, they are fed specific plant pigments to get the same hue as wild salmon.
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This game show holds the record for most episodes aired
What is Jeopardy?
Jeopardy! has over 9,900 episodes across 54 years of production.
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85% of the plant life on Earth is found in this region
What is the Ocean?
This includes a wide variety of marine plants, such as algae, kelp, and seagrass, which thrive in saltwater environments.
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This AZ City houses the largest butterfly conservatory in the U.S
What is Scottsdale, AZ?
Butterfly Wonderland is recognized as the largest indoor butterfly conservatory in America, featuring thousands of butterflies from around the world and providing an immersive experience in a tropical rainforest environment.
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This breed of dog is the fastest and can beat a cheetah in a Long-Distance race
What is the Greyhound?
Greyhounds can maintain their top speed for 50 meters longer than a cheetah can. Cheetahs are great sprinters, hitting a top speed of 70mph, which they can sustain for 219 yards. Greyhounds are a lot slower at their top speed, which is 45mph, but can run at this speed for longer, able to cover 273 yards while maintaining this speed. Greyhounds are also better distance runners in general, able to maintain a speed of 35 mph over seven miles.
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American cheese was not actually invented in America, instead it was created in this Alpine region
What is Switzerland?
It was created by Waltz Gerber and Fritz Stettler in 1911 to lengthen the shelf-life before it was shipped overseas.
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In 1958 a contestant won a horse on this popular game show where the contestants "Come on Down"
What is The Price is Right?
Before the program revamped itself and became a bit more standardized, prizes could be, well, a little stranger than just a new kitchen set or car. In 1958, a man named Carl Slater won a Palomino Horse.
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The first carrots were this color rather than orange
What is purple?
For thousands of years carrots were primarily purple or yellow. The modern orange carrot was developed in the 16th and 17th centuries when Dutch farmers bred purple carrots to create the sweet orange variety, which was favored for its taste and less staining properties on cookware.
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This planet was discovered by Clyde Tombaugh at Lowell Observatory at Flagstaff on February 18, 1930
What is Pluto?
Initially classified as the ninth planet, Pluto was later reclassified as a dwarf planet in 2006.
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Just like human beings have unique fingerprints, dogs have a ____ print that is unique to them
What is Nose Print?
In fact, you can get jewelry, paintings, and casts with your dog's nose-print. Every puppy has a unique nose pattern from around two months of age that doesn't change as they grow.
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This deliciously rich dessert staple has been used as a form of currency in ancient times
What is Chocolate?
It has been used as a currency in ancient civilizations of Mexico and South America. As the Aztecs started dominating Mesoamerica, they also loved cocoa beans which couldn’t be grown in their civilization, so they had to rely on the Mayans and traded cocoa beans with them as a system of money.
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This Wheel of Fortune Host holds the record for longest host in game show history
Who is Pat Sajak?
The longest-running game show host in television history is Pat Sajak, who has hosted Wheel of Fortune for 41 years and 1 month. He began his tenure in 1981.
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During the 1600s this beautiful flower was worth more than gold
What are tulips?
Tulips were worth more than gold during the period known as "Tulip Mania," which occurred in the Netherlands between 1634 and 1637.
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At 12,633 feet this is the highest point in Arizona.
What is Mount Humprey's?
It is located in Coconino County within the Kachina Peaks Wilderness, part of the Coconino National Forest.
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This ancient civilization revered cats as sacred creatures
What is Ancient Egyptians?
The ancient Egyptians loved their cats and would shave their eyebrows in mourning when a family cat died, according to the World History Encyclopedia. Beloved pets were sometimes mummified alongside their owners and saved from house fires as a priority. If a dog died in the home, they would shave their whole bodies.
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2.5 billion of these American fast-food staples are sold every year (be specific)
What are McDonald's Hamburgers?
That equates to 75 McDonald’s hamburgers sold every second, every day, or 6.5 million hamburgers each day!
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This is the first game show ever aired on American television
What is Spelling Bee?
Game shows began to appear on radio and television in the 1930s. Spelling Bee premiered on May 31, 1938. However, the first regularly scheduled game show on television was "CBS Television Quiz," which debuted on July 2, 1941.
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Amber is made of this fossilized substance made from trees
What is Resin?
Amber is a fossilized resin from extinct trees that hardened over millions of years.
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Citrus, Cattle and Climate are 2 out of the 5 C's of Arizona, what are the other 3?
What are Copper and Cotton?
In the early years of the state, the five C's served an important role in the economy, with many jobs in agriculture, ranching, and mining. The Five C's represent a modest impact on Arizona's economy today, but they still play a strong cultural role.
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The oldest ever cat was named Creme Puff and won a Guinness World Record for living to be this old
What is 38 years and three days old?
Amazingly, Creme Puff lived through 7 decades, she was born on 3 August 1967 and passed on 6 August 2005. Curiously, Creme Puff's owner also owned the 2nd oldest cat in the world, who was named Granpa Rexs Allen, and who died at 34 years, and 2 months old. He must have been doing something right to have two such long-lived cats!