The Nature of Things
This sweet food is made by bees.
What is honey?
This is the base number of innings in a Major League Baseball (MLB) game
What is nine?
This 1985 film is based on a board game whodunit.
What is Clue?
Baby cow
What is a calf?
This first leg of the Triple Crown takes place on the first Saturday in May
What is the Kentucky Derby?
You hear a sonic boom on Earth when this happens.
What is when something exceeds the speed of sound?
It is the hardest gem in the world
What is diamond?
When we do something at the very last minute, it is called doing it at this hour
What is 11th?
This granddaddy-of-them-all sleuth was created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
Who is Sherlock Holmes?
Baby horse
What is a foal?
On May 15, we celebrate this natural phenomenon, something Judy Garland made famous in a tune that ends with “Why, oh why can’t I?”
What is rainbow?
These flying mammals have poor night vision, but their hearing can be better than human hearing.
What are bats?
Found in the northern hemisphere, this is the world’s biggest island.
What is Greenland?
Those who are intuitive are said to have this sense.
What is sixth?
Agatha Christie’s highly rated mystery takes place on this train
What is the Orient Express?
Farm animals with curly tails
What are pigs (or hogs or swine)?
On May 14, the world honors the migratory species of these animals.
What are birds?
These pets hear higher frequencies than humans.
What are dogs?
This country owns almost all the pandas of the world
What is China?
People often don’t want to play this fiddle with their spouse
What is second?
This 1963 classic stars Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn and is set in Paris.
What is Charade?
Baby sheep
What is lamb?
For the entire month of May, we raise awareness of this type of health.
What is mental?
This part of the ear continues to grow
What is earlobe?
Baby owls are mostly called this
What are owlets?
This is the degree of the most serious burn.
What is fourth?
This fictional writer is the grand dame of sleuths and resides in Cabot Cove, Maine
Who is Jessica Fletcher?
Small farm animal that is one of the closest living relatives to the T-rex
What is chicken?
May 2 honors these family members.
What are siblings (or brothers and sisters)?
When we place this next to our ear, we are not hearing the ocean
What is seashell?
The brightest star in the sky is also part of the name of a satellite radio station that ends in XM
What is Sirius?
A statement or issue known as this rail is bound to be controversial and could lead to the end of a politician’s career or destroy someone’s credibility
What is third?
In this 1978 film, Hercule Poirot is pressed into action while on an Egyptian river cruise when a newlywed is found dead.
What is Death on the Nile?
Contrary to popular belief, this is the pickiest eater of the farm animals
What is goat?
We begin and end with observances—May 1 is this observance, and the last Monday in May is this observance
What are May Day and Memorial Day?
True or false? You can’t hear when you’re asleep.
What is false?