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What mammal has the thickest fur of any animal: lions, sea otters, or groundhogs?
Sea otters.
Their thick fur helps them retain heat and repel water. Sea-otter pups have such dense fur that they cannot dive underwater until their adult coats come in.
Often played on the beach, what Olympic sport involves two teams batting a ball back and forth with their hands over a high net to score points?
Volleyball.
Volleyball was invented in 1895 as an indoor game for businessmen who found basketball too vigorous. Fun fact: Before it was called volleyball, the original name was mintonette.
This company that sells Barbie dolls began by selling wooden frames from a garage.
What is Mattel?
In addition to the Barbie line and dollhouses, Mattel also sells the Fisher-Price line, Hot Wheels, and other toys.
People began to "Fly the friendly skies" with this airline in 1965; the slogan eventually flew off but returned in 2013
United
Less common today, this infectious bacterial disease of kids characterized by a red rash has a hue of red in its name
scarlet fever
What manufacturer invented nylon in the 1930s?
DuPont.
Nylon is said to have helped the Allies win World War II, as it was used in parachutes, tire cords, flak jackets, and more.
In the game of horseshoes, what is it called when the horseshoe encircles the stake?
Ringer.
A ringer earns the player three points. The game of horseshoes grew in popularity during the American Civil War, and in 1910, the first world horseshoe tournament was held in Bronson, Kansas.
A multi-billion-dollar business that runs “the happiest place on Earth,” this company began life as a cartoon.
What is the Walt Disney Company?
Walt Disney leveraged the money from selling his cartoon Alice’s Wonderland to build his first studio. In that studio, Mickey Mouse came to life.
Aawon Buhw! Aawon Buhw! Michael Bay directed the 1993 commercial that ended with this 2-word slogan-question
Got Milk?
In the ad, an avid history buff is eating a sticky peanut butter sandwich while listening to a radio trivia contest. When the radio host asks the $10,000 question—"Who shot Alexander Hamilton?"—the man knows the answer is "Aaron Burr," but because his mouth is gummed up with peanut butter and he is fresh out of milk, it comes out sounding like "Aawon Buhw!". The commercial ends with the famous two-word question appearing on screen: "Got milk?"
There's a red in the name of this gravest type of transgression in Catholic theology
a cardinal sin
What is the capital city of South Korea?
Seoul.
Seoul is located on the Han River and was founded in 1394.
What is the national summer sport of Canada?
Lacrosse.
Lacrosse was declared the national game of Canada in 1859. However, the 1994 Canada’s National Sports Act kept lacrosse the national summer game but made hockey its national winter game.
This famous chewing gum company’s owner started by selling baking powder and soap.
What is Wrigley’s?
William Wrigley Jr. gave away sticks of gum to his customers. They grew more popular than his products, so he switched gears and built a chewing gum empire.
"When it absolutely, positively has to be there overnight", this company said it would deliver
Federal Express
A tarocco is this type of hybrid orange whose flesh is actually a vivid red, thanks to anthocyanins
A blood orange
What is the longest and strongest bone in the human body?
The femur.
It is often the most well-preserved bone, which is why archaeologists often study the femur
What is the name of the game in which players throw weighted balls aimed at a smaller white target ball, hoping to get closer than their opponent?
Bocce.
Bocce can be traced to Greece and Italy as far back as 600 BC. The first Bocce Olympiad was held in Athens, Greece, in 1896. Fun fact: The term for the white target ball is pallino.
Two teachers and a writer founded this now-famous coffeehouse at Seattle Pike Place Market. They sold beans, not brewed coffee, and they sold their company to a former employee—Howard Schultz.
What is Starbucks?
The three founders went to school together at the University of San Francisco.
"I'd walk a mile for" this brand of cigarette dates to 1921, but smoke enough of them & distance walking gets problematic
Camel
Native to Eastern North America, it's a species of hummingbird
a ruby-throated hummingbird
What four-letter word is the correct term for a rabbit’s tail?
Scut
A "scut" is the historical and anatomical term for a rabbit's short, upright tail. While they appear to be tiny, fluffy pom-poms, they are actually extended out and controlled much like a cat's tail.
In the movie A League of Their Own, what summer sport did the women play?
Baseball.
In 1942, many of the Major League Baseball talents were fighting in WWII. The All-American Girls Professional Baseball League was created by Philip K. Wrigley (owner of the Chicago Cubs) in 1943.
This poultry franchise was one of the first fast-food outlets to go international, but it began as “a roadside stop in Utah during the Depression,” according to Inc. magazine.
What is KFC or Kentucky Fried Chicken?
The Colonel started by trading his services for a place to sell his chicken.
This beverage became "The Uncola" in the '60s, man
7 Up
The iconic "Uncola" marketing campaign kicked off in the late 1960s and ran heavily through the 1970s. It was a brilliant move to position the crisp, clear, lemon-lime soda as the cool, anti-establishment alternative to mainstream colas like Coca-Cola and Pepsi.
This word for red wine, now especially Bordeaux wine, can also mean a reddish color
claret