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100

You're twice as likely to be killed by ______ than a SHARK?

Vending machine

Shoe

Whales

Vending MACHINE!

So when is Discovery Channel premiering their "Vending Machine Week?"

100
Young goats are called:

Mares

Kids

Foals

They are called KIDS! 

100

Their sense of smell is how many times better than humans?

10X

25X

40X

Their sense of smell is FORTY TIMES stronger than a humans. They can even smell some medical diseases.

100

Turtles can live up to how many years?

20

50

100+

100+

The oldest living turtle is 187 years old! His name is Jonathan and he lives in St. Helena which is in the United Kingdom. It's the same island Napoleon Bonaparte was exiled to.

100

What word has the most definitions for it?

Set

Meet

accept

Set

According to the dictionary the word "set" has 430 definitions. 

200

Cats have a genetic defect that makes them unable to taste what:

Salt

Sweets

Chocolate

Sweets 

Cat's cannot taste anything sweet.

200

What is a "NURDLE"?

Something you jump in track

The blob of toothpaste on your toothbrush

A new type of noodle

The blob of toothpaste on your toothbrush

200

Which breed of dog is most closely related to the WOLF?

Shih Tzu

Husky

Poodle

They may be dinky and cuter than a newborn baby, but Shih Tzu's are one of the breeds most closely related to the wolf.

 

200
How are babies born?

Eggs

Live

They magically appear near their mothers

Eggs

Turtles are hatched from eggs.

200

Name two words that no other words rhyme with:

Month, orange, silver, and purple do not rhyme with any other word.

300

A group of hippos is called a:

Gaggle

Bloat

Herd

Bloat

300

Before 1913 you could mail...

Cows

Kids

Snails

Your kids! 

If your kids wanted to go see grandma you could just mail them there! 

300

Dogs can understand up to how many words?

10

100

250

Dogs can understand up to 250 words and gestures and even perform simple mathematical calculations

300

When do turtles grow teeth?

They're born with one

A week

A month

Born with one

Baby turtles, called hatchlings, have an “egg tooth” on their beak to help them hatch out of their shell. This tooth disappears approximately an hour after hatching.

300

What is the ONLY word in the English language that ends with the letters "mt"?

dreamt

400

What living animal is the closest living relatives of the Tyrannosaurus rex?

Bears and Grizzlies

Lizards and Snakes

Chickens and Ostriches

Chicken and the Ostrich

400

Baby koalas are fed what when they're babies?

Poo

Eucalyptus leaves

Bamboo

Poo

Something in the poo is said to help the be able to digest eucalyptus later in their lives.

400

Humans sweat from all over our body. Dogs sweat from only one place and that is ______?

Arm pits

Backs

Feet

Dogs ONLY have sweat glands on the bottom of their paws.

400

Turtles live for approximately how many years?

20

50

100

100

Jonathan is the oldest living turtle on record, living a whopping 187 years! He lives on an island in the United Kingdom.

400

What is the shortest grammatically correct sentence?

GO!

500

Cookie Monster's ACTUAL name is....

Carl

Sid

Pete

Sid

His real name is SID but they thought cookie monster sounded better.

500

Who invented the word "nerd"

A scientist

Dr. Seuss

George Washington

"nerd" first appeared in Seuss' 1950 book If I Ran the Zoo. The passage reads, "And then, just to show them, I'll sail to Ka-Troo and bring back an It-Kutch, a Preep, and a Proo. A Nerkle, a Nerd, and a Seersucker, too!"

500

What breed of dog is the fastest?

Great Dane

Greyhound

Chihuahua 

Greyhound. They can even catch a cheetah!

While a cheetah can get up to almost 70mph, they can only keep this going for around 30 seconds. Greyhounds, on the other hand, could easily run at speeds in excess of 35mph for seven miles. So despite the cheetah’s head start, they’d soon overtake!

500

Can turtles survive space?


In September 1968, the Soviet Union launched the space probe and launched two tortoises into space where they stayed for a week. They returned safely to earth, even after their rocket malfunctioned and they ended up in the Indian Ocean. They are completely healthy.

500

What number from 1-199 has the letter A in it?

NONE! There are no number that contain the letter A. WOW