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What vitamin does the sun’s ultraviolet rays help the skin produce?
Vitamin D
What is the hardest material on earth?
Diamond
What blood type qualifies as a universal donor?
O negative
Botany is the scientific study of what?
Plants
The Statue of Liberty was given to the US by which country?
France
What reptile has no legs?
Snake
How many stars are in the Big Dipper?
7
What is the largest planet in our solar system?
Jupiter
What is the most commonly used letter in the English alphabet?
E
What is the scientific name of the process through which plants get nutrients?
Photosynthesis
What is the smallest country in the world?
Vatican City
What organ does an octopus have three of?
heart
What substance are fingernails made out of?
Keratin
What does Na stand for on the periodic table?
Sodium
In which country is Timbuktu located?
Mali
Which planet is the hottest?
Venus
Quebec is a province in Canada. What language do they speak there?
French
In Greek mythology, who had snakes for hair and could turn people into stone if they looked at her?
Medusa
How many eyes does a bee have?
Five
The wooly mammoth is most similar to what modern day animal?
Elephant
What does a Scoville unit measure?
Spiciness
What is the name of the city that Spongebob Squarepants lives in?
Bikini Bottom
Which bird is often associated with delivering babies?
Stork
How many fingers does Mickey Mouse have on one hand?
4
Who founded Microsoft?
Bill Gates
Which mammal has no vocal cords?
Giraffe
Tiger Woods is known for which sport?
golf
Which country consumes the most chocolate per capita?
Switzerland
What is a group of crows called?
murder
What does DNA stand for?
Deoxyribonucleic Acid
What is the name of the prehistoric town in which The Flinstones live?
Bedrock
What kind of alcohol is made from agave?
tequila and/or mezcal
Who is currently ranked #3 on Spotify for monthly listeners?
Drake
What is it called when birds fly south (warmer climates) for the winter?
Migration
When Amazon was founded, what product was initially sold?
Books
Who painted the ceiling in the Sistine Chapel?
Michaelangelo
What is the name of the 43rd ranked tennis player who made it to the semifinals in the US Open?
Ben Shelton
Which country consumes the most mac and cheese?
Canada
Which country produces the most coffee in the world?
Brazil
According to the FAI definition of space, how many people have been to space? (closest answer wins)
570
What is the loudest animal on Earth?
Sperm whale
What is the only fruit that has its seeds on the outside?
Strawberries
What is Sodium Chloride commonly called?
salt/table salt
What city has the largest metropolitan area? (includes suburbs, so Brookline etc. would count for Boston)
Tokyo
What was the first Disney animated film based on the life of a real person?
Pochahontas
What is the world’s biggest island?
Australia
Which country won the most gold medals in the 2022 Winter Olympics?
Norway
Which famous artist painted the Mona Lisa?
Leonardo Da Vinci
Which fictional city is the home of Batman?
Gotham
Which is the only American Football team to go a whole season undefeated, including the Super Bowl?
'72 Dolphins
What language besides English, Spanish, and Mandarin is most spoken in the USA?
Tagalog (Phillipines)
What is the largest desert in the world?
Antarctic
What does BMW stand for?
Bavarian Motor Works
The unicorn is the national animal of which country?
Scotland
What planets rain diamonds?
Saturn and Jupiter
What is the only metal that is a liquid at normal atmospheric pressure and temperature?
Mercury
How many teeth does an adult human have?
32
If a male donkey is a jack, what is the female donkey called?
Jenny
Which country invented ice cream?
China
A flamboyance is a group of what animals?
Flamingos
Which bone are babies born without?
knee cap
Where did Heineken beer originate?
Netherlands
What country has the most vending machines per capita?
Japan