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Science
10
You go at red, but stop at green. What am I?
A watermelon
10
In the initials of the federal agency known as NASA, what does the first "A" stand for?
Aeronautics
10
What is the name of the imagery that involves death and scary themes?
Macabre Imagery
10
What percentage of the original four Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles have names ending with the letter o?
75%
10
What is a deciduous tree?
Trees that shed their leaves once a year when their leaves fully grown. Leaves may turn yellow, orange and red
20
I speak without a mouth and hear without ears. I have no body, but I come alive with wind. What am I?
An echo
20
What were the most popular boys' and girls' names for 2019?
Oliver and Olivia
20
Name one philosopher used for study this year
Possible answers: Aristotle, Foucault, Marx, Plato, Boethius, La Rouchfoucalt, Nietzche, Michel Foucault
20
On a class field trip, there are four buses taking 36 students to the zoo. Each bus carries the same number of students. How many students are on each bus?
Nine
20
Which blood type is known as the universal recipient?
AB
30
I have cities, but no houses. I have mountains, but no trees. I have water, but no fish. What am I?
A map
30
Which Disney Princess has the least amount of screen time? Double points if you can guess the duration
Princess Aurora from Sleeping Beauty with 18 minutes screen time
30
What is the name of the technique for an exclamation mark?
Ecphonesis
30
A girl has as many brothers as sisters, but each brother has only half as many brothers as sisters. How many brothers and sisters are there in the family?
Four sisters and three brothers
30
What are the three types of rock?
Sedimentary, Metamorphic, and Igneous
40
You see a boat filled with people. It has not sunk, but when you look again you don’t see a single person on the boat. Why?
Everyone is married
40
If you have cryophobia, what are you afraid of?
Ice and Cold
40
What is vernacular language?
Language used in a context that does not belong - e.g. jargon or a different language in an English text
40
You have 20 pairs of shoes, but there is only room in your closet for eight shoes. How many pairs of shoes do you have to get rid of?
16
40
Where in the human body would you find the medulla oblongata?
Brain
50
The first two letters signify a male, the first three letters signify a female, the first four letters signify a great, while the entire world signifies a great woman. What is the word?
Heroine
50
Which country won the first football World Cup and for double points, what year was it?
Uruguay in 1930
50
Determine if the following phrase is a zeugma (a word that blends two nouns for both meanings) or a syllepsis: (a word that connects two nouns but grammatically and logically applies for one meaning)
"She broke his car and his heart"
Zeugma
50
A farmer notices that every day for the past 10 days, the number of pigeons in his field has doubled. There are 1,024 pigeons in the field today, and there were two pigeons there the first day. How many pigeons were there yesterday?
512
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50
Which spice, if consumed in large enough quantities, produces a hallucinogenic effect?
Nutmeg
