What's in a Name
How many times more do people speak English as a second language than as a native one?
(2, 3, 4, or 5) times
Four times
English has nearly two billion people learning it as a second language and only 350 million people speaking it natively.
What is the first and only band to have performed on all seven continents?
Metallica
They played in Antarctica in 2013.
Eating what famous cookie, tells something about your personality?
Oreos
Biters are easy-going and self-confident, while dunkers displayed more energetic and adventurous qualities. Twisters, on the other hand, are sensitive and trendy.
What is the only human organ that can completely regenerate itself, even if 75% of it is removed?
The liver
What is the most popular state bird?
The Northern Cardinal or Cardinal
Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, North Carolina, Ohio, Virginia and West Virginia all picked it as their favorite species.
What country has a naming committee that approves or denies new names that its citizens can use for newborn babies and even older newcomers?
Iceland
New names need to fit the structure of the Icelandic linguistics and alphabet, be able to accommodate the language’s structure of word endings, and not “cause the bearer embarrassment.” The committee receives around 100 applications each year and rejects about half of them.
How many Grammy's did Elvis win?
Hint: He was nominated 14 times
3
The 100 folds of a chef's tall white hat represent?
100 ways to cook an egg
How were the people who created the voices of Mickey and Minnie connected/ related?
They were married.
Wayne Allwine and Russi Taylor were married for 18 years until Allwine's death in 2009.
Baby sea otters can't do what when they are born?
Swim
Their moms will wrap them in pieces of kelp while they hunt until the buoyant pups learn how to paddle around on their own. A raft of otters will also hold hands while they sleep so they don't drift apart!
While more people speak English as a second language, nearly three times more people speak "what" language natively?
Mandarin Chinese
What is the most covered song?
Hint: There are over 3,000 different renditions
The Beatles' classic hit "Yesterday"
What famous children's book is exactly 50 words?
Green Eggs and Ham
Theodore Geisel's editor didn't believe the author could write a book in 50 words or less. The finished product contains 50 words on the dot.
What popular Application has more users than many major countries?
More than China's (1.4 billion) and India's (1.3 billion) people
You can hear a blue whale's heartbeat from more than how many miles away?
(1, 2, 3, or 4) miles?
2 miles away
What famous person's son invented Lincoln Logs.
Frank Lloyd Wright
The famous architect's design for the Imperial Hotel in Tokyo inspired John Lloyd Wright to produce the interlocking log beams on a much smaller scale for kids.
The most streamed Spotify single is by what artist or name the song?
Harry Styles' "Girl Crush"
Approximately how many lbs of grapes go into one bottle of wine.
over (1, 2, 3, or 4) lbs.
2.6 lbs or 700 grapes
What is the largest known living organism?
It is estimated to be over 80,000 years old and more than 100 acres.
Pando (Latin for "I spread out") is a group of genetically identical quaking aspen grove in Utah with an interconnected root system
Trembling Giant
The only NFL team that has a plant for a logo?
The New Orleans Saints
Their fleur-de-lis is actually a stylized lily historically associated with the French monarchy. It's also the state symbol of Louisiana and appears on the Quebec flag.
This was the most popular boy's name for the past 100 years?
OR
This was the most popular girl's name for the past 100 years?
Michael (#1 spot 44 times)
Mary (#1 spot 41 times)
The voice behind I’m Loving it, McDonald’s famous jingle is?
Justin Timberlake’s voice.
The American singer received a modest sum of $ 6 million for the cause.
In the popular candy, what do the M&M stand for?
Mars and Murrie
Forrest Mars (son of the Mars Company founder) first spotted the British confection Smarties during the Spanish Civil War and noticed the candy shell prevented the chocolate from melting. He teamed up with Bruce Murrie (son of Hershey Chocolate's president) and the company later trademarked the "Melts in Your Mouth, Not in Your Hand" slogan.
Across the world, what place have we have only explored 0.001% of?
The ocean floor
Of the total area of more than 335 million square kilometers, we have explored roughly the same size as Rhode Island, the smallest US state.
A baby elephant will suck what for comfort?
Their trunk