Things that make you go Huh?
This fruit's seeds are on the outside, not the inside.
What is a strawberry?
This 1970s toy consisted of two balls on strings that clacked together—until they were banned for being dangerous.
What are Clackers?
A Brightly small red beetle with black polka dots
Lady bug
The name of the pasta that’s flat and wide and perfect for layering with cheese?
Lasagna
Which animal is the ultimate builder, constructing dams and lodges with sticks and mud?
Beaver
The most common wildflower in Texas and was declared the official state flower in 1901.
Texas Bluebonnet
This word changes meaning when capitalized: one is a country, the other is an animal.
What is Turkey?
These plush animals came with tags and were marketed as “collectibles” with potential value.
What are Beanie Babies?
This insect has to make about ten million trips to collect enough nectar for production of a tasty treat.
Honeybee's
Candy brand tells you to open a bag and go on a flavor adventure with the slogan ‘Taste the Rainbow’
Skittles
A genius of the sea can change color and patterns for camouflage and conversation.
Octopus
A perennial, blooms in shades from yellow to red across the state. The fruit, or tuna, which ranges from red to deep maroon when ripe, makes a very good jelly (see our recipes for prickly pear desserts, a cocktail, and other tasty fare).
Prickly Pear Cactus
This animal's heart is so big, a small child could crawl through its arteries.
What is a blue whale?
This colorful cube, invented in the '70s, still challenges puzzlers today.
What is a Rubik’s Cube?
This insect can lift and carry more than fifty times their own weight.
Ants
Classic cocktail mix with lime juice, tequila, and triple sec into a party favorite
Margarita
What do you call it when birds shed and regrow their feathers for a new look?
Molting
Pink ladies, these wildflowers are common in the Hill Country. They are headstrong and drought resistant.
Pink Evening Primrose
This food item is not legally “ice cream” in some countries because it doesn’t contain enough cream.
What is soft serve?
A small bean bag – called a footbag – from hitting the ground, using various parts of the body.
Hacky Sack
Light producing beetles
fireflies
Polenta is made from which grain?
Corn
Active from dusk to dawn these animals can use “echolocation” to navigate and hunt, turning sound into a superpower?
Bats
A Spring flower known as the fire wheel, and has long, thin, red petals with tips a halo of yellow. When they cover an entire field, they set fields ablaze with bright orange and yellow from May through August a
Indian Blanket
This common fruit can be turned into electricity in science experiments.
What is a lemon?
This hairstyle from the '80s was business in the front, party in the back.
What is a mullet?
Nests Constructed from chewed wood pulp and saliva, vary in shape and size depending and can be found in sheltered locations like attics, eaves, trees, or even underground.
Wasp Nest
What secret ingredient gives brown sugar its rich color and deep flavor?
Molasses
An animal that can recognize human facial expressions and respond to them accordingly.
Dogs
Small white petaled flowers that do not grow far from the ground. They have bright yellow centers,
Blackfoot Daisy
This European city has a law that allows you to pay your fines in singing.
What is Vienna?
This squishy, colorful modeling compound made a comeback as a stress-relief toy for adults.
What is Play-Doh?
Notable for its annual southward late-summer/autumn instinctive migration from the northern and central United States and southern Canada to Florida and Mexico.
Monarch Butterfly
A grain that is the most widely consumed staple food in the world, feeding billions daily
Rice
Has a tongue that can extend longer than its body?
Chameleon
When crushed, the leaves emit an odor reminiscent of lemons.
Lemon Bee Balm
This small rodent can survive being frozen solid — and thaw out alive.
What is a wood frog?
This toy, originally a military invention, “walks” down stairs and became a hit in the 1940s.
What is a Slinky?
This insect has special organs in their hind legs that store energy for jumping.
Grasshopper
Which expensive spice is taken from a crocus flower?
Saffron
Which animal has the strongest bite force in the wild?
Saltwater Crocodile
Along roadsides in south-central Texas and are named for Scottish botanist Thomas Drummond, who collected the plants on a visit to Texas in 1834
Drummond phlox
This everyday item used to be made with radium and glowed in the dark — dangerously so.
What is a watch?
This fast food item caused long lines and social media hype in 2019, especially in the U.S. South.
What is the Popeyes chicken sandwich?
Find sugar with their feet, which are 10 million times more sensitive than human tongues.
House Fly
What type of meat is pancetta?
Pork Belly
Which animal is reported to sleep the least in the world for as little as 30 minutes per day, sometimes even less, in short bursts lasting just a few minutes each.
Giraffe
Red-orange bracts of this wide-ranging wildflower remind us of a Texas sunset and steals a portion of its nutrients from nearby root systems of other plants.
Indian Paintbrush
This holiday was illegal in the U.S. for about 20 years in the 1600s.
What is Christmas?
This slang term for trendy millennials living in cities became a label for a whole aesthetic.
What is hipster?
Fast, agile fliers with iridescent or metallic colored wings and can live for five weeks and some survive for only a few days.
Dragonfly
Iconic cookie was born in the 1930s at Ruth Wakefield's Toll House Inn, sweetening our lives forever
Chocolate Chip Cookie
Longest living, verified species that can live for over 400 years
Greenland Shark
The lobed leaves are spiny, white underneath with a woolly texture, and smaller on the upper third of the plant. The disk flowers can be a light lavender to a deep rose-lavender, clustered on one flower head to each stem.
Texas Thistle
This country has a national sport that involves carrying your wife.
What is Finland?
This 1990s dance craze had people mimicking a Spanish pop duo's moves at weddings and school dances.
What is the Macarena?
Species of march fly found in the south also known as the honeymoon fly or double-headed bug.
The Love bug
The oldest soft drink in the world is which fizzy drink created in 1783?
Schweppes
Paedomorphic amphibian is known for its ability to regenerate most body parts even organs
Axolotl
These spring plants are native to southern North America, Central America, and South America. They are cheerful summer-blooming bulbs that got their common name for their tendency to burst into bloom immediately following periods of ample rainfall in the late summer.
Rain Lily