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It's a "Cruel" World
Science
Animal Moms
Know the Nose
200

Stop if you know what this 8-sided shape is.

What is an octagon?

200

She's the aptly-named villain in 101 Dalmatians who wants to kill dalmatian puppies for fur.

Who is Cruella De Vil?

200

The adult body has 30 to 37 trillion of these.

 What are cells?

200

The mom of the emperor type of this bird will travel up to 50 miles to feed her young fish grub.

What is a penguin?

200

During a cold, mucus builds up in the maxillary type of these air cavities.

What are sinuses?

400

Eggs are this shape.

What is an oval?

400

Romance, anxiety and ecstasy were what described Taylor Swift's 2023 song about her past love with Joe Alwyn.

What is Cruel Summer?

400

It’s the first element on the Periodic Table whose symbol comes from its Latin name, and it is found in salt.

What is sodium?

400

Poison dart frog moms carry these offspring on their backs up into trees as high as 100 feet.

What are tadpoles?

400

Cauterization may be necessary if you frequently experience epistaxis, better known as this.

What is a nosebleed?

600

From the Greek for “spinning top,” it’s a quadrilateral with 4 sides of equal length.

What is a rhombus?

600

Betrayal and harsh realities of life are described in this U2 song.

What is So Cruel?

600

This planet has 274 known moons orbiting it.

What is Saturn?

600

From the Latin for “carrying,” this period can last 250 days for a moose or over 500 for an orca.

What is gestation?

600

It’s the 11-letter medical term for a nose job, but you won’t grow horns during it.

What is a rhinoplasty?

800

The International Red Cross instead uses this lunar shape in Islamic countries.

What is a crescent?

800

This song is one of the most-sung karaoke songs since it debuted in 1995 as the opening theme of Neon Genesis Evangelion. 

What is A Cruel Angel's Thesis?

800

When copper is oxidizing, it starts to look like this color.

What is green?

800

This tentacled ocean animal will starve herself to death while brooding her eggs; maybe she’ll be calamari.

What is squid?

800

The nose plays a major role in this sensory system used to smell.

What is the olfactory system?

1000

Also a shortbread Girl Scout cookie, this shape is composed of the outline of 3 overlapping rings.

What is a trefoil?

1000

This episode of Courage the Cowardly Dog had Courage investigating a ruthless scientist who uses a magic barrier to turn the people of Nowhere into mean-spirited people.

What is the Curtain of Cruelty?

1000

Tu Youyou received the 2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for coming up with a treatment for this mosquito-borne disease.

What is malaria?

1000

Babies of these primates with reddish fur and long arms of the genus Pongo will cling to their moms’ bellies for their first 4 months.  

What are orangutans?

1000

This structure divides the nasal chamber into 2 nasal cavities.

What is the nasal septum?