NATURE
FOOD/DRINK
HISTORY (USA)
SWEETS/SNACKS
RANDOM
100
Despite its name, the world's largest living lizard can't fly or breathe fire, however it does have a venomous bite. What is it?
What is the Komodo Dragon
100
Which Paula Deen-approved food that's made using the fat and protein of churned cream is sold as long, skinny sticks on the East Coast, but as short, fat sticks on the West Coast?
What is Butter!
100
General Philip Sheridan presented to a joint session of Congress in 1875 to encourage the mass slaughter of what mammal? The General wanted to limit the resources of groups against whom he was fighting.
What is the American Bison
100
Lindt expanded their chocolate empire in the 1990s with the acquisition of what California-based chocolate company founded by and named after an Italian immigrant?
What is Ghirardelli
100
What country is known as both the "Land of Fire and Ice?"
What is Iceland
200
What is the primary purpose of a kangaroo’s tail?
What is Balance
200
What chocolaty drink powder was featured in the decoded message from Little Orphan Annie in the 1983 film, "A Christmas Story?"
What is Ovaltine
200
What 19th century reformer, whose first and last name both begin with the letter “D”, successfully lobbied for the first mental asylums in the United States? She was Superintendent of Army Nurses during the U.S. Civil War.
What is Dorothea Dix
200
What dessert, made up of ice cream, sponge cake, and meringue and placed briefly in a hot oven, was named in honor of a purchase the United States made from Russia in 1867?
What is Baked Alaska
200
What is the golf term for one under par?
What is a Birdie
300
General Sherman is the largest tree in the world, what type of tree is it and for a bonus point in what US state can you find it?
What is a Giant Sequoia/California
300
What vegetable from the nightshade family is traditionally used as the basis for both moussaka and baba ghanoush?
What is Eggplant
300
A specific war in U.S. history is largely credited as cutting off the supply of British goods and thus stimulating American industry in Pittsburgh. Only a few years later, the city was producing large amounts of iron, brass, tin, and glass. What is this war with inadvertent benefits for Pittsburgh's manufacturing?
What is the War of 1812
300
Now owned by ConAgra foods, what brand of cake mixes, pie fillings, and other sweet treats, is named after a man who was born in Bowling Green, Kentucky in 1880?
What is Duncan Hines
300
What insect is the main pollinator of the Magnolia tree?
What is the Beetle!
Magnolias are primarily pollinated by beetles, especially species from the family Nitidulidae (sap beetles) and other beetle groups, along with some flies scienceinsights.org+1. This relationship dates back over 100 million years, during the Cretaceous period, when modern pollinators like bees and butterflies had not yet evolved
400
How much of the ocean has been explored by humans?
a. 25%
b. 40%
c. 5%
d. 15%
What is C. Humans have explored only about 5% of the world’s oceans in detail, leaving the vast majority still largely unknown
400
What word of Romanian origin refers to the highly seasoned smoked beef, typically served in thin slices, that is associated with Jewish cuisine?
What is Pastrami
400
What is the name of the man that is generally said to have begun the First Great Awakening.
What is Jonathan Edwards
400
Frank Wisner, the owner of Colorado's Cripple Creek Brewing, invented a dessert in 1893 after being inspired by the nearby snowy peaks. He named this two-item combo "the black cow." Today it is better known by what name?
What is A Root Beer Float!
400
What country invented French Fries:
a. France
b. USA
c. Belgium
d. England
What is Belgium
500
When exploring the wild side of the Southern Hemisphere, which country is the ultimate hangout for adorable marsupials called quokkas?
What is Australia
500
Popular with vegans, which term beginning with A describes brine from canned beans whipped and used as an egg-white substitute?
What is Aquafaba
The word aquafaba is the common name for the cooking liquid of beans and other legumes like chickpeas. Aquafaba can be used to replace egg whites in many sweet and savory recipes. Its unique mix of starches, proteins, and other soluble plant solids which have migrated from the seeds to the water during the cooking process gives aquafaba a wide spectrum of emulsifying, foaming, binding, gelatinizing and thickening properties.
500
Which battle led to the bloodiest day (most Americans killed in a single day) in U.S. history? Hint: it's not Gettysburg, but was part of that same war.
What is Antietam (Battle of Sharpsburg)
500
According to Sec. 135.110 of the FDA's Code of Federal Regulations Title 21, ice cream is considered to be frozen custard if its weight is made up more than 1.4% by what ingredient?
What is Egg Yolk!
500
How many "noses" does a slug have?
What is FOUR!
Slugs do not have noses in the traditional sense like mammals. Instead, they possess two pairs of retractable tentacles on their head that function as sensory organs. The upper pair, often called optic tentacles, are primarily used for detecting light and movement, while the lower pair, sometimes referred to as olfactory tentacles, are specialized for chemoreception, allowing the slug to "smell" and taste its surroundings to locate food, detect predators, and find mates
