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"Walking Tours of Historic Tehran"
Iran
This two-to-six player game of hopping marbles was not invented in the country it is named after.
Chinese Checkers
The number of naps you should take in a day once you are retired.
As many as I want. Stop texting me.
Customers 55 and older can get 10% off every day at this popular craft store chain.
Michael's
The James Webb Space Telescope can see stars hidden by interstellar dust because its cameras use this band of the electromagnetic spectrum:
a) Microwave
b) Ultraviolet
c) Infrared
c) Infrared
"Tidepool Hopping in the Orkney Islands"
Scotland
This family game of rolling dice and moving pawns around a track originated in India around the 4th Century.
Parcheesi
a) improved memory
b) catching up on missed nightly sleep
c) improved alertness and reaction times
d) enhanced mood
b) catching up on missed nightly sleep (short naps do not go through all four necessary sleep stages)
This breakfast restaurant chain has a whole menu page of discounted items for seniors.
IHOP (International House of Pancakes)
The Ideal Gas Law, PV = nRT, relates pressure, temperature, volume, and mass, making it useful for estimating this value:
a) The pressure at the ocean floor
b) The internal temperature of the sun
c) The distance to nearby stars
b) The internal temperature of the sun
"Trekking in Amundsen's Footsteps" (a two-part tour: name both locations)
The North and South Poles
This game mechanic involves taking a card from a hand of cards, and then passing the remaining cards to a player next to you, until all cards have been taken.
a) Drafting
b) Dealing
c) Co-op
a) Drafting
If you think you nap a lot, which of the following would most like to have a word with you:
a) Sloths
b) Lions
c) Koalas
c) Koalas (18-22 hours of sleep a day)
(sloths and lions: 15-20 hours/day)
Membership in this organization costs around $15 annually but can save you hundreds of dollars on dining, travel, entertainment, insurance, oil changes, and more.
AARP (American Association of Retired Persons)
This technique uses the natural decay of radioactive isotopes to estimate the ages of fossils and minerals:
a) Radiometric Dating
b) Nuclear Fission Dating
c) Speed Dating
a) Radiometric Dating
"Shopping and Nightlife of Caracas"
Venezuela
This is the mathematical term or expression for the number of unique ways a standard deck of cards without jokers can be ordered.
Fifty-two factorial, or 52!
Some research has linked naps longer than this duration with higher risk of high blood pressure, obesity, diabetes, and heart disease.
a) 30 minutes
b) 60 minutes
c) 90 minutes
b) 60 minutes
This is the cost of a senior lifetime pass from the National Park Service, admitting you to over 2000 federal parks and recreation sites, provided you bring it with you:
a) $50
b) $80
c) $125
b) $80
Measurements of these geological events have given scientists useful data for understanding the composition of the Earth's core.
Earthquakes
(specifically, seismic waves, which travel, reflect, and refract through different materials at known rates and angles)
"Wildlife of the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone"
Ukraine
This board gaming web site features photos, reviews, rankings, and even a trading marketplace for thousands of board and card games, old and new.
Board Game Geek
Research has shown this group to have a significantly higher lifetime risk of insomnia:
a) Men
b) Women
c) Neither
b) Women (40% higher than men)
Receiving government assistance such as Medicaid or Social Security can reduce the monthly cost of this by up to 50%:
a) Xfinity Internet
b) Costco
c) Amazon Prime
c) Amazon Prime
Fossilized microbes, ancient zircon crystals, and extremophiles such as tardigrades all contribute to our growing understanding of this important historical event.
The origin of life on Earth