Fun With Math
They Married Who?
Silly Laws Around the Country
Food with Deceptive Names
Insects
Lesser known Inventions
Sometimes I Create A Category Specifically So I Can Show You A Video
100
Binary number systems, often found in computer programming, use only these two digits
What are 0 and 1?
100
Despite each having other lover, this fellow artist married Diego Rivera not once but twice; even Rivera knew her light would far outshine his.
Who is Frida Kahlo?
100
If you're planning to retire on a boat, this Peach State is definitely not the place for you. According to state law, it is prohibited to live on a boat for more than a month.
What is Georgia?
100
Ants on a Log are in fact, this food served on a stalk of celery, atop peanut butter or cream cheese.
What are raisins?
100
This is the name for a scientist who specializes in the study of insects.
What is an entomologist?
100
This telephone inventor also invented the metal detector; at the time with the hopes of finding a bullet that was stuck in James Garfield upon his assassination.
Who is Alexander Graham Bell?
100
This third book of the Old Testament features 613 laws primarily focused on sacrifices, priestly duties, ritual purity, and moral conduct within ancient Israel.
What is Leviticus?
200
Do the math: This number equals to the product of the first three prime numbers.
What is 30?
2x3x5
200
She went from being a lady in waiting for Catherine of Aragon to being Henry VIII's second wife in January of 1533.
Who is Anne Boleyn?
200
it's illegal in North Carolina to sell or consume any alcoholic beverage in a room while this popular game that centers around 75 randomized balls is being played.
What is Bingo?
200
The original English name of this cheesy toast recipe, which first appeared in writing in 1725, is possibly a reference to the fact that cheese had to be a meat replacement for the peasants who couldn't afford it. Not a single bunny was hurt in its creation.
What is Welsh rabbit (or Welsh Rarebit)?
200
This insect, also called the tumblebug, forms manure into a ball—sometimes as large as an apple—with its scooper-like head and paddle-shaped antennae.
What is a Dung Beetle?
200
Around 1500, this Italian polymath designed a special scuba suit that would allow members of the Venetian navy to swim underwater and sneak attack the Ottoman Empire’s ships.
Who is Leonardo DaVinci?
200
Machines named after this inventor and cartoonist often depict overly complicated machines designed to perform simple tasks in a comically convoluted way.
Who is Rube Goldberg?
300
Found naturally in pinecones and sunflowers, the spiral arrangement of structures and seeds follow a sequence named for this mathematician.
Who is Fibonacci?
300
Carl Thomas Dean married this actress and singer/songwriter when they met outside a Nashville. laundromat in 1964. They'd been married about 7 years before her song Coat of Many Colors hit #4 on the country charts.
Who is Dolly Parton?
300
When the folks in Frankfort were legislating, they decided that in this state, its illegal for a woman to marry the same man four times.
What is Kentucky?
300
What do you get when you mix peach liqueur and orange juice? A delicious drink with an unappetizing name that sounds like there may be something going on with your belly button.
What is a Fuzzy Navel?
300
In the insect order Lepidoptera, which includes butterflies and moths, the antennae are prominent and have many microscopic receptors for detecting these.
What are odors or smells?
300
in 1941 Henry Ford collaborated with George Washington Carver to create a car made with 14 panels of agricultural plastic made from this legume.
What is the soybean?
300
On August 23, 1978, this Saturday Night Live cast member had a hit record about a mummified young man.
Who is Steve Martin?
400
In math, the ! symbol is used to indicate this F word; which represents the product of the sequence of every positive integer leading up to the given number.
So 5! = 5x4x3x2x1 or 120
What is Factorial?
400
He married his long-time mistress Eva Braun on the day before they both committed suicide just before the fall of the Third Reich.
Who is Adolph Hitler?
400
In this state, you absolutely cannot substitute margarine for butter without express permission from the consumer who may fear and allergic reaction.
What is Wisconsin?
400
One of Canada's most iconic foods (along with poutine) is this take on a donut. Its fried dough, formed into a flat oblong with sweet toppings; named for the back paddle of a large semi-aquatic rodent.
What is a beaver tail?
400
Queen bees only become queen bees when fed this, a substance produced by the salivary glands of the worker bees.
What is royal jelly?
400
In the 1920s, this entrepreneur, famous for inventing a method of flash freezing, packaging, and distributing seafood and vegetables, also invented a mechanical harpoon gun to tag whales. His company's frozen vegetables are still available in stores.
Who is Clarence Birdseye?
400
In music theory, this is a musical scale that contains only five notes within an octave, rather than the usual 8. The five black keys on a piano create one; beginners often prefer this in the beginning, since its more difficult to play a "wrong" note when improvising or creating melodies.
500
Often found in tile patterns and in the artwork of M.C. Escher, this T word concept refers to the repeated arrangement of interlocking figures and shapes.
What is Tessellation?
500
This actress met Prince Rainier III of Monaco at a photoshoot in 1955 and married him in 1956. The royal couple had three children together, including a son, Prince Albert, which prevented Monaco from being annexed into France.
Who is Grace Kelly?
500
In Iowa, a man sporting this upper-lip accoutrement is not allowed to kiss a woman in public. Clearly Sam Eliot is gonna have to steer clear of the Hawkeye State.
What is a mustache?
500
Depending on spelling or spacing, these two words can be either a colloquial name for okra, a small and dainty banana or a spongy cookie used in tiramasu
What is Lady Fingers?
Ladies Fingers - okra
Lady Fingers - banana
Ladyfingers - cookie
500
These were the first insects sent into space, launched on February 20, 1947, aboard a V-2 rocket as part of an experiment to study the effects of cosmic radiation.
What are Fruit Flies?
500
Known best for sighting his comet, Edmond Halley created a life table. In a pioneering effort to analyze mortality patterns using empirical data, its an essential tool in this profession that evaluates the likelihood and potential cost of future events, such as death, illness, or natural disasters.
What is an actuary?
500
Vicki Lawrence, most famous as a member of Carole Burnett’s comedy troupe, recorded this murder ballad in 1972.
What is The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia?