The-ology

Etomology

100

This common farewell comes from the phrase "God be with ye."

Goodbye

200

This day of the week is named after the Norse god of thunder.

Thursday

300

This famous predator's scientific name, Tyrannosaurus rex, means "tyrant lizard" plus this royal title.

King

400

The word "hippopotamus" comes from Greek words meaning "river" and this animal.

Horse

500

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The name of this large cat comes from Greek words meaning "all" and "beast," because it was once believed to prey on every animal.

Panther

Mythology

100

This Titan was condemned to hold up the heavens for eternity.

Atlas

200

This goddess sprang fully grown and armored from Zeus's forehead.

Athena

300

These female figures chose which fallen warriors would enter Valhalla.

Valkyries 

400

This Egyptian sun god traveled across the sky by day to pull the sun and through the underworld by night.

Ra

500

This falcon-headed god was associated with kingship, the sky, and revenge

Horus

Zoology

100

This is the only mammal capable of true powered flight.

Bats

200

This African mammal has the highest blood pressure of any living animal to pump blood to its brain.

Giraffe 

300

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This bird is capable of the fastest recorded dive of any animal

Peregrine Falcon 

400

This mammal is the only one known to have a truly prehensile tail.  

Opossum 

500

This is the only mammal known to have true scales covering most of its body.

Pangolin

Geology

100

This is the hardest naturally occurring mineral on the Mohs hardness scale.

Diamond

200

Igneous rocks form when this material cools and solidifies.

Lava

300

This gemstone is the birthstone for April and is made of pure carbon.

Diamond

400

This fine-grained volcanic rock is commonly used to make arrowheads and cutting tools.

Obsidian 

500

This supercontinent began breaking apart about 200 million years ago.

Pangea

Technology

100

This device is often called the "brain" of a computer because it processes instructions.

CPU

200

This company created the first widely successful personal computer mouse and graphical user interface.

Apple

300

This entrepreneur founded Microsoft with Paul Allen in 1975.

Bill Gates

400

This field of computer science focuses on creating machines that can perform tasks requiring human-like intelligence.

Artificial Intelligence/ AI

500

This technology creates a digital overlay on the real world using cameras and sensors.

Augmented Reality/ AR