Potent Potables
Moments in Time
1970's
Human Body
Nonsense
100

Whiskey is primarily distilled from what?

Grain

100

What date is known as Pi Day?

March 14

100

Which NHL team won four straight Stanley Cups from 1976–79?

Montreal Canadiens

100

What part of your body never stops growing from the day you are born until you die?

Nose & Ears

100

According to folklore, what does a visit from a cardinal represent?

A greeting from a deceased loved one

200

Which spirit is flavored with juniper berries?

Gin

200

At 11:00 AM on November 11, 1918. What ended?

WW1 ended

200

What unusual, low-maintenance fad toy came in a cardboard carrying case in 1975?

Pet rock

200

What part of your body produces enough fluid every day to fill up two standard soda cans?

Your salivary glands (producing spit).

200

In a standard deck of cards, which of the face cards are the only ones whose hair is colored in a deck of playing cards?

Jacks

300

Sherry comes from which country?

Spain

300

Which canal connects the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans?

Panama Canal

300

Who won the "Battle of the Sexes" tennis match in 1973?

Billie Jean King

300

Just like your fingerprints, what other surprising part of your body has a completely unique print pattern?

Tongue
300

Before people made Jack-o'-lanterns for Halloween, which vegetable did they carve faces into?

Turnips

400

What are the four traditional ingredients in beer?

Water, malted grain, hops, and yeast

400

On September 1, 1983, Korean Airline Flight 007 entered the airspace of this country and was shot down.

Soviet Union (USSR)

400

What 1975 film would later define “cult classic” and stars Tim Curry as a mad scientist sporting fishnet tights?

The Rocky Horror Picture Show

400

What gross bodily secretion is actually just a specialized form of sweat?

Earwax

400

Which country celebrates the Mid-Autumn Festival by eating mooncakes and lighting lanterns?

China

500

What cocktail's name means "little daisy" in Spanish?

Margarita

500

In what year was Pluto reclassified as a dwarf planet?

2006

500

Which company introduced the Walkman in 1979?

Sony

500

Your body gives off a tiny amount of visible light, but it is just too weak for human eyes to see. What is it called?

Human bioluminescence or ultraweak photon emission

500

Which disease was officially declared eradicated in 1980?

Smallpox

600

What is the primary plant used to make tequila?

Blue Agave

600

Which athlete won eight gold medals at the 2008 Summer Olympics?

Michael Phelps

600

Which canal reopened in 1975 after being closed since the Six-Day War?

Suez Canal

600

What animal-inspired name did ancient Romans give to flexed biceps because they thought they looked like little scurrying creatures under the skin?

Mouse

600

What is a group of owls called?

A Parliament