Animals
Baking
Cooking
Snow
Grab Bag
100
What male sea creature gives birth to its young?
What is a seahorse?
100
According to the "muffin method," which are mixed together first, wet or dry ingredients?
A Dry, then wet
B Wet, then dry
C The order doesn't matter.
D They're always added at the same time.
What is dry, then wet.
100
What is the most used herb in the world?
What is Parsley?
100
Rounding to the nearest 10, what percentage of the Earth’s freshwater supply comes from snow and glaciers?
What is 70%?
100
People who construct these puzzles are sometimes referred to as "cruciverbalists". Name these word puzzles which contain "Across" and "Down" clues, and consist of a grid in which words must be filled in all the empty squares.
What are crossword puzzles?
200
What is the closest living relative to the T-rex?
What is a chicken?
200
What gives brown sugar its color?
What is molasses?
200
What does ‘sauté’ mean in cooking terms?
What is to cook quickly in a small amount of oil?
200
What makes up 90 percent of snow?
A. Water
B. Air
C. Dirt
D. Ice
What is air?
200
After one man performed this action in 1865, he jumped onto the stage of a theatre and shouted "Sic Semper Tyrannis". Identify this action, which was also performed on November 22, 1963 in Dallas, Texas.
What is assassinating the President of the United States?
300
What creature has a tongue that can measure the length of its body?
What is a chameleon?
300
What happens when you 'cream' together butter and sugar?
A. It collapses any bubbles in the batter.
B. It gives the cake a dense texture.
C. It helps the cake rise.
D. It keeps the cake from spreading.
C. The method of creaming butter with sugar creates tiny air pockets in the butter that will help the cake rise when it bakes. Don't skimp! Properly creamed butter and sugar is pale yellow. Beat for two to three minutes to get the proper aeration.
300
What’s the purpose of ‘blanching’ in cooking?
What is to partially cook food to preserve the color.
300
What type of animal is known to make snowballs and throw them?
A. Lemurs
B. Giant Pandas
C. Monkeys
D. Bats
What are monkeys?
300
The western part of this country is home to the mountainous Jasper and Banff National Parks. This country's province of British Columbia contains the city of Vancouver. Name this country which includes Alberta, Quebec, and Ontario.
What is Canada?
400
What is the only mammal capable of true flight?
What is a bat?
400
When fed sugar or starch, yeast release tiny bubbles of what, causing your dough to rise?
What is carbon dioxide?
400
What does it mean to ‘julienne’ a vegetable?
What is to cut it into thin strips?
400
On average, what is the snowiest state in the United States?
What is Vermont?
400
The Four Seasons were a set of concerti composed for this instrument by Antonio Vivaldi. Stradivarius manufactured many high-quality examples of these instruments. The viola is slightly lower-pitched than what smallest string instrument in the orchestra?
What is the violin?
