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100

What animal's fingerprints are so similar to humans that they can confuse crime scene investigators?


Koalas

100

Wombat droppings are what unusual shape?

Cubes

100

Which food was once used as currency?

Salt

100

The dot over the letters "i" and "j" has a special name. What is it?

 A tittle

100

Which side of your brain generally controls the right side of your body?

The left side

200

What is a group of flamingos called?

A flamboyance

200

Which U.S. president kept an alligator at the White House?

 John Quincy Adams

200

Scotland's national animal is what mythical creature?

 Unicorn

200

Before erasers, people commonly used what to erase pencil marks?

Bread

200

Rain has a distinctive smell caused by a substance called what?

Petrichor

300

What fruit floats because about 25% of it is air?

Apple

300

Which country has the most time zones?

France (counting overseas territories)

300

Which U.S. president kept an alligator at the White House?


John Quincy Adams

300

Which common punctuation mark was originally called an "interrogation point"?

The question mark

300

Napoleon Bonaparte was once attacked by what?

A horde of rabbits

400

Which muscle in your body is the strongest based on force it can exert?

The jaw muscle (masseter)

400

Which gemstone is made from compressed carbon?

Diamond

400

Which nut isn't actually a nut?

Peanut

400

True or False, Cows have best friends and can become stressed when separated from them?

TRUE 

400

What color is a polar bear's skin?

Black

500

Which bird can fly backward?


 Hummingbird

500

Which desert is the driest place on Earth?

Atacama Desert

500

The first alarm clock could only ring at what time?

 4:00 a.m.

500

Your left lung is smaller than your right lung for what reason?

 To make room for your heart

500

True or False: Fingernails grow faster than toenails

True