Lakes & Rivers
Inventions
Animals
Foreign Cuisine
Actors & Roles
100

This is what they call the end of a river that empties into a lake or ocean.

The mouth

100

He invented a glider, tank, giant catapult, robots, and a triangle parachute.

Leonardo Da Vinci

100

This is the scientific name for an animal with a pouch.

Marsupial

100

This is the main flavor in aioli.

Garlic

100

This actor starred in Spike Lee’s Malcolm X in 1992 as the title role.

Denzel Washington

200

This is the only Great Lake that is entirely within U.S. territory.

Lake Michigan

200

He invented a grabber to reach things in high places, bifocals, and the odometer.

Benjamin Franklin

200

A group of horses is called this.

Herd

200

DAILY DOUBLE

Belgium

200

Christopher Reeve put on more than 30 pounds of muscle to play this 1978 movie role.

Superman

300

This river formed the Grand Canyon in the United States.

Colorado River

300

This invention was created by accident in the 1950s when they originally intended it as a wallpaper cleaner, but then found it useful as a child’s toy.

Play-Doh

300

In The Lion King, Timon is this type of animal.

Meerkat 

300

In Scotland, this is called a spurtle.

A spoon

300

Some of her famous roles include Mia Wallace and The Bride.

Uma Thurman

400

This is the world’s longest river that is wholly in one country.

Yangtze

400

Thomas Edison put the word “hello” into common usage. His rival, Alexander Graham Bell, thought it was better to use this word instead.

Ahoy

400

This reptile has the advantage of bad breath in fights.

Komodo Dragon

400

The Aztec translation of this food item is “Bowl of red”

Chili

400

Michael Douglas’ character in Wall Street was named for this reptile.

Gecko

500

This is the largest lake in Canada.

Great Bear Lake

500

Da Vinci first “invented” this, but it wasn’t workable until engines were created so credit is given to this man.

Igor Sikorsky

500

A baby dove is called this.

(Hint: It’s not a chick)

Squab

500

This small animal provides 50% of all the protein eaten in Peru.

Guinea pigs

500

Lawrence Olivier is the only actor to win an Oscar for playing a Shakespearean character, this role.

Hamlet