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What's the simplest gem in chemical composition?
Diamond
Ruby
Opal
Garnet
What's the term for a cancer-causing substance?
Carcinogen
Canceragate
Tumoralate
Cancer-causing substance
How many watts make a kilowatt?
1,000
100
10
10,000
How old is a town celebrating its sesquencentennial?
150 years old
50 years old
1,500 years old
15 years old
How many sides does a heptagon have?
Seven
Twelve
Five
Nine
What Greek physician is known as 'The Father of Medicine'?
Hippocrates
Socrates
Aristotal
Euclid
How many nautical miles are in one degree of longitude at the equator?
60
180
360
10
What celestial body is the center of the Jovian system?
Jupiter
Alpha Centauri
The sun
An astroid
When do Bailey's Beeds appear in the sky?
During a total solar eclipse
During a thunderstorm
At the summer solstace
After a thunderstorm
What strikes the Empire State Building more than 50 times a year?
Lightning
Taxi cabs
Rocks larger than a quarter
The jitters
What did George M. Pullman invent in 1859?
The railroad sleeping car
The block and tackle
The fountain pen
The elevator
What are the front cutting teeth called
Incisors
Molors
Mandables
Cap teeth
What's the term for a limestone deposit rising from the floor of a cave?
Stalagmite
Stalactite
Calcite deposit
Cave floor abberation
How many pints are there in a quart?
Two
Four
Eight
Six
What's the better-known identity of -273.15 degrees Celsius?
Absolute zero
The lower limit of the Fahrenheight scale
The freezing point of Carbon Dioxide
The melting point of liquid Oxygen
What did Clarence Birdseye perfect in 1924?
Frozen food
The automatic bird feeder
The squirrel trap
The bird call
What did Archimedes say upon discovering the principle of buoyancy?
Eureka
Totally rad man
Outrageous
Incredulous
Who was the sun god of ancient Egypt?
Ra
Ka
Cheops
Osirus
What's the resting place of those buried at sea?
Davy Jone's Locker
The deep sea burial ground
The Marianis trench
There is none
What are the three winter months in the Southern Hemisphere
June, July, August
May, June, July
July, August, September
August, September, October
What bird can swim but can't fly?
The penguin
The albatros
The swan
The duck
Where's the coccyx?
The base of the spine
In Egypt
On exibit at the Smithsonian Institution
In the picture tube of a television set
How many teaspoons make up a tablespoon?
Three
Two
Four
Six
What fruit does the Stackspur Golden Delicous produce?
Apples
Peaches
Apricots
Grapes
How much of the Earth's surface lies under water?
7/10
8/10
9/10
6/10
What does FM stand for?
Frequency Modulation
Full Modulation
Frequency Modula
Full Modula
How long does it take sunlight to reach Earth?
Eight minutes
Eight seconds
One and a half minutes
Fifteen seconds
What are the only two places that dogs have sweat glands?
The nose and paws
The ears and back
The nose and back
The ears and paws
What bird is the offspring of a cob and a pen?
A swan
A duck
A chicken
A penguin
What's the only base unit of measure still defined by an artifact?
The kilogram
The liter
The meter
The newton
What have you done if you've eaten timothy?
Eaten grass
Lost a hand at cards
Burped in an English tavern
Bit your lip
What will carry a message in a bottle at an average of 4 mph?
The Gulf Stream
A seagul
The North Atlantic Drift
The wind
How many queen bees reign in a hive?
One
Two
Three or four
More than five
What's the only month that can have fewer than four moon phases?
Febuary
January
September
July
Who would you use the Heimlich maneuver on?
Someone choking on food
Someone who is attacking you from behind
Someone who is attacking your front
A drowning child
What direction is the Sahara expanding in by half a mile a year?
South
North
East
West
What IQ level is considered to be the beginning of genius?
140
100
170
200
How many times thicker than water is blood?
Six
Five
Eight
They are equal
What do frogs have in their mouths that toads don't?
Teeth
Saliva glands
Tongues
Olfactory glands
What's the smallest bird in the world?
The hummingbird
The sparrow
The African Chiji
The wren
Who was the first man to orbit the Earth?
Yuri Gagarin
Alan B. Shepherd
John Glenn
Neil Armstrong
What do the Hs stand for in the 4-H Club?
Head, Heart, Hands, Health
Head, Heart, Hands, Help
Head, Heart, Hands, Hope
Head, Heart, Hands, Home
What celestial body has a diameter of 864,000 miles?
The sun
Jupiter
Saturn
The Earth
What happens when you cross the international date line to the east?
You gain a day
Nothing happens
You lose a day
Your watch will stop
What does the abbreviation cwt. stand for?
Hundredweight
1/16 pound
1/60 second
'The same as'
What's the hog's largest living relative?
The hippopotamus
The Elephant
The mouse
The guinea pig
What's the term for a physical disintegration of a nuclear reactor's core?
Meltdown
Implosion
Core explosion
Thermal core expansion
What's the most sensitive finger on the human hand?
The index finger
The thumb
The pinky
The middle finger
What color are a scallop's 35 eyes?
Blue
Pink
Brown
Black