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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