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
