High school teacher
Rutland, Mass.
$500
Perhaps inspiring the popular idiom, what product was hailed as “The Greatest Forward Step in the Baking Industry Since Bread was Wrapped”?
A: Soggy bread B: Smushed bread
C: Sliced bread D: Non-alcoholic bread
Answer
C: Sliced bread
Since they’re known to change color according to their temperature and emotional state, chameleons are commonly called “nature’s” what?
A: Magic 8 Balls B: Ouija boards
C: Mood rings D: Pet rocks
Answer
C: Mood rings
“Reprobate”, “Rapscallion” and “Scalawag” appear on Merriam-Webster.com’s list of “22 Charming Words for” what kind of people?
A: Generous B: Bald
C: Shy D: Nasty
Answer
D: Nasty
According to Kimberly-Clark, a company that makes it, the average American uses roughly a half-mile of what each year?
A: Licorice B: Scotch tape
C: Band-Aids D: Toilet paper
Answer
D: Toilet paper
After a visit to the White House in 1961, Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev sent what first daughter a puppy named Pushinka?
A: Margaret Truman B: Caroline Kennedy
C: Luci Johnson D: Tricia Nixon
Answer
B: Caroline Kennedy
QotD
Residing in “The Land of the Midnight Sun,” citizens of Barrow, AK can see the sun at midnight on which of the following days?
A: Christmas Day B: St. Patrick’s Day
C: The Fourth of July D: Halloween
Answer
C: The Fourth of July
As the scientists who discovered them hailed from there, gallium and lutetium are 2 of the 3 chemical elements named after what country or a place within it?
A: Germany B: France
C: Switzerland D: Russia
50/50
50/50 leaves Germany and France.
Answer
B: France
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