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What is Goodnight Moon?"
This book, originally published in 1947, features a bunny’s bedtime ritual of saying “good night” to everything around him.
100
What is the onion?
This member of the Allium genus is related closely to garlic and several other species known for their pungent tastes and aromas.
100
Who is Whoopi Goldberg?
One of the few entertainers to win an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony award, this actress and comedian is famous for her roles in The Color Purple and Sister Act.
100
Who are the McCoys?
This family that lived mostly on the Kentucky side of the Tug Fork River is famous for their role in a 28-year long feud that started during the Civil War.
100
What is constellation?
This term, which comes from the Latin for “set of stars”, denotes the official 88 groups of stars that form distinctive patterns in the night sky.
200
What is Madeline?
"That’s all there is, there isn’t any more,” is the closing line of this series of children’s books about a young girl who is attending a Catholic boarding school in Paris.
200
What is spaghetti squash?
Although most winter squashes are soft and starchy when cooked, this squash stays crisp and stringy, which means it often gets used as a pasta alternative.
200
Who is Tyler Perry?
Close collaborator with Oprah Winfrey and famous for his character Madea, this comedian and media mogul has built a film and television studio in Atlanta.
200
Who is Billy Ray Cyrus?
Having released 12 studio albums and 44 singles since 1992, he is best known for his number one single "Achy Breaky Heart", which became the first single ever to achieve triple Platinum status in Australia.
200
What is a hot air balloon?
A sheep, a duck, and a rooster were the first passengers on this lighter-than-air conveyance, launched for the first time in 1783.
300
What is Blueberries for Sal?
Set in Maine, this book has a highly distinctive blue and yellow color palette and tells the story of a mother and her daughter picking blueberries across the hill from a mother bear and her cub who are doing the same thing.
300
What is a habanero?
The tilde often found above the “n” in the name of this very spicy pepper is actually an example of hyper-foreignism that was patterned after the spelling and pronunciation of jalapeño.
300
Who is Adam Sandler?
This song was sung by the famous actor in The Wedding Singer (1998):
“I wanna make you smile whenever you’re sad, carry you around when your arthritis is bad, all I wanna do is grow old with you. I’ll get your medicine when your tummy aches, build you a fire if the furnace breaks…”
300
Who is Colonel Sanders?
This Corbin restauranteur’s early career included serving five months in the US military, founding a ferry boat company in Louisville, and a legal career that ended after a courtroom fight with his own client.
300
What is Venus?
This celestial object is known both as the Evening Star and the Morning Star.
400
Who Maurice Sendak?
This author and illustrator of Where the Wild Things Are took inspiration from his family and filled the book with caricatures of his aunts and uncles.
400
What is kale?
This leafy vegetable in the species Brassica oleracea, commonly baked into chips, can be grown in winter and survive temperatures of 20 degrees Fahrenheit.
400
Who is Bill Murray?
This comedian, who got his start on Saturday Night Live and frequently appears in Wes Anderson films, is also part owner of several minor league baseball teams.
400
Who is Duncan Hines?
This Bowling Green native found success writing restaurant ratings for travelers, but is most famous as the name on a common brand of cake mix.
400
What are the Perseids?
This prolific meteor shower that is visible each year in late July and early August takes its name from the constellation that it appears to originate from, Perseus.
500
What is King Bidgood’s in the Bathtub?
In this book by Audrey and Don Wood, the entire court tries unsuccessfully to lure the title character from his cozy spot in the bathtub.
500
What is celery?
Onions, carrots, and this green stalk make up the French mirepoix, which is a common base for soups. Swap out green bell pepper for the carrots and you’ve got Cajun cuisine’s “holy trinity”.
500
Who is Victor Borge?
Raised in Copenhagen and a piano prodigy from a young age, this comedian’s two best known routines are phonetic punctuation and inflationary language.
500
Who is Helen Thomas?
This White House press corps journalist covered the administrations of eleven presidents from Eisenhower to Obama and was born in Winchester.
500
What is sheet lightening?
The more common term for intra-cloud lightning, or lightning strikes that are embedded within a cloud.






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