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Who is Rin Tin Tin
This film star was rescued from a World War I battlefield by an American soldier, Lee Duncan. Duncan trained this german breed and obtained silent film work for the dog
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What is La Paz, Bolivia
What is the highest capital in the world?
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What is 2 million-- Honey bees will tap about two million flowers and fly 50,000 miles to make one pound of honey.
How many flowers do honey bees have to visit in order to make one pound of honey? 250,000, 500,000, 1 million, or 2 million
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What is the Andes - The Zonda winds blow down the eastern slopes of the Andes Mountains in Argentina. These winds are an important weather mechanism for this dry area as they are responsible for the build-up of snow cover.
DAILY DOUBLE! Where will you find the Zonda winds?
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What is four
What is the only number that has the same number of letters as it’s meaning (in English)?
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Who is Lassie
DAILY DOUBLE! This dog's real name is Pal. Pal appeared in numerous films in the 1950s. An early depiction of this character is found in British writer Elizabeth Gaskell's 1859 short story "The Half-brothers". In the story, the dog character rescues two half-brothers who are lost and dying in the snow.
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What is Beijing (Tiananmen Square)
In which capital city would you find the largest square in the world?
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What is acting dead - Acting dead allows the moorland hawker dragonfly to reproduce with the mate of her choice. When undesirable males approach, she will drop from the air and lie motionless on the ground.
How do some female dragonflies avoid mating with undesirable males? Biting off his head, acting dead, spraying toxic fluid at him, pretending to be another male.
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What is smoke and fog
London had been known for its smoggy air long before the 'Great Smog' of 1952 which claimed many lives. Which two words are combined to make the word 'smog', and in what order?
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What is 20
DAILY DOUBLE! How many equal sides do Icosahedrons have?
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Who is Benji
Filmed in Texas, this 1974 movie features a golden mixed breed dog who's simply looking for a home. He longs to be part of the Chapman family and when their two young children are kidnapped, the pup doesn't hesitate to step up. This canine superhero helps the humans solve the case, leading the children back to safety, and earning a loving home in the process.
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What is Baghdad, Iraq
DAILY DOUBLE! The Tigris runs through which capital city?
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What is midge - The only true insect on the southernmost continent is a wingless midge called Belgica antarctica. The tiny fly is only 0.08 to 0.23 inches long, but it's still the Antarctic's largest terrestrial animal.
What is the only type of insect endemic to the continent of Antarctica? Ant, beetle, aphid, midge
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What is St. Elmo's Fire: St. Elmo's fire is ionized air that gives the impression of lightning (or fire), but is really just a discharge of electricity. It looks like something you'd see in a plasma lamp. Often occurring during thunderstorms, it is most prominently seen on ships out over open water. Early sailors like Magellan and Columbus seemed to know that it wasn't really lightning, because they never abandoned ship when they saw it. It was named after St. Elmo, the patron saint of Mediterranean sailors.
What strange weather phenomenon shares the name of an Emilio Estevez movie?
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What is 86,400
How many seconds are in one day?
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Who is Old Yeller
Released in 1957, the movie tells the story of a stray dog and a young boy who sees potential in him. Slowly, but surely this yellow Labrador mix earns the love of the Coates family, protecting them from all sorts of danger.
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What is Wellington
Known as the world’s windiest city, what is the capital of New Zealand?
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What is 28 in. - Primitive griffinflies or Meganisopterans had wingspans that could reach 28 inches. The largest of these fossils were found in France and Kansas and were 300 million to 280 million years old.
How many inches was the wingspan of the largest prehistoric insects? 12, 28, 45, 90
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What is a gentle breeze; A zephyr is a 3-7 miles per hour wind.
What is a zephyr?
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What is an octothorpe
What is the mathematical name for a pound sign (#)?
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Who is Petey
Throughout the 1930s, this pup was the most popular canine on the screen. This famous American Staffordshire Terrier immediately stood out thanks to the ring around his right eye.
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What is Cote D'Ivoire
Yamoussoukro is the capital of which country?
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What is Japan - During the Second World War, the Japanese worked on entomological warfare techniques under Shirō Ishii. Japanese Yagi bombs developed at Pingfan consisted of two compartments, one with houseflies and another with a bacterial slurry that coated the houseflies prior to release. Vibrio cholerae, which causes cholera, was the bacterium of choice, and was used in Baoshan, China in 1942 to produce an epidemic that ultimately claimed 200,000 victims.
DAILY DOUBLE! Which country weaponized houseflies during WWII?
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What is wind speedf
What does the Beaufort scale measure?
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What is Fibonacci Sequence
What number sequence often appears in nature and was discovered in 1202 AD?
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