Question Group: Potpourri
Theme For The First Two Questions: If At First You Don’t Succeed...
Question #1
True or False, Wilt Chamberlain can fit inside a 1966 VW Beetle?
Question #2
True or False, Wilt Chamberlain can fit inside a 1979 VW Rabbit?
Theme For The Next 3 Questions: Recent News Feed Items
Question #3
Recently, for the first time ever, humans witnessed humpback whales having sex. What else was unique about this event?
Question #4
In 2002, astronomer Brian Skiff of Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, AZ, discovered the first known quasi-moon around Venus. This unusual object was originally given the temporary title 2002VE-68, but on Feb. 5, 2024, it got a zippier name that arose by mistake, but was then lobbied for and accepted. What was it?
Question #5
Sodium Citrate is added to Velveeta and other processed cheeses used in making NACHOs. In cheese, sodium citrate locks up the calcium that normally causes casein (cheese protein) to curl up and clump. Without any free calcium floating around, casein stays loose and runny. This smooth, creamy texture stays emulsified and allows the cheese to be cooled, reheated, molded, and cut. What is the chemical formula for Sodium Citrate?
Theme For The Last 5 Questions: Random Facts
Question #6
During the Flint MI water crisis, General Motors stopped using city water at the plant. What was the reason?
Question #7
As of 2018, all residents of Villas Las Estrellas in Antarctica (Chile) must have this one thing in common. What is it?
Question #8
First Pennsylvania Bank was a bank based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1782, it was for centuries the oldest bank in the United States until it was acquired by CoreStates Financial Corporation in 1989. Who founded First Pennsylvania Bank?
Question #9
Birds of the same species that live in cities behave differently from their rural counterparts. They tend to sing at a higher pitch and try out different types of songs. According to experts, why is this?
Question #10
What word describes what these animals are doing?
Answer Group #1: Potpourri
Theme: If At First You Don’t Succeed...
Answer #1
True or False, Wilt Chamberlain can fit inside a 1966 VW Beetle?
False, Wilt Chamberlain cannot fit inside a 1966 VW Beetle.
Answer #2
True or False, Wilt Chamberlain can fit inside a 1979 VW Rabbit?
True, Wilt Chamberlain can fit inside a 1979 VW Rabbit!
Theme: Recent Items That Were in My News Feed
Answer #3
Recently, for the first time ever, humans witnessed humpback whales having sex. What else was unique about this event?
Answer #4
In 2002, astronomer Brian Skiff of Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, AZ, discovered the first known quasi-moon around Venus. This unusual object was originally given the temporary title 2002VE 68, but on Feb. 5, 2024, it got a zippier name. What was it?
On 26 January 2024, the Radiolab podcast aired an episode about the asteroid, which co-host Latif Nasser first noticed on his child’s solar system poster, where it was referred to as “ZOOZVE”, derived from the artist, Alex Foster, misreading the asteroid’s provisional designation “2002VE”. This led Skiff to propose the name “Zoozve”, on Nasser’s behalf, to the International Astronomical Union’s Working Group Small Bodies Nomenclature (WGSBN). The name was approved and announced by the WGSBN on 5 February 2024.
Answer #5
Sodium Citrate is added to Velveeta and other processed cheeses used in making NACHOs. In cheese, sodium citrate locks up the calcium that normally causes casein (cheese protein) to curl up and clump. Without any free calcium floating around, casein stays loose and runny. This smooth, creamy texture stays emulsified and allows the cheese to be cooled, reheated, molded, and cut. What elements comprise Sodium Citrate?
Theme: Random Facts
Answer #6
During the Flint MI water crisis, General Motors stopped using city water at the plant. What was the reason?
Answer #7
As of 2018, all residents of Villas Las Estrellas in Antarctica (Chile) must have this one thing in common. What is it?
Answer #8
First Pennsylvania Bank was a bank based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1782, it was for centuries the oldest bank in the United States until it was acquired by CoreStates Financial Corporation in 1989. Who founded First Pennsylvania Bank?
Answer #9
Birds of the same species that live in cities behave differently from their rural counterparts. They tend to sing at a higher pitch and try out different types of songs. According to experts, why is this?
Answer #10
What word describes what these animals are doing?