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Big round (ages 12 and up): Animals · Space · US states. Pages: the ten question cards, two answer sheets to a page (print one page per two teams), and the key on the last page, to fold back.
1. When red pandas were first described in 1825, scientists placed them in which family?
- A. the deer family
- B. the squirrel family
- C. the raccoon family
2. Which planet has the shortest day in the solar system?
- A. Mercury
- B. Jupiter
- C. Saturn
3. What is the capital of Nevada?
- A. Salt Lake City
- B. Sacramento
- C. Carson City
4. Cattle digest plants using a four-compartment stomach. What group of animals does that make them?
- A. ruminants
- B. marsupials
- C. rodents
5. Why do we always see the same side of the Moon from Earth?
- A. Earth's shadow hides the other side
- B. it does not spin at all
- C. it spins once per trip around Earth
6. What is the capital of Massachusetts?
- A. Boston
- B. Trenton
- C. Montpelier
7. Ninety-five percent of alpacas belong to which type, known for crimpy, woolly fiber?
- A. suri
- B. vicuna
- C. huacaya
8. What does a light-year measure?
- A. a length of time
- B. a distance
- C. a brightness
9. What is the capital of Colorado?
- A. Carson City
- B. Cheyenne
- C. Denver
10. I have a face and two hands, but no arms. What am I?
- A. 🧤 A glove
- B. 🕰️ A clock
- C. 🐶 A dog
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The key (for the host: fold this page back)
- C: the raccoon family. Scientists linked them to raccoons partly because both have ringed tails.
- B: Jupiter. Jupiter spins around once in only about 9.9 hours.
- C: Carson City. Carson City is the capital of Nevada, where its state government meets. The other two are capitals in the West too.
- A: ruminants. Their complex stomach turns tough plants into energy and building blocks for the body.
- C: it spins once per trip around Earth. Scientists say Earth and the Moon are tidally locked.
- A: Boston. Boston is the capital of Massachusetts, where its state government meets. The other two are capitals in the Northeast too.
- C: huacaya. The other type, the suri, has straight fiber that hangs down in long locks.
- B: a distance. One light-year is about 6 trillion miles, how far light goes in a year.
- C: Denver. Denver is the capital of Colorado, where its state government meets. The other two are capitals in the West too.
- B: 🕰️ A clock. A riddle: every clue fits only one of the three.
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