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Big round (ages 12 and up): 🦁 Animals · 🚀 Space · 🗺️ US states. Ten questions. Tap a box to see the answer.
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The ten, for a host reading aloud
- 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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- C: the raccoon family. Scientists linked them to raccoons partly because both have ringed tails. Source: Smithsonian's National Zoo
- B: Jupiter. Jupiter spins around once in only about 9.9 hours. Source: NASA Science
- C: Carson City. Carson City is the capital of Nevada, where its state government meets. The other two are capitals in the West too. Source: USA.gov, Nevada
- A: ruminants. Their complex stomach turns tough plants into energy and building blocks for the body. Source: Smithsonian's National Zoo
- C: it spins once per trip around Earth. Scientists say Earth and the Moon are tidally locked. Source: NASA Science
- A: Boston. Boston is the capital of Massachusetts, where its state government meets. The other two are capitals in the Northeast too. Source: USA.gov, Massachusetts
- C: huacaya. The other type, the suri, has straight fiber that hangs down in long locks. Source: Smithsonian's National Zoo
- B: a distance. One light-year is about 6 trillion miles, how far light goes in a year. Source: NASA Science
- C: Denver. Denver is the capital of Colorado, where its state government meets. The other two are capitals in the West too. Source: USA.gov, Colorado
- B: 🕰️ A clock. A riddle: every clue fits only one of the three. a Peabody riddle
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