Jane and Liam compete for this week’s title of the Smartest Iowan, episode #62.
1. What tool is used to hit a nail into a board?
hammer
1. What device placed outside on a clear day can use the sun to tell time?
sun dial
2. What children’s game involves two or more players and the saying, “You’re It!”
Tag
2. This animal is commonly believed to store water in its hump. It’s actually a concentration of fat to reduce body heat. What animal is it?
Camel
3. The sitar was introduced in India in the 1300′s, what is it?
musical instrument
3. Tonga is an Archipelago nation comprised of 169 islands. It’s also the only island to still use its indigenous government. What ocean is it located on?
pacific
4. What geologic landform exists on every continent except Australia, consists of ice and snow, and is dramatically receding?
Glaciers
4. What weather phenomenon leads to frozen water droplets being lifted by a storm’s updraft before plummeting to the Earth?
Hail
5. What sushi roll includes cucumber, crab meat, avocado, and nori?
California Roll
5. Nori is Japanese for what edible plant?
Seeweed
6. What sport involves parachuting from low altitude fixed objects, and depending on the location, is generally regarded to be illegal?
base jumping
6. What language is spoken by up to 10 million people, and is the only African language used in offical legal works in the African Union?
Swahili
7. Labradoodle is a cross between what breeds of dog?
labrador retriever and poodle
7. What cosmetic treatment involves shaping, polishing, and painting of the fingernails?
manicure
8. This flat-bottomed rowing boat has been used for transportation in Venice for centuries. What boat is it?
gondola
8. Common in Southeast Asia, this form of transportation traditionally involved a runner who leads a seated two-wheeled cart. Although, today bicycle or motorcycle carts are more common. What is it?
rickshaw
9. The moon, Titan is thought to have lakes and rivers of methane and a nitrogen rich atmosphere. It’s regarded to be the most likely place other than Earth in our solar system to currently support living organisms. What planet does Titan orbit?
Saturn
9. Moons of this planet are named after characters from William Shakespeare’s plays and Alexander Pope’s poems. What planet is it?
Uranus
10. The assassination of what Archduke began Wolrd War 1?
Franz Ferdinand
10. In 1985, a Chateau Lafite, 1787 featuring Thomas Jefferson’s initials sold for $160,000 and is the highest selling of all time. What is it?
bottle of wine
1. Gargelesis is the medical term for what?
A. Tickling inducing laughter B. Gargling liquid in the throat C. String of mucus
A. ticking – string of mucus is called Spinnbarkeit
2. What empire lasted the longest?
A. Mongolian B. Kush C. Xachuen
kush, 1420
3. In what year did Martin Luther King Jr. give his “I have a dream speech”?
A. 1958 B. 1968 C. 1963
c 1963
4. Which of the following paintings is by graffiti artist, Banksy?
c
basquiat, Shepard Fairey
5. What does the word unctuous mean?
A. Slippery B. Sticky C. Smelly
slippery
6. Which of the following words is spelled correctly?
A. Extroverted B. Extraverted C. Ecstraverted
Extroverted
7. In the four quadrants of the Cartesian Plane, graph y=x^3
S shape
8. Draw Bowser from Super Mario Bros.
turtle with spikes, sharp teeth and claws
9. b
10. What movie is this scene from?
A. Robin Hood Men in Tights B. The Holy Grail C. The Crusades
B. The Holy Grail
1. Asoyia soybean oil is derived from soybeans. It was first developed at what Iowa University?
Iowa State
1. This city began in 1843 with the construction of a military fort where the Des Moines and Raccoon Rivers merge. What city is it?
des moines
2. Piping Plover and Least Tern are endangered species native to Iowa. What kind of animal are they?
birds
2. Topeka Shiner and Pallid Sturgeon are endangered species native to Iowa. What kind of animal are they?
fish
3. Blood Run Site is a National Historic Landmark. The location was populated for over 8,000 years and contains structures built by the Oneota Culture. The location is along the border of Iowa and what neighboring state?
South Dakota
3. In the early 1800′s the Sullivan Line was created to limit the travel of Native American tribes. Today, the Sullivan Line is simply the name for the border between Iowa and what state?
missouri
4. The Quad Cities is located along the Iowa/Illinois border. Davenport is one of the cities in Iowa, What is the other?
bettendorf
4. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, Plum Grove was the residence of Iowa’s first territorial governor, Robert Lucas. What city is it located in?
Iowa City
5. What Mount Vernon restaurant has been featured in The New York Times, Oprah Magazine, Better Homes & Gardens, and Midwest Living?
Lincoln Cafe
5. What Northeastern Iowa town is the smallest town in the U.S. to feature a building with Basilica architecture?
The Francis Xavier Basilica in Dyersville
maker of the window had mistakenly used images of Native Americans instead of images of people from India
12:30am The Velvet Underground
