What is the botanical family of the common sunflower?
Answer
Asteraceae
34719 Intermediate Trivia Questions
34719 public questions at this depth. How many can you answer?
What is the collective name for a flower's sepals?
Answer
Calyx
What is the family name for orchids?
Answer
Orchidaceae
The Formosan black bear is endemic to which island?
Answer
Taiwan
Which bear is the official mascot of the U.S. Forest Service?
Answer
Smokey Bear
The bear Misha was the mascot of which Summer Olympics?
Answer
1980 Moscow Olympics
What bear species has the scientific name Melursus ursinus?
Answer
Sloth bear
Which bear subspecies is known for white coats on British Columbia's coast?
Answer
Kermode bear
Which bear species has the binomial name Ursus americanus?
Answer
American black bear
The sun bear is native to forests in which region?
Answer
Southeast Asia
The Mulu Caves are in which Malaysian state?
Answer
Sarawak
The Jenolan Caves are in which Australian state?
Answer
New South Wales
Deer Cave in Sarawak is a show cave in which Malaysian national park?
Answer
Gunung Mulu National Park
On what date was Mammoth Cave National Park established?
Answer
July 1, 1941
At Ellora Caves, Cave 16 is the famous monolithic temple named what?
Answer
Kailasa Temple
Which river disappears underground into Slovenia's Škocjan Caves?
Answer
Reka River
Which Greek cave contains an important Neolithic site in Thessaly?
Answer
Theopetra Cave
What term describes animals adapted to permanent cave life?
Answer
Troglobite
Which cave in Wales yielded the Red Lady of Paviland remains?
Answer
Goat's Hole Cave
The Longmen Grottoes stand along which river in China?
Answer
Yi River
Which Gibraltar cave yielded a Neanderthal skull in 1848?
Answer
Forbes' Quarry
Denisova Cave is in which mountain range?
Answer
Altai Mountains
Which Elizabeth George Speare novel won the 1959 Newbery Medal?
Answer
The Witch of Blackbird Pond
Which Rachel Field novel won the 1930 Newbery Medal?
Answer
Hitty, Her First Hundred Years
What term replaced “runners-up” for Newbery citations in 1971?
Answer
Newbery Honor
Which Jack Gantos novel won the 2012 Newbery Medal?
Answer
Dead End in Norvelt
Who wrote the 1996 Newbery Medal winner The Midwife's Apprentice?
Answer
Karen Cushman
Which 1988 Newbery winner is a biography of Abraham Lincoln?
Answer
Lincoln: A Photobiography
Who wrote the 1982 Newbery Medal winner A Visit to William Blake's Inn?
Answer
Nancy Willard
Which Carol Ryrie Brink novel won the 1936 Newbery Medal?
Answer
Caddie Woodlawn
Which Marguerite Henry horse novel won the 1949 Newbery Medal?
Answer
King of the Wind
Which Robert Lawson novel won the 1945 Newbery Medal?
Answer
Rabbit Hill
Which Jean Craighead George novel won the 1973 Newbery Medal?
Answer
Julie of the Wolves
Which Meg Medina novel won the 2019 Newbery Medal?
Answer
Merci Suarez Changes Gears
Which Kelly Barnhill fantasy novel won the 2017 Newbery Medal?
Answer
The Girl Who Drank the Moon
Which picture book by Matt de la Pena won the 2016 Newbery Medal?
Answer
Last Stop on Market Street
Which poetry book by Paul Fleischman won the 1989 Newbery Medal?
Answer
Joyful Noise
Which Lois Lowry historical novel won the 1990 Newbery Medal?
Answer
Number the Stars
Which Robin McKinley fantasy novel won the 1985 Newbery Medal?
Answer
The Hero and the Crown