A spoon of hartshorn

Many old Northern European cookie recipes use an ingredient called “hartshorn”. What is hartshorn?

A) A ginger-like powder
B) Baker’s ammonia
C) Dried berries of the hartshorn bush
D) Flour made from ground-up antlers

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The largest country

Which of the following nations is largest?

A) Canada
B) China
C) Russia
D) The USA

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You know you’re an animal when…

Which of the following is true of all animals?

A) They eat other living things
B) They are less intelligent than humans
C) They are mobile
D) All of the above

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Napoleon’s last sit

In which ocean is the island of St. Helena, site of Napoleon’s final imprisonment?

A) Arctic
B) Atlantic
C) Indian
D) Pacific

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Extinction report greatly exaggerated

When a living specimen is discovered of an organism believed long extinct, the event arouses great scientific interest. One such “living fossil” was discovered in Australia in 1994. What was this exciting find?

A) A bird, Stirton’s Thunder Bird
B) A fish, the coelacanth
C) A marsupial, the carnivorous rat-kangaroo
D) A tree, the Wollemi pine

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Curiouser and furiouser

In Greek myth, what were the names of the three Furies?

A) Aglaia, Euphrosyne, Thalia
B) Alecto, Megaera, Tisiphone
C) Atropos, Clotho, Lachesis
D) Euterpe, Melpomene, Terpsichore

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Strange relations

Which of the following is most closely related evolutionarily to the primitive “living fossil” fish known as the coelacanth?

A) Hagfish
B) Shark
C) Tuna
D) You

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All Greek to me

Which of the following is an official language of at least one modern nation?

A) Basque
B) Latin
C) Navajo
D) Taiwanese

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Heavy as a rock

A “carat” is a unit of mass applied to pearls and precious stones. The word comes from the Greek word keration, which in turn comes from an Arabic word meaning:

A) Sand grain
B) Seed
C) Star
D) Woman’s fingernail

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Leadership quality

Many countries have eccentric leaders, but the president of North Korea is probably the strangest of all. Oddly enough, he:

A) Frequently competes internationally as a ballroom dancer
B) Is dead
C) Has never been seen in public, even on television
D) Owns a herd of specially bred pygmy elephants

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