July 2 Museum Trivia Night!

What is the largest toothed whale?

What is the Blood type of people frequently called 'universal donors'?

The ice hockey team the Penguins represent which city?

Identify the skull of this water-loving creature, which uses rocks to break open hard-shelled prey.

What is the Job title of Major Boothroyd, maker of James Bond's gadgets?

Identify the country of this red flag.

In the 1800's, seabird droppings were sailed around the world for what purpose?

Which of the following letters is never used as a Roman Numeral?

Identify this Broadway play:

Who starred as the steamer captain in the 1951 British-American adventure film, "The African Queen?"

River dolphins are so well-adapted to living in warm, shallow tropical waters that they have little to no what?

Which river flows through the Grand Canyon?

The second oldest lobster (144!) was brought to this restaurant in Hempstead.

How far north is the furthest penguin species located?

Which jazz singer sang this version of "Cry Me a River?"

Which fact about scrimshaw, artistically carved whale teeth, is TRUE?

River Phoenix starred as a younger version of which film character?

 What river flows past Washington DC?

 In which sitcom does a dentist, suspected of converting to Judaism “for the jokes,” ask for a “shtickle” of fluoride? 

Which two actors starred in the 1993 American legal thriller, The Pelican Brief? (Choose 2.)

 If you dialed someone with the area code 203, what town with a whaling history would you reach?

Identify this red fish.

Identify the artist of this 1874 painting on the Siene.

Practice Question: Identify this type of whale.

 h2o2 was discovered in the 1800s, and is likely in your bathroom. What is it?

Name this gull.

In the 1976 film Marathon Man, what did the dentist, played by Laurence Olivier, ask Babe, played by Dustin Hoffman?

Which Disney character sang “Just around the Riverbend?”

Which fictional character has a dog called Fang?

Every whaleship’s medicinal chest included a serum from the seeds of this red flower.

What does this company sell?

Flamingos are born pink.

What does the “SS” in “SS Titanic” stand for?

Zippers debuted in 1893. What 3 letters can you find on virtually every zipper today?

In 1803, the first volunteer fire department in Long Island was founded here. 

Who voiced the Disney gull, Scuttle?

The silhouette of this gull represents which clothing company?

Cormorants can often be spotted in this stance. What are they doing?

Identify this Long Island River, shown in red. 

1 gallon of whale oil is how many cups?

How long can albatrosses spend at sea, without touching land?

How many individually named rivers surround Manhattan?

On the banks of which river was the seat of Roman civilization built?