Memorize these and recognize 10.1% of all Science & Nature clues.
| # | Answer | Count | Sample Clue |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Idaho | 8 | Part of Hells Canyon, North America's deepest gorge, is in this state's Nez Perce National Forest |
| 2 | Sherwood Forest | 6 | Each year Edwinstowe Village hosts a weeklong Robin Hood Festival in this forest |
| 3 | Oregon | 6 | Its Shakespeare Festival at Ashland started in 1935 |
| 4 | lightning | 6 | About 90% of all forest fires in the U.S. are caused by humans; most of the rest are caused by this |
| 5 | California | 6 | Contains the lowest point in the nation |
| 6 | sand | 5 | About 90% of all glass is made from this material |
| 7 | Yellowstone | 4 | Established in 1891 as the USA's first national forest, Shoshone National Forest lies in Wyoming adjacent to this natl. park |
| 8 | the Black Forest | 4 | A 2-foot species of giant earthworm is native to this forest in southwest Germany |
| 9 | pheromones | 4 | To lead others to a food source, an ant will lay down a scent trail of these chemicals |
| 10 | lead | 4 | In the 1670s George Ravenscroft added oxides of this element to regular glass & the type of glass we call crystal |
| 11 | Florida | 4 | The City of Tallahassee lies near the edge of this state's Apalachicola National Forest |
| 12 | fiberglass | 4 | This "glass yarn" serves as insulation & the Corvette's body |
| 13 | bamboo | 4 | Trees aren't the focus in Kyoto's Arashiyama Forest; it's stacked tall with a grassy grove of this |
| 14 | algae | 4 | Pond scum is composed of green & brown forms of these simple organisms |
| 15 | Alaska | 4 | In area it's the largest state that has just 1 area code: 907 |
| 16 | Alabama | 4 | This state's largest national forest, Talladega, covers 2 different areas of the state |
| 17 | water | 4 | A shark can go a lifetime without doing this; the longest a starving human has lasted is 18 days |
| 18 | a salamander | 4 | The mud eel is not really an eel, but a species of this tailed amphibian |
| 19 | wasps | 3 | Chinese invented paper after watching these build their paperlike nests |
| 20 | Washington | 3 | The smallest in area of the 3 |
| 21 | tulip | 3 | Grown on less than 1% of the land of the Netherlands, it's their living symbol |
| 22 | Spiral | 3 | The whelk is a gastropod with a shell described as this shape, like some staircases |
| 23 | quarks | 3 | Subatomic particles called hadrons are made up of these, anti-these & gluons |
| 24 | pink | 3 | As director John Waters could tell you, it's a common hue for flamingos |
| 25 | oxygen | 3 | Nitrogen makes up about 78% of the air to this gas' 21%, so no one has ever needed a nitrogen tent |
| 26 | oak | 3 | Brandy & sherry are traditionally stored in barrels made of this wood |
| 27 | Joseph Priestley | 3 | In 1770 this oxygen discoverer noticed that rubber could be used to rub out pencil marks, thus giving it its name |
| 28 | Indiana | 3 | Hoosier National Forest |
| 29 | henna | 3 | The scented flowers of this shrub are used in perfume & its reddish dye is used as a hair coloring |
| 30 | gills | 3 | ( Sarah of the Clue Crew holds a magnifying glass to the underside of a large mushroom in the Jeopardy! lab.) Like fish, mushrooms have these, but in ... |
| 31 | eyes | 3 | To aid its nocturnal habits, these facial features on a tarsier are each as big as its brain |
| 32 | deciduous | 3 | As opposed to evergreen, it's the term for trees in temperate forests that lose their leaves each year |
| 33 | Corning | 3 | In the mid-1930s, this New York glass company cast the 200-inch Pyrex mirror for the Mount Palomar Telescope |
| 34 | cones | 3 | In trees such as pines & firs, the seeds form in these |
| 35 | chlorine | 3 | Sir Humphry Davy named this yellowish-green gas from a Greek word meaning "greenish-yellow" |
| 36 | catfish | 3 | Bottom fishing is a good way to catch these, like the North American "Big Three"—blue, flathead & channel |
| 37 | Brazil | 3 | About 99% of the world's natural rubber comes from the Hevea brasiliensis tree, native to this country |
| 38 | balsa | 3 | Ecuador is the largest producer of this light wood whose name is Spanish for "raft" |
| 39 | Arizona | 3 | The area code for this entire state is 602, whether you're calling Apache Junction or Yuma |
| 40 | a crocodile | 3 | The mugger, known for its broad snout, is an Asian type of this large reptile |
| 41 | Wind | 3 | Some plants' seeds are dispersed by animals or birds; dandelion seeds are designed to be spread by this |
| 42 | tuna | 3 | A tunable laser is one that can be manipulated into emitting its beam over a continuous range of frequencies |
| 43 | pine | 3 | The Douglas fir is not a true fir; it belongs to this evergreen family |
| 44 | birds | 3 | Sandpipers & snipes are shorebirds, also called these for the way they move through shallow water |
| 45 | a pelican | 3 | The cormorant is related to this "pouched" creature |
| 46 | Wyoming | 2 | The USA's first Natl. Forest, Shoshone, was set aside in 1891 as part of the Yellowstone Timberland Reserve in this state |
| 47 | Wings | 2 | Ants belong to the insect order Hymenoptera, which means "membrane" this |
| 48 | white dwarf | 2 | One of the smallest of these "white" diminutive stars is van Maanen's Star at 7,800 miles in diameter |
| 49 | white | 2 | It's the color of the largest living rhinoceros |
| 50 | Walt Disney | 2 | This company donated 8.500 acres near its Florida theme park to the Nature Conservancy |
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