PAST TRIVIA

• Blue
• Mystic
• Big
• Ninth – correct answer

The Ninth Wave is known as Ivan Aivazovsky's most famous work. The title refers to an old sailing expression - when a wave of incredible size comes after a succession of other waves. 

• True
• False – correct answer

The waters in the Arctic and Antarctic are icy cold, but many animals, such as the harp seal, are adapted to the ecosystem. This is why ocean animals at the poles move slowly to conserve energy. 

• United States
• China – correct answer
• Vietnam
• Kenya

China is stepping up restrictions on the production, sale, and use of single-use plastic products, beginning with banning plastic bags in all major cities by the end of the year! 

• Coral – correct answer
• Clownfish
• Conchs
• Sharks

The Great Barrier Reef, which is really a complex of over 2,000 reefs, is made of coral. Many people believe coral to be a plant, but it's actually an animal! 

• 10 million
• 2 billion – correct answer
• 500,000
• Who knows?

An astonishing 2 billion disposable razors and blades get thrown out every year in the US alone. Luckily, there are great alternatives to help 'shave down plastic waste' that will last you a lifetime! 

• 30 seconds
• 12 minutes – correct answer
• 5 hours
• 7 days

Nearly 1/2 of all plastic is used just once… and on average, plastic bags are used for only 12 minutes before they’re discarded.

• Eyes
• Blowholes
• Teeth – correct answer
• Blubber

Instead of pearly whites, baleen whales have plates with coarse broomlike bristles - sort of like a mustache instead of teeth. 

• Fish – correct answer
• The Malibu
• Shortboard
• Mini-mal

The fish is traditionally the shortest surfboard type at a length of about 5'5". The Malibu, Shortboard, and mini-mal, are all names of other surfboards - with the Malibu (or longboard) being the longest.

• 20 – correct answer
• 3
• 100
• I still think turtles are slow

You might think they're slow but green sea turtles can swim 20 miles an hour when they're in a hurry - three times faster than Michael Phelps, the world's fastest swimmer!