Thought Provokers: Week of 6/11/2026

Which name came first? The fruit orange, or the color orange?

Who came up with the expression “it’s raining cats and dogs”? How is it relevant to the weather?

Despite all the colors depicted on screens, there are only three coloured pixels.

If air and water are both clear, why can we see water and not air?

If a tomato is a fruit, is ketchup a smoothie?

Does a straw have one hole or two?

Did dinosaurs have hair? Hair doesn’t preserve, so we would never know if dinosaurs had hair.

Can you daydream at night?

Did the plant or seed come first?

What does water taste like?

Who taught the first teache...