Pop Culture
What are the names of the four Beatles?
John Lennon, Ringo Starr, Paul McCartney, George Harrison
In what state is the Statue of Liberty located?
New Jersey
How many books are in the Old Testament?
39
How many seconds are in a year?
31,536,000
A British scientist gave his name to what familiar four-by-four square, used to illustrate the probability that the offspring of two individuals will have a given genotype?
Punnet Square
Which actress originated the role of Elphaba on Broadway and voiced the role of Elsa in Frozen?
Idina Menzel
Name the 5 great lakes
Superior, Michigan, Eerie, Huron, and Ontario
Which apostle replaced Judas?
Matthias
What piece of technology used beans or stones moved in grooves of sand to perform calculations?
Abacus
A famous thought experiment that dates back to 1935 involves a sealed box, a flask of poison, a Geiger counter, a radioactive source, and what kind of animal?
Cat
What are the names of Barbie’s 3 sisters?
Skipper, Stacie, and Chelsea
What California city is the childhood home of actress Zendaya, rapper and Broadway performer Daveed Diggs, and Olympic figure skater Alysa Liu?
Oakland
Which 3 non-Israelite women are mentioned by name in the genealogy of Jesus in Matthew?
Tamar, Rahab, and Ruth
In mathematics, a certain equation that includes e, i, pi, 0 and 1 is known as the "identity" of what influential 18th century Swiss mathematician?
Euler
Linus Torvalds is best known as the creator of what piece of software?
Linux
What singer has had a Billboard No. 1 hit in each of the last four decades?
Mariah Carey
What is the smallest country in the world by area?
Vatican City
Which judge killed 600 Philistines with an oxgoad and is only mentioned in 1 verse in the Bible?
Shamgar
According to Merriam-Webster, if you were to add the number of days in a "fortnight" to the number of days in a "quarantine," how many total days would you have?
54 days
The first 3-digit number in the Fibonacci sequence is also the largest square number to appear in the sequence. What is it?
144
The 2028 Olympics are being hosted in Los Angeles. What 2 years have the Olympics previously been in LA?
1932 and 1984
What are the four countries that make up the United Kingdom?
England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland
List the 12 disciples ( 50 points each )
Matthew, Simon Peter, James, John, Judas Iscariot, Simon the Zealot, Andrew, Philip, Bartholomew, Thomas, James, Thaddaeus
Pluto may no longer be a planet, but it remains the largest of a group known as "KBOs,” which stands for what?
Kuiper Belt Object
Preacher and theologian Jonathan Edwards was the grandfather of which U.S. founding father, who also appeared in the musical Hamilton?
Aaron Burr