Star Cycle
Age of Earth
Plate Tectonics
TV/Movies
Video Games (mostly nintendo)
100

A cloud of gas and dust by another name?

What is a nebula?

100

A rocky, inner planet by another name

What is a terrestrial planet?


100

This type of plate boundary occurs when two plates are moving away from each other

What is a divergent boundary?

100

This show about 20-something New Yorkers centers around Monica, Chandler, Phoebe, Joey, Rachel, and _____________?

Who is Ross?

100

This tongue-strong dinosaur sometimes serves as Mario's mode of transportation. Who is it?

Who is Yoshi?

200

The is the process of taking two Hydrogen atoms and turning them into one Helium atom.

What is nuclear fusion?

200
Depressions pock the surface of both mars and the moon. What are they called?

What are impact craters?

200

Plates are able to move on Earth's surface because of____________ in the mantle

What is Convection?
200

Played by Beyonce in the 2019 adaptation of The Lion King, this character is Simba's childhood best friend and future love interest

Who is Nala?

200

In Fortnite, players begin their match by dropping from the sky via this aeronautical device. What is it called?

What is a Battle Bus?

300

What phase in the star cycle is our sun currently in?

What is the main sequence?

300

These large gas-giants like Jupiter and Saturn go by another name. What is it?

What are Jovian planets?
300

The Himalayan mountains are an example of this type of convergent boundary?

What is continental-continental?

300

Though known colloquially as "baby yoda", the actual character's name in the tv series, The Mandolorian is...

Who is Grogu (The Child)?

300

Link, Zelda, and Ganon each represent courage, wisdom, and power in this triangular, Hylian relic. What is it?

What is the Triforce?

400

What factor determines whether or not a star will become a supernova?

What is mass?

400

Clair Patterson measured the radioactive decay of Uranium -> Lead in an effort to determine the age of the Earth. What is the number he arrived at?

What is 4.6 Billion years?

What is four and a half billion years?

400

Where one plate dives beneath another plate, this type of ocean depression is formed.

What is a trench?

400

In season 3 of Stranger Things, Steve and Robin take a summer job at an ice cream shop. What is the name of that creamery?

What is Scoops Ahoy!?

400

How many Super Smash Bros. games are there?

What is 5?

Super Smash Bros. (1999)

Super Smash Bros. Melee (2001)

Super Smash Bros. Brawl (2008)

Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U (2014)

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (2018)


500

Which element is the limiting fusing point for the most massive of stars?

What is iron?

500

When an atom has a number of neutrons that differs from the number of protons it is called...

What is an isotope?

500

The mid-Atlantic ridge is a divergent boundary that spans the entirety of the Atlantic Ocean. What is the only nation that sits proudly atop that ridge?

What is Iceland?

500

After defeating the Chitauri fleet in the first Avengers, Tony Stark suggests they all go eat a specific type of food. In the post-credits scene, the heroes are seen in an empty restaurant finishing a meal. What is it they ate?

What is Shawarma?

500

In Nintendo's pokemon, What does Koffing evolve into?

What is Weezing?

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