Movies/Shows
Which pop star’s massive stadium run, "The Eras Tour," became the highest-grossing concert tour of all time?
Taylor Swift
The Chloroplast
Which ancient citadel sits high on a ridge in the Andes Mountains of Peru, built by the Inca Empire around 1450?
Machu Pichu
Which ancient civilization built the Great Pyramids of Giza and developed a writing system known as hieroglyphics?
Ancient Egypt
Which legendary Canadian hockey player, nicknamed "The Great One," holds the record for most career points and goals in NHL history?
Wayne Gretzky
Who is the most streamed male artist on Spotify
Bad Bunny
What unit of distance in astronomy is defined as the distance light travels in one Julian year?
A light year
Which European microstate, entirely enclosed within the city of Rome, is the smallest independent state in the world by both area and population?
Vatican City
Which 14th-century pandemic, caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis, swept across Eurasia and killed an estimated 30% to 60% of Europe's population?
The Black Death (Bubonic Plague)
In American football, how many yards must an offense gain across four downs to earn a new set of first downs?
10 yards
Which long-running animated comedy series is set in the fictional town of Springfield?
The Simpsons
Name the four major tissues in the body
Connective Tissue, Epithelial Tissue, Nervous Tissue, Muscle Tissue
Standing in New York Harbor, what giant copper statue was a gift from France to the United States in 1886 to commemorate the abolition of slavery and American independence?
The Statue of Liberty
What historical figure had said the popular phrase "Et tu, Brute?"
Julius Caesar
What heavyweight boxing legend famously declared he would "float like a butterfly, sting like a bee"?
Muhammad Ali
What is the official name of the Shelby family's pub in Small Heath that serves as their operational headquarters, in the show Peaky Blinders.
The Garrison
What quantum phenomenon occurs when subatomic particles pass directly through a potential energy barrier that they classically would not have enough kinetic energy to overcome?
Quantum Tunneling
Situated on the island of Honshu, what Japanese city was known as Edo prior to 1868?
What period of cultural, artistic, and economic "rebirth" following the Middle Ages began in 14th-century Italy and spread across Europe?
The Renaissance
Which two franchises are tied for the most total NBA Championships in history, with 17 titles each?
The Boston Celtics and the Los Angeles Lakers
Which 1994 film gave us the iconic line: "Mama always said life was like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get."?
Forrest Gump
What is a chair confirmation?
the most stable three-dimensional shape that a cyclohexane ring can adopt
What island in the Mediterranean is divided by a United Nations buffer zone (the "Green Line") into a southern Greek portion and a northern Turkish portion?
Cyprus
Who was the King of Babylon famous for enacting one of the earliest and most complete written legal codes in history, noted for the principle of "an eye for an eye"?
Hammurabi
How many wins does Brazil have in the World Cup?
Bonus: Name the years
5
1958, 1962, 1970, 1994, and 2002