Science
This is the measure of speed in a direction.
What is velocity?
This conflict started when the Austro-Hungarian Empire declared war on the Kingdom of Serbia, and was called "The Great War" or "The War to End All Wars."
What is World War One?
This is the capital of France, famous for the Louvre Museum, the Arc de Triomphe, and Notre Dame Cathedral.
What is Paris?
This "King of the Olympians" was the Greek god of lightning and is said to have killed his father, the Titan Kronos.
Who is Zeus?
This play features its titular "star-crossed lovers" caught in the middle of a feud between the Montague and Capulet families in the Italian city of Verona.
What is Romeo and Juliet?
This person developed the theories of special and general relativity.
Who is Albert Einstein?
This person, from whom an electric car company gets its name, was an inventor and rival to Thomas Edison.
Who is Nikola Tesla?
This is the capital of India, famous for the India Gate, the Lotus Temple, and the Red Fort.
What is New Delhi?
This American folk hero was a massive lumberjack, and traveled the American countryside with his giant blue ox companion, Babe.
This play takes place in Denmark and contains the famous lines, "To be or not to be, that is the question," and "Alas, poor Yorick! I knew him well, Horatio."
What is Hamlet?
This prehistoric creature gets its name from the Greek for "Terrible Lizard."
What is a dinosaur?
This former ruling family was killed following the October Revolution in Russia.
Who are the Romanovs?
This is the capital of the Netherlands, famous for its canals and libertarian government.
What is Amsterdam?
Several Spanish conquistadors searched for this source of immortality, but never found it.
What is the fountain of youth?
This play features the assassination of its titular character and aftermath thereof, and contains the lines "Et tu, Brute?" and "Friends, Romans, Countrymen. Lend me your ears."
What is Julius Ceasar?
The opposite of bases, the potency of this type of chemical is measured in pH.
What is acid?
This region of China was occupied by the Japanese in 1933 following an invasion.
What is Manchuria?
This is the capital of Thailand, famous for its cultural landmarks, such as Buddhist temples and palaces for the country's reigning monarch.
What is Bangkok?
This "Allfather" was the one-eyed Norse god of war and wisdom, and had the raven companions Thought and Memory.
Who is Odin?
This play features the fairy Puck, the fairy queen Titania, and a group of performers putting on the terrible production "The Tragedy of Pyramus and Thisbe."
This type of RNA carries genetic instructions to protein generators in the cell.
What is Messenger RNA (mRNA)?
This joint-stock company was set up as a scam by John Blunt and Robert Harley, and almost resulted in the collapse of the British economy.
What is the South Sea Company?
This is the capital of Australia, known for its museums and the Australian Parliament House.
What is Canberra?
This Trojan warrior escaped the city of Troy before it burned down, and fled to Italy, where his descendants supposedly founded Rome.
Who is Aeneas?
This play features the money lender Shylock, who demands a pound of flesh from another merchant, Antonio, after Antonio's friend cannot pay back his debt.
What is The Merchant of Venice?