SCIENCE
How many planets are in our solar system?
Eight
Which country has the world's longest coastline?
Canada
Who was Canada's first Prime Minister?
Sir John A. Macdonald
This player has scored the most career points in NBA history.
Lebron James
Who is the author of the children's book The Paper Bag Princess?
Robert Munsch
What is the world's largest mammal?
The blue whale
What is the capital city of Portugal?
Lisbon
What was Johannes Gutenberg famous for inventing?
The printing press
What is the name of the area behind the pitcher that is kept clear of fans in order to help the batter better see the ball leave the pitcher's hand?
The Batter's Eye
What country was the composer Chopin born in?
Poland
Which gas is the most prominent in Earth's atmosphere?
Nitrogen
Two countries border 14 other countries -- the most in the world. Name one of the two countries.
China and Russia
What was Istanbul's name when it was part of the Byzantine Empire?
Constantinople
What do you call it when a bowler gets three strikes in a row?
A turkey
This term refers to a word or phrase that reads the same forward and backward, such as “race car” or “level.”
A palindrome
What is the symbol for potassium on the Periodic Table?
K
What is the only country's flag that is not a rectangle or square?
Nepal
Which year did the Berlin Wall come down?
1989
Who had the most triple-doubles in the NBA this past season?
Nikola Jokić
What part of speech is the word "rapidly" in the following sentence: “The rapidly changing weather forced the hikers to turn back.”
Adverb
To calculate Force, what do the "m" and the "a" represent?
F = ma
Force = mass x acceleration
This large rock is carried by a glacier and left behind when the ice melts, often looking out of place compared to the local bedrock.
A glacial erratic (or erratic boulder)
Created after the First World War to promote collective security, this organization failed to prevent the aggression of Japan, Italy, and Germany in the 1930s.
The League of Nations
This is the maximum number of clubs a golfer is allowed to carry in a round under the Rules of Golf.
Fourteen
Which song does the von Trapp family perform together right before they escape near the end of the movie The Sound of Music?
"So Long, Farewell"