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What is the name for the North Star?
Polaris
Where is the Asteroid Belt located?
Between Mars and Jupiter
What Hollywood movie star plays himself in Zombieland?
Bill Murray
Which mammal is one of the fastest diggers in the wild—they can make a 2-foot hole in about 15 seconds flat, which comes in handy if they’re trying to hide from a predator (lions) or find their favorite snack (insects).
Aardvark
What Japanese automaker of the Miata and the CX-5 introduced the repetitive "Zoom Zoom" tagline in its U.S. advertising starting in 2000?
Mazda
EE is the official national domain name used by what Northern European country whose capital and largest city is Tallinn?
Estonia
Which gas is used in neon signs?
Neon
Best‑selling fantasy series concluded with Deathly Hallows in 2007—author?
J.K. Rowling
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Phobos and Deimos are the two names of this planets moons.
Mars
How many stars are in the Milky Way Galaxy?
1... The sun
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In what 1979 James Bomb movie does the famous spy go to outerspace?
Moonraker
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Uga is the name of a popularly known animal in the state of Georgia. What type of animal is Uga?
The Roman god of commerce, liquid element #80 on the periodic table, and a now defunct brand of the Ford Motor Company that was around from 1938 - 2011, all share what name?
Mercury
Electric, Dooley, and Copperopolis are three communities in Montana that share what haunted condition?
Ghost towns
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What is the most electronegative element?
Flourine
2018 Winter Olympics were held in which South Korean county?
Pyeongchang
How long does each season last on Neptune?
40 years
Who wrote The Universe in a Nutshell?
Stephen Hawking
For what movie did Steven Spielberg win his first Oscar for Best Director?
Schindler’s List
What treetop mammal can hold its breath underwater for a whopping 40 minutes, even longer than dolphins?
Sloth
One of Car and Driver's "Ten Best Cars for 2024" was the Air Pure, by what electric vehicle manufacturer?
Lucid
In what country would you find the capital city of Caracas? Officially, the name of the city is Santiago de León de Caracas.
Venezuala
What is the most abundant element in the Earth’s crust?
Oxygen
What year was Wikipedia launched?
2001
What is the largest constellation called?
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What name was given to the invisible material once thought to occupy all space?
Ether
In The Matrix, does Neo take the blue pill or the red pill?
Red
The phrase "sacred cow" to describe a person or thing immune from criticism comes from what religion that in fact does revere cows as holy animals?
Hindu
This British automaker launched a colorful ad campaign in November 2024 that drew immediate mockery on the internet because the ads do not feature any cars?
Jaguar
If you head directly south from San Diego, what border town resort will be the first city you hit in Mexico?
Tijuana
What is the pH of pure water at 25°C?
7
What 2004 social‑networking site began in a Harvard dorm?
What type of animal was first in space?
Dog
What is the sun’s outermost layer of atmosphere called?
The corona
This was the First feature-length animated movie
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
What is the world's strongest animal relative to its body weight?
The Dung Beetle
In 1968, Elliot Handler came up with what brand of toy cars?
Hot Wheels
The flightless cormorant, the only known member of this bird species that has lost the ability to fly, fishes in the waters off of what isolated islands known for unusual animals?
Galapagos Islands
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What is the first law of thermodynamics?
Energy cannot be created or destroyed, only transformed
What year was Twitter launched?
2006
What planet did William Herschel discover?
Uranus
What is the most common type of galaxy?
Elliptical galaxies.
For what movie did Tom Hanks score his first Academy Award nomination?
Big
What creature with an equine name has no teeth or stomach, mates for life, and is one of the only species on Earth where the male carries the unborn offspring?
Seahorse
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In 1992, what car manufacturer released its Ultralite, low-emission model that was rated at 88 miles per gallon, but had performed at up to 100 miles per gallon?
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More commonly known as Louwala-Clough to the Klickitat Native American tribe, what stratovolcano erupted on May 18, 1980 and caused over $1.1 billion in damage in Washington according to the International Trade Commission?
Mount St. Helens
What is the standard unit of pressure?
Pascal
#MeToo hashtag went viral in which year?
2017
What was the name of the first dog in orbit?
Laika
How old is the universe approximately?
13.8 billion years old
In what 1976 thriller does Robert De Niro famously say “You talkin’ to me?”
Taxi Driver
The Tasmanian masked owl's scientific name is Tyto novaehollandiae castanops. The "castanops" comes from its facial resemblance to what?
Chestnut
According to some reports, what rental car company chose its name not because of a historical reference to a famous San Antonio fort, but simply to be near the front of the phone book?
Alamo
Technically a part of the much larger Appalachian Mountains, the Catskill Mountains are (unsurprisingly) located in and around the borders of the Catskill Park/Forest Preserve. In what US state will you find the Catskills?
New York
Which metal reacts violently with water?
Sodium
First image of a black hole captured by Event Horizon Telescope in what year?
2019
How many constellations are there?
88
What was the largest tool in the Apollo survival kit?
Machete
The head of what kind of animal is front-and-center in an infamous scene from The Godfather?
A horse
When it opened in 1874, which facility—the first of its kind in America—charged visitors 25 cents to see almost 1,000 animals?
Philadelphia Zoo
Often made of vinyl, what name is given to the black cover that is often used to protect the hood and front bumper of a car or other vehicle?
Bra
The smallest of Africa's waterfowl species, the African pygmy goose is native to what country?
Madagascar
What is a quasar?
A highly luminous active galactic nucleus
Coordinated terrorist attacks struck the U.S. on what date?
September 11 2001
What is the only planet in our solar system not named after a Greek or Roman God?
Earth
What is a day on Mars called?
A sol
This was Buddy the Elf’s spaghetti topping in Elf:
Pop Tarts
While often confused with llamas, what animal do they use for fleece production?
camelid
This car has its own national museum in Bowling Green, Kentucky?
Corvette
How many U.S. state capitals lie west of Los Angeles?
Six
What is the difference between mass and weight?
Mass is the amount of matter; weight is the force due to gravity
2008 downturn often compared to Great Depression—nickname?
Great Recession
Which planet has the most volcanoes?
Venus
How many moons does Saturn have?
274
First fully computer-animated feature film:
Toy Story (1995)
You’ll find them in zoos around the world, but there’s only one place on Earth where hippopotamus roam naturally. Which continent would you have to travel to if you want to see a hippo in the wild?
Africa
A Dutch company made plans to start production on the first affordable solar-powered car on the market. What is the car manufacturer's name?
Lightyear
The Alpine region of Europe includes Austria, Italy, Liechtenstein, France, Germany, Monaco, Slovenia and what neutral country?
Switzerland
Who formulated the theory of general relativity?
Albert Einstein