Science
What subatomic particle carries a negative electrical charge and orbits around the nucleus of an atom?
Electron
What famous 1773 protest event involved American colonists dumping 342 chests of tea into a harbor to protest British taxes without representation?
The boston tea party
What is the largest ocean on Earth, covering more surface area than all of the Earth's landmasses combined?
The Pacific Ocean
In Disney’s The Lion King, what type of animal are the comedy duo Timon and Pumbaa?
Timon is a meerkat and Pumbaa is a warthog.
In basketball, how many points is a shot worth if made from behind the arc marked on the court?
3 points
What is the primary difference in location between magma and lava?
Magma is molten rock under the Earth's surface; lava is molten rock that has erupted onto the Earth's surface.
Which famous teenage peasant girl led French troops to several victories against the English during the Hundred Years' War before being captured and burned at the stake?
Joan of Arc
hich South American country has the largest surface area and shares a border with every other nation on the continent except Chile and Ecuador?
Brazil
What family of musical instruments includes the flute, clarinet, and saxophone—even though modern saxophones are made of brass?
Woodwinds
Which individual field event in athletics involves throwing a heavy metal sphere as far as possible using a pushing motion from the shoulder?
Shot Put
What is the term for the process in which a solid turns directly into a gas without passing through a liquid state (like dry ice turning into carbon dioxide vapor)?
Sublimation
What was the name of the secret, top-priority scientific project run by the United States during World War II that developed the first nuclear weapons?
The Manhattan Project.
What is the official term for a chain or group of islands clustered together in a sea, such as Hawaii, Japan, or the Philippines?
An archipelago
What fictional superhero team features characters named Mr. Fantastic, the Invisible Woman, the Human Torch, and the Thing?
the fantastic Four
What term describes a score of one stroke under par on a specific hole in golf?
A birdie
Which organ in the human body produces bile to help break down fats during digestion?
The liver
Which 19th-century conflict between the Northern and Southern US states resulted in the abolition of slavery across the entire country?
the American Civil War
What mountain range acts as the traditional geographic divide separating the continents of Europe and Asia?
The Ural Mountains
In music notation, what symbol is placed at the beginning of a musical stave to indicate high-pitched notes, traditionally played by the right hand on a piano?
Treble clef (or G-clef).
In cricket, what specific term is used when a bowler dismisses three batters on three consecutive deliveries?
a hat trick
What force causes light waves to bend when they pass from air into water or glass at an angle?
Refraction
Who was the legendary military commander who led the Carthaginian army—and a fleet of war elephants—across the Alps to fight the Roman Republic?
Hannibal
Which landlocked country in Central Asia is the world's largest country by area that has no direct access to an open ocean?
Kazakhstan
What is the term for a movie or TV show soundtrack that consists exclusively of music written specifically to fit the visuals on screen, rather than pre-existing pop songs?
Film score (or original score).
What is the distance of a standard full marathon race, measured in kilometers (or miles)?
42.195 km or 26.2 miles