Wild card
Perfect square and sum of the first three primes
Capital of the world's largest country by land area, spanning eleven time zones
Moscow
Variable that must stay constant for Boyle's Law to hold.
Temperature
Athletics event in which competitors use a flexible pole to clear a crossbar
The pole vault
Planet with an axial tilt of roughly 98 degrees, effectively rotating on its side
Uranus
Chess piece that can jump over others on its first move
A Knight
Country that has won the most FIFA World Cups.
Brazil
Market failure where costs or benefits fall on uninvolved third parties
An externality
Points awarded for a penalty goal in rugby union
three
Enzyme in saliva and pancreatic juice that breaks starch into maltose
Amylase
Thought experiment about a ship with gradually replaced planks, questioning identity over time
The Ship of Theseus
The term for the imaginary line seperating hemispheres
The equator
Mathematical term for the rate of change of a function at any given point.
A derivative
Dismissal in cricket for deliberately using your body to block a fielder from taking a catch
Obstructing the field
Chemistry principle stating atoms seek eight electrons in their outer shell.
The octet rule
12
Currency used in Japan
The yen
Process in the mitochondrial matrix that oxidises acetyl-CoA, produces ATP, and releases CO₂
The Krebs cycle
Minimum finishing position required to claim the bonus fastest-lap point in Formula 1
Top 10
SI unit of pressure equal to one newton per square metre
Pascal
Ancient Greek philosopher who taught Alexander the Great and wrote foundational works on logic, ethics, and natural science
Aristotle
The only woman to have won Nobel Prizes in two different sciences
Marie Curie
Theorem stating every degree-n polynomial has exactly n complex roots, counted with multiplicity
The Fundamental Theorem of Algebra
Foul called for unsportsmanlike conduct such as taunting or arguing with officials, giving the opposition two free throws and possession
A technical
1927 principle stating that position and momentum of a particle cannot both be precisely known simultaneously
Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle