This small building block is commonly referred to as the basic unit of all living things.
Cell
The Great Gatsby is a literary classic written in 1925 by this American author.
F. Scott Fitzgerald
This Scottish-born former lawyer served as the first prime minister of Canada.
John A. Macdonald
This ancient Greek mathematician taught the world how to solve for the hypotenuse of a triangle.
Pythagoras
Name all the twelve disciples.
Simon/Peter
Andrew
James son of Zebedee
John son of Zebedee
Philip
Bartholomew
Thomas
Matthew/Levi
James son of Alphaeus
Judas/Thaddaeus
Simon
Judas Iscariot
The notion that natural selection chooses organisms that possess variable and heritable traits that are best suited for their environments is a theory developed by this man.
Charles Darwin
This historical novel, written by Charles Dickens in 1859, begins with the famous line: "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times..."
A Tale of Two Cities
This independent state, commonly abbreviated as "USSR" was dissolved by 1991 and succeeded by the Russian federation.
The Soviet Union / Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
This term refers to angles that are wider than 180 degrees.
Obtuse
This crazy-looking number is equal to the number of units in one mole of any substance.
Avogadro's Constant
This type of figurative language uses a part of something to refer to a whole.
Synecdoche
This ancient historical figure is best known for being a Roman politician and Cleopatra's lover after her relationship with Caesar ended.
Mark Antony
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This algebraic jumble is used to solve a certain type of equation.
Quadratic formula
This layer of the Earth's atmosphere is cooler in temperature than all the other layers.
Troposphere
"I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud" is a popular lyric poem written in 1807 by this famous English poet.
William Wordsworth
This third wife of Henry VIII died of postnatal complications two weeks after giving birth to Edward VI.
Jane Seymour
This trigonometric function is equal to the value of the adjacent side of an acute angle divided by the hypotenuse.
Cosine
This chemical compound is found in chili peppers and causes a burning sensation when it comes in contact with any human tissue.
Capsaicin
This term refers to the noun form of a verb that ends in -ing.
Gerund
This Roman emperor was in power from 69-79 AD, founded the Flavian Dynasty, and was in power at the start of the construction of the Colosseum.
Vespasian
This mathematical term, symbolized by an exclamation mark, instructs you to multiply a number with every number that comes before it.
Factorial