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In the TV show Stranger Things, what is the name of the alternate, monster-infested dimension that mirrors Hawkins?
the Upside Down
On the pH scale, substances with a pH below 7 are classified as what?
Acids (or acidic)
What 1803 Supreme Court case established the principle of judicial review, allowing the Court to declare laws unconstitutional?
Marbury v. Madison
What is the longest mountain range above water in the world, stretching along the western coast of South America?
The Andes
What dystopian novel by George Orwell features the totalitarian regime of Big Brother, the Thought Police, and the slogan "War is Peace"?
1984
What music artist released the hit album SOS in late 2022, which spent weeks at the top of the Billboard 200 chart?
SZA
What is the term for a solution that has dissolved the maximum amount of solute that it can hold at a given temperature?
Saturated solution
What major 1863 battle is widely considered the turning point of the American Civil War in the Union's favor?
The Battle of Gettysburg
Which narrow strait separates the continents of Asia and North America, connecting the Bering Sea to the Arctic Ocean?
Answer: The Bering Strait
Which Shakespearean tragedy features the title character driven to madness and paranoia after receiving a prophecy from three witches that he will become King of Scotland?
Answer: Macbeth
In the animated movie Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, what is the name of the futuristic headquarters where hundreds of alternate-universe Spider-People gather?
The Spider-Society HQ (in Nueva York)
What is the term for the phase of cell division where sister chromatids are separated and pulled toward opposite poles of the cell?
Anaphase
What document, signed in 1215 by King John, is historically recognized for limiting the power of the English monarch and establishing the principle that everyone is subject to the law?
The Magna Carta
Question: Which European peninsula includes the nations of Norway and Sweden?
Answer: The Scandinavian Peninsula
In Mary Shelley's gothic novel Frankenstein, what is the full name of the scientist who creates the creature?
Answer: Victor Frankenstein
What is the name of the fictional kingdom where the video game The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom primarily takes place?
Hyrule
What are the four nitrogenous bases that make up the "rungs" of the DNA ladder?
Answer: Adenine (A), Thymine (T), Cytosine (C), and Guanine (G)
What major 19th-century conflict fought from 1853 to 1856 involved Russia fighting an alliance of the Ottoman Empire, France, Great Britain, and Sardinia?
The Crimean War
What term describes an administrative division or territory that is geographically separated from the main part of the country by the territory of one or more other states—such as Kaliningrad for Russia?
Answer: Exclave
Which epic 17th-century blank-verse poem by John Milton details the biblical fall of man, including the temptation of Adam and Eve by Satan?
Answer: Paradise Lost
Which indie video game released by Toby Fox features a human child falling into an underground world full of monsters, with a title that is an anagram of EarthBound?
Undertale
According to VSEPR theory, what is the electron-pair geometry and molecular geometry of a molecule like xenon tetrafluoride (XeF4), which has four bonding pairs and two lone pairs?
Octahedral electron-pair geometry and square planar molecular geometry
What 1887 federal law aimed to assimilate Native Americans by abolishing tribal organizations and dividing communal reservation land into individual allotments?
The Dawes Act
In oceanography, what current system is a cold water current that flows northward along the western coast of South America, heavily influencing global climate patterns like El Niño?
Answer: Humboldt Current (or Peru Current)
What poetic form, consisting of 19 lines divided into five tercets and a concluding quatrain with a repeating refrain, is famously used in Dylan Thomas's "Do not go gentle into that good night"?
Answer: Villanelle