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This blocky sandbox game lets players build worlds out of cubes and fight creepers.
What is Minecraft?
This “King of Pop” sang “Thriller.”
Who is Michael Jackson?
This 1215 document, forced upon King John of England, limited royal power and is considered a cornerstone of constitutional law.
What is the Magna Carta?
This organelle is responsible for ATP production and is often called the “powerhouse of the cell.”
What is the mitochondrion?
This 10-letter word means “a word formed from the initial letters of other words,” like NASA.
What is acronym?
This battle royale game by Epic Games features characters building structures while fighting to be the last one standing.
What is Fortnite?
This pop star released the album 1989.
Who is Taylor Swift?
This West African empire reached its height under Mansa Musa, whose 14th-century pilgrimage to Mecca displayed immense wealth.
What is the Mali Empire?
This law states that for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.
What is Newton’s Third Law of Motion?
This language family includes Spanish, French, and Italian, all derived from Latin.
What is the Romance languages family?
This 2017 Nintendo game introduced “Cappy,” a hat that lets the hero possess enemies.
What is Super Mario Odyssey?
This composer wrote the Fifth Symphony, famous for its “da-da-da-dum” motif.
Who is Ludwig van Beethoven?
This 1648 series of treaties ended the Thirty Years’ War and reshaped the political map of Europe.
What is the Peace of Westphalia?
This constant, approximately 6.626×10⁻³⁴ J·s, relates the energy of a photon to its frequency.
What is Planck’s constant?
This chess move involves moving both the king and a rook simultaneously.
What is castling?
This RPG series by FromSoftware includes notoriously difficult titles like Dark Souls.
What is Soulsborne?
This genre, originating in Jamaica, includes artists like Bob Marley.
What is reggae?
This 19th-century doctrine, often summarized as “the white man’s burden,” was used to justify European imperialism.
What is Social Darwinism?
This effect describes the change in frequency or wavelength of a wave relative to an observer moving relative to the source.
What is the Doppler Effect?
This term in typography refers to the small projecting features at the ends of strokes in letters, seen in fonts like Times New Roman.
What are serifs?
This 1998 game, often cited as one of the greatest ever, introduced players to Hyrule in 3D for the first time.
What is The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time?
This 1973 album by Pink Floyd features tracks like “Time” and “Money.”
What is The Dark Side of the Moon?
This Chinese rebellion (1850–1864), led by Hong Xiuquan, was one of the deadliest conflicts in history.
What is the Taiping Rebellion?
This principle, central to thermodynamics, states that the entropy of an isolated system never decreases over time.
What is the Second Law of Thermodynamics?
This 18-letter word means “fear of the number 13.”
What is triskaidekaphobia?