Math
Other than 1, what number is both a perfect square and perfect cube? (many answers)
Any 6th power of an integer (64, 729, 4096)
What is the name of a poem with 14 lines written in iambic pentameter?
Sonnet
How many times more acidic is a solution with a Ph of 3 than one with a pH of 6?
1000 times
What ancient civilization built Machu Picchu?
The Inca
What Latin root means “light” found in words such as illuminate or elucidate?
Luc/Lux
What is the indefinite integral of (xln|x|)^-1?
ln(ln(x))
The decade-long Trojan War was instigated by the eloping of what couple?
Helen and Paris
What layer of the atmosphere contains the ozone layer?
Stratosphere
How many amendments are there in the U.S. Constitution?
27
What is the term for the marks added to characters, such as the tilde or accent?
Diacritics
What temperature is the same in both C and F?
-40
The 1999 film Ten Things I Hate About You was inspired by which Shakespeare play?
The Taming of the Shrew
What is the most abundant protein in the human body?
Collagen
Where in the world is São Tomé and Principe?
Off the western coast of central Africa (on the equator accepted too)
What is the Latin phrase meaning “from what is earlier” often used by professors in lectures?
A priori
What is the sum of the interior angles of a regular 17-gon?
(17-2) x 180 = 2700
What Russian novel by Fyodor Dostoevsky was originally published in 1864 under the title “A Confession”?
Notes From Underground
What percentage of the human brain’s dry mass is fat?
60%
Who was the first emperor of unified China?
Qin Shi Huang
What verb tense is used in Spanish to express what will have happened at a certain time?
Future perfect
What is 100 (base 10) in base 3?
10201
A collection of owls is commonly referred to as a parliament. The use of this term was popularized by a description in the works of what author?
C.S. Lewis
What is the smallest mammal in the animal kingdom?
Etruscan shrew (mass) or Bumblebee bat (length)
What 1648 treaty ended the Thirty Years’ War and is considered the birth of modern state sovereignty?
The Treaty of Westphalia
What is the term for a writing system in which each character represents a syllable?
Syllabary