Science
This organelle is known as the “powerhouse of the cell” because it produces ATP.
What is the mitochondrion?
The economic system where colonies served as suppliers of raw materials to the mother country.
What is mercantilism?
This 1993 Spielberg film portrays the rescue of Jewish prisoners during the Holocaust.
What is Schindler’s List?
Mount Everest lies in this mountain range.
What are the Himalayas?
This mammal is the only one capable of sustained flight.
What is the bat?
This phase change occurs when a solid transitions directly into a gas without becoming a liquid.
What is sublimation?
This empire built the Royal Road to unify its vast territory.
What is the Persian Empire?
The Matrix references this ancient philosopher’s “Allegory of the Cave.”
Who is Plato?
This U.S. state has the longest coastline—longer than all other states combined.
What is Alaska?
This common fruit is technically classified as a berry, while strawberries are not.
What is a banana?
In physics, this quantity is calculated by multiplying an object’s mass by its velocity.
What is momentum?
This architectural style, noted for pointed arches and flying buttresses, dominated Europe for centuries.
What is Gothic architecture?
A shot taken from directly above a subject is known as this.
What is a bird's-eye view?
This U.S. city has more bridges than Venice.
What is Pittsburgh?
This amphibian is aptly named, "the grumpiest from in the world."
What is the black rain frog?
DAILY DOUBLE!!
This principle explains why lightning is seen before thunder is heard.
What is the difference in the speed of light and sound?
This 14th-century pandemic killed an estimated 50 million people in Europe.
What is the Black Death?
This director is known for nonlinear filmmaking in Pulp Fiction and Kill Bill.
Who is Quentin Tarantino?
The sun is directly overhead at noon only along this line of latitude in the Northern Hemisphere.
What is the Tropic of Cancer?
The brain’s ability to form new neural pathways is called this.
What is neuroplasticity?
This gas law states that pressure and volume are inversely proportional when temperature is constant.
What is Boyle’s Law?
This Surrealist painted The Persistence of Memory.
Who is Salvador Dalí?
This 2010 psychological thriller uses color motifs, mirror imagery, and unreliable narration to depict a dancer’s descent into madness as she prepares for a dual-role performance.
What is Black Swan?
Bordered by Romania, Turkey, Russia, and Ukraine, this large inland sea is technically a lake.
What is the Black Sea?
This medieval epic follows a man through Hell, Purgatory, and Heaven.
What is The Divine Comedy?