Music
Guitars are often tuned to “standard tuning”; starting from the lowest string to the highest string, name the note that each string is tuned to.
E A D G B E
What is the largest human organ?
Skin
This team just won the Stanley Cup for the first time in its history.
Florida Panthers
What computer manufactured by IBM made news when it defeated world chess champion Garry Kasparov in 1997?
Deep Blue
This famous singer and actress, whose real name is Stefani Germanotta, attended CTY.
Lady Gaga
There exists an informal list of famous musicians that died at the age of 27. What is the name of this list?
27 Club
What are the 4 primary nucleotide bases of DNA?
A, C, G, T
Bonus: What do the letters stand for?
This racehorse holds the fastest Kentucky Derby time in history with 1 minute, 59.40 seconds.
Secritariat
The programming language Rust was created as a way to fix the memory management and allocation problems of which two programming languages?
C and C++
Bonus: What function in C allocates memory?
The founder of this social media site is a CTY alum.
Many of the world’s best and most expensive violins were made by a single luthier. Who was the man that designed and handcrafted these violins?
What is the scientific name of the Western Gorilla?
Gorilla Gorilla
Bonus: What is the name of the Western Lowland Gorilla?
This was the name of the curse allegedly placed on the Boston Red Sox that prevented them from winning the World Series for 86 years.
Curse of the Bambino
One of the more common file formats, what does the P in PDF stand for?
Portable
This actress and animal rights activist attended CTY Ireland.
Evanna Lynch
There exists a unique instrument that uses water and rotating glass bowls to create sound. What is the name of this instrument?
Glass Harmonica
What is the name of the first bone in the neck (first vertebra, C1)?
Atlas
This athlete is the only one ever to play in both the World Series and the Super Bowl.
Delon Sanders
What is the most used programming language?
JavaScript
Bonus: What programming language was created in 7 days?
This Google co-founder attended CTY.
Sergey Brin
Guns N’ Roses is a well known hard rock band that had some of its members attend high school with another popular alternative rock band. What band was it?
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Name one of the main pathways for the production of ATP.
Glycolysis, Kreb’s cycle, beta-oxidation
Bonus: What does ATP stand for?
Basketball was first invented in Springfield. Which Springfield, and which year?
MA, 1891
What is the name of the schizophrenic computer programmer who made his own operating system, complete with its own original kernel, compiler, editor, and programming language?
Terry A. Davis
This famous journalist with parents in the film industry attended CTY.
Ronan Farrow