Odd One Out
Gold, Silver, Iron, Plastic
Plastic
This basic unit of mechanics represents the smallest possible discrete quantity of energy.
Quantum
This nocturnal mammal, often found rummaging through trash, has a masked face and ringed tail.
Raccoon
This “King of Pop” released the hit album Thriller in 1982.
Michael Jackson
This is the name of the galaxy that contains our Solar System.
Milky Way
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Jupiter
Jupiter
This Middle Eastern country’s capital is Doha and it hosts one of the world’s largest natural gas reserves.
Qatar
This genre, often associated with improvisation and swing, shares its name with a word meaning energy.
Jazz
This instrument, with 88 keys, is commonly used in classical and jazz music.
Piano
This planet is known as the “Red Planet” due to its iron oxide surface.
Mars
Shakespeare, Dickens, Tolkien, Picasso
Picasso
This 5-letter word means a witty or clever remark, often delivered quickly in conversation.
Quip
This written character of the alphabet is something you might send in the mail.
Letter
This term describes the speed of a piece of music, often indicated in beats per minute.
Tempo
The region around a black hole from which nothing, not even light, can escape.
Event Horizon
Paris, Berlin, Madrid, Sydney
Sydney
In statistics, this term refers to dividing a data set into four equal parts.
Quartiles
This term describes lines that never intersect, no matter how far extended.
Parallel
This American composer wrote the famous film scores for Star Wars, Jurassic Park, and Harry Potter.
John Williams
These spinning lights are known as cosmic timekeepers
Pulsars
January, March, July, November
November
This type of decision requires a minimum number of members present to conduct official business.
Quorum
This third letter of the Greek alphabet is commonly used in science to represent a type of radiation or a correction factor.
Gamma
In music notation, this symbol, known as an accidental, raises a note by one half step.
Sharp
Successor to the James Webb Space Telescope, launched in 1990, this telescope provided some of the clearest images of distant objects.
Hubble Space Telescope