Movies
Christopher Nolan directed the current popular movie Oppenheimer. He has directed other movies as well. What series did he make into movies? (He made 3 movies of the series)
Batman
Batman Begins, The Dark Knight, The Dark Knight Rises.
Most rivers flow north to south however this is one river that flows south to north. What is this river?
The Nile river
When I get my degree in 2025, what will my transcript say my degree is in? (This includes any minors I am getting)
Materials Science and Engineering with a minor in Nuclear Engineering
The US was quiet during the war for a long time due to internal turmoil. When the US got attacked, they decided its time to get involved. Who attacked the US and where?
Japan bombing on Pearl Harbor
Longest without water
18 days
Hopefully we all know who The Rock is and I do not need to write a description of him, so I won't. However, despite his appearance, he has starred in a few Disney movies. How many DISNEY movies did he star in?
4
The Game Plan as Joe Kingman, Race to Witch Mountain as Jack Bruno, Moana voicing Maui, and Jungle Cruise as Frank Wolff
Back in my day, using the elements hydrogen, nitrogen, helium, sulfur, oxygen, carbon, ect. were used in my calculation of chemistry class. The most common ones where hydrogen, carbon, and oxygen. What is the atomic number on carbon OR oxygen?
C - 6
O - 8
COVID-19 effect the world greatly with many deaths and unemployment rates increasing. What job got effected the most because of COVID?
Leisure and Hospitality (-48.6% according to Bureau of Labor Statistics)
WWII started on Sep. 3rd 1939 when GB and France declared war on Germany. What did Germany do to start the war?
Germany invasion of Poland
Longest without food
382 days
Seeing Mission Impossible 7 today we should realize Tom Cruise stars in every Mission Impossible movie. He is not the only person to do this in the series. Who else stars in all 7 movies?
Ving Rhames and Simon Pegg
F = ma is a simple equation we know even without knowing it was Newton's second law. Because it is Newton's law the unit "N" was used. What does "N" actually equal to in SI units? (Ex: psi (pound per square in) = lb/in^2)
1 kg * m * s^-2
As of January 2021, Spotify has a total of 345 million listeners. Spotify is a worldwide music streaming source. At the end of 2020, what category of music was the most popular?
Pop - 33.85%
Hip-hop - 21.87%
R&B - 11.96%
Name the axis and the allied powers.
Axis powers - Germany, Italy, Japan
Allied - Great Britain, USA, Soviet Union
Longest without sleep
19 days or 453 hours and 40 min
I know everyone here has seen the first Pokémon movie since us kids watched it while we were young and even re-watched it. As a short recap of before the end, every trainer's Pokémon is fighting with its respective clone on the island. Explain what happens for the rest of the movie.
Horrified at the pain and anguish felt on both sides of the battle, Ash puts himself in between a psychic blast caused by Mewtwo and Mew's fighting, leading to Ash to become stone. Pikachu tries to revive Ash with its electricity but fails. However, the tears of the Pokémon are able to heal and revive Ash. Moved by Ash's sacrifice, Mewtwo realizes that he should not have to be judged by his origins but rather his choices in life. Departing with Mew and the clones, Mewtwo turns back time to just before the trainers leave Old Shore Wharf, and erases everyone's memories of the event.
Ancient China invented the first type of paper helping us evolve it to the point we have now. But since this is the science column I can't give you a question asking who invented paper. So, what type of bark was used to make the first paper in China made by Lei-Yang?
Riley and Huey
Germany had a unique way of fighting during the war called Blitzkreig. Explain what Blitzkreig is.
Quick, Coordinated attacks.
Longest attack of hiccups
68 years
Barbra Streisand has won the most golden globes current holding a total of 10. In second place, with 9 globes, two actors share the spot. Who are these actors?
Tom Hanks and Meryl Streep
Humans have been around for a very very very long time colonizing and evolving as time goes on. We do have a lifespan of 70-75 years old so death will come eventually. What is the leading cause of death in the world currently according to The World Heath Organization and the CDC?
Heart Disease (Ischaemic Heart Disease)
With how much alcohol is downstairs, the amount of wine drank from mom, and the going out Cesean does, you should all know some basic science behind what you are putting into you body. What is the -anol in drinking alcohol and what is it's compound?
Ethanol and C2H6O
Right before the war was starting, there were two countries in conflict with each other both effecting their performace in WWII. What are these two countries?
Japan and China
Longest sneezing fit
976 days