Frog Dissection Day
This organelle is the powerhouse of the cell.
Mitochondrion
This is the largest bone in the body.
Femur
An object in motion stays in motion unless acted on by what?
Outside force
This musical instrument was first made famous in Greece but now has a cousin that was brought into Irish folk music.
Bouzouki
Which deity is considered the 'Creator god' in Hinduism?
a) Shiva
b) Brahma
c) Saraswati
d) Kali
b) Brahma
This Augustinian friar is considered the father of genetics from his experiments with pea plants.
Gregor Mendel
This organ produces insulin every time you eat that extra sugar cookie.
Pancreas
If pressure applied remains the same and temperature increases, what will happen to the volume of a substance?
a) Decrease
b) Increase
c) Remain constant
d) Implode
b) Volume will increase.
This musical concept, from Latin for "eighth", has been referred to as the "basic miracle of music" and allows all people to sing the same songs.
Octave
Which of these is not one of the Five Pillars of Islam?
a) Fasting
b) Almsgiving
c) Prayer
d) Contemplation
d) Contemplation
The Five Pillars are declaration of faith, fasting, almsgiving, prayer, and pilgrimage to Mecca.
Which cell part directs and coordinates the activity of the entire cell?
The average adult human body has approximately this many liters of blood.
5
The oil drop experiment was performed by Robert A. Millikan and Harvey Fletcher in 1909 to measure the charge of which subatomic particle?
Electron
Its charge is negative.
This 20th-century Russian composer and pianist could've doubled as an NBA star at 6'6".
Sergei Rachmaninoff
According to the Roman Catholic Church, which alleged Marian apparition in 1917 to three Portuguese children is said to have predicted the fall of the Romanov royal family and the rise of the Soviet Union?
a) Our Lady of Fátima
b) Our Lady of Lourdes, or 'The Immaculate Conception'
c) Our Lady of Guadalupe
d) Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal
a) Our Lady of Fátima
What natural phenomenon did Charles Darwin first identify in the Galapagos Islands?
Genetic mutation and adaptation
This respiratory disease, common in long-term smokers, causes air to be trapped in the lungs because of tissue inflammation and breakdown.
Emphysema
The hydrogen produces a flood of radiation including a large number of which subatomic particle?
Neutrons
Like the atomic bomb, the hydrogen bomb was also tested at Bikini Atoll (later -- in 1954).
This "lofty" male vocal type had fallen out of favor after the Baroque era but has regained popularity in 21st century opera.
Countertenor
What year is traditionally cited as the official major split within Christendom, leaving the Roman patriarch mutually excommunicated from the other four ancient Christian patriarchates?
a) 976
b) 1054
c) 1168
d) 1205
b) 1054
While the divide grew organically over multiple decades with multiple factors weighing in, the official excommunication came in 1054, now called 'The Great Schism.'
What substance found in plant cells is required for photosynthesis?
Chlorophyll
If you are a physician on Grey's Anatomy, you've likely talked about this blood pooling between the brain and its outermost covering.
Subdural hematoma
Which accidentally developed paint took the world by storm in 2019 for being the blackest black known to humankind, absorbing up to 99.964% of light striking it?
Vantablack (Vanta Black)
MIT discovered this by accident while trying to grow carbon nanotubes on a sheet of aluminum foil. It is currently illegal for a civilian to purchase vantablack.
In ancient Christian music, this term refers to a late night devotion accompanied by chanted prayers and sung psalms to mark feast days.
Vigil
Rachmaninoff wrote the now-famous "All-Night Vigil" in the musical tradition of the Russian Orthodox Church and is now a popular selection for many professional and collegiate choirs.
This 8th-century Buddhist text, "Liberation Through Hearing During the Intermediate State," gained popularity in the West in the 1960s as an aid for using LSD and was promoted by researchers who took part in the Harvard Psilocybin Project.
The Tibetan Book of the Dead, or Bardo Thadol