Games We Play
What game involves capturing your opponent’s king?
Chess
What was the capital of the Byzantine Empire?
Constantinople
Which city is the capital of Japan?
Tokyo
What is the name of the process by which plants convert light energy into chemical energy?
Photosynthesis
What does “CPU” stand for?
Central Processing Unit
What is the name of the Italian plumber protagonist in Super Mario Bros.?
Mario
Who was the Byzantine emperor during the construction of the Hagia Sophia?
Justinian I
What is the capital of Australia?
Canberra
What is the term for the amount of matter in an object, which is often confused with weight?
Mass
In computer networking, what does the acronym “DNS” stand for?
Domain Name System
What is the name of the fictional continent where the game Risk begins?
There isn’t one; Risk uses the real-world continents.
Which legal code did Justinian I commission?
The Corpus Juris Civilis (Body of Civil Law)
What is the capital of Jordan?
Amman
Which element, with the atomic number 92, is used as fuel in nuclear reactors?
Uranium
What is the name of the open-source operating system with a penguin mascot?
Linux
Which card game uses terms like “full house,” “call,” and “raise”?
Poker
What significant battle in 1071 weakened the Byzantine Empire, leading to the loss of Anatolia?
The Battle of Manzikert
DAILY DOUBLE
only one team plays
a bet is wagered on a random question
Who is known as the father of modern physics for developing the theory of relativity?
Albert Einstein
What does the acronym “HTTP” stand for?
Hypertext Transfer Protocol
In Dark Souls, what is the name of the first boss you encounter in the Undead Asylum?
Asylum Demon
Which general reconquered much of the former Western Roman Empire for Byzantium under Justinian I?
Belisarius
Which Central Asian country’s capital is Tashkent?
Uzbekistan
What particle, discovered in 2012 at CERN, is sometimes called the “God particle”?
The Higgs boson
In cryptography, what is the name of the algorithm that forms the basis of Bitcoin’s proof-of-work?
SHA-256