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Five interlocking colored rings make up the symbol of this international sporting event.
What is the Olympics?
This streaming service is famous for the hit sci-fi series Stranger Things and Wednesday Addams' spinoff Wednesday.
What is Netflix
He served as the commander of the Continental Army and was unanimously elected as the first President of the United States.
Who is George Washington?
Classified as a G-type main-sequence star, this is the closest star to the planet Earth.
What is the Sun?
Spanning across eleven time zones, this is the largest country in the world by land area.
What is Russia?
Due to trace amounts of chromium, this is the characteristic primary color of a precious emerald gemstone.
What is green?
Dubbed the "King of Pop," this artist released the 1982 album Thriller, which remains the best-selling album of all time.
Who is Michael Jackson?
In bowling, rolling three consecutive strikes is known by this avian term.
What is a turkey?
He kicked off the Marvel Cinematic Universe by playing billionaire Tony Stark in 2008's Iron Man.
Who is Robert Downey Jr.?
This ancient civilization flourished along the Nile and built the iconic Great Pyramid of Giza.
Who were the Ancient Egyptians?
A standard molecule of water ($H_2O$) is made of two atoms of Hydrogen and one atom of this element.
What is Oxygen?
This famous river flows north through northeastern Africa and is widely considered the longest river in the world.
What is the Nile?
Because an extra day is added to the month of February, this is the total number of days in a leap year.
What is 366?
Who is Michael Jackson?
Who are The Beatles?
This active NBA player is nicknamed "The King" and became the league's all-time leading scorer.
Who is LeBron James?
This fictional fantasy continent is the primary setting for the Game of Thrones series.
What is Westeros?
Following the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, World War II officially ended in this calendar year.
What is 1945?
This fourth planet from the sun gets its distinct reddish hue from iron oxide (rust) on its surface.
What is Mars?
Located near the Giza pyramid complex, Cairo is the capital city of this nation.
What is Egypt?
Chosen as a symbol of purity and strength, this mythical horned creature has been the official national animal of Scotland since the 14th century.
What is the unicorn?
A standard version of this keyboard instrument features exactly 88 keys and is uniquely classified as both a string and percussion instrument.
What is the Piano?
This is the specific number of holes on a standard, full-size regulation golf course.
What is 18?
This pop icon's historic stadium tour, spanning over 150 shows across five continents, is titled "The Eras Tour."
Who is Taylor Swift?
This brilliant French military leader seized power during the French Revolution and crowned himself Emperor in 1804.
Who is Napoleon Bonaparte?
This theoretical physicist developed the famous equation $E=mc^2$ as part of his Theory of Relativity.
Who is Albert Einstein?
This massive mountain range stretches along the western coast of South America and is the longest continental range on Earth
What are the Andes?
To be traditionally prepared, this popular Mexican dip requires mashing up this specific pear-shaped, green-fleshed fruit.
What is an avocado?
This Italian Baroque composer and violin virtuoso is best known for his four-violin-concerto masterpiece, The Four Seasons.
Who is Antonio Vivaldi?
This South American country hosted and won the first-ever FIFA World Cup in 1930.
What is Uruguay?
Hitmen Vincent Vega and Jules Winnfield are characters in this acclaimed 1994 Quentin Tarantino film.
What is Pulp Fiction?
Signed by King John at Runnymede in 1215, this historic document established the principle that everyone, including the king, is subject to the law.
What is the Magna Carta?
This specialized membrane-bound organelle is famously referred to as the "powerhouse of the cell" because it generates ATP.
What is the mitochondrion? (or mitochondria)
This European capital city is famously divided by the Danube River into two historic sections: "Buda" and "Pest."
What is Budapest?
Founded in Paris in 1854, this French luxury fashion house is world-famous for its interlocking two letter monogram.
What is Louis Vuitton?
This pop icon won widespread acclaim for her 2016 visual album Lemonade, which explored themes of race, feminism, and infidelity.
Who is Beyoncé?
He is the only player in NHL history to score over 2,000 career points, earning him the nickname "The Great One."
Who is Wayne Gretzky?
This deep-voiced actor famously voiced both Darth Vader in Star Wars and Mufasa in Disney's The Lion King.
Who is James Earl Jones?
World War I was triggered by the 1914 assassination of this Archduke of Austria in Sarajevo.
Who is Franz Ferdinand?
Possessing elongated fingers webbed with a thin membrane, this is the only mammal capable of true, sustained, flapping flight.
What is a bat?
Enclaved entirely within the city of Rome, this is the smallest independent country in the world by both area and population
What is Vatican City?
Low moisture content and high acidity make this sweet food substance the only natural edible product that never spoils and can keep indefinitely.
What is honey?
Characterized by swing notes, syncopation, and heavy improvisation, this music genre originated in communities of New Orleans in the late 19th century.
What is Jazz?
This female tennis legend won 23 Grand Slam singles titles in the Open Era, the most by any player.
Who is Serena Williams?
Originally premiering as shorts on The Tracey Ullman Show, this animated series holds the record for the longest-running American sitcom.
What are The Simpsons?
One of the earliest legal codes in history, the Code of Hammurabi belonged to this ancient Mesopotamian empire.
What is the Babylonian Empire?
This noble gas is the second-lightest and second-most abundant element in the observable universe, right after hydrogen.
What is Helium?
Comprising over 17,000 islands, this Southeast Asian country is the world's largest island nation.
What is Indonesia?
This 9-letter word describes a word, phrase, or sequence of numbers that reads the same backward as it does forward.
What is a palindrome?
This German composer wrote timeless works like the Moonlight Sonata and his Ninth Symphony while progressively losing his hearing.
Who is Ludwig van Beethoven?
In 1954, this British athlete and neurologist became the first person to run a mile in under 4 minutes.
Who is Roger Bannister?
This acclaimed 2021 Netflix animated series, based on the lore of the video game League of Legends, won four Emmy Awards and features a soundtrack by Imagine Dragons
What is Arcane?
Fought from 1853 to 1856, this conflict pitted Russia against an alliance of France, Britain, and the Ottoman Empire, and featured the famous "Charge of the Light Brigade."
What is the Crimean War?
Ranging from 0 to 14, this logarithmic scale is used to specify the acidity or basicity of an aqueous solution.
What is the pH scale?
Bordered by Guatemala and Honduras, this is the only Central American country without a coastline on the Caribbean Sea.
What is El Salvador?
this is both the longest and strongest bone in the human body.
What is the femur?
This 1970s Swedish pop group's name is a palindrome acronym formed by the first names of its four members: Agnetha, Björn, Benny, and Anni-Frid.
double points if you can name the most famous song by this group*
Who is ABBA? (Dancing Queen)
This MLB franchise was originally known as the Colt .45s before changing their name in 1965 when they moved into the Astrodome.
Who are the Houston Astros?
This HBO satirical drama series about the ultra-wealthy Roy family and their media empire concluded its run in 2023, dominating internet meme culture and sweeping the Emmys.
What is Succession?
Ruling from 1368 to 1644, this Chinese dynasty constructed the vast majority of the existing stone structures of the Great Wall of China.
What is the Ming Dynasty?
Absolute zero—the theoretical temperature at which all molecular motion stops—is defined as exactly this value on the Kelvin scale.
What is 0 Kelvin? (or zero Kelvin)
Chosen as a compromise between rivals Sydney and Melbourne, this is the actual capital city of Australia.
What is Canberra?
While a group of crows is a "murder," a gathering of these bright wading birds is known as a "flamboyance."
What are flamingos?
This legendary guitarist famously closed out the 1969 Woodstock festival with a controversial, distorted, psychedelic rendition of "The Star-Spangled Banner."
Who is Jimi Hendrix?
Thanks to their dominance in cross-country skiing and speed skating, this European country has won the most total medals in Winter Olympic history.
What is Norway?
This indie entertainment company has become a favorite of younger film buffs, producing internet-breaking hits like Midsommar, Euphoria, and the Oscar-sweeping Everything Everywhere All at Once.
What is A24?
Along with Licinius, this Roman Emperor legalised Christianity across the Roman Empire by issuing the Edict of Milan in 313 AD.
Who is Constantine the Great? (or Constantine I)
Overcoming the electromagnetic repulsion between protons, this fundamental force of nature holds atomic nuclei together.
What is the strong nuclear force? (or the strong force)
Because the Earth bulges at the equator, the peak of Mount Chimborazo in this South American country is the closest point on Earth to space.
What is Ecuador?
In 1983, this tech company introduced the world's first commercial handheld mobile phone, the DynaTAC 8000X, which weighed almost 2 pounds.
What is Motorola?
This producer and solo artist, who goes by a single name, is the older brother of Billie Eilish and has co-written and produced almost all of her Grammy-winning hits.
Who is Finneas? (Accept Finneas O'Connell)