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What is the name of the giant volcano on Mars that is the tallest mountain in the solar system
Olympus Mons (It is about three times the height of Mount Everest)
What is the fastest land mammal in the world, capable of reaching speeds up to 70 miles per hour (112 km/h) in short bursts
Cheetah
Which country is both a single continent and the largest island nation in the world
In biology, what is the famous nickname given to the mitochondria because of its role in generating energy for the cell
The powerhouse of the cell
Which famous 10th-century Viking king, known for unifying Scandinavian tribes, is the direct inspiration behind the name and the logo of modern 'Bluetooth' wireless technology
Harald Blåtand
what is the astronomical term for the stretching of an object as it falls into a black hole
Spaghettification or the tidal effect
Due to their unique heavy bone structure and leg anatomy, elephants are the only land mammals on Earth that are completely unable to perform what basic physical movement
Jump
what is the name of the largest river in the world
The amazon river
True or False: Sound travels faster through water than it does through the air
True
Which Roman dictator accidentally burned down the famous Library of Alexandria during a military campaign in 48 BC
Julius Caesar
Jupiter's Great Red Spot is a famous feature of our solar system but what exactly is it and how long has it been active
It is a giant hurricane and it has been raging for at least 150 to 400 years
Which colorful ocean crustacean is famous for delivering an underwater punch with the speed and force of a bullet, capable of shattering aquarium glass and smashing open heavy crab shells
Mantis shrimp
What is the name of the deepest known point in the Earth's oceans, located in the Pacific Ocean
The Mariana Trench (specifically the challengers deep)
What is the only metal element on the Periodic Table that remains a liquid at standard room temperature
Mercury (Hg)
In 1932, which country's military officially declared 'war' on a population of emus—and famously lost to the birds
Australia
out of the 3 interstellar visitors we've had which one came the closest to hitting earth
1I/'Oumuamua
What is the common name of the unique marine creature that is capable of reverting its cells back to their earliest childhood form, effectively allowing it to live forever
The Immortal Jellyfish or Turritopsis dohrnii
There are only three countries in the world that are completely surrounded by the territory of another single country. Name two of them
Lesotho, San Marino, or Vatican City
When certain materials are cooled to temperatures close to absolute zero, they completely lose all electrical resistance and expel magnetic fields, allowing objects to levitate above them. What is the name of this quantum phenomenon
Superconductivity or the Meissner Effect
What distinct facial feature is the Mona Lisa famously missing, which digital scans proved Leonardo da Vinci originally painted on her
Eye lashes
What are the 3 standard conditions required for a magnetar to form
you will get 500 points for each correct answer
1. it has to be 10 to 25 times the mass of our sun
2. the iron core must spin extremely fast as the core shrinks from thousands of kilometers wide to just 19 kilometers wide
3. Violent churning inside the newborn star, combined with the fast spin creates a "dynamo effect" that supercharges the magnetic field
When a Horned Lizard is threatened by a predator like a coyote, what terrifying and bizarre defense mechanism does it use from its eyes
It can shoot streams of foul-tasting blood from its eyes
Which country is the only nation in the world to have three official capital cities, dividing its government branches between them
bonus points for the capitals aswell
South Africa (The capitals are Cape Town, Pretoria, and Bloemfontein)
Noble gases are famously known for being completely unreactive, but in 1962, scientists proved this wrong by creating the first-ever stable chemical compound using a noble gas. Which element was it
Xenon
What is famous about the 'Three Hundred and Thirty-Five Years' War' fought between the Netherlands and the Isles of Scilly
Nobody died