Fun & Games: 8-Bit & Beyond
In Minecraft, what item do you need to combine with a Golden Apple to craft an "Enchanted Golden Apple"?
You can't craft it anymore! (Or: It used to be Blocks of Gold)
What is the name of the fictional superhero team led by Professor Charles Xavier?
the X-Men
Solve the equation: |2x - 5| = 9.
x = 7 or x = -2.
Alice can paint a fence in 4 hours, and Bob can paint the same fence in 4 hours. How long does it take them working together?
2 hours.
In 1928, Alexander Fleming accidentally left a petri dish open, leading to the discovery of this life-saving antibiotic.
It is Penicillin
What iconic video game character was originally named "Jumpman" in his 1981 arcade debut?
Mario
Which planet in our solar system has the most moons confirmed by astronomers?
Saturn
Solve and describe the graph on a number line for: |x + 3| < 5.
-8< x <2 (A closed line segment/interval between -8 and 2).
Pipe A fills a pool in 6 hours, and Pipe B fills it in 3 hours. Working together, how many hours will it take to fill the pool?
2 hours (1/6 + 1/3 = 1/2).
Percy Spencer melted a chocolate bar in his pocket while working on radar technology, leading to the invention of this common kitchen appliance.
Microwave Oven
What company released the Game Boy in 1989?
Nintendo
What is the speed of light in a vacuum (rounded to the nearest million meters per second)?
300,000,000 m/s (or 3 * 10^8 m/s)
Solve the inequality and state the solution: |3x - 1| > 8.
Answer: x > 3 or x < -7/3.
Chef Mario can prepare a banquet in 3 hours alone. With an assistant, they finish in 2 hours. How long would it take the assistant to do it alone?
6 hours (1/2 - 1/3 = 1/6).
In 1816, known as the "Year Without a Summer," a massive volcanic eruption in Indonesia cooled global temperatures. Name the volcano.
Mount Tambora
In The Legend of Zelda, what are the three parts of the Triforce?
Power, Wisdom, and Courage
In the Harry Potter series, what animal represents the Ravenclaw house in the original books?
It is an Eagle (Accept Raven if playing by movie lore, but give bonus points for Eagle!)
Graph or find all critical points and solve for $x$: |x - 2| + |x + 4| = 10.
x = 4 or x = -6.
Plane A flies west at 400 mph. Plane B leaves the same airport 1 hour later flying west at 500 mph. How many hours after Plane B takes off will it catch Plane A?
4 hours (Plane A will have flown for 5 hours = 2000 miles).
This sticky office supply was invented by accident when a scientist at 3M made a weak adhesive instead of a strong one.
Post-it Notes
What famous gaming glitch in the original Civilization game accidentally turned a peaceful historical leader into a nuclear-weapon-wielding aggressor?
Mahatma Gandhi ("Nuclear Gandhi")
What mythical creature is on the national flag of Wales?
It is a Dragon (The Red Dragon / Y Ddraig Goch)
What is the vertex (h, k) of the absolute value function graph y = -2|x - 4| + 3?
(4, 3).
Tank A empties at 5 gallons/min while Tank B, holding 100 gallons, leaks out in 10 minutes. If both start full at 100 gallons, at what minute do they have the same remaining amount?
0 minutes (or never, since Tank B empties twice as fast at 10 gal/min).
Wilhelm Röntgen discovered these invisible rays in 1895 while experimenting with electrical currents, taking the first picture of his wife's hand bones.
X-rays