Wonders of the World
This South American site, often called the "Lost City of the Incas," is perched high in the Andes.
Machu Picchu?
- Double Dip = Can answer twice if your first answer is wrong.
In 1687, this English scientist published the Principia Mathematica, outlining the laws of motion and gravity.
Isaac Newton
This company released the first iPhone in 2007, revolutionizing smartphones.
Apple
- Bonus = Answer the additional question and get 100 points
This planet is known as the Red Planet.
Mars
He was the first Emperor of Rome and the adopted son of Julius Caesar.
Augustus
- Double Points
This ancient wonder was a giant statue of the sun god Helios that stood in the harbor of Rhodes.
Colossus of Rhodes
In 1928, Alexander Fleming discovered this life-saving mold quite by accident.
penicillin
- Super Swap = Swap scores with any other team.
This invention by Tim Berners-Lee in 1989 became the foundation for the World Wide Web.
HTTP
The Great Wall of China was primarily built to protect against invasions from this group.
Mongols
- Double Points
This medieval document, signed in 1215, limited the power of the English king.
Magna Carta
This wonder, once found in Babylon, may have been purely mythical and featured terraced greenery.
Hanging Gardens of Babylon
- Category Swap = Change the current category to one of your choice (from the board).
This element, discovered in 1898 by Marie and Pierre Curie, glows in the dark due to its radioactivity.
radium
Known as the "father of the computer," he conceptualized the Analytical Engine in the 1830s.
Charles Babbage
- Bomb = ALL TEAMS RETURN TO 0
This element’s chemical symbol is “Au.”
The French Revolution began in this year, marked by the storming of the Bastille.
1789
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Christ the Redeemer, a modern world wonder, overlooks in which City?
Rio de Janeiro
This astronomer confirmed heliocentrism, challenging Church doctrine, and was tried by the Inquisition.
Galileo Galilei
- Sniper Steal = If another team answers incorrectly, you can immediately buzz in and steal the question.
This type of computer memory, first introduced in the 1960s, is volatile and loses data when power is turned off.
RAM
The capital city of Australia.
Canberry
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This empire, ruled by Genghis Khan, became the largest contiguous land empire in history.
Mongol Empire
Located in Jordan, this rose-red city was carved into rock and served as a Nabataean capital.
Petra
-Shield = Avoid losing points if your answer is incorrect.
This 1905 theory revolutionized physics by introducing the concepts of space-time and mass-energy equivalence.
theory of relativity
- Bonus - Answer the additional Question and get 100 points
Founded in 1998 by Larry Page and Sergey Brin, this company’s search engine dominates the web with over 90% global market share.
- MINUS THE RIVAL/S = Give minus 200 to any teams
This language has the most native speakers worldwide.
Mandarin
This treaty ended World War I and placed heavy reparations on Germany.
Treaty of Versailles
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