Geography
What is the longest river in South America?
Amazon River
This subatomic particle carries a negative electric charge.
Electron
This country has won the most FIFA World Cup titles in men’s soccer.
Brazil
This HBO series chronicles the rise and fall of a powerful media family led by Logan Roy.
Succession
This ancient civilization built Machu Picchu in the Andes Mountains.
Incan Empire
Where is the deepest point in the world?
This phenomenon explains why light bends when it passes from one medium to another.
Refraction
This athlete holds the record for the most Olympic medals won by a single individual.
Michael Phelps
This MTV music video by Michael Jackson, released in 1983, helped legitimize music videos as a serious art form.
Thriller
This 1215 document limited the power of the English monarchy and influenced modern constitutional law.
Magna Carta
Which mountain range divides Europe and Asia?
Ural Mountains
Name the three bones found in the inner ear.
Hammer, anvil, stirrup
This tennis player is the only one in the Open Era to win each Grand Slam tournament at least twice.
This fashion-focused reality competition series originally launched the careers of designers like Christian Siriano.
Project Runway
This 1979 revolution overthrew the Pahlavi monarchy.
Iranian Revolution
This capital city sits at a higher elevation than any other capital in the world.
La Paz, Bolivia
This point in Earth’s orbit is when the planet is farthest from the Sun.
Aphelion
This NBA team completed a 73–9 regular season in 2015–16, the best record in league history.
This 90s sitcom actor was the first choice to play Neo in The Matrix before the role went to Keanu Reeves.
Will Smith
This ancient Greek city-state was known for its militaristic society and lifelong training of male citizens.
Sparta
This country has the most natural lakes in the world, earning it the nickname “The Land of a Thousand Lakes.”
Finland
This principle states that increasing the temperature of a gas at constant volume increases its pressure.
Gay-Lussac's Law
This country won the first-ever Cricket World Cup in 1975.
This director became the first woman to win the Academy Award for Best Director in 2010.
This Mauryan emperor’s rock and pillar edicts promoted dharma and were inscribed across much of the subcontinent.
Ashoka