Historical Landmarks
What is the name of the U.K. palace considered to be the full-time home of the Queen?
Buckingham Palace
These simple molecules form the basis of all proteins
What are amino acids?
This prestigious school was the first ever university in the US
Harvard
Where was the first Olympics held
Athens, Greece
Who is credited with the invention of the telephone?
Alexander Graham Bell
Which of the original Seven Wonders of the World, from 2nd Century BCE, is still standing?
The Great Pyramid
An autotroph
It opened 142 years ago as an all male military school…now GO AGGIES
Texas A&M
Which country has hosted the most Olympic Games?
Answer: United States
US
Who wrote the famous novel To Kill a Mockingbird
Harper Lee
A prehistoric megalithic structure on Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire, England. It consists of an outer ring of vertical standing stones, each 13 feet high, seven feet wide, and weighing around 25 tons, topped by connecting horizontal stones.
Stonehenge
The process by which water moves through the cell membrane to balance out a high concentration of solutes.
Osmosis
This city in America has the most colleges at 308
Los Angeles
The Olympics were first held to honor which Greek god?
Zeus
What chemical element has the symbol “Pt” on the periodic table
Platinum
Which famous waterfall lies on the border between Argentina and Brazil and is one of the most spectacular waterfalls in the world?
Iguazú Falls
6CO2 + 6H2O —> C6H12O6 + 6O2
What is photosynthesis?
How many IVY league colleges are there?
8
What prize was given to winners of the Olympics in ancient Greece?
Olive branch crown
What are the names of Homer’s daughters in The Simpsons
Lisa and Maggie
The Taj Mahal in India was built as a mausoleum for the wife of Shah Jahan, who was then the Mughal Emperor. But where in India would you find the Taj Mahal?
Agra District
This process produces four genetically unique cells, each with half the number of chromosomes as in the parent
What is meiosis?
This college was the first to ever admit a woman
Oberlin College
Simone Biles has won how many olympic medals?
7
What is the joule a unit of?
Energy