Science
This alkali element is the lightest metal.
What is Lithium?
Louis Armstrong was famous for playing this instrument.
What is the trumpet?
This trading port colony was initially leased to the Portuguese in 1557 by the Ming Emperor of China.
What is Macau?
This modern nation of snaggletoothed tea-chuggers once ruled an empire on which the sun "never set."
What is the United Kingdom (of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)?
This whale is known for its enormous spiraled tusk, which can grow to 3 meters in length.
What is a Narwhal?
This is the unit that describes an electric charge.
What is a Coloumb?
What is 17?
This intrepid young general repeated Hannibal's bold crossing of the Alps on his way to the Battle of Marengo in 1800.
Who is Napoleon Bonaparte?
This Early-Christian nation is the only one on its home continent that was never colonized.
What is Ethiopia?
Dooly doot-doot!
This Canadian journalist is known for his interviews with celebrities and musicians, often exposing forgotten information or close-kept secrets.
Who is Nardwuar?
When electrically excited, this noble gas emits a light that is purple or bluish in color.
What is Argon?
This instrument's original name was the "sackbut."
What is the trombone?
This French philosopher created the (x,y) coordinate system that now bears his name.
Who is Rene Descartes?
This city is the northernmost capital city in the world.
What is Reykjavik?
This revolting "drink" is comprised of gin, Campari, and sweet vermouth.
What is a Negroni?
The meter is defined as the distance light travels within this many vibrations of a Cesium atom, rounded to the nearest whole number. Will accept +/- 10.
What is 31.
This mournful religious tune was the last song played by the band on the RMS Titanic as it sank.
What is "Nearer My God to Thee?"
With construction starting ~122 AD, this 73 mile long structure was built to prevent the Picts from attacking south into Roman territory.
What is Hadrian's Wall?
This city is the lowest elevation capital of any country in the world. Will also accept the name of the country.
What is Baku, Azerbaijan?
This Biblical king of Babylon demanded the Hebrew prophet Daniel interpret the writing left by a ghostly hand upon his wall.
Who was Nebuchudnezzar?
The 1905 discovery of this "effect" led to Albert Einstein's only Nobel Prize in 1921.
What is the Photoelectric Effect?
The lyrics of this popular African American spiritual were written by English slave trader John Newton when he heard the Africans chained in the hull of his ship humming a mournful song.
What is "Amazing Grace?"
This notoriously corrupt American president was made infamous after his death when it was revealed his administration sold oil rights to private companies on land designated for the US Navy.
Who was Warren G. Harding?
This river runs through more countries than any other in the world.
What is the Danube River?
This chemical fumigant extracted from coal tar is the active ingredient in mothballs.
What is naphthalene?