What is the center of an atom called?
The Nucleus
Which large amphitheater in Rome was famous for hosting gladiator fights?
The Colosseum
What is the capital city of France?
paris
How many players are on the field for a single team during a standard soccer (football) match?
11
What district is Katniss Everdeen from?
12
Which gas do plants absorb from the atmosphere during photosynthesis?
Carbon Dioxide (CO2)
In which year did the Titanic sink?
1912
Which ocean lies between Africa, Australia, and the southern edge of Asia?
indian ocean
In tennis, what specific word is used to describe a score of zero?
love
Billie Eilish and her brother Finneas won an Oscar for writing the theme song to which famous spy movie franchise?
james bond
In physics, a change in velocity over time is known as what?
Acceleration
Who was the British Prime Minister for most of World War II?
Winston Churchill
What is the term for a narrow strip of land that connects two larger landmasses and separates two bodies of water?
An Isthmus
Which country has won the most FIFA Men's World Cup titles?
brazil
Who directed the epic sci-fi movies Inception, Interstellar, and Oppenheimer?
Christopher Nolan
What is the chemical symbol for the element Potassium?
K
The "Code of Hammurabi," one of the earliest written legal codes, originated in which ancient empire?
Babylonian Empire (or Mesopotamia)
Which European country is bordered by Spain to its east and north, and the Atlantic Ocean to its west and south?
portugal
In cricket, if a batsman is dismissed without scoring a single run, what are they said to have scored?
a duck
What was the name of the iconic, genre-defining 1982 album by Michael Jackson that became the best-selling album of all time?
thriller
What type of cellular division results in four daughter cells, each with half the number of chromosomes of the parent cell?
Meiosis
What was the name of the 19th-century geopolitical rivalry between the British and Russian Empires in Central Asia?
the great game
What is the name of the deepest known point in the Earth's oceans?
Mariana Trench (specifically Challenger Deep)
The "Perfect Game" is a rare achievement in baseball. How many consecutive batters must a pitcher retire to achieve it?
27 batters
Before starting his solo career, Justin Timberlake was the lead singer of which incredibly popular 90s/00s boy band?
NSYNC