World History
This empire, ruled by Genghis Khan, became the largest contiguous empire in history.
Mongol Empire
The process by which plants convert sunlight into energy.
photosynthesis
This Shakespearean tragedy features the famous quote, "To be or not to be."
Hamlet
What kind of band doesn't play music?
A rubber band
The longest river in the world.
Nile River
The Cold War was primarily a conflict between these two global superpowers.
The United States and the Soviet Union
The periodic table is organized by this atomic characteristic.
atomic number
This novel follows a young girl as she navigates issues of racism and justice in the American South.
To Kill a Mockingbird
You're escaping a maze, and there are three exits. Exit A leads to an inferno. Exit B leads to an assassin. Exit C leads to a lion that hasn't eaten in 3 years. Which exit do you pick?
C. If a lion hasn't eaten in 3 years, it has already starved to death
This city is home to the Colosseum.
This treaty ended World War I and imposed heavy reparations on Germany.
Treaty of Versailles
This is the only planet in the solar system that rotates on its side.
Uranus
This dystopian novel by George Orwell introduced the concept of "Big Brother."
1984
A man stands on one side of a river, his dog on the other. The man calls his dog, who immediately crosses the river without getting wet and without using a bridge or a boat. How did the dog do it?
The river was frozen
The only continent that is also a country.
Australia
The Hundred Years’ War was fought between these two countries.
England and France
This is the only metal that is liquid at room temperature.
Mercury
This Norse god is known as the Allfather and ruler of Asgard.
Odin
left my campsite and hiked south for 3 miles. Then, I turned east and hiked for 3 miles. I then turned north and hiked for 3 miles, at which time I came upon a bear inside my tent eating my food! What color was the bear?
White, since the only place you can do that is the North Pole, and polar bears are the only kind of bears that live there.
The deepest point in the world's oceans, located in the Pacific.
The Mariana Trench
This ancient civilization, known for its step pyramids and complex calendar, inhabited present-day Mexico and Central America.
Maya civilization
The Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle is a fundamental concept in this branch of physics.
quantum mechanics
This famous epic poem by Homer tells the story of Odysseus's journey home after the Trojan War.
The Oddessy
Four cars come to a four-way stop, all coming from a different direction. They can't decide who got there first, so they all go forward at the same time. They do not crash into each other, but all four cars go. How is this possible?
They all made right-hand turns.
The only U.S. state with a one-syllable name
Maine