Rocks & Minerals
Type of rock formed by the cooling of lava/magma
What is igneous rock?
Most valuable car company/brand in the world (by market cap) as of January 1, 2024
What is Tesla Inc.?
The date the Declaration of Independence was signed
What is July 4, 1776?
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What is Symphony No. 5 — Beethoven?
2 most abundant minerals in the Earth’s crust
What are quartz and feldspar?
Best-selling car in the world in 2022
What is Toyota Corolla?
He was Macedonian and conquered much of Greece and Persia, spreading Hellenistic culture
Who was Alexander the Great?
The hottest stars are in this category of the Harvard classification system
What are O stars?
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What is Swan Lake — Tchaikovsky?
Hardest mineral according to the Mohs’ Scale
What is Diamond?
Oldest car company in the world
What is Peugeot?
The founder of Buddhism, more commonly known as the Buddha (give his original name)
Who was Siddhartha Gautama?
Nearest galaxy to the Milky Way Galaxy
What is the Andromeda Galaxy?
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What is Arabesque No. 1 — Debussy?
Metamorphism of schist produces this rock
What is gneiss?
Most expensive car model in the world
What is Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR Uhlenhaut Coupé?
This treaty was enacted at the end of World War I
What was the Treaty of Versailles?
The rule that says white dwarfs can have a maximum mass of 1.4 solar masses
What is the Chandrasekhar Limit?
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What is Ride of the Valkyries — Wagner?
The 5 characteristics of minerals
What are naturally occurring, inorganic, solid, definite chemical composition, and crystal structure?
This car brand started as a tractor brand
What is Lamborghini?
He and Juan Sebastián Elcano successfully circumnavigated the world for the first time in history
Who was Ferdinand Magellan?
The formula for Newton’s law of universal gravitation
What is Gm1m2/r2?
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What is Also Sprach Zarathustra — R. Strauss?