World Conflicts
What is the name of the Palestinian organization described as a “resistance military organization”?
Hamas
What recent technology allows control of devices by thought alone?
Neuralink
What metallic element has the highest melting point?
Tungsten
What ancient Roman resource was used for laundry due to its ammonia content?
Urine
What natural disaster in Chile resulted in over 112 deaths and widespread evacuation?
Forest Fires
Who took control of Afghanistan again in August 2021?
The Taliban
What ancient remedy uses antibodies extracted from animals bitten by snakes?
Anti-venom
Why can the Eiffel Tower be up to 15 cm taller during the summer?
It is made of iron, which expands when heated
What strange 1518 phenomenon caused people to dance uncontrollably?
the Dancing Plague
What Caribbean country experienced devastating gang violence, leading to a national crisis?
Haiti
What military group from Yemen did Hamas collaborate with to launch attacks on Israel?
Houthi movement
What did the Alabama Supreme Court controversially classify frozen embryos as?
Extrauterine children
Where does most of the oxygen we breathe come from?
Phytoplankton
Who were the Axis powers in WW2?
Germany, Italy, Japan
NASA recently announced a partnership with private companies to build "Orbital Reef," a commercial space station aimed at replacing what?
The International Space Station
Which agreement outlined the withdrawal of U.S. forces from Afghanistan by May 2021?
Doha Agreement
What is xenotransplantation?
Transfer of living cells, tissues, or organs from other animals into humans.
What is the farthest point from any land on Earth, located in the Pacific Ocean?
Point Nemo
What did the unusual tradition called anthropodermic bibliopegy involve?
Binding books in human skin
How much money has violent weather cost the world over the past decade?
$2 trillion
In what year did Yemen's civil war begin?
2014
What sponge-based tool collects cells from the esophagus to detect precancerous changes?
The Cytosponge
What is Vasuki Indicus?
Extinct genus of a snake (largest snake to have ever existed)
What was the world’s shortest war, lasting only 38 minutes?
Anglo-Zanzibar War
What renewable energy material will replace coal in Sweden's green steel plant to reduce carbon emissions?
Hydrogen