Sports
Yufei Zhang, Siyi Xie and Qian Yang were 2020 Summer Olympic medal winners of which country?
What is China?
What were the 13 original colonies?
What are New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New York, North Carolina, South Carolina, Connecticut, Maryland, Virgina, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, Georgia?
This fundamental force of nature is responsible for keeping planets in orbit around the sun and objects grounded on Earth.
What is gravity?
This massive marine mammal, known as the largest animal on Earth, feeds primarily on tiny krill despite its enormous size.
What is the blue whale?
These five lakes are collectively known as the Great Lakes
What are Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie, and Superior?
In golf, a double eagle is equal to what?
What is Albatross?
This man was known as the "Universal Ruler"?
Who is Genghis Khan?
This layer of Earth's atmosphere contains the ozone layer and is located above the troposphere.
What is the stratosphere?
This large mammal, known for its antlers, is the largest member of the deer family and is commonly found in northern forests across North America, Europe, and Asia.
What is the moose?
This Great Lake, the shallowest of the five, has an average depth of only 62 feet and is the most prone to freezing over in winter.
Lake Erie?
Who became the first NHL (ice hockey) player to score over 200 points in a single season (1982) and repeated that three more times?
Who is Wayne Gretzky?
This country used to be called Caledonia?
Bonus (600): What color is their flag today?
What is Scotland?
Blue and White
This rare radioactive element, first synthesized in 1940, is named after the scientist who developed the theory of relativity.
What is einsteinium?
This fast-swimming predator, known for its torpedo-shaped body and sharp teeth, is one of the largest species in the mackerel family and is a popular target for sport fishing.
What is the blue fin tuna?
This iron ore freighter sank in Lake Superior during a storm in 1975, inspiring a famous song by Gordon Lightfoot.
What is the Edmund Fitzgerald?
Who became the first female winner of a 'Battle of the Sexes' tennis match when she beat Bobby Riggs (1973)?
Who is Billie Jean King?
This ancient Mesopotamian ruler created one of the world's earliest known legal codes, which emphasized "an eye for an eye."
Who is Hammurabi?
This oceanic zone, also known as the "midnight zone," lies between 1,000 and 4,000 meters below the surface and is characterized by complete darkness and high pressure.
What is the bathyal zone (or bathypelagic zone)?
This rare and elusive wild cat, native to the mountains of Central and South Asia, is known as the "ghost of the mountains" due to its incredible camouflage and solitary nature.
What is the snow leopard?
This Great Lake has the longest retention time, meaning water entering it takes an average of 191 years to flow out.
What is Lake Superior?
Which two college teams make up the "Little Army-Navy Game"?
Norwich University and U.S. Coast Guard Academy
This state’s name is derived from the Dakota Sioux word meaning "sky-tinted water."
What is Minnesota?
This molecule, known as the "blueprint of life," carries the genetic instructions used in the growth, development, functioning, and reproduction of all living organisms.
What is DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid)?
These two species of monotremes are the only mammals that lay eggs?
Bonus (400): What are two famous fictional characters for these animals?
What are the platypus and the echidna?
This phenomenon, which occurs in the Great Lakes during the fall and spring, involves the mixing of surface and deep waters, redistributing nutrients and oxygen throughout the lake.
What is lake turnover?