Russian and Soviet History
Who invented communism?
Skin
One gigabyte is equal to how many megabytes?
1000
What variety of quartz, with chemical formula SiO2, is pink?
Rose Quartz
What is an extreme and often irrational fear of something called in psychology?
What was Stalin's real name?
ИосеB Виссарионович Джугашвили
What is the normal heartbeat of a human?
100 beats/minute
What extremely popular video game was invented by Russian programmer Алексей Пажитнов?
Tetris
What type of rock is formed by the accumulation of mineral at the Earth’s surface?
Sedimentary
How many racing lanes are in an Olympic swimming pool, excluding practice and warm-up lanes?
8
What was Lenin's real name?
Владимир Ильич Ульянов
Where is the smallest bone in your body is located?
Ear
What is the name of the online auction company founded in 1955 by Pierre Omidyar?
What is the name of the geological feature that forms after a collapse of land following a volcanic eruption?
Caladera
In 1997, David Wolf became the first American to vote from where?
Outer space
How old was Tsar Nicholas' wife when she died?
46 years old
What does the gallbladder do?
It stores and concentrates bile from the liver
What expensive virtual item was created anonymously under the pseudonym Satoshi Nakamoto?
Bitcoin
Which 2 elements make up rubies?
Aluminum and Oxygen
What is a gigaannum?
A billion years
When did Иван Грозный rule?
1533-1584 CE
What is the smallest organ in your body and where is it located?
The pineal gland in the brain
Biotech that exists on a scale of one billionth of a meter is called...
nanobiotechnology
What is a deposit of clay, silt, sand, and gravel left by flowing streams in a river valley called?
Alluvium
Books about what topic always have a Dewey Decimal system number that starts with a 2?
Religion