MINI JEOPARDY!

Places

100

This is the largest country in the world by land area, spanning 11 time zones.

  Answer: What is Russia?

  CT Pillar: Pattern Recognition

200

This city is split between two continents by the Bosphorus Strait.

  Answer: What is Istanbul?

  CT Pillar: Decomposition

300

This country's flag has changed roughly 26 times, more than any other nation's, reflecting a long history of shifting rule.

  Answer: What is Afghanistan?

  CT Pillar: Algorithm Design

Sports

100

This sport is played on a court with a hoop set 10 feet high.

  Answer: What is Basketball?

  CT Pillar: Abstraction

200

This sport's players use a long-handled mallet to hit a ball while riding horses.

  Answer: What is Polo?

  CT Pillar: Pattern Recognition

300

This sport's scoring system uses the terms "love," "deuce," and "advantage."

  Answer: What is Tennis?

  CT Pillar: Pattern Recognition

Movies

100

This animated film features an animal named Simba who grows up to become king.

  Answer: What is The Lion King?

  CT Pillar: Abstraction

200

This film trilogy follows a hobbit named Frodo on a quest to destroy a powerful ring.

  Answer: What is The Lord of the Rings?

  CT Pillar: Decomposition

300

This 2009 film directed by Rajkumar Hirani, based on Chetan Bhagat’s novel Five Point Someone, became one of the highest-grossing Indian films and is widely praised for its critique of the education system.”

  Answer: What is 3 Idiots?

  CT Pillar: Pattern Recognition

Science

100

This planet is nicknamed the "Red Planet."

  Answer: What is Mars?

  CT Pillar: Pattern Recognition

200

This state of matter has no fixed shape or volume and expands to fill any container it's in.

  Answer: What is a gas?

  CT Pillar: Abstraction

300

This principle states that energy cannot be created or destroyed, only transformed from one form to another.

  Answer: What is the Law of Conservation of Energy?

  CT Pillar: Abstraction

Food

100

This Japanese dish pairs vinegared rice with raw fish.

  Answer: What is sushi?

  CT Pillar: Decomposition

200

This Indian dish is a slow-cooked lentil preparation, often flavored with cumin and turmeric.

  Answer: What is dal?

  CT Pillar: Abstraction

300

This traditional Hyderabadi dish, often called the ‘king of curries,’ is made with tender mutton slow-cooked in yogurt, spices, and ground nuts, and is said to have originated in the kitchens of the Nizams.

What is haleem?