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This document established the first form of government for the United States before the Constitution
the Articles of Confederation
This equation explains mass-energy equivalence
E=mc²
This part of speech describes a noun or pronoun
adjective
This city was famously buried by the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius
Pompeii
the atomic number of carbon
6
the green pigment in plants that absorbs sunlight for photosynthesis
chlorophyll
The only even prime number
2
a triangle with all three sides of different lengths
scalene
This Norse trickster god once gave birth to an eight-legged horse.
Loki
What's the name of the Bucee's guy on Kill Tony?
Enrique Chacon
This type of microorganism is neither plant nor animal but can photosynthesize and often blooms in water.
algae
land bridge that connected Asia and North America during the last ice age.
Beringia
This defunct U.S. project allegedly investigated psychic powers for military use.
Stargate
This Sony device changed how people listened to music on the go, decades before the iPod.
Walkman
This Old English epic poem features a hero who battles Grendel and a dragon
Beowulf
In the equation y = mx + b, which letter represents the slope
m
This element, with atomic number 74, is a heavy metal used extensively in electronics and as a radiation shield.
tungsten
This French astrologer published Les Prophéties in 1555, filled with vague, poetic predictions.
Nostradamus
a form of ritual suicide by disembowelment that was practiced by samurai in feudal Japan
Seppuku or Harakiri
name for a polygon with 10 sides
decagon
This term refers to the part of the brain responsible for processing visual information.
This term describes the psychological phenomenon where individuals conform to group opinions even when they are incorrect.
groupthink
This English document, signed in 1215, limited the power of the king and is considered a precursor to modern democracy
the Magna Carta
This is the term for the distance between two musical pitches
interval
This horror writer is famous for works such as "The Call of Cthulhu"
H.P. Lovecraft
an ancient symbol depicting a serpent or dragon eating its own tail, forming a circle
Ouroboros
This battle in 1815 marked the final defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte.
The Battle of Waterloo
DAILY DOUBLE
This author created the detective Sherlock Holmes
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Coined by psychologist Carl Jung, this term refers to recurring symbols shared across cultures — like the hero, the shadow, or the mother.
archetype
Name 2 out of the 3 flags that have a two-headed eagle on them
Serbia, Albania, Montenegro
This 14th-century book by Dante details a journey through Hell, Purgatory, and Heaven.
The Divine Comedy
This North African city-state rivaled Rome until its destruction in 146 BCE.
Carthage
This novel opens with the line: “Call me Ishmael.”
Moby Dick
the term for a narrow strip of land connecting two larger land areas, often with water on both sides
isthmus
Name a country other than Wales that has a dragon on their flag.
Bhutan or Malta
This irrational number, often confused with pi, is roughly 1.618 and shows up in art, nature, and architecture.
Golden Ratio
Before MP3s took over, this uncompressed format gave you “CD-quality” audio but huge file sizes.
WAV
This interval consists of six half steps and is sometimes called the “devil’s interval.”
tritone
the mental shortcut that allows people to solve problems and make judgments quickly and efficiently but can sometimes lead to cognitive biases
heuristic
From the Greek for “hidden,” this word refers to texts excluded from the canonical Bible.
apocrypha
This is the only English word that ends in “mt.”
dreamt
This ancient playwright is credited with introducing the first actor on stage, thereby creating the foundation of Western drama.
Thespis
This word for a beginner originally meant “a new convert,” especially in a religious context.
neophyte
This Greek word describes a dramatic flaw that leads to the downfall of a tragic hero
hamartia
This medieval torture device compressed the body with spikes from all directions.
The Iron Maiden
This psychological phenomenon makes people overestimate their competence in areas where they are the least skilled.
Dunning-Kruger effect
This organelle is responsible for packaging proteins and sending them to their destinations inside or outside the cell
the Golgi apparatus