Life As We Know It
What is the resting potential of a neuron?
-70 mV
The United States bought Alaska from which country?
Russia
What battery-powered board game has pieces called “bread basket,” “spare ribs,” “water on the knee,” and “funny bone?”
Operation
What is the only fruit with the seeds on the outside?
Strawberry
What adolescently-named lead singer was the front man for the 1980s pop group Culture Club?
Boy George
What is the effect of the Earth’s rotation on the wind called?
Coriolis
Which four presidents are on Mount Rushmore?
George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Thomas Jefferson, and Theodore Roosevelt
What 6 colors are on the classic Rubik's cube?
Blue, Orange, Red, Yellow, White, and Green
What food did Goldilocks eat in, Goldilock and the 3 bears?
Porridge
What one-named pop star and former frontman of The Police got his name from a habit of wearing yellow-and-black-striped sweaters in his youth?
Sting
The chemical formula H2O2 refers to what?
Hydrogen peroxide
What do the stripes on the American flag represent?
The 13 original colonies
Octan is a fictional company whose gas stations appear in the building sets of what Danish toy brand?
Lego
Horseradish was the first commercially packaged and sold foodstuff by what Pittsburgh-based company?
Heinz
Puerto Rican-born rapper Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, whose hits include "MIA" and "Dakiti," is better known by what evil, leporine stage name?
Bad Bunny
Who is credited for original version of string theory?
Satyendra Nath Bose
Finish the line President Franklin D. Roosevelt said during his speech addressing the attack on Pearl Harbor: “Yesterday, December 7, 1941…”
“A date which will live in infamy”
What popular toy was "discovered" during WWII as scientists were searching for a substitute product for rubber?
Silly Putty
Poutine is a popular dish Quebec. Name one of the three main ingredients.
*Bonus Points for all three.
Gravy, French Fries, Cheese Curds
What singer is nicknamed "The Chairman of the Board"?
Frank Sinatra
What are the four states of matter?
Solid, liquid, gas, plasma
What was the name of the Ukrainian nuclear power plant that was the site of a nuclear disaster in April 1986?
Chernobyl
Portrayed by Dolph Lundgren on film, which action figure was first released by Mattel in 1981?
He-Man
A pestle is one half of a common pair of kitchen utensils used for grinding spices. What is the name of the pestle's bowl-like partner?
Mortar
Who is the only solo artist to achieve more than five Billboard No. 1 singles before the age of 19?
Justin Bieber