Deep Science
This is the theoretical substance that makes up 85% of the universe’s mass.
What is dark matter?
This language was used to write the Epic of Gilgamesh.
What is Sumerian (or Akkadian)?
This is the only sea on Earth with no coastline.
What is the Sargasso Sea?
This man was the first to reach the South Pole.
Who is Roald Amundsen?
This fruit has its seeds on the outside.
What is a strawberry?
The Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle deals with these two properties of a particle.
What are position and momentum?
Linear B was used to write this early Greek language.
What is Mycenaean Greek?
This country has more lakes than the rest of the world combined.
What is Canada?
The “Dancing Plague” of 1518 happened in this country.
What is France?
This word means the fear of being watched by a duck.
What is anatidaephobia? (yes, it’s fake but often believed to be real)
This particle was confirmed in 2012 and gives mass to other particles.
What is the Higgs boson?
The Rosetta Stone helped decode this ancient writing system.
What is Egyptian hieroglyphics?
This is the highest capital city in the world (by elevation).
What is La Paz, Bolivia?
This emperor built a massive wall across Britain.
Who is Hadrian?
This punctuation mark is used to separate two related independent clauses.
What is a semicolon?
The rare nuclear process that powers stars after hydrogen fusion ends.
What is the carbon-nitrogen-oxygen (CNO) cycle?
This mysterious, undeciphered script was found on the island of Crete.
What is Linear A?
This river flows north through Africa.
What is the Nile?
This spy helped win the Revolutionary War while pretending to be a teacher.
Who is Nathan Hale?
The name of this shape has 100 sides.
What is a hectogon?
This is the only known element whose liquid and solid form can coexist at the same temperature and pressure, called the "triple point."
What is water?
This extinct language of ancient Mesopotamia was the first written Semitic language.
What is Akkadian?
This small country is completely surrounded by South Africa.
What is Lesotho?
This ancient kingdom had female warriors and inspired the legend of the Amazons.
What is the Kingdom of Dahomey (or the Scythians, depending on the interpretation)?
This number is both a square and a cube (not 1).
What is 64? (8² and 4³)