General Knowledge
During this month, dates are consumed as part of the iftar meal. This holy month begins when a crescent moon is sighted and commemorates Muhammad’s first revelation. During which month do Muslims fast?
Ramadan [or Ramazan; or Ramzan; or Ramadhan; or Ramathan]
The luminosity of these objects is plotted against temperature on Hertzsprung-Russell diagrams. These objects evolve from the main sequence into a red giant phase. What are these light-emitting objects, the closest of which to Earth is the Sun?
stars
A man in this city was frequently mocked by Thomas Nast in his cartoons to oppose the corruption of Boss Tweed and Tammany Hall. Name this large city whose boroughs include Staten Island, Queens, and Brooklyn.
New York City [or NYC]
In this country, the Stiftsgarden palace is located in its western city of Trondheim. Christiania was the old name of what country’s capital Oslo?
Norway
In this game, Crow can inflict a poison effect. Buzz Lightyear was a limited time character in this game and had three modes all with different supers. Colt and Shelly are characters in what Supercell game with gamemodes like showdown and gem grab?
Brawl Stars
This company associated itself with Santa Claus and polar bears via its marketing, and its other products include Fanta. What soft drink manufacturer makes a “diet” type of their signature cola, which is sold in red cans and competes with Pepsi?
Coca-Cola [accept Coke]
This quantity for a population is symbolized mu (“mew”), while, for a sample, it is denoted by an x with a bar over it. What quantity can be calculated by dividing the sum of a set of values by the number of values to calculate an average?
mean [prompt on average before mention]
Forces under Friedrich Paulus were encircled during this battle’s Operation Uranus. Fleeing soldiers jumped into the Volga river in what World War II battle in a city named for a Soviet dictator?
Battle of Stalingrad
Suburbs of this city include The Woodlands, Katy, and Sugar Land. Rice University is in this city, which hosts the Rothko Chapel. Name this city home to the Johnson Space Center, the most populous in Texas.
Houston
This player supposedly called his shot before hitting a home run in the 1932 World Series. What baseball player was nicknamed “the Sultan of Swat” and set records for most home runs in a season and in a career while playing for the New York Yankees?
Babe Ruth [or George Herman Ruth or The Bambino; accept Baby Ruth]
What Windows computer key can, when pressed with F4, close a program, switch between tabs when pressed with the tab key, and start Task Manager when pressed with Control and Delete?
ALT [or Alternate]
A moon of this planet is the most volcanically active body in the solar system. Amalthea, Thebe, and the four Galilean moons orbit what fifth planet from the Sun, the largest planet in the solar system?
Jupiter
The reign of this emperor was called the Showa era and he surrendered in the Jewel Voice Broadcast after his country was hit by two atomic bombs. Akihito was the son of what Emperor of Japan during World War II?
Emperor Hirohito
In this national park, the damming of the Tuolumne River flooded the Hetch Hetchy Valley. Visitors to what park’s “Tunnel View” can look out at its namesake valley and see rock formations like El Capitan and Half Dome?
Yosemite National Park
In an advertisement for this drink, one girl claims to its creators “I hope your lemonade’s better than your boxing career” as well as “at least my brother’s not Jake Paul”. Flavors of this drink include ice pop and glowberry. What drink was created by Logan Paul and KSI?
PRIME
A Walter Rollins and Steve Nelson song originated this character, whose first words are “happy birthday.” What popular Christmas character says “I’ll be back again someday” after going “down to the village” and coming to life from an old silk hat?
Frosty the Snowman
This astronomical formation was called M31 in the Messier catalog. Shapley and Curtis’s “Great Debate” argued over observations of this galaxy, the largest in the Local Group. What is the closest major galaxy to the Milky Way?
Andromeda Galaxy
In this court case, Kenneth and Mamie Clark’s doll experiments were used by then-NAACP attorney Thurgood Marshall. Name this 1954 court case that overturned Plessy v. Ferguson and led to the desegregation of schools.
Brown v. Board of Education [or Oliver Brown, et al. v. Board of Education of Topeka, et al.]
This national park is located just 85 miles away from Mount Whitney, on the southwestern edge of the Great Basin. Home to Badwater Basin, what California national park has the lowest point, and the hottest temperature on record, in North America?
Death Valley National Park
This animated character learns that he is the adopted son of Mr. Ping in the second movie of a franchise. This character was granted one position after falling from the sky and landing in front of Master Oogway. What character retires as the Dragon Warrior in Kung Fu Panda 4?
Po
In a 2024 sandbox shooter game, the player controls one of these animals “with a gun” named Ratatoskr. Which rodents protect their food source from blue jays by burying acorns in the winter?
squirrels
The Kirkwood gaps in this region are explained by orbital resonances with Jupiter. The dwarf planet Ceres is found in this region. Name this region of rocky objects between Mars and Jupiter.
asteroid belt
After warning of political parties in his farewell address, this president lived in Mount Vernon till his death. Who was the first president of the United States?
George Washington
This island's county seat is Wailuku, while its community of Lāhainā was partly destroyed by wildfires in late 2023. Name this second-largest island of Hawaii, named for a culture hero.
Maui
An "e" is replaced by the number "3" in the title of this show's third season, which premiered in 2024. Many former SNL cast members have served as celebrity judges on this show, whose host is Mikey Day. Name this Netflix show in which contestants make the title dessert appear to be an everyday object.
Is It Cake? [accept Is It Cak3?]