This green pigment absorbs light to provide energy for photosynthesis
What is chlorophyll?
This king married six women and beheaded two of them
Who is Henry VIII?
A feline fiddle player witnessed this farm animal clear the moon
What is a cow?
This South American nation is the longest country in the world from north to south
What is Chile?
The Magna Carta was sealed in 1215 by this English King
Who is King John?
The first element on the periodic table; it is the most abundant chemical substance in the universe
What is hydrogen?
This 12th-century English king spent most of his reign fighting abroad and earned the title "Lionheart"
Who is Richard I?
This marital duo compromised so that one ate no fat and the other ate no lean
Who are Jack Sprat and his wife?
This large, slow-moving reptile uses its color-changing skin for camouflage and communication
What is chameleon?
This type of fungus is highly prized by chefs, hidden underground, and often hunted using trained pigs or dogs
What is truffle?
Discovered by Joseph Priestley in 1774, this life-sustaining element makes up about 21% of Earth's atmosphere
What is oxygen?
This powerful European family held the throne of the Holy Roman Empire for centuries and ruled Austria until 1918
What is the House of Habsburg?
A structural failure caused this egg-shaped character to smash completely apart
Who is Humpty Dumpty?
Silent film icon with the toothbrush mustache and cane
Who is Charlie Chaplin?
The Mojave Desert covers large parts of Southern California, including the area near this US National Park famous for its eponymous, twisted trees
What is Joshua Tree?
Earth's inner core is primarily made of these two elements, represented by their chemical symbols Fe and Ni
What is iron and nickel?
This Macedonian king conquered the Persian Empire and created one of the largest empires in the ancient world before dying at age 32
Who is Alexander the Great?
This shepherd boy was caught sleeping under a haystack while a major agricultural disaster unfolded
Who is Little Boy Blue?
This Mexican street food consists of fried dough pastry dusted in cinnamon sugar
What is Churro?
In Albert Einstein's famous equation E=mc^2, the letter c represents the constant speed of this
What is light?
The only letter of the alphabet not found on the periodic table
What is J?
This British monarch acceded to the throne in September 2022 and celebrated his official coronation in May 2023
Who is King Charles III?
The exact time of day when the clock struck, causing the mouse to run down
What is one o'clock?
Located in Ukraine, this was the site of the world's worst nuclear power plant accident in 1986
What is Chernobyl?
This grammatical term describes a word that reads the exact same backward as it does forward, like "racecar"
What is palindrome?