Science
Credited with coming up with the theory of evolution
What is Charles Darwin
Invented the telephone
Who is Alexander Graham Bell?
Rockets primarily rely on this law of physics to propel themselves in space
What is Newton’s Third Law of Motion?
The three primary colors used to mix and make secondary colors.
What are red, blue, and yellow?
The mathematical study of continuous change
What is calculus?
Chemical name for fool's gold
What is Pyrite or iron sulfide
The most common coding language
What is Python and/or Javascript?
Engineers often use this shape in bridge designs because it distributes weight evenly and prevents deformation
What is a triangle?
This artist invented cubism. A: Leonardo da Vinci, B: Michelangelo, C: Pablo Picasso, D: Vincent Van Gogh
Who is Pablo Picasso?
This famous English mathematician is often credited as the inventor of calculus also had a deep interest in alchemy, spending many years of his life conducting secret experiments in the hope of discovering the fabled Philosopher’s Stone
What is Sir Isaac Newton?
The name of the red pigment found in vertebrates that functions in oxygen transport
What is hemoglobin?
The animal used as a logo for the internet browser Firefox
What is Red Panda?
What is a pulley?
These are lighter values (adding white to color).
What is tint?
In math, the ! symbol is used to indicate a ___________________, which represents the product of the sequence of every positive integer leading up to the given number.
Factorial
The only person to win the Nobel Prize in two different sciences... A: Albert Einstein, B: Marie Curie, C: Ivan Pavlov, D: Thomas Edison
What is B: Marie Curie!
--> Awarded w/her husband, Pierre, for their physics work on radiation, + a prize in chemistry.
- First woman to win a Nobel prize AND to win them in two different sciences
A revolutionary gene-editing technology, adapted from a bacterial immune system, that allows scientists to make precise changes to DNA
This “War of Currents” inventor promoted Direct Current (DC) over AC, which Nikola Tesla championed
What is Thomas Edison?
Mexican painter known her powerful, autobiographical self-portraits that explored Mexican identity, pain, and passion
What is Frida Kahlo?
Found naturally in pinecones and sunflowers, the spiral arrangement of structures and seeds follow this geometric sequence.
The Fibonacci Sequence
This animal has the highest blood pressure... A: Giraffe, B: Blue Whale, C: Elephant, D: Flea
What is A: Giraffe!
--> Because of its extremely long neck, the giraffe must rely on its oversized heart (two feet long and twenty-five pounds!) to pump blood all the way to its head. As a result, the giraffe has the highest blood pressure of any animal: 280/180 mmHg (millimeters of mercury) at heart level when prone -- more than twice the blood pressure of an average human. Not surprisingly, because of their high blood pressure, giraffes are prone to heart attacks.
Dolly the Ewe's birth in 1996 and subsequent life helped prove the viability of what scientific and technological process?
Cloning
Engineers must calculate this for a beam to ensure it can safely support weight without bending too much
What is the load or stress?
What style of art is the "Mona Lisa" painted in? This style also refers to an era in Italy starting in the 14th century and ending in the 17th century.
What is the Renaissance
What is the only number that is both a square and a triangular number under 100 besides 1?
What is 36?