Popular Music & Musicians
Which legendary British rock band was famously known as “The Fab Four”?
The Beatles (or Beatles)
Which video game series features characters like “Master Chief” and “Cortana”?
Halo
What is the name of the mathematical equation used to solve for the roots of a quadratic expression? (it looks like this: (-b ± √[(b²-4ac))/(2a)]
Quadratic Formula (or Quadratic)
Who was the famous Italian artist known for creating the famous paintings “Mona Lisa” and the “Last Supper”?
Leonardo da Vinci (or Da Vinci)
The internet slang term “rizz” is a shortened version of what real word, often used to describe charm or attractiveness?
Charisma
Which pop star is known as the “Queen of Pop”, with billboard top hits like “Vogue”, “Hung Up”, and “Like a Virgin”?
Madonna
What is the name of the main character Link’s horse in the “Legend of Zelda” Nintendo game series?
Epona
What mathematical structure is defined as a rectangular array of numbers or symbols arranged in rows and columns?
Matrix
Which Italian artist famously painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in the 16th century?
Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni (or Michelangelo)
What is the chemical symbol for gold on the Periodic Table of Elements?
Au
Which recording artist made history by winning “Album of the Year” four times at the Grammy Awards, the most wins ever in this category?
Taylor Swift (or Swift)
What is the name of the (now legendary) antagonist (bad guy) in the role-playing game Final Fantasy VII?
Sephiroth
What is the SI (metric) unit of power, equal to one joule per second?
Watt (or Watts)
What early-20th-century painter is known for her Mexican heritage and cultural pride, her striking political views (especially regarding gender equality), and her brilliantly colored self-portraits?
Frida Kahlo (or Kahlo)
Which U.S. President appears on the $50 bill? (NO LOOKING)
Ulysses S. Grant (or Grant)
Which legendary punk rock group, known for their 'anti-establishment' stance, featured Henry Rollins as their lead singer?
Black Flag
Which sports video game series, with its first installment released in 1993, became one of the best-selling game franchises of all time before its partnership with the sport’s governing body ended in 2022?
FIFA
According to the Second Law of Thermodynamics, what always increases in an isolated system over time?
Entropy
What famous Spanish painter is known for his “color” periods, specifically his “Blue Period” and his “Rose Period”?
Pablo Picasso (or Picasso)
What is the ONLY letter that does not appear in the name of ANY U.S. states?
Which legendary R&B trio had massive hits in the 1990s with “Waterfalls” and “No Scrubs”?
TLC
Which award-winning open-world role-playing fantasy game series features locations like “Whiterun”, “Solitude”, and “Riften”?
The Elder Scrolls (or “Skyrim”)
What is the term for the ability of a material to return to its original shape after being stretched or compressed, often measured using stress-strain curves?
Elasticity
What provocative 20th-century American modernist painter is known for her large-scale, close-up paintings of flowers?
Georgia O’Keefe (or O’Keefe)
Excluding cases of serious injury or medical anomaly, how many bones are typically found in the (adult) human body?
206