Kailey
Microbio
Microbio
An anoxic environment wouldn’t be great for humans, but certain organisms thrive in them. Anoxic means that which element needed by most life to survive is absent?
Oxygen
You get a book! You get a book! You get a book! For 15 years, starting in 1996, what daytime talk show megastar’s book club recommended a total of 70 books leading to total sales of over 55 million copies?
Oprah Winfrey
What quantity did Newton assume was identical to mass, but we now know also depends upon velocity?
Inertia
What is the main colors of the Spanish flag?
Yellow and red
How do people usually answer the phone in Chinese?
Wei?
What bacterium, better known in its partially abbreviated name, is Gram-negative and rod-shaped? It had a famous outbreak in 1993 when “Jack In The Box” inadvertently spread it across four states.
E. Coli
The author of novels like "Snow" and "My Name is Red," Orhan Pamuk was the first Turkish person to win what prestigious literature award given out by the Swedish Academy? They also give out awards for medicine, chemistry, and peace.
Nobel Prize
What physical phenomenon explains why your legs seem shorter when you are waist deep in water?
Refraction
During which month is "Day of the dead" celebrated?
November
'Yi, Er, San, Si, Wu'....what comes next?
Liu
Also called a "molecular machine," what organelle found in the cytoplasm of living cells builds proteins from amino acids?
Ribosome
A young boy takes a train to the North Pole on Christmas Eve in what classic 1985 children's book by Chris Van Allsburg?
The Polar Express
What three word term is used to describe periodic motion?
Simple harmonic motion
What is the word for "sandwich" in Mexico?
Torta
What president of China, in office since 2013, studied chemical engineering in college before rising through the ranks of regional politics? He portrayed himself as a heroic figure, standing strong against Western influences on behalf of the Chinese people.
Xi Jingping
Borrelia burgdorferi is a bacterial species known for causing what infectious disease that is spread by ticks in the genus Ixodes?
Lyme Disease
Thomas Harris's 1981 novel "Red Dragon" marks the first appearance of what dubious serial killer who was famously portrayed by Anthony Hopkins a decade later?
Hannibal Lecter
Which antiparticle was the first to be discovered?
The positron
What does "zorro" mean in Spanish?
Fox
Which multinational corp based in China that’s one of the biggest e-commerce platforms in the world got the top spot in IPO history after it hit $231 value in 2019? You might need “One Thousand and One Nights” to go through all the listings of things you could buy from the website…
Alibaba
There are non-image-forming ganglion cells in the human eye (and other mammals) that are still photosensitive and receive light signals that can help regulate and suppress the production of what "M" hormone that helps regulate the sleep-wake schedule?
Melatonin
While promoting his sprawling novel "Freedom" in 2010, Jonathan Franzen was the first American novelist to appear on the cover of TIME since what legendary horror writer in 2000?
Stephen King
What field of physics, formerly known as "solid state physics," describes the way atoms and molecules connect in both solids and liquids?
Condensed matter physics
What four states of the U.S. border Mexico?
Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and California
Goodbye, thanks for taking this quiz....or in Chinese you would say what?
Zai Jian