General Knowledge
How many faces does a dodecahedron have
20
Inventor of the improved refracting telescope
The founder of Smith College
Sophia Smith
The face of the end of Apartheid
Nelson Mandela
These two Shakespeare characters are known as "star-crossed lovers"
Romeo & Juliet
What is a word, phrase, number, or other sequence of characters that reads the same backward as forward?
Palendrome
This compound found in soda can weaken your teeth and contribute to bone loss
Phosphoric acid
This Smith alumna is a Pulitzer Prize-winning poet and author of The Bell Jar
Sylvia Plath
The peace treaty that ended WWI
Treaty of Versailles
The full subtitle of this Mary Shelley novel is The Modern Prometheus
Frankenstein
How many countries are competing in the World Cup this year?
48
This law in physics is also known as the law of inertia
Newton's first law of motion
Julia Child
This is considered the oldest civilization in the world
Mesopotamian civilization
This 19th century Irish poet and playwright is well known for his novel The Picture of Dorian Gray and his play The Importance of Being Earnest
Oscar Wilde
What is the rarest blood type in the world?
AB-
This physicist/chemist coined the term "radioactivity" and discovered the elements radium and polonium
Marie Curie
These two 20th-century first ladies attended Smith in the 40s
Barbara Bush & Nancy Reagan
This famous leader was the last Pharoh of Egypt
Cleopatra
This Wuthering Heights character operates as the stories primary narrator
Nelly Dean
Aureolin is a shade of what color?
Yellow
This term describes when a cell is placed into a solution that has a lower solute concentration than the cell itself
A hypotonic solution
The names of the Seven Sisters
Smith, Barnard, Bryn Mawr, Mount Holyoke, Radcliffe, Vassar, Wellesley
Three of King Henry VIII's wives (name any three, must include first name and either title or last name)
Catherine of Aragon, Anne Boleyn, Jane Seymour, Catherine Parr, Catherine Howard, Anne of Cleaves
The translation of this fake latin phrase found in The Handmaid's Tale: "nolite te bastardes carborundorum"
"Don't let the bastards grind you down"