History
The USA declared independence in this year
1776
Number of planets in the solar system
8 (officially)
9 (for Pluto purists)
Date that Germany invaded Poland (official start of WW2 in Europe)
September 1, 1939
The colloquial name for "dihydrogen monoxide"
Water
Animal theorized to have originally carried the virus
Bats
Name of the legislation passed in 1820 to balance the number of slave and free states in the USA
Missouri Compromise
Hypothetical method of traversing spacetime faster than light - theorized to exist at the center of some black holes
Wormhole
Name of the leader of the Manhattan project
J. Robert Oppenheimer
Acceleration of the earth's gravity
9.8 m/s^2
32.17 ft/s^2
First COVID cases recognized in this month in Wuhan
November 2019
Name of the wars between Rome and Carthage around 150-250 BC
Punic Wars
Detectable everywhere with certain telescopes, and evidence of the big bang
Cosmic background radiation
Approximate death toll during WW2 (soldiers + civilians)
60-85 million
Synthesis of this chemical was instrumental in increasing agricultural yields, as well as producing explosives
Ammonia, in the Haber-Bosch process
This controversial theory about the virus's origins has regained traction recently as a probably cause of the pandemic
Lab Leak Hypothesis
Year that Constantinople was taken by the Ottomans, and the end of the Roman Empire
1453
An extremely active black hole, which emits light from its accretion disk
Quasar
Country that first invented HEAT based weaponry
USA
The property that determines a light's color
Wavelength/frequency
New type of vaccine developed against the virus
mRNA
Qin
Class of Star that the sun is (OBAFGKM)
G(2V)
Most consequential naval battle of the Pacific in June 1942
Midway
Name this chemical: KNO3
Potassium nitrate
Average mortality of COVID cases
~1.4%