Harry Potter
This loyal, red-haired boy is Harry’s very first friend on the Hogwarts Express and a fellow Gryffindor.
Ron Weasley
This iconic British secret agent created by Ian Fleming famously prefers his vodka martinis "shaken, not stirred."
James Bond
Which organ in the human body is responsible for filtering blood and producing bile to help digest fats?
Liver
Intended to be a wallpaper cleaner in the 1930s, this non-toxic pliable dough was rebranded in the 1950s as a beloved toy for kids.
Play-Doh
This national animal of Scotland isn't real, but it sure looks majestic on their coat of arms.
Unicorn
To catch the Golden Snitch and score 150 points for his team, Harry plays this position on the Gryffindor Quidditch team.
Seeker
This famously lazy, lasagna-loving orange cat made his comic strip debut in 1978 and is named after his creator's grandfather.
Garfield
Which ancient Egyptian writing system used pictures and symbols to represent sounds and words?
Hieroglyphics
Fed up with a picky diner continuously sending back fried potatoes for being too thick in 1853, chef George Crum sliced them paper-thin and fried them to a crisp out of spite—accidentally inventing this beloved snack.
Potato Chips
There are more of these plastic pink garden ornaments in the world than there are actual wild birds of the species.
Flamingos
This powerful spell, famously mastered by Hermione in her first year, causes objects to levitate.
Wingardium Leviosa
In The Wizard of Oz, the Cowardly Lion seeks courage and the Tin Man seeks a heart, but this character travels to see the Wizard to ask for a brain.
Scarecrow
Which ancient civilization built the famous monument Chichén Itzá in modern-day Mexico?
Mayan
In 1904, a pastry vendor at the St. Louis World’s Fair rolled up his waffles to help an ice cream vendor who ran out of dishes, creating this treat staple.
Ice cream cone
Clouds look light and fluffy, but the average cumulative cloud weighs roughly 1.1 million pounds—the equivalent weight of about 100 of these massive mammals.
Elephant
Harry uses this magical device, inherited from his father, to sneak around Hogwarts at night without being seen.
Invisibility Cloak
In Friends, Chandler Bing’s loud, nasal-voiced ex-girlfriend who is famous for her signature catchphrase, "Oh... my... God!", is named this.
Janice
What invisible force, measured at roughly 9.8 m/s² on Earth, keeps objects grounded and pulls them toward the planet's center?
Gravity
n 1928, Dr. Alexander Fleming returned from vacation to find a stray mold had contaminated a petri dish of bacteria, killing everything around it and leading to the discovery of this revolutionary antibiotic.
penicillin
If you took all the blood vessels in an average adult human's body and laid them out end-to-end, they would stretch long enough to circle this celestial body about four times.
Earth
Harry, Ron, and Hermione use this foul-tasting potion—which requires a bit of hair from the person you want to become—to disguise themselves on several occasions.
Polyjuice Potion
In The Lord of the Rings, this elf from the Woodland Realm forms a legendary friendship with the dwarf Gimli as they compete over who can defeat the most enemies.
Legolas
What is the process called when a liquid turns into a gas at temperatures below its boiling point?
Evaporation
In 1945, Percy Spencer noticed a candy bar melted in his pocket while working near a active radar magnetron, leading to this kitchen appliance.
Microwave Oven
Oxford University is officially older than this ancient American civilization whose famous capital was Tenochtitlan.
Aztecs