History
In 1492, this Italian explorer set sail across the Atlantic and is credited with discovering the New World for Europe.
Who is Christopher Columbus?
What does it mean if a science idea can be proven wrong?
What is falsifiability?
What’s the difference between studying numbers and doing interviews in psychology?
What is quantitative vs. qualitative research?
This enchanted item, one of the Deathly Hallows, was passed down to Harry Potter and renders the wearer completely invisible.
What is the invisibility cloak?
This is the value of π (pi), rounded to two decimal places.
What is 3.14?
What trials after WWII made people responsible for war crimes?
What are the Nuremberg Trials?
This recreational activity is also an object that describes potential and kinetic energy as a function of height
What is a rollercoaster?
What is it called when people only notice things that prove their opinion?
What is confirmation bias?
The color of the tablet associated with Hermeticism and numerous Arabic and Latin Interpretations.
What is emerald? (do not accept green.)
This number is 6 factorial.
What is 720?
The fall of this European city to the Ottoman Empire in 1453 marked the end of the Byzantine Empire
What is Constintanople?
What are some worries about using CRISPR to change genes?
What are ethical problems like designer babies and fairness?
What famous study caused harm and broke research rules?
What is the Stanford Prison Experiment?
Why is the Terracotta Army both art and history?
What is because it shows amazing skill and tells us about ancient beliefs?
There is no known derivative of this trigonometric value.
What is sin (x2)?
This Chinese dynasty, ruling from 1368 to 1644, is known for restoring native Han rule and constructing much of the Great Wall we see today.
What is the Ming Dynasty?
What has humanity created to describe the world to some extent?
What is a model?
Why can’t we always trust psychology studies to explain everyone’s behavior?
What is the fact that many studies use similar (WEIRD) people (generalizability)?
This object details Sumerian Kings throughout history and fiction, including figures such as Gilgamesh
What is the Sumerian King list?
The sum of the infinite geometric series with a first term of 15 and second term of 13.
What is 225/13?
This 6th-century BCE treaty, known only through Babylonian chronicles, ended hostilities between the Lydian King Croesus and the Persian King Cyrus the Great, after a solar eclipse was interpreted as a divine sign to stop fighting.
What is the Battle of the Halys (also known as the Battle of the Eclipse)?
This alkane is the only other known isomer of butane.
What is 2-methylpropane or isobutane?
What is the term for the theory that suggests our understanding of the world is shaped by social interactions and cultural influences?
What is social constructionism?
Often regarded as the first charter of human rights, this clay cylinder from 6th century BCE Persia was created under the rule of Cyrus the Great.
What is the Cyrus Cylinder?
There are x many two digit numbers who can be the possible last two digits of a number with an integer square root.
What is x = 18?