Science/Math
What is the name of the red pigment found in vertebrates that functions in oxygen transport?
Hemoglobin
Who did Australia go to war with in 1932?
The emus
Which poetic term comes from an Italian word meaning "stopping point"?
Stanza
What is the name of the alien Ryan Gosling meets in Project Hail Mary?
Rocky
What do you call a group of flamingos?
A flamboyance
How long does it take our solar system to complete one orbit around the galactic center?
230 million years
Which ancient civilization is credited with inventing the earliest form of field hockey around 4,000 years ago?
Egypt
During the math competition scene in the movie “Mean Girls,” the answer to the calculus problem “what is the limit as x approaches zero of [ln(1-x)-sinx]/(1-cos²x)” is this
The limit does not exist
What material were the first hockey pucks made of in early Canadian games before rubber was adopted?
Wood and frozen cow dung
Which country did AC/DC originate in?
Australia
What was the first song played in space?
Jingle Bells
What was the subject of the 1783 Zong trial?
An insurance claim for the value of slaves thrown overboard
What was the name of Edgar Allan Poe's cat?
Catterina
Which three global music acts were announced as co-headliners of the first-ever FIFA World Cup Final Halftime Show in 2026?
Madonna, Shakira, and BTS
What hotline can you reach by calling 1-800-222-1222?
The U.S. poison help hotline
Which famous German mathematician has a rival claim to Sir Issac Newton as the inventor of calculus?
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
What is the name of the only US flagged vessel to be seized by pirates since 1822?
Maersk Alabama
What is the famous riddle featured in Alice in Wonderland?
Why is a raven like a writting desk?
Taylor Swift paid the city of New York how much in fees for an event permit tied to her Madison Square Garden nuptials last week?
+$160,000
The table top microwave was invented for what purpose?
To safely revive frozen hamsters and rats
Closely resembling a soccer ball, what geometric structure is comprised of interlocking hexagons and pentagons?
Truncated Icosahedron
What is the last word in the first paragraph of the Declaration of Independence?
Separation
What Cubist's work, featuring outlines of birds, was the first piece by a living artist to adorn the Louvre?
Georges Braque
How many DRS zones are there on the Monza circuit in Formula 1?
2
What is the real name of the singer and CTY alum known as Lady Gaga?
Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta