Grades 6-8
In what year was the Paris Climate Accords signed?
2016
Blaise Pascal was a French mathematician and inventor who is credited with inventing public transportation, the calculator, and probability theory.
What Mathematical contributions is Blaise Pascal credited with?
Pascal’s Triangle
“Attention is all you need” is an AI research paper that revolutionized how we think of large language models or AI chatbots today. Which company or lab or university authored the paper?
Accept: Google Deepmind, Deepmind, University of Toronto
Which device is considered the first modern smartphone?
iPhone
What petroleum-derived fuel, commonly used in lamps and heaters, also serves as the primary base for most commercial aviation fuels, also known as Jet A/A-1 fuel?
Kerosene
In AI and machine learning, what does the acronym LoRA stand for, referring to a technique that fine-tunes large language models by updating a small number of additional parameters rather than all the original model weights?
Low-Rank Adaptation
Charles Darwin is best known for developing the theory of evolution. What term describes the natural process he proposed in which organisms with traits better suited to their environment are more likely to survive and reproduce?
Natural Selection
How much random-access memory (RAM) does the Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max have?
8
What is the name of the scientific phenomenon in which certain materials produce an electric voltage when mechanical pressure or stress is applied to them?
Piezoelectric effect
If twice a number plus 6 equals 20, what is the number?
7
The Montreal Protocol is an international environmental treaty that protects the ozone layer by phasing out ozone-depleting substances.
What three-letter abbreviation refers to the family of chemicals known as chlorofluorocarbons that the treaty targets for elimination?
CFC
Solve the following quadratic equation for one absolute value of x: x² − 5x + 6 = 0
Since both solutions are positive, taking their absolute values yields
One absolute value of x is 2 (and the other is 3).
What are the main states of matter recognized in basic chemistry?
solid, liquid, gas
What is the disabbreviation for ISO, the organization that establishes international standards for countries around the world?
International Organization for Standardization
Among the leading large language models available today are ChatGPT, Gemini, and Claude. Which AI company developed and released the Claude family of models?
Anthropic