THE EMPIRE TESTS BACK
What iconic line does Darth Vader reveal to Luke Skywalker during their duel in Cloud City?
“I am your father
What is the name of the super small building block of an atom that carries a negative charge?
Electron
Home to over 20 million people and famous for landmarks like the Zócalo and Chapultepec Park, what is the capital city of Mexico?
Mexico City
Once the heart of the Roman Empire, this city is home to ancient landmarks like the Colosseum and the Roman Forum, still standing today. What city is it?
Answer: Rome
What is the capital city of Greece, famous for landmarks like the Parthenon and the Acropolis?
Athens
In The Empire Strikes Back, what former Jedi Grand Master becomes Luke Skywalker’s mentor on the swampy planet of Dagobah?
Yoda
Qubits, similar to regular bits, are capable of holding two possible numerical values — what are those two values?
0s and 1s
Celebrated on November 1st and 2nd, this Mexican holiday honors deceased loved ones with ofrendas, marigolds, and sugar skulls. What is it called?
Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead)
Built by the Inca Empire high in the Andes, this stone citadel remained hidden for centuries before being rediscovered by explorer Hiram Bingham in 1911.
Macchu Pichu
This ancient Greek philosopher was a student of Plato and teacher of Alexander the Great. He wrote on subjects ranging from logic and metaphysics to biology and politics.
Aristotle
What American director is responsible for creating the first Star Wars movie, A New Hope, in 1977?
George Lucas
Who is the physicist behind the idea of a cat in a box being both alive and dead until someone looks inside?
Erwin Schrodinger
The ancient ruins of Chichén Itzá, one of the New Seven Wonders of the World, were built by which advanced Mesoamerican civilization?
The Mayans
Near modern-day Mexico City lies Teotihuacán, an ancient metropolis with vast pyramids whose founders remain a mystery. Which later civilization admired and incorporated its ruins into their own culture centuries later?
The Aztecs
This prefix, commonly used in English, means “against” or “opposite of,” and can be placed in front of words such as biotic, freeze, and hero.
Anti
Known for being a desolate and arid desert planet, what is the homeworld of the famous Anakin Skywalker?
Tatooine
In quantum physics, light is made up of tiny energy particles that can act like both waves and particles—what are these individual particles of light called?
Photons
Known for her surreal self-portraits and symbolic art, which Mexican painter became a global icon of feminism and was married to Diego Rivera?
Frida Kahlo
The ruins of Angkor Wat, the world’s largest religious monument, were built in the 12th century during the height of which powerful Southeast Asian empire?
The Khmer Empire
At the end of most shoelaces, there’s a small plastic or metal tip designed to prevent the lace from fraying and to make threading it through eyelets easier. What is this tiny part called?
Aglet
In the prequel trilogy, which bounty hunter served as the genetic template for the clone army and was the father of Boba Fett?
Jango Fett
When two qubits become connected so that changing one instantly affects the other, what is this phenomenon called?
Quantum Entanglement
Signed in 1848, the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ended which war and resulted in Mexico ceding much of its northern territory to the U.S.?
The Mexican-American War
Rising in northern Mesopotamia, this empire built the city of Nineveh and left behind grand palace ruins covered in detailed reliefs of battles and hunting scenes.
The Assyrian Empire
This ancient kingdom in northern Ethiopia was a major trading empire and one of the first to adopt Christianity as a state religion.
Aksum (or Axum)