This is the chemical symbol for gold.
Au
This “unsinkable” ship hit an iceberg and sank in 1912.
The Titanic
This streaming platform, owned by Amazon, is where gamers broadcast live gameplay.
Twitch
What is the square root of 225?
15
NASA’s program to return humans to the Moon is named after the Greek goddess of the hunt, the twin sister of Apollo.
Artemis
Pure water has this pH value, making it neutral.
7
The Berlin Wall fell in this year.
1989
In June 2025, Nintendo released the successor to its best-selling console. What is it called?
Nintendo Switch 2
What is 15% of 240?
36
In April 2026, the Artemis II capsule splashed down in this ocean, off the coast of California.
The Pacific Ocean
This organelle is known as the “powerhouse of the cell”.
Mitochondria
Cleopatra lived closer in time to this 1969 event than to the building of the Great Pyramid.
The Moon landing
GTA VI is set in the fictional state of Leonida. Its main city is a new version of this classic city from the series.
Vice City
Solve for x: 3x + 7 = 28
x = 7
Artemis II was the first crewed trip to the Moon since this year, when Apollo 17 was the last.
1972
Most people guess oxygen, but this gas makes up about 78% of Earth’s atmosphere.
Nitrogen
The “Hundred Years’ War” between England and France actually lasted this many years.
116
GTA VI is set in the fictional state of Leonida. Its main city is a new version of this classic city from the series.
Vice City
A right-angled triangle has two shorter sides of 5 cm and 12 cm. How long is the hypotenuse?
13 cm
Artemis II astronaut Jeremy Hansen flew for the CSA, the space agency of this country.
Canada
In 1971 this Apollo 15 astronaut dropped a hammer and a feather on the Moon, and they landed at the same time.
David Scott
In 1896 Britain defeated Zanzibar in what is considered the shortest war in history, lasting under an hour. Name this war.
The Anglo-Zanzibar War
Oxford chose this two-word term as its 2025 Word of the Year: online content designed to make people angry in order to get clicks and views.
Rage bait
Legend says a young Gauss amazed his teacher by adding all the numbers from 1 to 100 in seconds. What’s the total?
5050
Artemis II broke the record for the farthest distance humans have travelled from Earth. This 1970 mission, whose crew returned safely after an oxygen tank exploded, held it before.
Apollo 13